The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

Song Jiao was startled, trotted over and opened the door, and sure enough saw the Liangzhou guard standing outside anxiously.

"what happened?"

"Jiang Ping, Master Jiang has been locked up, and now his life and death are uncertain, because the lower official sent someone to deliver a letter to Lord Jiang and Old General Wu a while ago, and Old General Wu sent someone to inform the lower official, and asked the lower official to report the letter to His Highness. .”

It happened that Song Jiao hadn't fallen asleep yet, so he turned sideways to let the Liangzhou guards come in first, picked up the small bamboo basket behind the door, threw in some manuscript paper written by hand this year, and then put the system into it.

He carried the small bamboo basket on his back, put on the bamboo hat, and held the bamboo stick: "What's the matter? Let's go, let's go to Fengxiang City first, and you can talk slowly on the way."

"Okay, my officer has prepared the carriage."

Song Jiao blew out the candles in the room, locked the door of the hut, and followed the guards down the mountain.

At this time, it was dark and the mountain road was difficult to walk. The guard ran all the way up the mountain, panting.

In the past year, Song Jiao was used to walking on mountain roads, so he supported the guard and led him down the mountain quickly.

When we reached the flatter part of the mountainside, there were carriages arranged for defense.

Song Jiao and Shou Bing got into the carriage.

"What's going on?" Song Jiao said, "Didn't I write letters to Brother Jiang and my grandfather?"

The letter I wrote to Senior Brother Jiang was to advise him not to worry, and to stop confronting the Wang family.

To write a letter to Grandpa is to ask Grandpa to unite with several generals to beat up the Wang family.

He knew Wang Erdao's temperament, he was good at face, relying on himself as the veteran of the bandit village, he usually said what he said.

He hated Senior Brother Jiang because Senior Brother Jiang had humiliated him in public and whipped his people.Song Jiao was afraid that Senior Brother Jiang would be targeted by him again, so he advised Senior Brother Jiang not to worry.

As for Grandpa and the other military generals, they are military generals with Wang Erdang's family, and their seniority is similar. Song Jiao thought that they should be able to restrain the Wang family.

but……

How did things become like this?

The Liangzhou defense took a deep breath: "The two letters written by the young master are useful. Within a few days after the letters were delivered, Wang Erdao took Wang Yun back, but Wang Yun didn't return to Fengxiang City, he did. The fiefdom of the royal family."

"Fiefdom?" Song Jiao realized that in the past year, in order to boost morale, Mr. Xie had drawn up the rules of conferring titles and fiefdoms on meritorious officers and soldiers.

With so many generals in the Wang family, they must have their own fief.

Song Jiao asked again: "And then?"

"Wang Yun robbed a girl in the fief, and forced her to commit suicide. That fief was originally not in Fengxiang City, and this matter was not under the control of Mr. Jiang, but the local officials did not care about it. The girl's parents , I went to Beijing to sue the imperial court.”

"Wang Erdang wanted to suppress the matter, but Mr. Jiang knew about it. He took the girl's parents back and asked them carefully. When he found out what was going on, he took people to the fief to arrest Wang Yun overnight and put him in the prison. , to punish him."

"How could Wang Erdang agree? He sent someone to stop him overnight, and the two sides fought all night, and finally Mr. Jiang took him back. As a result, the next morning, Wang Yun was beaten in the sky prison." gone."

The guard lowered his voice: "He...his lifeline was cut off, and he hasn't been saved yet."

Song Jiao was so startled that his eyes widened: "Huh?"

"Actually, Wang Yun does a lot of evil in his daily life. There are many people who can't understand him. Maybe some jailer couldn't understand him, so he beat him up."

"Wang Erdang was so angry that he rushed into Fengxiang Mansion with a group of people, arrested Mr. Jiang, and locked him in the barracks. No one was allowed to see him. The prime minister, old general Wu, the third master, and the prince all I went. The second leader insisted that Mr. Jiang crossed the border to manage affairs, and even allowed his subordinates to avenge their personal revenge, insisting that Mr. Jiang pay for his life."

"It's been three days, there is really no way, old general Wu thought, this matter is important, so let the next official tell His Highness."

Song Jiao nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, I understand."

At this time, the carriage had already arrived outside the city gate, Song Jiao said: "My lord, you go back first, if you follow me to Fengxiang, I'm afraid you will get into trouble too."

"Okay, then the officer will go back first."

Song Jiao thought for a while, then said: "Wait a minute, I'll write a letter, and you can send it to the front for me."

"it is good."

After lighting the candles in the carriage, Song Jiao opened the pen holder, took out the pen and paper that he carried with him, quickly wrote two letters, and handed them to him: "One to His Majesty, and one to Wang Kuang."

"Okay, the next official will remember, Your Highness must be careful."

"I know."

The carriage was bumping, and the lantern under the eaves was shaking anxiously. Song Jiao hugged the system and leaned against the wall of the carriage, sorting out what happened.

He doesn't think Senior Brother Jiang did anything wrong, and Senior Brother Jiang did the right thing. Yun was arrested and brought to justice.

The most troublesome thing is not that Brother Jiang crossed the border to arrest people. There is a "right to do things in a hurry" in the laws of Qi State, which is not considered a violation of the law.

The most troublesome thing is that the interrogation has not yet started, and the prisoner is injured and dying in the prison.

It is also because of this that Wang Erdang's family is particularly crazy.

His original grandson, Wang Kuang, was wounded in the army, and finally escaped from his grasp and went to the front line.

He must have put more thought into this newcomer, otherwise he wouldn't be spoiled like this in a year.

Wang Erdang's family is getting older and older, and he is becoming more and more extreme about certain things.

The system suddenly said: "Maomao, if you go, that Wang will hate you even more."

"Ok?"

"You persuaded Wang Kuang to join the army. This Wang Yun, you also taught him a lesson, and the second leader will hate you."

"It doesn't matter." Song Jiao sighed, "The Wang family is getting bigger and stronger, we have to get rid of it."

He whistled and called the goshawk who had been following him all the way since the beginning.

Song Jiao simply wrote a note, stuffed it into the bamboo tube on its leg, and let it fly.

Hurrying quickly, Song Jiao arrived at the outskirts of Fengxiang City in the evening a few days later.

Before the carriage entered the city, Song Jiao heard the noise.

Song Jiao's intuition was wrong, so he opened the curtain of the carriage and looked forward.

The two sides are confronting each other.

There are a lot of people on one side, looking at the uniforms and weapons, it is obvious that they are soldiers and horses under Wang Erdang's family, and there are only a few people on the other side, headed by Liu Yi, Wen Zhi, Chu Heng are among them, and some are Jiang Ping's My colleagues are all literati.

The two sides confronted each other and refused to give in to each other. On Liu Yi's side, he was unarmed but not afraid.

Liu Yidao: "General Wang detained court officials privately for dozens of days, isn't that too much? I advise General Wang to release them immediately, don't..."

At the other end, Song Jiao hurriedly got out of the carriage and said to the driver, "Go into the palace and invite the prince to come over, and just say 'Maomao is back.'"

"Yes."

Song Jiao still dressed like that, small bamboo basket, bamboo hat and bamboo stick, he stepped forward quickly, facing the breeze blowing, blowing his hair and sleeves.

As he walked forward, he held up the seal left by his grandfather: "Prime Minister Song is here, it is like an imperial decree!"

Everyone turned their heads and saw him walking towards here.

He has grown a lot taller than a year ago, and looks a little thinner. He is dressed in plain clothes, but he shows his strength.

The baby fat on his face has faded, and his chin is pointed, but his face is still white, and his eyes are still bright.

Liu Yi called out: "Maomao."

Song Jiao held up his grandfather's seal, stood beside him, and said loudly to the soldiers on the opposite side, "Your Majesty has an order to release Jiang Ping immediately."

Liu Yi came to his senses and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I have seen Your Majesty."

The soldiers on the opposite side were still hesitating, Song Jiao took out the long sword left to him by his grandfather and waved his hand to cut off the new spring grass on the ground: "Who dares to resist the decree?!"

The soldiers could only send someone to sue Wang Erdang's family.

Song Jiao just stood there and waited.

Not long after, Wang Erdang came out.

He was old, but his skills were still vigorous. He stood in front of Song Jiao with his hands behind his back, and his eyes were sharp, staring at him closely.

Song Jiao looked back at the past without fear, just like Prime Minister Song at that time.

Not long after, the sound of horseshoes came from behind Song Jiao.The prince should have arrived.

Wang Erdang's gaze was still fixed on Song Jiao, and he waved his hand: "Let me go."

Two soldiers dragged a man out, Jiang Ping drooped his head, dying, covered in blood, the white clothes on his body were stained red with blood, almost clotted on the wound.

Those who saw him couldn't help but gasp.

A few friends took the half-dead Jiang Ping over and helped him into the prepared carriage, Liu Yi even shed tears.

Song Jiao looked angrily at Wang Erdang's family: "Jiang Ping is an official ordered by the imperial court..."

The next moment, the crown prince pulled him back: "Maomao."

"Godfather, he..."

"Okay, godfather knows, anyway, people are coming, you go back with godfather first." The prince held him back, and said firmly, "Let's go."

The crown prince raised his head and said to Wang Erdang, "Old General Wang, see you later."

Wang Erdang put his hands behind his back and raised his chin: "I respectfully send the prince off."

Jiang Ping was taken back by Liu Yi for treatment, accompanied by a group of friends, and the crown prince also let the imperial doctor pass.

When Song Jiao was brought back by the crown prince, he still didn't understand: "Godfather, why? You dare not deal with him, so I'll write to Grandpa Xie..."

The prince said: "This is what the father means."

Song Jiao froze in place.

He absolutely refused to believe that it was Grandpa Xie's intention that Wang Erdang's perverting the law like this.

"Impossible, Grandpa Xie is the most upright person..."

"That's what my father meant. My father is attacking Jiaguan in the north of the Qing Kingdom. It's time to use troops. The Wang family, he still wants to use them. He made a decree years ago that he can show mercy to the Wang family outside the law."

So I can't move, so in order to stabilize the Wang family, how long should I pamper them?

Song Jiao said: "It's absolutely impossible. This incident didn't happen years ago. Grandpa Xie didn't know the situation here, and thought that the Wang family just did some trivial things. I will go to him immediately and ask him for an imperial edict to destroy the Wang family. "

"Mamao, don't act recklessly, father has his own plan, and he will deal with it after the battle is over..."

"It's too late." Song Jiao said solemnly, "Godfather, there is a royal family. After defeating the Qing Kingdom, there will be countless royal families rising up. At that time, those generals will all support their own troops, and they will all be as corrupt as the Wang family. It's only going to get worse."

Song Jiao took a deep breath and hit the nail on the head: "Besides, I relied on the hearts of the people to go south all the way. But now, when something like this happened, we shielded the powerful and made the people die in vain."

"Qingguo is best at spreading rumors. Once Qingguo finds out about this kind of thing, everyone in the prefectures and counties that were conquered will be in danger. They are afraid that they will rebel. Grandpa Xie and Brother Shen are now at the forefront. Once the prefectures and counties behind them rebel, they will be attacked by the enemy, and it will be more difficult than good."

Song Jiao said seriously: "Grandpa Xie must not know about this matter, right?"

The prince nodded: "Yes, at the beginning of the year, after I told my father about the general situation of the Wang family, my father said that everything should be in charge, and there has been no news since then."

"Godfather, you are confused." Song Jiao folded his hands, "I'm going to the front line and tell Grandpa Xie about the matter. Godfather, you stay in Fengxiang City, watch out for the Wang family, and don't let them make any more petty tricks."

The prince is gentle and kind, more conservative than aggressive, hearing what he said, he could only nod his head: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

He patted Song Jiao on the shoulder: "You have really grown up."

Song Jiao rested in Fengxiang City for one night, then rushed to the front line immediately.

I don't know how Wang Erdang knew that he was going to find Mr. Xie, but he even brought people to block the gate of the city.

It's not that Song Jiao is not allowed to go, he just said: "Okay, since Your Highness is going to ask His Majesty for justice, then I will go too, and I want to see, Jiang Ping, who crossed the border and avenged public affairs, took my grandson Injured like this, how do you want to seek justice?!"

Song Jiao glanced at him, and rode around him on horseback.

Wang Erdang has his own logic, so there is no need to argue with him, as long as he doesn't stop himself.

But just in case, Song Jiao still didn't go the same way as Wang Erdang's family. After all, he was old and wanted to take a carriage and take the main road. Song Jiao took the small road and arrived sooner.

Song Jiao rode lightly and arrived at Rentian City a few months later.

This was originally a prefecture and county in the Qing Kingdom, but it was taken down by Mr. Xie half a year ago and set up as a temporary companion capital.

The day Song Jiao arrived, it was already night, he hurried into the accompanying palace, and pushed open the door: "Thank you, Grandpa!"

Mr. Xie was already asleep, wearing his middle clothes, leaning on the couch, coughing twice, and took a closer look: "Mamao?"

Then Fan Kai also came over: "Your Highness?"

Song Jiao walked into the room and said solemnly: "Grandpa, Wang Yun of the Wang family bullied men and women, forcing..."

Mr. Xie waved his hand: "Okay, I know everything, you wrote very clearly."

"Then grandpa..."

Master Xie said, "For this matter, you came to the front line on purpose, do you know how dangerous the front line is?"

"Grandpa!" Song Jiao said solemnly, "This matter is related to the country and the country. I didn't come here just because of a moment of anger. I ask Grandpa to deal with the Wang family."

"Okay, don't mess around, go to sleep, I will ask Fan Kai to send you away tomorrow."

"Grandpa, the pros and cons of this matter, I have made it very clear in my letter. This is not only related to that girl, that family, but also to all the people in Qi, as well as your own throne. Water can carry a boat It can also overturn the boat, after this incident, how can grandpa fight..."

"How did you talk to grandpa?" Mr. Xie sat up, slapped the table hard, and couldn't help coughing twice.

Song Jiao was taken aback by him, and immediately jumped up, saying loudly, "If my grandpa was here, I would never let Grandpa Xie be so selfish."

Old Master Xie stood up abruptly: "Your grandfather, your grandfather, didn't I treat the Wang family like this just because of your grandfather? Without the Wang family, Qing Kingdom cannot be brought down. I'm dead, how can I go to see him?"

Mr. Xie paused for a moment: "I swore an oath in front of your grandfather's grave that I would capture the Qing Kingdom within a year, and now it's almost over. I can't break my promise. The first one who can fight now is the Wang family. Nothing matters."

Song Jiao froze in place. He thought that he and Wang Erdang came over at the same time, asking for an explanation. He always thought that Grandpa Xie would definitely be on his side, but...

It doesn't seem to be the case.

He looked at Mr. Xie in disbelief, hesitated for a moment, and with a "plop", both knees hit the ground.

He knelt down to Grandpa Xie, his gaze still firm: "Please Your Majesty deal with the Wang family!"

Mr. Xie was obviously very angry with him, he covered his mouth, coughed twice, then pointed at Song Jiao, and said to Fan Kai: "Drag on..."

Still reluctant.

"Please go down, lock him in the room, and send him away tomorrow morning! Let the prince come and pick him up! Watch out for him, don't let him run away, and don't let him get hurt. If he runs away, I will punish you!"

Before Song Jiao could speak again, Fan Kai grabbed his hands from behind and dragged him away.

When sending him into the room, Fan Kai said to him: "Little Highness, Your Majesty has his own thoughts, so don't be stubborn."

Song Jiao retorted: "Grandpa Xie's thinking is to punish the Wang family after the Qing Kingdom is brought down, but has Grandpa Xie ever thought about how powerful the Wang family will be when it comes time to bring down the Qing Kingdom? Generals, learn from each other, I am afraid that Grandpa Xie will attack them one by one again."

Fan Kai had no choice but to send him to bed: "Alright, alright, your highness has been on the road for a few months, you should go to sleep, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

Song Jiao hummed heavily, jumped onto the bed, and lay down with her back facing him without even changing her clothes.

Fan Kai didn't leave. I don't know how long it took. Song Jiao was so angry that he was about to fall asleep in a daze. At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Mr. Xie walked in and gave Fan Kai a "hush".

Fan Kai didn't say a word, just pointed to the bed, and then made a sleeping motion.

——Your Highness fell asleep.

Master Xie looked at Song Jiao's back and sighed helplessly.

He walked to the couch and sat down, patted Song Jiao on the shoulder: "Maomao, it's time to eat."

Song Jiao pulled the quilt over his head and ignored him.

Mr. Xie patted him on the head again across the quilt: "You have to understand Grandpa's painstaking efforts. Grandpa didn't deliberately not dispose of the Wang family, but the Wang family is very useful for fighting. To be honest, Grandpa doesn't have much time. Grandpa just wants to Hurry up and finish the Qing Kingdom, this is considered as the completion of Grandpa's mission, the soldiers of the Wang family are the most valiant, so sometimes, if they do something wrong, Grandpa will just turn a blind eye..."

Song Jiao in the quilt was stunned. He lifted the quilt and looked at Mr. Xie with shame: "Grandpa Xie, I'm sorry."

"Well, it's okay, then tomorrow..."

"But I still disagree with Grandpa Xie's approach."

"Hey, you kid." Mr. Xie raised his hand to hit him.

Song Jiao hid for a while: "Grandpa, you must think the letter is too long, so you didn't read the letter I wrote to you."

"..." Mr. Xie choked up, bad, he was discovered.

Fan Kaidao: "Your Highness is right, His Majesty only reads His Highness's greetings to His Majesty every time, read it two or three times, and doesn't read anything else."

Song Jiao sat up straight and said solemnly: "Grandpa, I know you are in a hurry and want to end the troubled times quickly so that brother Shen and I will not be in danger in the future, but have you ever thought that you will indulge the Wang family like this? Is it actually cultivating another troubled world?"