"Uncle Han, my father knew that you were serving the country and the people and would not stand idly by if he knew what happened, so he deliberately used you to uncover the story of Shen He's death by poisoning. He was actually using his loyalty to harm you," Wang Jun placed the three wine cups. In front of the tombstone, he put a stick of incense in front of his eyebrows and murmured a prayer, "Wang Jun is here to represent my father and apologize to Uncle Han. I hope you can forgive my father..."
Having said this, Wang Jun knelt down in front of the tomb while offering incense. He bowed three more times and placed the incense in front of the tomb.
When Qingyang was offering incense, he turned around and looked at the bamboo shed ten feet away. He saw Han Qian curled up on the bamboo couch, holding a scroll and reading. He seemed not to pay attention here at all. It was expected that he should have seen through Wang Wenqian's stay in Jinling. role in the dramatic changes.
However, Qingyang also heard that Han Daoxun was transferred from Chuzhou to Jinling because of Wang Jixiong's appreciation and recommendation. He thought that Han Qian would probably not transfer his hatred of Wang Wenqian to his father Wang Jixiong and Queen Jun. On your body?
"Inscriptions in memory of student Han Daoxun - On December 21, the sixteenth year of God's Blessing, I lived in Runzhou and heard that you had been tortured and died tragically. I was shocked and grieved, so I wrote a memorial inscription to express my sincerity and express my condolences to the spirit in heaven..."
Wang Jixiong held the quinoa staff tremblingly and refused to let Wang Jun support him. With a trembling and hoarse voice, he read the memorial text he wrote for Han Daoxun in Runzhou, and then burned the memorial text in front of the tomb.
Zhao Ting'er, Xi Rong, Han Laoshan, Feng Liao and others who accompanied Wang Jixiong on the mountaineering were even more worried about whether Wang Jixiong's old and weak body could hold up and walk down the mountain.
After Wang Jixiong burned the memorial inscriptions, Han Laoshan hurried over and supported him with Wang Jun.
"When your father was younger than you at this time, he studied prison law for two years in my mountain hall. I regard myself as a master, so I can't count myself as relying on my old age. I think I am qualified to sit in front of you. ." Wang Jixiong tremblingly walked to the bamboo shed with a quinoa cane. Regardless of whether Han Qian wanted to or not, he asked Wang Jun to help him and moved to the bamboo couch in the shed with difficulty, sitting opposite Han Qian.
The bamboo shed where Han Qian held his scrolls and read was very narrow. When entering the shed, there was a simple bamboo couch with a small case on top filled with books and ink. Han Qian sat on one side of the small case and Wang Jixiong sat on the other side.
Qingyang thought that no one would bring a chair for her, but she was not willing to miss hearing what Wang Jixiong and Han Qian were talking about, so she stood by the bamboo shed, stretched her body lazily, and said: "Here The scenery is quite good, you can see the clear water lingering..."
Wang Jixiong raised his head and glanced at Princess Qingyang without saying anything. There was a teapot in front of the case. He picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of herbal tea. He took a small sip and stared at Han Qian's face with his dim eyes and asked:
"Your father cares deeply about the country and the people's livelihood, so he did not hesitate to destroy his reputation and lose his body. At this time, both Liang and Chu are undergoing great changes. If you are not careful, you will be covered with blood for thousands of miles. You probably don't really think that Living in the mourning mountain is to keep filial piety, right?"
"My father can't break through the south wall even with his body and head. Manpower is always exhausted and material resources are always limited. Things are like this. Even if Han Qian doesn't want to see thousands of miles of bare ground and blood flowing everywhere, what can he do?" Han Qian put it in his hands. Putting the scroll in front of the case, he said, "When the ancient fishermen were in troubled times, they would inevitably lament the waves of the water. How can Han Qian be exempt from the vulgarity?"
Wang Jixiong said: "Qu Fuzi used the name of the fisherman to say that 'the saint is not stagnant in things, but can move with the world' and 'the water in the Canglang is clear, I can wash my tassel, and the water in the Canglang is turbid, I can wash it with my tassel' "Zu" and other words are regarded as examples for Confucianism in the world. However, Master Qu also said that "the whole world is turbid and I am alone pure, and everyone is drunk and I am alone sober." Master Qu did not use the whiteness of Hao Hao to get rid of the dust of the world, and in the end he would rather go to Hunan Liu, buried in the belly of a river fish, can be regarded as a Chu minister through the ages. I think when Daoxun was tortured, he should have made the decision in his mind that "it is difficult to turn the tide, I would rather go to the Xiang River"!"
Han Qian was silent, his hands shrunk in his robe sleeves, tightly holding the blood letter that his father left for him before he was executed, and he didn't know how to respond to Wang Jixiong's words.
"I came from Runzhou and walked through mountains and rivers all the way. Anning Palace and the new emperor's imperial edict have spread throughout the Jiangxi states. The world was bewitched by the imperial edict and mistakenly thought that Daoxun was a sycophant who harmed the country. They did not realize that Daoxun did not hesitate to commit suicide.
Destroy the reputation of the country and the people for their sincerity. I am dying, so what I can do for Daoxun is to write a memorial to show his sincerity." Wang Jixiong stood up tremblingly and said, "Of course, Daoxun
Wen Qian was the instigator of violent torture and death. As Wen Qian’s father, I feel ashamed!"
At this point, Wang Jixiong didn't wait for Han Qian's reaction, and motioned to Wang Jun to help him go down the mountain. Wang Jun glanced at Han Qian with a complicated mood, pursed his lips, and finally helped his grandfather down the mountain without saying anything.
Qingyang looked at Jiang Huo with some confusion. Wang Jixiong said these words and went down the mountain?
Wang Jixiong wanted to persuade Han Qian to join the world, but he really didn't care at all who would sit on the throne in the end?
Seeing that Princess Qingyang was hesitant to speak, Han Qian cupped his hands towards her and said, "I'm sorry that Han Qian has a filial piety and cannot send Princess Qingyang to Yueyang..."
Seeing Han Qian's order to expel guests, Qingyang's beautiful face turned cold, but she couldn't figure out Han Qian's true thoughts, and she didn't want to use soft words to show weakness, so she could only go down the mountain in a depressed manner.
Qingyang and Jiang Huo discussed and planned to ask Wang Jixiong to go to Yueyang with them the next day. But when she woke up the next day, someone came and told her that Wang Jixiong fell ill last night and was unable to get up from bed.
Qingyang rushed over to visit. Wang Jixiong indeed looked older and weaker than yesterday. He rushed from Runzhou to Xuzhou to pay homage to Han Daoxun, and he could not take the relatively comfortable waterway. He had traveled through mountains and rivers for nearly a month, which was really difficult for a man of his age.
It was an arduous test that almost exhausted all his last energy.
Seeing how weak Wang Jixiong was, Qingyang doubted whether he could leave Xuzhou alive.
However, Qingyang did not want to stay in Xuzhou anymore. After visiting Wang Jixiong, he went directly north from Longya City with Jiang Huo, drove to Chenyang to change ships, and went down the Yuan River all the way to Yueyang, hoping that this would be the case.
The two days wasted due to Wang Jixiong's arrival can be saved.
Qingyang was also eager in his heart, hoping that after arriving in Yueyang, he could send someone to Shu to meet his father as soon as possible, and finally confirm his status of marrying into Chu, instead of "elope" without a name and status like now.
However, when they crossed Dongting Lake by boat and were about to enter Yueyang, the messenger from Xuzhou chased them from behind in a fast sailing ship. Only then did they know that Wang Jixiong had died of illness in Longya City just two days after they left.
Came to Yueyang to report the funeral.
Although Wang Jixiong's last words were that he hoped to be buried in Xuzhou after his death, Han Qian insisted on sending a ship to send Wang Jixiong's coffin and his granddaughter Wang Jun to Yueyang to obey the disposal of Tan King Yang Yuanpu.
In the end, it was Wang Jun's pleading that Han Qian allowed Wang Jixiong to remain buried in Xuzhou for three days as usual before setting off. Counting the days, the coffin transport ship would set off from Xuzhou today, but the speed would be slower and might have to be delayed.
It takes a few days to get to Yueyang City.
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Qingyang didn't care about Wang Jixiong's death from illness, nor did she think Wang Jixiong's death had any substantial impact on the current situation in Dachu. But when she followed Jiang Huo into Yueyang City, there was another real bad news waiting.
Hold her.
Except for Li Zhigao, who led his troops to guard Shaozhou to guard against possible movements of the two rebels who had retreated to Yongzhou, and Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, who led his troops to join forces with Chuzhou soldiers and horses in Runzhou, almost all the important figures from the Tan Prince's Palace gathered in Yueyang City. inside.
In addition to Shen Yang, Zheng Hui, Chai Jian, Zhang Ping, Gao Chengyuan, Guo Liang, Zhou Yuan, Li Chong and others, Han Daoming and Han Daochang did not stay in Runzhou for too long. The forward troops in Chuzhou were about to cross On the occasion of the river, under Zheng Chang's strong suggestion, they used the fishing boats sent by the Zheng family from Huangzhou as cover, and disguised themselves to escort the concubine Wang Chan'er, the young princess Li Yao and others upstream.
Almost the day after Han Qian returned to Xuzhou, they successfully arrived in Yueyang and met up with Yang Yuanpu, King of Tan.
In addition, Zheng Yu, the governor of Huangzhou, the head of the Zheng family, and the father of Zheng Xingxuan, the commander of the army in the tent, also led some other nobles and officials from Huangzhou to rush to Yueyang to see King Tan for appointment.
Yes, the concubine Wang Chaner and the young princess Li Yao arrived in Yueyang under the escort of Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Han Daoming, Han Daochang and others. This is definitely not good news for Princess Qingyang.
It's just that Jiang Huo left Jinling and returned to Yueyang earlier, and when he was in Xuzhou, he had no idea that the Crown Princess had left Runzhou, so there was no way to remind Princess Qingyang in advance.
After they entered the city, they were directly placed in a remote courtyard far away from the official residence of the Zhenjiang Mansion, and they did not even see Yang Yuanpu's face.
Qingyang's heart and lungs almost exploded with anger. He grabbed Jiang Huo who was about to say goodbye and left. He stared at him sternly and asked:
"Do you think Han Qian had long expected this situation in Yueyang, so he hid in Xuzhou and refused to come out?"
"How could Jiang Huo guess Master Han's thoughts?" Jiang Huo couldn't help but sigh, secretly sighing that Han Qian might have guessed this, but he couldn't see through what Han Qian was thinking. He didn't know how to answer Princess Yang's question. He just said, "Jiang Huo returned to Yueyang. Your Highness has other errands. He will send others to take care of Princess Yang's daily life. If Princess has any needs, just give him instructions at that time." That’s it.”
"Can I handle the people sent by His Highness?" Qingyang couldn't help but asked in frustration.
Jiang Huo smiled bitterly. He had just returned to Yueyang City and had not yet figured out the situation. He thought that if His Highness sent someone to serve Princess Qingyang, the problem would not be big, but if the concubine was alert to the secret alliance between Princess Qingyang and Han Qian, , insisted on sending her people to keep an eye on Princess Qingyang, and even postponed her wedding to His Highness indefinitely. The situation was really not optimistic for Princess Qingyang.
However, His Highness has no way to violate the concubine's will, and there is nothing he can do.
