Emperor Que Shaohua

If things are impermanent, life always has ups and downs. On the night of February [-]th, Luo Wenxiao undoubtedly fell from the peak of pride and fell into the trough of darkness. The punishment was so heavy that I couldn't lift my head.

Two months of confinement in the palace, despite all kinds of appeals and grievances, the only thing in return was the imperial doctor prescribing medicinal soup every day.When he finally got the decree to allow him to return to the mansion, he was overjoyed. He thought that when the turning point came, he knew that the East Palace had changed. Not only did most of the servants in the palace be removed, but also the big internal guards were on duty day and night, and they were still under house arrest. treatment.In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and there is no hope of coming out again.

On the east side of Zhuque Avenue, the East Palace, which used to be full of traffic in the past, is now empty. Since even the Holy Majesty said that the prince is overworked, resulting in internal depression and external agitation, and a trance. , who dares to rush to disturb her?Moreover, for a group of officials, big and small, who are worried about being classified as princelings, it is too late to get rid of their ties.

Of course, being able to return to his own mansion is better than staying in the palace. Luo Wenxiao is not completely isolated and helpless. The wealth and wealth of the Han family are tied to him, and he often runs around and inquires. With several confidantes and eyeliners who have been cultivated for many years, he was able to learn intermittently about the changes in the situation in the government and the opposition.

The trend in the court is very bad. Several officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment have been relegated or dismissed. Although their grades are not high, there are signs of danger.

The frustrating news was far more than that. He had high hopes for Wei Wuze, took great risks to send a letter out of the house, and arranged for his own people to speak and give advice in Junqin, but it was too late to wait for the news of Luo Yanhua's conviction. What Jiangnan sent was the good news that Langhuan had joined forces with outsiders and wiped out the enemy bandits in Wanjian Villa. He mercilessly announced to him that since the Three Kingdoms Competition, his side has used all its trump cards to launch a series of chains against Langhuan in conjunction with Beiliao and Kunlun Mansions. The offensive has completely failed, and even the last wave was cut off in the middle, only to end in embarrassment.

The sky fails to fulfill one's wishes, the endless waiting, disappointment, despair, and endless speculation have tortured His Royal Highness until his face is haggard, his eyes are red, and he is completely different from his usual gentle and gentle image. His servants will be amazed when they see it.

Luo Wenxiao recalled countless times the situation when he pushed Luo Yanhua to a desperate situation in the past, leaving the other party with nowhere to retreat, wandering life and death, that feeling was so comfortable, and at the same time, he kept falling into regret. How many times, the fate of his lifelong enemy seems to be Just hold it in the palm of your hand, if you add two points of strength, and take another step to kill, you will already be at ease, so why can't you be in a state of panic all day long?However, either because he had scruples at the time, or because of some unspeakable desire to trample, every time, he let the opportunity slip away from his nose, which eventually led to today's disaster.

Once he loses power, the spacious and magnificent Donggong mansion is just a bigger cage.When pacing back and forth helplessly in the courtyard, the prince would always feel almost vicious hatred in his heart. He hated his father who oppressed him mercilessly, hated Concubine Han Gui who sent him to the clouds but could not come down, hated concubine Han who wanted to play with cats and mice but repeatedly Wei Wuze, who is on the verge of success, hates Wang An, who has more than failed to succeed. He has ten times and a hundred times more resentment towards Luo Linpian and Luo Pingyuan who are against him. Naturally, on the long list of resentments, he ranks first. The first one is always Luo Yanhua.

At this point, the troubles had just begun. Before Luo Wenxiao could calm down and recover from the huge blow and loss, more bad news came one after another.

In the first ten days of May, the Kodao Yan official handed over the disclosure that Zhang Bingyan, the general judge of Jinzhou, used the name of paying tribute last year to let his soldiers seize the quarry in the west of the city. .

Zhang Tongpan was somewhat related to the original Shou'anbo, and as we all know, the reason why Shou'anbo was deprived of his title by an edict last fall was that he was found out to cast private money.And the deeper reason can be traced to the Huangjue murder case and Concubine Han in the palace.Now the waves are rising again, and the finger is directed at the prince.

Originally, the rumors were too tight. Jinzhou had stopped working half a year ago, and carefully covered up the traces. Unexpectedly, the deeds were still exposed, and the time, place, quantity, where the copper ingots came from, and how the finished products were transported away. , and listed everything one by one, no matter how big or small, it is obvious that the investigation is clear and preparations have been made.

The crime of minting money in private is not trivial, and Zhang Tongjuan has no title to protect him, so he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

The Han family is trying to delay the time and downplay the adverse effects. With the participation of the censors, tax cards have been added on several important sections of the canal Linqing and Huai'an, and they have extorted money from merchants in the name of the imperial court, resulting in a decline in trade. , the river business tax has been reduced year after year.Just because there is the support of the clan behind him, no one dares to stop it, so please make a thorough investigation by His Majesty.

After two times, Luo Wenxiao's uneasiness increased day by day, these reports were spread out seriously, none of them were trivial matters, but they all came to him, and he was no longer what he used to be, unable to deal with Yuru like before; If you continue to let it go, not only will the trees fall and the monkeys will scatter, but the walls will fall and everyone will push them away.

He sent a letter to Xue Songnian, but even if he was serving as an assistant to the government, it would be impossible to silence the officials. Moreover, since Sheng Ruhong, the imperial censor, concealed the news of his mother's death last year, causing dissatisfaction with the emperor, and the situation of the imperial censor platform has changed greatly. As in the past, he obeyed.

It stands to reason that if you can't see the trick, you need to solve it from the source, but Luo Wenxiao can't do anything about the source, because it is King Yun who makes a move to make things difficult for him.Seeing Luo Linpian's attitude of settling new and old debts together, it is clear that he wants to beat the dog in the water, how can he buy his account?

The prince knew in his heart that this was caused by him attacking King Jing by taking advantage of the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is very likely that Luo Yanhua had already made arrangements before leaving, otherwise, where would King Yun be stationed in the northern border all year round, where would he get such complete evidence ?How can it be both accurate and ruthless, making it difficult to parry?

The feeling that is more difficult than sitting in a sad city is probably knowing that it is a fish on the chopping board, but it can only be slaughtered by others, but you don't know when the knife hanging in the air will fall on your head.

This pain has come to a head with the recent letter of accusation received by General Wuying.A general who recently took office in Hejian Mansion said that he accidentally discovered that there were more than 1000 high-quality war horses in the private horse farm of the local rich man, almost all of which were privately traded from the Liao people. It was raised by a nobleman with a high status.Since this matter is not a trivial matter, I dare not specialize in it, so I informed and asked for instructions from the general who was kind to me.

When the matter came to General Wu Ying, who was deeply trusted and loyal by the emperor, it was not much different from directly stabbing the emperor.

When the prince heard the news, he felt like a thunderbolt from the clear sky, and finally panicked.King Yun resigned from the military power, but his influence in the army should not be underestimated, and he can easily promote the situation.He knew that once a thorough investigation was carried out, along a series of chains, the fire would sooner or later be burned on his own head, and if there is any crime that is more intolerable to the superiors than forming a party or collaborating with the enemy and treason, it must be self-respect , the plot is wrong.

He can't be lucky, there are thousands of war horses, no emperor will lightly indulge him, let alone the suspicious, mean and ungrateful Emperor Tianyi?

Now Luo Wenxiao wandered alone in the courtyard of the East Palace, thinking hard. After being placed under house arrest, he gradually developed the habit of passing time in this way.Because of his increasingly irritable temper and frequent beatings, scolding and punishment, the servants in the palace tried to hide away as far as possible. Even though the walking time tonight was unusually long, only his closest attendant, Wen Yue, dared to sneak around the corner wait and see.

In the palm of the prince's hand was a thin piece of paper, which was eaten from eight-treasure fish balls at dinner, wrapped in a wax pellet.The East Palace is full of surveillance eyes, and one must be cautious when passing on news.Xue Songnian wrote a total of ten characters and three words: keep the green hills, divert disasters to the east, and sacred heart.

It is easy to understand the meaning of keeping the green hill and the sacred heart. It is telling him not to act rashly and preserve himself. No matter how many storms there are outside, as long as he can win the emperor's forgiveness, he may still recover in the future.And the misfortune is brought to the east, and the connotation is intriguing.At this point, where else can he lead the catastrophe?

Without thinking too much, the prince thought of King An.The series of incidents revealed by King Yun were almost all handled by Luo Junping, including secret assignments and large amounts of money in and out.Although Prince An's mansion hesitated, he could almost conclude that the secret account that Liu Kedu had been taking care of had already fallen into Langhuan's hands.

Thinking of this, Luo Wenxiao gritted his teeth with hatred. Last year, before the Liu family in Yuzhou was raided by Jing Yuwei, the account book had been transferred safely. Luo Junping also swore that it would be absolutely safe, and if it was leaked, it would be leaked. There was no sign in advance. not see!

Emperor Tianyi has not made a statement yet, but the number of guards inside and outside the Prince's Mansion has suddenly increased by [-]%, conveying the emperor's anger and distrust.If you don't take measures in time, you will have to sit and wait until you can't even get the news out.

The question is, how easy is it to blame Jiangdong?He wanted to push all the crimes to Luo Junping, but firstly, King An would never agree to take the blame, and secondly, everyone knows that the third prince is a princeling, even if Luo Junping swears to the sky, no one else will. believable.

He couldn't help resenting Xue Songnian together. He used a few words with unclear meanings to confuse him without any countermeasures. At the same time, he felt a sense of desolation. go.Zhuang Shijing asked to resign on the pretext of illness, and hid in Jinling to wait and see the situation; Luo Junping's attitude also became ambiguous and perfunctory, resisting the request to send it out after all the hardships, and refused to take the initiative; as for King Yun, he even had the heart to eat raw, As long as this difficult brother is alive, it doesn't matter who will take the blame. Luo Linpian is definitely not the one who is willing to forgive others. Why did those two useless assassins in Yijin only slightly hurt him, and didn't take his life directly? !

The resentment in my heart is constantly expanding, accompanied by deep unwillingness, what kind of fate will be waiting for an abolished prince, there are precedents everywhere in the history books, only 26 years old, and it has only been six years since he was crowned the crown prince, has it come to an end? ?

He has no generals in his hands. According to the ancestral system of the Yu and Zhou Dynasties, after the prince leaves the palace to build a mansion, the total number of guards should not exceed five hundred, even the prince of the East Palace is no exception.Emperor Tianyi had extremely strict control over the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital, and especially tabooed the generals who commanded the army to make friends with the prince.The number of troops that Luo Wenxiao can mobilize is already meager, and in the past year there have been even fewer: King An's Yue family is not a fake, but they are mainly stationed in the local area, and they can't quench their thirst from far away. My eldest brother-in-law was also transferred to Zhaoguan last year, and I don't know when he will be able to return; the men under Ding Jianhou's control are all navy troops, distributed along the coast.

The prince has long wanted to build and train a private army that is completely under his command, but because the risk is too great, he can only proceed slowly. As a result, the soldiers are still recruiting secretly, and the horses are revealed first, which is a shame.Now there is not only General Wu Ying in Luo City, but also King Yun, who is worshiped as a god by the soldiers of Yu and Zhou.Thinking carefully, he didn't even have the capital to make a last-ditch effort to imitate those princes who supported themselves and supported themselves in the past dynasties.

Luo Wenxiao no longer knew how many times he had turned back and forth on the same path. He didn't realize that he was walking faster and faster, his gait was almost crazy, and Xue Songnian's note was still clutched in his hand, as if he was still trying to catch it in the torrential flood. The straw that doesn't exist.Is there really no external force to borrow?King Yun is so invulnerable that he can't even find a worthy enemy?The prince regent of Yijin is still imprisoned in Los Angeles!

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, thinking of Wanyan Chao, and at that moment, a strange thought came into his mind like a snake. The temptation is irresistible.Anyway, he has already colluded with Beiliao, so what's the matter with one more crime?As long as the idea at this moment can be realized, he is [-]% sure of overcoming the difficulties!

A flash of lightning flashed across the dark night sky, amidst the muffled rumbling thunder, raindrops the size of soybeans fell, but the prince's figure was like a solidified stone statue, standing motionless on the ground.

Wen Yu's legs were already sore from standing, so he took an umbrella and approached with fear: "Your Highness, the weather has changed, let's avoid it, don't get wet and cold..."

His persuasion was in the middle, because another bolt of lightning crossed the sky at this time, and the dazzling white light illuminated the prince's face, and the originally upright facial features showed a ferocious distortion that had never been seen before, and a terrifying madness .

"Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart..." Luo Wenxiao muttered to himself, oblivious to the growing rain above his head, "Father, you forced this. Who made you give birth to six children in a row?" Son, if everyone seeks credit and strives for favor, if you don’t exclude one or two, how could that pitiful favor come to me?”

In the afternoon of the next day, when An Wang Luo Junping, who was sitting in the mansion, enjoyed a guinea fowl presented by a merchant from the Western Regions, he got a letter from the crown prince under his wings.The letter was very short, as gentle and cordial as ever. Luo Wenxiao first greeted, and then vaguely mentioned the recent turmoil against the two brothers in the court. His tone was sad, indignant and sad, and then he said tactfully, although you and I are not afraid of accusations, However, during the time when my elder brother is recuperating from his illness, it is inevitable that he will not be able to take care of him. Brother Sanhuang might as well avoid it for a while, and find an opportunity to go out of Beijing to relax, so as not to suffer from mishandling.

After reading it, Luo Junping crumpled up the letter paper and threw it into the silver basin with mint leaves floating in it. Watching the ink stains blur and gradually become unrecognizable, he fell into deep thought.

The number of times he went out recently has been greatly reduced, and he is also restless in the mansion, and he can't even arouse his interest in enjoying himself.Seeing the turmoil in the situation, he couldn't help but feel panic-once the prince falls, he will not have a good life, and some old debts from the past will inevitably be spread on his head.But I don't know if he lost confidence in His Highness the Crown Prince who has repeatedly failed, or because he was influenced by King Ning's words before he left. Now that Luo Wenxiao wants him to be willing to be a pawn and charge into battle, it is unbearable.

It seemed that Luo Wenxiao had sensed his retreat and evasion, so he took the second best option, refusing to act as a shield, and it would be better to hide to avoid the limelight.Wang An thought for a while, and this proposal was quite feasible, at least it would not be harmful to either of them.

He actually felt somewhat guilty, because the secret account books hidden on the Minzhou Navy ship were indeed lost, and it had a lot to do with his negligence.

When Zhang Bingyan cast private money and the canal tax card incident happened, he already noticed that something was wrong, and ordered his people to ask the Minzhou side whether the account books were kept securely.The reply he received made him feel a little cold. The keyhole of the wooden cabinet placed on the ship was intact, but the account book inside had been stolen and replaced with another one.As for the reason, only half a year ago, a group of people from the capital boarded the boat to check, because they were full of posture, and they had a warrant written by King An himself and stamped with a seal, so the generals did not stop them.

"What a bunch of trash, idiots, and idiots! How did this king ever write a warrant!" Wang An was furious, slapping the table and cursing.But when he calmed down a little bit, he remembered that at some point last year, in order to retrieve a shipment of copper ingots smuggled back from Dongyang from Jing Yuwei, he seemed to have indeed given such a warrant to King Ning, allowing the other party to send his subordinates to come. Ship search.It's just that this boat is not that boat, and Luo Pingyuan puts it together.

No matter how annoyed he was, it was impossible for Luo Junping to settle accounts with Luo Pingyuan who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, he was too busy to take care of himself.The account books are full of clues, and he will be the first to bear the brunt of it after a deep investigation. The few things that King Yun has broken through are enough to make him go around.

Therefore, Wang An thought about the prince's suggestion, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.Leaving Luo City for a period of time not only provided Luo Wenxiao with a buffer, but it was also beneficial to him. It would be best if the wind and waves stopped when he came back. Even if the situation deteriorated, at least he had stayed out of the matter to the greatest extent, watched from afar, and had room to advance or retreat.On the other hand, no matter how good the capital is, it is not a pleasure to hide in the mansion tremblingly. When you enter the palace to greet Luo Linpian, the face of the other party made of ice and snow and the expression of indifference and indifference often make him angry for several days , I'm really bored, if I can go out to relax, why not do it?

Two days later, the third prince went to the palace to ask for an audience. Based on the instructions in the prince's letter and a set of well-prepared speeches, he asked Emperor Tianyi for a job as a comfort envoy of the Suining garrison, and then went to the Ministry of War to mobilize a thousand soldiers. After counting the supplies, they went to Suining City, a border pass adjacent to Yijin, to reward the defenders.

The fourth volume "Amidst Jinling" is finished

Author's Word:

The sword test conference is over, and the martial arts volume also ends, and it will enter the final volume tomorrow.The plot of this article has progressed for nearly four-fifths, and it is going to the climax and finale while closing the line.

I have to say, not counting traversal, system, infinite flow, etc. From a traditional point of view, I feel that the space of martial arts is much larger than that of the court, so although the scenes in the fourth volume are not easy to control, they are very easy to control when writing. have fun.