Chapter 143: Wangjing Gate (2)
Zhu Bi is actually on the way to Beijing, but one is a dry road, the other is a waterway, when he learned that his nephew and Prince Chong had a conflict, he didn't think anything was great at first, because similar incidents had happened before, and they were all handled like this, thinking that as long as he sent someone to send some gifts, find someone to say peace, everything would be fine, and he heard that Prince Chong had been staying in the countryside, and he would definitely not be happy with the emperor, and he had not seen any "big world" It should be easy to settle.
Zhu Bi immediately sent people to inquire about the news, to inquire about the cause of the incident, not to find out what happened, I was startled when I checked it, the news from Zhu Rudan's entourage made him shocked, and his nephew actually said in public, "The words of the Zhu family are the king's law, and their own words are the holy decree, these rebellious words, it is okay to scare others and scare people, and his nephew does not know each other and uses this to bluff a prince, isn't that nothing to look for, and it is already a grace that people did not kill him on the spot."
But Zhu Bi's first thought was not his nephew's life, he was worried that if his nephew's words were told to the emperor by the prince, then what he did would be exposed, and he might lose all the wealth and status he had gained through hard work, and the best way to solve this matter was to let the people who knew these things disappear... Zhu Bi immediately gathered people and prepared to use the darkness of the night to make trouble and create chaos among the gang pawns, snatch back his nephew, and kill Zhao Mad , but those gang pawns were frightened by the fierce counterattack of Zhao Mad and his guards, and no one dared to move
When he re-mobilized people from Jiangnan to arrive, Zhao Mad only stayed in Yongqiu for one night and left, it was too late, the official road in broad daylight was full of people, and he couldn't start, so he had to send a housekeeper to Chen Liu to invite the prefect to keep Zhao Mad first, one is to probe the bottom of Zhao Mad to see if it can be resolved peacefully: one is to gain time, and wait for his elite killer to choose the opportunity to start. Unexpectedly, the manager ran away, not only did the matter not work out, but also suffered "humiliation"
Just as Zhu Bi mobilized people and was about to let go of the killing, 1 Hu Yong came. He was Tong Guan's personal entourage, saying that he was here to greet him, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that he was here to "collect taxes1." While the two were talking, Zhu Bi mentioned the conflict with the prince, which startled Hu Yong.
Zhu Bi knew from his mouth that this prince was not ordinary, this person was not only a scoundrel but also bold, the prefect of Gongzhou and Cai You, Liang Shicheng, these big and small characters were all tricked by him.1 They were all disgraced and ruined, and what surprised him even more was that now Zhao Mad has become a candidate for the East Palace, and he is the object of his benefactor's recommendation, and the emperor is likely to make him a prince when he summons him to Beijing. This shocked Zhu Bi into a cold sweat.1 Fortunately, he hadn't done it yet, otherwise he would have blackened the prince, and the emperor would have to dig himself out and smash it one by one!
Now that he understood the inner twilight, Zhu Bi had no choice but to suppress his murderous heart, prepare a generous gift, and ask Hu Yong to be an intermediary to make peace with Zhao Mad . He didn't know that his decision had inadvertently changed his fate, Zhao Mad did not kill Zhu Rudan and humiliate Zhu Xugao because he wanted to provoke Zhu Bi and lead him to take action, and then justifiably eliminated him.
Zhu Bi and the two did not stay long after they made things clear, Zhao Mad ordered someone to release Zhu Rudan, of course, Zhu Bi beat his nephew in front of Zhao Mad again, and then said goodbye and left.
Zhao Mad watched them leave the post house, the guards moved the gifts sent to the hall, a group of people looked at the colorful jewelry, gold and silver have this dizziness, he is no exception, Zhu Bi is indeed generous, not to mention the other is the "addiction armor" made by the Xixia craftsmen, which is a treasure that is hard to find. According to Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan", it was recorded that this armor was made by the Qingtang Qiang people, the color was blue and black1, smooth and translucent, and the hair could be seen, and it was tied up with a suede belt.1 It was soft and tough, and some people shot it at a distance of fifty paces with a crossbow, but they could not shoot through. Such toughness is due to the fact that hot forging is not used in forging, but the method of cold iron forging is adopted, which reduces its thickness by two-thirds, leaving a piece the size of a chopstick head at the end of the nail piece without forging, just like an addict who grows on a human body, so it is commonly known as a madman nail. The armor of the golden gun general Xu Ning in "Water Margin" is estimated to be this kind of thing, which shows its preciousness.
"Lord, Zhu Bi is really generous, as soon as he makes a move, it is a hundred thousand things!" Miki said with shiny eyes.
"I'm afraid it's more than that, these things won't add up to less than 200,000 yuan, he really made a cost!" Huang Jingchen is also a person who has seen the world, and he is also emotional when he sees these things. ,
"Lord, so much money, if you give it to me, it will be worth dying!" Zhao Zhong looked at the dazzling jewelry and said with a smirk.
"yes, I've never seen so much gold when I've grown so big! ...", one of the guards whispered.
"Lord, look how beautiful this bead is! Zhao Xin opened a box and exclaimed in confusion.
"If you like it, let's pick one each!". Zhao said with a smile.
"Really?!". Zhao Zhong said in disbelief, what they have been receiving is the education of "the road has gold that cannot be picked up, and all seizures must be credited, and now the prince took the initiative to let them take it, but it was everyone's accident."
"Really, but each person can only take one piece of jewelry, and the rest of the gold and silver will be sealed and transported back to Xiangyi as military pay!" Zhao Yan said.
"Thank you for the reward!". The guards said in unison, and each of them stepped forward to take a piece of jewelry, and of course they were all happy.
"What are you doing, prince?". Suddenly, Zhao Xin found that the prince picked up a sword, drew the sword and slashed his arm, and the blood gushed out, he hurriedly hugged Zhao Mad and shouted, and the others were frightened by the prince's actions, and they didn't know what to do.
"It's okay, I'm fine, I just want to sober myself up!". Zhao Mad returned the sword into the sheath and said, "The wealth is moving, I feel moved when I see these gold and silver beauties, the prosperity of Beijing is ten times better than that of Xiangyi, and there are countless riches there, I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand those temptations and indulge in it, forget the purpose of coming to Beijing from there, forget my original ideals, forget the rise and fall of the world, and the suffering of the people!" ”。
"Get rid of traitors, protect your family and defend the country, restore your dark clouds, and snow your country's shame!" After listening to Zhao Qing's words, the guards knelt down on one knee and shouted.
"Okay, we all have to remember our mission, don't soften our bones in the world of flowers and flowers, and betray our conscience!" Zhao Mad patted his chest and said.
"Follow the teachings of the king!" The guards replied in unison again.
"Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water, Thousands of Ancient Romantic Characters ......" The night is deep, the crescent moon is like a hook, Zhu Shuzhen muttered lightly to Zhao Mad 's "masterpiece" and quietly looked at the bright moon outside the window, with thousands of thoughts. She is the girl Sichun's Douzang years, the handsome face of the young prince, the appearance of laughter and scolding has been deeply imprinted in her heart.
Who in Jiangnan doesn't know that Zhu Xian is arrogant, his father is an official in Jiangxi with him, and he is also trembling when he sees Zhu Bi, like a mouse seeing a cat, but this prince is not afraid of "power" to catch his nephew, beat his housekeeper, and force him to kneel in front of the door to ask for guilt, what a majesty it is. After drinking, he inscribed poems on the wall, the pen walked the dragon and snake, the spirit was high, and the talent burst out, how chic it was!
"Why does he refuse to discuss poetry with me? I am from a humble background, or my writing is crude! ”。 Zhao Mad refused to annoy the girl, but her heart was haunted by an inexplicable impulse, she picked up the pen and wrote a small poem on this autumn night, "The first time he learns thrush, I don't know who belongs to him?" The belt will be full of the Mid-Autumn Moon and pay Xiao Lang 10,000 poems! ”。
"Second master, Little Lady Zhu sent another poem!". On this day, Huang Jingchen's illness has been cured, and they will embark on the return journey, and Zhao Xin came over early in the morning to say.
"Hehe, this little lady is quite interesting!". Zhao Mad looked at it and chuckled, the thrush in the poem must refer to herself, in the poem set for herself an ideal lover image and a vision of a happy marriage in the future, in her heart he is a) can be poetic, like-minded Ruyi Langjun. It must have been the poem of that day that caused the girl's love to open at the beginning, and now she is implicitly confessing to herself.
"My ambition is not to be a merry man who writes poetry and paints, but a general at the Prancing Horse Border Pass, but I disappointed her, Zhao Xin grinding!". Zhao Mad was also a little disappointed, the beauty and talent of the beauty in front of him really made him excited, but he was born in this era of disruption, and he was destined to be unable to compete with him, so it was better to give up her thoughts, so as not to increase his troubles!
"Every year in Chang'an City, the guest house is like a home. The green money is helpless on the day of wine, and the red candle is sleepless. It is easy to pick the Chinese character of the brocade women's machine, and it is rare for the jade people to do something. There is Shenzhou in the northwest of the man, and there are tears on the side of the West Bridge in Mo Dishui. Zhao Qing finished writing the last stroke, and sighed in his heart why he didn't have a good life, such a good opportunity was let go in vain, this is two lives, the first time a girl showed love to herself, and she was sorry for her first love and was dragged to death by herself at the beginning, but she was sorry for her descendants, and she stole a good song.
"Second master, I really can't understand you more and more, I haven't seen you write a poem in Xiangyi for so many years, why are you thriving poems now, one after another?" Zhao Xin gently dried the ink and tilted his head and asked.
"Poetry is born from the heart, understand?". Zhao Yan wiped his hands and smiled, and suddenly found that Zhao Xin had a string of beads hanging around his neck, but wearing this clothes, he looked a little nondescript, "You hung the beads, don't be afraid that others will snatch them!" ”。
"Hmph, of course the second master gave it to me, of course it has to be hung up, if anyone dares to rob it, I will have his claws!" Zhao Xin said, "Second master, do you think I look good with this string of beads?" ”。 He asked again with anticipation.
"Hehe, it's good-looking, it's a good match for you, it's just made for you!". Zhao said with a smile.
"Hee-hee, I think it's good-looking too!". Zhao Xin happily picked up the letter and left, his mood seemed to be very good!
After breakfast, the convoy of Prince Chong's return to Beijing set off again, and the crowd that was supposed to see off the other was missing the girl who was supposed to be beautiful, but there were a few more carriages full of people in the convoy. The convoy galloped all the way, and two hours later had entered Kaifeng County, and a team of honor guards with bright armor in the ten-mile Changting Pavilion had been waiting there, and Zhao had abandoned the car and rode on horseback, and walked slowly under the support of the guards. Just after noon, they had already arrived at the Fengqiu Gate of Bianliang City, where the crowd had gathered to greet them............