Chapter 882: Brothers at the End

Since Renxuan, officials of the Ming Dynasty have finally been able to get leave in addition to the few holidays every year, most of which are concentrated in major festivals such as the Lantern Festival on the winter solstice, especially the Lantern Festival, which is a rare day when the night ban can be lifted. This Lantern Festival is the lifting of the night ban, the city is lit with lanterns, plus the extra leave, the officials who have been busy for a year are naturally overjoyed. After all, these officials have not yet developed the habit of relying on the staff master for everything, from the cabinet to the ministry to the prefecture and county, it is not for nothing that the official relies on helpers, but it is very rare to rely on helpers to be officials, and the holidays are naturally the most happy.

Therefore, the streets and alleys can be seen everywhere with high-headed Malaysian cars and sedan chairs and officials visiting customers everywhere. The vassal kings who entered the capital needed to climb the ranks with the vassal kings who stayed in the capital to find out the news; The relatives of the lords and nobles are married to each other, and the relationship between them and the worldly friends is often self-contained; The members of the ministry also have their own circles of contacts with each other, even if there is no boss to visit, they have to gather the subordinates who come to visit; Even civil officials who have just entered the career have compatriots in the same year and so on need to go back and forth...... In short, throughout the New Year, no matter who you are, you will find that there are still so many relatives and friends who don't usually see each other.

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the capital that should have been quiet in the past was lively, and the lantern festival was held in the lantern market outside Dong'anmen as usual. I just don't look at the lights, it's not my own reunion, or there are guests coming to the door. It's not that there is no place where the courtyard is cold, but for the alley facing Dong'anmen, the only mansion that is really cold is the Liangwang Mansion.

But even if it was the Liangwang Mansion, there were several people standing there in front of the door at this time. The man at the head was still wearing a thick coat over his bloated coat, but even so, he could still be seen to be short and thin. But even if it was such a thin young man, if he hadn't stopped him left and right, he would have to crash directly into the door, so that the guards guarding the door would not be embarrassed. After a long stalemate, a sudden sound of horses' hooves broke the stalemate.

"What's going on?"

The guards finally saw the group of people who came over, and when they heard the leader shouting, the general banner recognized the people at once, and hurriedly shouted: "Princess! It's the ...... of the king."

Wang Jin, who was riding on a horse, also saw King Wei at the same time, and hurriedly jumped off from above. Seeing that King Wei broke free from the restraint of his left and right men, and rushed towards him at once, he hurriedly knelt down half a section short, but stretched out his hands and waited, sure enough, King Wei only ran a few steps, and suddenly fell into his arms.

"Wang ...... Wang ......"

"His Royal Highness King Wei, it's the little Wang Jin." Wang Jin carefully helped King Wei up, and then stood up straight, "It's a cold day, I heard that His Royal Highness's illness is not yet complete, why did this come out?" If the emperor knew, he would be very worried! Look, the wind is blowing again, and your clothes are not fastened! ”

Wang Jin was nagging, and at the same time, he carefully tied the belt of the big coat for King Wei. Seeing King Wei's unnatural expression and a wisp of worry that could not be concealed, he knew that the youngest imperial brother had probably noticed it. However, although the emperor has been acting very calm these days, how could he not understand how the Son of Heaven calmed down after thoroughly figuring out a series of things in Jingshi. Therefore, he made up his mind at this time not to let the eldest brother and younger brother of the Tiantian family meet, so he softened his tone and coaxed beside him. However, the trick that had been tried and tested in the past lost its effectiveness this time, and King Wei didn't say anything, but shook his head vigorously, his expression was extremely stubborn.

It wasn't long before another sound of horses' hooves could be heard at the end of the alley to the west. Wang Jin didn't have a good heart, but when he saw King Wei rushing over from his side, he didn't want to think about it, so he hurriedly reached out and hugged the person. But at this time, King Wei was not as quiet as before, struggling with his legs, and when he almost wanted to open his mouth to bite, the group had stopped.

Seeing the accompanying Jinyi Wei commanding Tongzhi Fang Ling to jump off the horse and step forward, Zhu Zhanji suddenly stopped him, and then pulled the reins and jumped off the horse. When he strode forward, Wang Jin had already let go of the hand holding Wei Wang, and Wei Wang took advantage of the situation to run up, but he knelt down three or four steps away from him, and didn't say anything, just fell to the ground all of a sudden. Seeing that King Wei was kneeling, the rest of the people knelt on the ground, although they still had not seen the faces of the people who came.

Because Wei Wang is the youngest of the brothers and sisters, he was frail and sickly as soon as he was born, so although Zhu Zhanji has no time to get close to other brothers, he has always felt sorry for this little brother, and he always brings a copy whenever he has something delicious and fun. When Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi died and Guo Guifei was martyred, he felt even more pity for King Wei, who was frequently ill, and left people in the palace to raise him most of the time.

Looking at the little man lying on the ground and curled up in a ball, Zhu Zhanji took a hard breath and stepped forward to pull the person hard. Finding that King Wei was actually fighting with death force, he couldn't help but roar angrily: "Get up! ”

After all, King Wei is young, and he spends more time with his eldest brother than he sees his father, even if King Liang is the elder brother of his mother, he can't compare to Zhu Zhanji's majesty, so when he was so frightened, most of the courage he had easily mustered disappeared at once, and he was involuntarily pulled up. The next moment, he felt that his face was rubbed vigorously with a silk handkerchief a few times, although he was hurt by the strength, and the tears rolling around his eyes were even more uproaring, but his heart was much better than just now.

"Manly man, don't be like a woman when you have nothing to do, crying and crying!" Zhu Zhanji casually threw away the handkerchief, and then said, "Didn't the imperial doctor say that you are still sick, what are you doing when you run out on a cold day?" Do you want to have a serious illness? Don't forget how much medicine you have taken since you were a child, do you still have to coax you to take medicine at such an age? ”

King Wei has always been timid and afraid of hardship, but when he was drunk like this at this time, his head suddenly lowered, and he said after a while: "Brother Huang, I just want to go and see Brother Jiu, I'm afraid of ......"

Wei Wang did not continue to say the words later, and Zhu Zhanji naturally understood it. If it was just for other trivial things, he could naturally agree to love his younger brother, but now his mother is still sick in Renshou Palace, and he doesn't know if it can really improve. Therefore, after looking at King Wei for a while, he said word by word: "Go back." If you still want your ninth brother to be well, then go back! ”

For Zhu Zhanyun, the king of Wei, who has never received half of Zhu Zhanji's heavy words, this sentence is undoubtedly a slap in the face. He staggered back a few steps before he stood firm, his already pale face revealing a morbid glamour in the light of the torch. After standing for a while, he nodded indifferently, and then turned around and walked towards his own mansion. A few eunuchs who had just chased them out of the Weiwang Mansion hurriedly chased after them, but they were all secretly complaining in their hearts.

"Take care of your illness, and when you get better, I will let you see your ninth brother!"

King Wei originally stumbled, but when he heard this, he turned around suddenly, even when he saw that Zhu Zhanji ignored him anymore, but walked straight to the gate of King Liang's mansion, he didn't care, just stared at the back. It wasn't until the group followed him that he couldn't see anything, so he withdrew his gaze, and two eunuchs came up to stop him, and then he said impatiently: "Go back and let the imperial doctor come to check the pulse, let him prescribe medicine, prescribe the best medicine, no matter how bitter it is, I will eat it!" ”

Where did a few eunuchs dare to disobey, they responded in unison. As the rest of them went back, the whole alley fell silent. Although it is adjacent to the Xiangwang Mansion, the Yuewang Mansion, and the Zhengwang Mansion, these places that used to sing and dance constantly are a little too quiet in such a good year, as if they are even no longer popular. Only the county lord's mansion at the end was still faintly heard from time to time with the cry of a child. As for the hustle and bustle of the light market farther away, it was as if it came from another world.

Wang Jin carefully served Zhu Zhanji and walked in, his eyes glancing around from time to time. Although Fang Ling said that the people inside and outside the house here have changed again, and almost all of them are elite soldiers and strong generals drawn from the Jinyi Weidong Factory, he still can't help but be a little vigilant, and he was not relieved until he came to the door of the main house from the inner Yimen, but unexpectedly, the emperor directly shook off his hand.

"Go back to the Wei Wangfu to change a group of people, first the outer courtyard, and then pick a few more close to the inner chamberlain. Unexpectedly, King Wei, who was so weak, ran out of the mansion, it was like a wine bag and a rice bag! After instructing this, Zhu Zhanji walked straight to the gate over there, and stopped after going up a few steps, "You don't have to follow, wait outside!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Wang Jin was relieved, and hurriedly caught up a few steps, "Even if you don't let the small one follow, it's better to let the Fang Commander ......"

"As I said, no one is allowed to come in! I've even been to the battlefield, am I still afraid of an unarmed King Liang? Besides, will there still be no one in the house watching? Leaving these blunt words, Zhu Zhanji pushed the door into the house without looking back.

Although it is not as good as the front hall and the back hall of the palace, the regulations of the mansion can still be side by side with the prince's mansion. Sure enough, when he went up and pushed the chair, he found that the furniture was directly nailed to the ground. When he entered the east room, he saw King Liang sitting on the bed in a daze. There was a lampstand in the room, but it was too high to reach, and even the sheets and bedding on the bed seemed to be specially made. When he saw King Liang looking over blankly, he frowned suddenly, and his eyes didn't even see the two sturdy eunuchs standing in the corner, and walked straight forward.

Liang Wang's pupils on the bed contracted, and he finally recognized the person in front of him who was blocking his light. He tilted his head and looked at Zhu Zhanji for a long time, and finally said lightly: "I knew that the emperor was back, but I didn't expect it to take so long to come here." Brother Chen has nothing to say, I confess to any crime, you can deal with it as you want. ”

"Disposition, at this time you tell me to dispose of?" Zhu Zhanji sneered, suddenly grabbed King Liang's collar, and stood up, "Except for King Wei, among these older brothers, when have I ever treated you badly?" In the past few years, a few of you have not yet become a vassal domain, King Zheng, King Yue, King Xiang, King Jing, King Huai, everyone gives 50,000 yuan a year, only you are 100,000 yuan a year! During the New Year's holidays, I think of you and my tenth brother when I have any good things, but that's how you reciprocate! ”

Zhu Zhanji's voice became louder and louder, and King Liang was stunned for a moment, without a word of justification. It wasn't until the person was thrown on the bed that he silently tidied up the folded placket, and said without raising his head: "Brother Chen knows that I'm sorry for the emperor, but there are some things that you can't let go of if you want to." As long as I think of my mother's suicide, as long as I think of the starling's unknown death, I feel as if there is a fire burning in my chest. The younger brother just said that everything was done by the younger brother, and it was left to the emperor to dispose of. ”

"You did it? Guo Cong was killed by you? Li Maoqing was also killed by you? Seeing that King Liang raised his head all of a sudden, his face changed drastically, Zhu Zhanji felt more and more that it was not nonsense for the Jinyi Guardian to report that this matter was suspicious, so he said in an aggravated tone, "I just met the tenth brother, he cried like tears, even if you don't plan for yourself, you should think about him!" ”

King Liang finally recovered from his extreme shock, and then buried his head in his hands all of a sudden, and then shook his head vigorously: "Li Maoqing, I don't know, but I didn't kill my cousin!" ”

Just when the emperor came to the Liangwang Mansion in person, Zhang Yue and the brothers were watching the moon in the back garden of Yangwubo's mansion. The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 has always been a good time to admire the moon, and although the Lantern Festival is also the 15th, people's minds are on the lanterns and fireworks, few people care about the moon in the sky, not to mention that today is only the fourteenth day of the first month.

The clouds in the sky just dispersed, and a round moon appeared, and the brothers gathered in a grass pavilion behind them, wrapped in a thick thick coat. Seeing that Zhang Zhen was so cold that he stomped his feet, Zhang Fu handed over the hand stove without saying a word. Zhang Zhen hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that this younger brother, who had never had much contact, had a sincere face, he took it and thanked him again.

At this time, Zhang Yue asked Zhang Qi: "Second brother, do you really want to let go of the foreign office?" ”

"That's right, I've been bored in the capital, I'm bored, I can't hold it back, I'm going to ask Ying to go to Liaodong!"

Zhang Qi saw that Zhang Zhen frowned, and Zhang Zhen and Zhang Zhi were silent, he naturally turned his head to look at Zhang Yue, "The third brother is now in charge of the military department, and I am still in Jingwei, so there is too much gossip." I'm a military attaché, and I'm not as noble as my fourth brother, where is it inconvenient to go, so I have to get in the way in Beijing? Letting it out is at least a commander, it's better than eating and waiting for death in Beijing. ”