[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

How can there be such a coincidence, when I wanted to find the emperor, I was rescued by the eighth prince of the current dynasty.

If he had such good luck, he would not have devoted himself to such a messy family, and would not have been hunted down to the river, only to barely recover his life, Chen Zhiwu thought to himself.

"I'm already like this. You don't have to fake your identity to lie to me anymore. Why don't you just kill me? I've already entrusted my best friend with you. As long as I don't go back, he will sue the emperor when he arrives in Yangzhou." shape."

The Eighth Prince never expected that after revealing his identity, the person in front of him would become more defensive.

"What the hell, we saved you up, but you still think we are bad guys? Do you think we won't throw you down again?" The Ninth Prince said angrily.

"Xiao Jiu, don't mess around." The eighth prince stopped him.

"How do you want us to prove it? This is my jade badge, why don't you take a look at it?" the Eighth Prince said.

"Heh, one of you sings the red face and the other sings the bad face, the play is pretty good." Chen Zhiwu sneered, "Heh, even the identity jade card is ready?"

"The tea set of the Ru kiln tea set is still dressed in Shu brocade, and you look quite similar."

"No, how can you believe that we are really princes? If there is something urgent, if you don't say it, you may really hurt the emperor. Today, the emperor met an assassin at the pier." Jia Jing said.

"What, the emperor was assassinated," Chen Zhiwu was so startled that he almost sat up, but his back injury forced him to lie down again.

"Since you said that you are the princes who came to the south with the emperor, you can always call the emperor to see me." Chen Zhiwu said after calming down.

Facing the request of the man in front of him, the eighth prince and Jia Jing looked at each other in blank dismay. They could indeed invite the emperor over, but what if this man was some kind of thief who hurt the emperor.

"Xiao Ba said that he is the prince, don't you believe that he was pretended, then if the emperor comes, what if you say that the emperor is pretending?" Jia Jing asked.

"Of course I recognize... I naturally have a way to recognize the emperor."

"But we can't trust your identity." Jia Jing spread his hands, "What if you hurt the emperor?"

"I have an idea," Chen Zhiwu said, "Since you said that you are following the emperor on a southern tour, then it's not too much for you to move me to the deck and let me take a look at the dragon boat."

This is really not too much to ask, but isn't it because there are bad-hearted people in the Southern Tour team.

The Eighth Prince and the others have already finished the scene of throwing the man in front of them into the river.

The person in front of him has just woken up, and he can only lie on the bed, unable to stand up at all, so it is not even possible for him to pretend to be a guard or a little eunuch to go to the deck to take a look.

I'm afraid I can only move him to the deck with the bed, but moving the bed to the deck is sometimes very conspicuous.As long as everyone has eyes, they must be able to see.

So there was no other way, the Eighth Prince cast his eyes on Jia Jing, "Brother Jing, I have to wrong you again, our brother Jing said that he hurt his leg, and thought he was stuffy in the cabin and went outside to get some air."

"I can't help it. As Brother Jing's good brother, we can only order someone to lift Brother Jing and the bed onto the plywood."

"Why is it always me? This black light is blind. I was injured and had to go outside to see the scenery on the splint. Am I sick?" Jia Jing said unwillingly.

"It's impossible for me or Xiaojiu to be injured temporarily, so..." the eighth prince said, "If you think it's inappropriate to look at the scenery, then let's replace it with Brother Jing who is too excited to hear the news of the marriage. Take a look at the boat of the fiancée's house from afar?"

"Don't, don't, don't." Jia Jing hurriedly stopped the Eighth Prince and said, "I agree, why not bring Zhu's family with me?"

"Tsk, the daughter-in-law hasn't married yet, but she has already helped." The Eighth Prince joked with a smile.

"Eighth brother, what are you doing?"

The boat of the third prince's family is right next door. Although it was getting late and the eighth prince deliberately refused to let people light up the lights, he couldn't see clearly what the eighth prince and the others were doing on the boat, but a group of people were noisily carrying a bed. The third prince still watched Clearly.

"Why do you plan to sleep on the deck tonight?" The third prince asked suspiciously.

"It's not that Brother Jing is restless because of his leg injury. He insists on coming to the deck to see the scenery. This ignorant person doesn't know what he wants to see." The eighth prince pretended to complain.

"You young people have leisure time, I still have to go to father's place," the third prince said, "I just told you in vain, the river is very windy tonight, don't catch the wind and cold at that time."

"Third brother, don't worry, we'll go back in a while." The eighth prince said.

In the eyes of the third prince, the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince are just bastards, and they don't know how to take advantage of the old man's love to gain some power.

The third prince has always been unwilling to talk to such a person who is of no use to him, but now he just happened to meet him, so he was willing to exchange a few words.

The eighth prince just watched the third prince leave, Chen Zhiwu tugged at the corner of the eighth prince's clothes and said, "Let's go back, I have something to tell you."

"Didn't you see the dragon boat yet? It's getting dark right now, so I can't see clearly. It's time to light up the lights on the dragon boat," said the Eighth Prince.

"No need, I can recognize the third prince's voice to death. Let's go back." Chen Zhiwu said dejectedly.

"Third brother?" The eighth prince asked in confusion, but he still returned to the back cabin according to Chen Zhiwu's request.

"I would like to ask you to back off, I have something very serious to say." Chen Zhiwu said.

Although all the people who stay here are confidantes, the Eighth Prince is still kind enough to make people retreat.

"You may find it unbelievable what I'm going to say next, but I swear by the ancestors of our Chen family that what I say is true." Chen Zhiwu said solemnly.

"I am Chen Zhiwu, the eldest son of the Xunyan Yushi Chen's family."

"What? The Chen family? Then why are you floating on the river?" The Ninth Prince was surprised.

Not to mention that Xunyan Yushi is already a rare high-ranking official in Jiangnan, but Xunyan Yushi Chen Kena is the cousin of the former queen. How could the eldest son of such a family be hurt like this alone? , floating on the river.

"This is related to what I'm going to say next." Chen Zhiwu said, "That guy Chen Ke wants to kill the king."

Chen Zhiwu didn't even call his father, and called him by his first name, which shows how angry he is.

"No, is Chen Ke crazy? It's not right to inspect the salt and censor, and he wants to kill the king? Why is he?" The Ninth Prince couldn't figure it out. Doesn't matter, don't you worry about not having an official career? What is he trying to do when he kills the king?"

"Could it be that the prince wants to rebel?" the Ninth Prince stammered.

"What nonsense are you talking about? When the father dies in the future, the eldest brother of the crown prince will be enthroned justifiably, so what is he going to do to rebel?" The eighth prince patted the ninth prince on the forehead and said.

"Because of the Salt Administration?" Jia Jing said after a moment of silence, "The Salt Administration has a huge deficit?"

"Yes," Chen Zhiwu didn't expect Jia Jingneng to tell the reason, and after a moment of stunned, he sneered, "There is not even a tael of silver in the warehouse of Yangzhou Yanzheng."

"What? Not even a tael of silver?" The eighth prince felt that he had broken the limit of his surprise tonight. The silver should be full."

"That's right, so it's just logical..." Chen Zhiwu sneered, "Chen Ke is planning to kill the king, isn't it normal that the salt tax money is gone?"

"Is your Chen family planning to rebel by yourself?" The Ninth Prince asked abruptly.

"If I planned to rebel, I wouldn't be here." Chen Zhiwu said with a bit of aggrieved meaning in it, "He is planning to participate in the seizure of the heir for his precious daughter."

"Prince...you can't use so much silver." The eighth prince was also stuttered by the ninth prince.

"Did I say it was the prince?"

"Not the prince."

Jia Jing and Chen Zhiwu said at the same time.

"Not the prince?" The eighth prince was even more surprised.

The Chen family is the in-laws of the prince's mother's family, a natural princeling.In addition, Chen Ke has always been capable, and his official career has been prosperous in recent years. In any case, he is the backbone of the prince's party.

Not to mention that he is already a second-rank inspector of the salt inspection censor, this job is fat, and ordinary people can't get such a job.

Let's just say that when the prince ascends the throne in the future, if you look at the Zhou family today, you will know that the prince's mother family will definitely be able to rise to a higher level.At that time, Chen Key will rely on his current achievements, and he will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister.

But now, I heard what Chen Zhiwu said inside and outside the meaning, the backbone of the princeling party won the heir for other princes, and he did not hesitate to commit the crime of emptying out the salt tax warehouse and punishing the nine clans.

You said it would be fine if the other princes had a better chance of winning. After all, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. For the sake of the future, it is not impossible to change masters.But now the crown prince is stable, with the emperor's attention, his son, and the civil and military praise of the Manchu Dynasty in the middle. This is simply the best candidate for heir.

If you don't want to walk on the flat road, you have to take this kind of trail where you will lose your soul if you are not careful. What is this picture?

Couldn't it be that Chen Ke didn't like the Chen family, and deliberately committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, so that the whole family would be executed?

Just magical, very magical.

"Ah, why is this? Is your father out of his mind?" The Ninth Prince was very puzzled.

"Isn't it just that the brain is broken? I abuse my wife, spoil my concubine and destroy my wife, and even for a concubine, I don't even care about the Qiancheng family. What do you think is not a brain?" Chen Zhiwu talked about Chen Ke's life. At that time, he gritted his teeth with hatred and said every word.