Golden Stage

In the 18th year of Yuantai, early autumn.

"Youlan Bieye" is a scenic spot on Baoyan Mountain in Huanren County. The original owner was an elegant literati from the previous generation. He was an official to the prime minister. After he became an official, he bought this villa in the suburbs of Beijing for retirement.Because he loved orchids all his life, he planted all kinds of rare orchids in the garden, so he named this villa "Youlan Bieye".

After the death of the other owner, the descendants were convicted of embezzlement and their property was confiscated. "Youlan Bieye" was also seized and confiscated.Later, the first emperor rewarded this place to Fu Jian, the former Duke of Ying.Since then, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has become a private property of the Fu family.

Huanren County is only a few tens of miles away from the capital, and there are many dense forests and valleys on Baoyan Mountain, which is a good place for hunting.It just so happened that the summer heat was over, and a group of playboys were extremely bored, so they made an appointment to go hunting in the mountains.Fu Shen had no choice but to be the host, so he had to send someone to clean up first and prepare to welcome the guests.For this reason, the boss of the Qin family was not happy, and at home, Jiantian pointed at Sang and scolded Huai eccentrically at home, saying that he was a playboy and a prodigal.Fu Shen went out to socialize lazily, and was annoyed to death by her. He was sharpening his sword and trying to find a reason to have a fit, when his second uncle suddenly returned from northern Xinjiang.

Fu Tingxin calmed down the Qin family with a few words, and let Fu Shen go out to play with confidence.Once he came back, Fu Shen was reluctant to leave.Fu Tingxin had no children under his knees, Fu Shen grew up in front of him, and he taught him both civil and martial arts, and he was closer to him than his own father.

"Second Uncle," Fu Shen sat on the table in Fu Tingxin's study in a disorganized manner, dangling his legs, "Qiu Dong is the time when border defense is critical, why did you come back suddenly?"

Fu Tingxin was rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for things, and said without raising his head when he heard the words: "There is something in the court."

Fu Shen guessed right away: "Jin Yunfeng, Zhongshu's servant, is imprisoned for treason?"

Fu Tingxin suddenly got up: "How did you know that?!"

"That group of young masters who want to ruin our homeland said that," Fu Shen grinned, "Second Uncle, I'm not young anymore, I was ignorant before, but I still don't understand now."

Fu Tingxin raised his hand and raised his forehead: "Shen'er, listen to my second uncle's advice. Don't laugh like this outside in the future, it's too stupid."

Fu Shen: "..."

Fu Tingxin simply left the box alone, sat down on the desk like Fu Shen, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think about this?"

"Me?" Fu Shen said, "I just... just take a look."

Fu Tingxin slapped him on the back of the head and said angrily, "Speak well!"

Fu Shen leaned forward from his beating, and rubbed the back of his head aggrievedly: "I just listened to it as a rumor at first! Jin Yunfeng was convicted because he was involved in the conspiracy case of Han Yuan, who commanded the Jiangsu and Zhejiang boat divisions. He After all, he is the Minister of Zhongshu, he is in the same position as the prime minister, and the same as Han Yuan is outside, and the other is in the court, and the inside and the outside cooperate, and everything will be fine..."

Fu Tingxin couldn't listen anymore: "What the hell are they... Shut up, I'll just say it once, it's all up to you how much you can enlighten."

"The commander of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang boat divisions, Han Yuan, is under the command of Sa Zhimu, the admiral of the Donghai Navy. The area around Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the fiefdom of King An. The incident of Han Yuan's conspiracy and rebellion happened. Not only did Sa Zhimu want to beg for his official position, but the emperor also moved to abolish the fiefdom of King An. mind."

Fu Shen: "What does this have to do with Jin Yunfeng?"

Fu Tingxin: "The reason why Jin Yunfeng was convicted is that he has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the abolition of King An's fief, and asked the emperor not to kill each other. Given his position, this is not a serious crime. If you trouble him, he was a lecturer in the Imperial Academy. Lectured for King An. With this relationship, why do you think the emperor wanted to punish him?"

Fu Shen: "The emperor dealt with the Han Yuan conspiracy case openly. In fact, he wanted to take back the fiefdom of King An, and took the opportunity to beat the southeast navy. Because the scattered vassal kings and generals stationed at the frontier... this is him. Two major confidantes."

Fu Tingxin was heartbroken by the incisive summary of "two major confidant troubles", and he held his chest with a wry smile and said, "My eldest nephew, you are quite straightforward."

But Fu Shen didn't take his joke, and stared at Fu Tingxin with burning eyes: "I just remembered that there is something related to both of them, isn't there one in our family?"

"Thinking wrong," Fu Tingxin dispelled his worries in time, "I came back to help Mr. Jin to plead for mercy. I was a companion to His Highness King Su and had a teacher-student friendship with him. When something like this happened, I You can’t speak without making a sound.”

Fu Shen was not fooled: "I think His Royal Highness King Su has a 'teacher-student friendship' with Jin Yunfeng, and he is not easy to come forward, so I let you do it for me, right? How much favor does he owe you, and when will he be willing to repay the debt? If not Come on, can you sell yourself to be my second aunt?"

Fu Tingxin was not annoyed when he was teased, and said calmly, "Good question, I suggest you ask him face to face next time."

"Tsk tsk, you two must have dug a hole and waited for me again." Fu Shen had already been tricked out of experience, "I don't ask, you go be a bachelor yourself!"

In fact, they all knew that it was just a joke that could never come true. Fu Tingxin was the border guard, King Su was the vassal prince of a locality, and the two confidantes were seriously troubled.

Fu Tingxin raised his hand and touched the top of his head, and sighed: "Sometimes I really hope that you will grow up quickly, so that I can leave all the burdens to you and go on my own, but I also want you to never grow up and never have to face it." These are involuntary."

Fu Shen didn't take it seriously, and said casually: "I am not short of fame and fortune. From now on, I will be a lone minister, no matter how narrow-minded the emperor is, he will not be suspicious of me."

After hearing his childish speech, Fu Tingxin raised his hand and twitched his back: "Do what you can! I have a few letters in the box, go find them for me."

Fu Shen jumped down from the table, and resentfully rummaged through the boxes.

Fu Tingxin stared at his back and smiled slightly, with an imperceptible misery in his smile, and said in his heart: "Little brat, I have taught you to read so many history books for nothing, don't you know what 'unnecessary' is?"

After being miserable for a while, he explained to himself again: "Forget it, if you are childish, be childish. Isn't there still me and my eldest brother?"

In the autumn of Yuantai's 18th year, the weather was calm.

No one has ever predicted how impermanent good fortune is and how fate plays tricks on people.

In the 19th year of Yuantai, Fu Tingyi was assassinated by the Eastern Tatars.The following year, Fu Tingxin died in battle in northern Xinjiang.In the same year, Fu Shen went out of Beijing and set foot on the northern battlefield.

In the 25th year of Yuantai, Fu Shen returned to Beijing with injuries and was bestowed a marriage by Emperor Yuantai.

That day, the study room was full of chaos, the conversation that only the uncle and nephew knew, a hidden relationship, the uncle's hope and luck, the boy's unrestrained declaration... all finally became a mirror.

No matter how bitter and bitter he was in the future, at that time Fu Shen was still a naive and flamboyant young man, and when Fu Tingxin asked him to go out to play, he took a group of cronies and friends to Baoyan Mountain in a mighty manner.

Those who are close to Fu Shen are all the sons of honored nobles. In this dynasty, civil servants are not knighted. Quatrains, let alone the "gentleman among flowers".The group of big monkeys admired the orchids for a while, rested for a while, and had lunch. In the afternoon, they heard that the water was ready, so they couldn't wait to lead the horses and the eagles, and plunged into the mountain happily.

There are no wild beasts on Baoyan Mountain, mostly roe deer, hares and pheasants. It is said that there are wild boars from time to time.Fu Shen rode his horse slowly through the woods, aiming with his bow from time to time, and the arrows never missed.His archery was practiced in the Northern Yan Army, and it is a bit overkill to deal with chickens and rabbits.Feeling bored, suddenly there was a rustling sound from the dense forest on the right in front, and the sound of horseshoes sounded immediately. Yi Siming and Fu Shen who were on the horse looked at each other from a distance, and at the same time drew their bows to aim at the black shadow in the grass.

Fu Shen clasped the bowstring tightly with his fingers, squinted his eyes, and gradually saw the outline of the object clearly, and his heart moved.

"and many more!"

He immediately called for a stop, but it was too late. Yi Siming's arrow had left the string, and Fu Shen couldn't stop it. " With a bang, Yi Siming's feathered arrow was deflected by several feet!

Yi Siming was stunned at first, and was about to explode when he suddenly heard Fu Shen shout: "Where is who? Come out!"

The grass rustled, and the black shadow slowly grew taller, wider, and finally stood up—it turned out to be a woman with a burden in her arms!

She thumped and fell to her knees in front of Fu Shen's horse, crying, "I beg your lord to save me!"

Yi Siming rode over, looked him up and down, and said suspiciously: "Look at your clothes, you don't look like a village woman in the mountains, but you seem to come from a rich family... What are you holding in your arms?"

The woman trembled all over when she heard the words, she didn't answer, she just buried her head in her head and hugged the bundle even tighter.

Fu Shen took a few steps closer, raised the woman's chin with a longbow, and said coldly, "Let go."

When the woman was stared at by him, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, and she was so frightened that she went limp. Fu Shen easily lifted the wrapper in her hand, revealing the brocade swaddle inside.

She had a baby in her arms!

Fu Shen frowned: "Shooting Hanako?"

While talking, several people heard the commotion and rushed over, gathered around to look at the woman, but saw that her face was full of tears mixed with dust, and she still did not hide her graceful demeanor.Although this group of people can't write poems for the gods, it doesn't mean they can't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness. At that time, they were moved with compassion: "Girl, did you encounter any difficulties?"

The woman trembled like a timid rabbit, hesitated for a while, and finally said with a trembling voice: "My maidservant Caiyue, yes, she is the maidservant of Jingzhong Jin Shilang's family, and the one in her arms is my little master..."

Someone was puzzled: "Golden servant? Which golden servant?"

Fu Shen already understood: "Jin Yunfeng, Zhongshu's servant. You escaped privately with the child."

"I beg you gentlemen to let the slaves and maidservants live!" Caiyue knelt down and cried loudly, "This child is the only blood of the Jin family, and he was almost thrown to death during the ransacking of the house... My master was wronged and imprisoned, and all the women in the family couldn't bear the humiliation, so they all hanged themselves In front of the hall! The servants desperately led the young master to escape from the capital, and were chased and killed by the court officers and soldiers all the way. They were really helpless, so they fled into the mountains..."

She was crying pitifully, but Jin Yunfeng was involved in a serious crime of treason, once the charge of "harboring a fugitive" was charged, it would kill someone if he was not careful.

However, these honorable children are young, full of kindness, and their families are quite powerful, so they have never suffered a disadvantage, so they decided to help without hesitation.Yi Siming was a sensible person, so he couldn't stop him after several times, so he had no choice but to turn his attention to Fu Shen for help.Fu Shen thought of his second uncle who had come all the way back to intercede for Jin Yunfeng, and the maid of Jin's family happened to run into his hand. Could it be that this child should have a way out somehow?After much deliberation, he finally gave in and ordered the accompanying servants: "Take her back to the villa and change her clothes. If anyone asks, just say that she is a girl sent by my mother to serve. Don't say too much, go."

The servants took orders and left.Yi Siming still frowned, and said worriedly: "This woman's identity is important, if she is involved in the Jin Yunfeng case, we will be in big trouble."

"Well," Fu Shen nodded casually, "One person does the work and the other person is in charge. Don't worry, brother Yi. If something happens to the wrong window, you will never be implicated."

These words worked well, and someone immediately slapped his chest loudly: "What did Brother Fu say! How can I let you bear the responsibility alone, if there is nothing else, count me in!"

Everyone agreed, and Yi Siming was completely helpless.Fu Shen smiled: "Everyone, don't panic, do what you have to do. Baoyan Mountain is the private property of my Fu family. Even if there are pursuers who want to search it, they must first ask the owner if they agree."

Before the words were finished, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, like rolling thunder, and they were approaching them in an instant!

Fu Shen has excellent eyesight, and when he looked from a distance, he recognized the official uniform with black background and silver embroidery——

Feilongwei!

Damn, this slap in the face came too fast!