Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Speaking of which, Tu Youming is not the orthodox son of Prince Yizhong.He was originally a concubine of Prince Yizhong's mansion, and there was an elder brother who was born on top of him. In the first ten years of his life, he was ignored. The eldest brother suddenly got smallpox and died, and then the eldest son also died of a sudden illness.The heartbroken Princess Yizhong raised him by her side, but she never really put him in her name. There were several outstanding biological mothers in the mansion who were born tall, and his biological mother died young. Prince Yizhong fought with her brothers for a long time, but in the end she failed to earn the title of son for herself while Prince Yizhong was alive.

It's just that he's lucky, but it's real.When Prince Yizhong rebelled, the side concubine Li's contribution was not small. Behind it, her mother's family gave Prince Yizhong a lot of help. As a result, side concubine Li and her son were also shaken in Prince Yizhong's mansion. After getting up, the princess and Tu Youming had no choice but to stay away. Under the pressure of Concubine Li, Tu Youming's plan to get ahead in the rebellion all fell through, and he didn't touch the edge of the rebellion from the beginning to the end. ——At that time, Tu Youming was still drowning his sorrows with alcohol every day. When the rebellion was suppressed, the other brothers were implicated or committed suicide or were killed or died cleanly. He was the only one who had nothing to do.After Prince Yizhong committed suicide, he ascended the throne today and made him King of Shunjun.Tu Youming is not too polite, now that he is rebelling, he can be regarded as the son of Prince Yizhong in an open and honest manner, which can be regarded as one of his wishes back then.

Naturally, his wish could not only be fulfilled by the name of the son of Prince Yizhong. "Back then, my father was deceived and framed by traitors, and he died unjustly. Today, I will seek justice for my father and avenge my father!" My eyes greedily swept across the red wall and yellow tiles. , Thinking that he was in the most honorable place in the whole world, only a few steps away from the supreme position, Tu Youming shouted excitedly, "You are not worthy of being an emperor today if you mutilate your siblings and frame your own brothers. Soldiers, today! , we will set things right and give justice to those who died in vain!"

As soon as the voice fell, the soldiers who followed him shouted loudly: "Erlangs, go ahead and seek justice for those who died in vain!"

The soldiers who had set fire to kill all around got this, all shouted "Chong", their swords became more merciless, they cut and killed anyone they saw, their morale became more and more high, and their eyes were almost red.

The inner courtyard of the imperial palace, the place of supreme dignity, is so majestic and precious. How many times before, I heard that I was going to rush into this place. The iron bucket that can't be poured in, how many good things have been prepared, and today they have been fighting all the way, but they have not met the slightest resistance. The Ouchi guard who was blown into the sky is no different, he ran away after a few knives , Intuit useless, such a good clothes with such a good knife for nothing!

After today, let us also taste the taste of five people and six people in official skins!

The killing went smoothly, and all the previous timidity was thrown to the sky. The soldiers who followed Tu Youming's rebellion and broke into the palace thought that if they had been killed so smoothly all the way to the main hall and captured Imakami, they would be able to become rich and powerful in the future Hengtong's heart became more and more fiery, and he followed Tu Youming and rushed towards Qianyuan Hall all the way.Those palace maids and eunuchs on the road ran away or knelt down to beg for mercy. The soldiers didn’t bother to talk too much. Weeping and rejoicing that it was too late to save his life, who would have the guts to think about killing the enemy behind his back, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, and giving that rebellious soldier a blow.

Naturally, there must be some daring ones who saw the other party approaching with knives, cried and yelled and sold the former master, begging, just to escape the current hurdle for the time being, and don't even care about the future. "Master Soldier, spare your life, Lord Soldier, spare your life. The younger one has something to say, and the younger one has information to offer, so please spare your life, Lord Soldier." The soldier's knife barely stopped, and the eunuch hurriedly said, "Your life is so cheap, what can I do?" It is a waste of energy to swing a knife with an adult, even if you kill the younger one, it will not do you any good. It is a waste of energy, but in front of Qiongfang Palace, there are the fourth prince from today and the two sons of the imperial family. , Mr. Bing captured them, it will not be more beneficial than killing the younger ones, the younger ones are not talented, and they are willing to lead the way for the adults."

Tu Youming put down his words first, and rewarded a hundred taels of gold for killing the concubine, and a thousand taels of gold for killing the prince.Thinking of the bright yellow gold, the soldier's eyes lit up, and he rushed to Qiongfang Hall with the eunuch behind him.The one next to me heard it and hurriedly followed - why did everyone put their heads on their waistbands and risk their lives to rebel, isn't it just to get promoted and get rich?As for a prince, how much credit is it to catch him?

There were quite a few eunuchs and maids who came to change their lives with the news of Tu Youhao. Not long after, a layer of rebels surrounded Qiongfang Hall.All the soldiers were about to rush in, but suddenly they smelled a strong smell of medicine. One of the rebels joked, "Could it be that he is a sick prince?"

This said, someone thought of it, didn't it say that all the princes and princesses in the palace were infected with smallpox and were about to die?Immediately asked in surprise: "Isn't this the place where smallpox patients are isolated?"

Smallpox really has a bad reputation. When the rebels who were about to rush in thought of this incident, hesitation appeared on their ferocious faces; "Isn't there a lot of imperial doctors in the palace? A person as precious as the prince is considered to have smallpox. It's been a long time, shouldn't it be fine?"

"That's right, with so many people serving, it must be fine."

"There is nothing good in the palace, and there are so many imperial doctors around, it must be cured."

In the final analysis, although smallpox is ferocious, it cannot compare to the wealth and glory that is close at hand. The rebels are all afraid of the smallpox epidemic, but when they think of catching Tu Youhao, they can make a contribution and get a thousand taels of gold. It's not so scary anymore.After the rebellion is done, are you still afraid of a smallpox?

You said everything I said, and the rebels were lucky in their hearts. If the fourth prince had already recovered, he would not be a smallpox. What if he was lucky enough not to be infected with smallpox?Just let go of this opportunity for nothing, no matter how you think about it, you can't be reconciled.

There are those who want to be rich and crazy, and are about to rush in, but are dragged back by their companions: "What are you in a hurry, at least arrest someone and ask what's going on inside." Ask those timid palace maids and eunuchs who are afraid of death, No one could say one, two, three, four, five, six, the soldiers were anxious and angry, raised their big knives, and said viciously: "If you can't say anything more useful, I will send you to heaven!"

In the end, fate is important, and these serving ladies and eunuchs don't know much about the affairs of Qiongfang Palace, so they only pick up what they have heard and say: "The fourth prince is with the eldest son of the Rongguo family and the youngest son of the Jinxianghou mansion." I don’t know if the sick are quarantined here, but I don’t know if anyone has recovered, but I heard that several eunuchs have been carried out here, all of whom have had smallpox.”

"The fourth prince was the first to get sick at that time, and was isolated here by the emperor."

"Young Master Jia and Young Master Han were both given smallpox by the Fourth Prince."

Even some people began to hesitate.As the time dragged on, there was another layer of people who knew that there was a prince rushing over here, and densely surrounded Qiongfang Hall.There was someone who had smallpox before, saw those who hesitated to go in at the door, sneered and rushed in, and said with a big laugh: "It's not that I'm fighting with my brothers, it's really because my brothers Don't dare, you can't tell me to wait and waste this opportunity for nothing, right?"

Immediately, someone was in a hurry, they took the lead, so what's the matter with me?Regardless of whether smallpox is not scary anymore, I rushed into it cleanly.With the first one taking the lead, the people behind gritted their teeth and ran in.

As soon as we entered, a layer of cold sweat climbed up everyone's spine, and goosebumps stood up.

It was supposed to be a magnificent house, but now it is empty inside, with no household furnishings, even the curtains have been taken off, only the window paper is still intact.The bare four walls, two Bogu shelves, one collapsed, are all the things in the entire Qiongfang Palace.Dim light shone into the room, and the spacious room was cold and lifeless.The smell of medicine lingers at the tip of the nose, strong and bitter.Everyone was wondering, could someone rush to sweep up the Qiongfang Palace in front of them?Suddenly, someone yelled in shock: "Look, there's a fire in the side hall."

That's okay, everyone hurriedly ran to the side hall, the front was not full of flames and smoke.In the open space in the middle, medicine pots, cloth, and a pile of scattered tables, chairs, and firewood were placed in a mess. I don't know where they came from.The impatient soldier kicked the firewood far away, and ran to the front of the side hall to see that there was a pile of firewood in front of the door and window. The fire was already burning vigorously, and the flames were rolling towards the roof.Thinking about the fourth prince inside, even the brave ones rushed in, covered their mouth and nose with their clothes, jumped over the threshold, and entered the room, unexpectedly, the fire inside was even bigger. Which wicked person actually wrapped the cloth curtains and gauze tents and tied them on the firewood and piled them on the tables, chairs and benches of the Bogu racks. There are still oil stains on the ground, obviously oil has been spilled. Could the fire not be flourishing?

"Damn it, who did this?" The rebel soldiers scolded their mothers angrily, and a bottle flew towards them. Fortunately, the soldier quickly avoided it, and the bottle fell to the ground with a slap, shattered and burst into thick Wine aroma.The sparks splashed up and quickly burned along the wine.

"Damn it." If the wine accidentally catches on fire, is it okay?The soldiers looked through the light of the fire, and saw a tearful eunuch coming out of the wing room, looking at them with hatred, smashing two small wine bottles in his hand, and burning the fire even more fiercely.

Looking at them, the eunuch yelled: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, dare to do such a rebellious thing. The Holy One is blessed by the heavens, and he will surely turn the danger into peace, annihilate you, and punish your nine clans!" Then he cried into the room: "Your Highness, wait for the servant, the servant has gone underground and is still serving you." Throwing a pile of flammable veils on the fire, he stared at the rebels, "You group of rebels forced my Highness to die Yang Hui, the Holy One is wise, I will definitely tell you to die!" The voice was high and angry, so shrill, and before anyone could recover, the eunuch bumped his head against the pillar with a muffled sound, his head was covered with blood, and he lay on the ground. On the ground, it is no longer useful.

The rebels frowned, and looked in. A skinny boy on the beam had already committed suicide. He was probably tortured by smallpox. It has been a long time since he died, the flame burned the corner of the boy's clothes, along with the clothes it burned on his head, the top of the roof beam was also caught on fire, and the white silk that was thrown was also on fire, it almost burned his hair up.

The rebel was so angry that he scolded his mother: "This half-baby, with such courage, actually died first." If he didn't do it himself, how could he ask Tu Youming for credit?Thousand taels of gold.

There were a few crackling sounds of firewood, and the fire grew bigger and bigger. The white silk couldn't survive the fire, and it broke with a snap. The boy's body fell, facing an upturned chair on the ground. It was kicked over when it was used as a stepping stone when it was thrown first.The boy's left thigh was hit on it, and there was a muffled sound. The corpse was lying on its side, with its lower body hanging on it, and its upper body lying on the ground, half silent.

The rebel looked at the flames and found that he couldn't pass through. Seeing that the carpet on the ground was burning more vigorously, he could only stamp his feet and hurried out to extinguish the fire.But in the end, he was not reconciled, went out of the house, and threw some more firewood and chairs from the window door angrily: "If you want to die, you can die as much as you want, mother, it's a waste of my efforts. I don't see if you can burn your personality." Let the bones go to ashes." In the end, he had no choice but to swear a few words, and then went back to kill the enemy and make meritorious service.

But these people didn't know that just after they rushed out of the room, the boy who fell on the ground opened his eyes and took a few deep breaths, and two boys crawled out from under the bed, holding the wet cloth in their hands, Put out all the fire on the boy's hair and clothes, squeeze out water and pour it on the boy, the water flowed over the boy's face, and the heavy white powder melted away.The boy clenched his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and moved his left leg a little, in excruciating pain.The other two boys saw it, and all of them changed color.

"Jia Hu, are you okay?" The two boys, Han Yan and Tu Youhao, asked in surprise. Jia Hu was in severe pain at the moment, and she gritted her teeth and looked at them without saying a word.

The firewood thrown in by the rebels caught fire quickly, and the chairs hit the ground.The eunuch An Yi, who the rebels thought was dead, struggled to get up, and together with the two disciples of Han Yu, You Hao, carefully lifted the injured Jia Hu all the way to the corner, where a bed board separated a space, and put I set up a bathtub filled with water, and next to it were tools such as chisels, shovels, and kitchen knives. A gap had been dug in the wall, just enough for people to breathe.

Anyi put Jia Hu down, touched Jia Hu, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the bone is not broken." Fortunately, the Qiongfang Palace is remote, and the chairs are not made of good materials. This kind of hardwood, Jia Hu's fall, the bone must be broken.The three of them teamed up to remove Tu Youhao's prince's jacket that was approved on Jia Hu's body. There were several layers of clothes tightly wrapped inside, and they were peeled off layer by layer, revealing the wet clothes inside. Jia Hufang gasped. In a bitter tone, he said with joy: "The head is wrapped so tightly, if the white silk is cut off a moment later, I will really be out of breath."

"Bah, bah, bah." Han Yan hurriedly turned his head and spit, "As long as you have a crow's mouth, you can say this casually? I don't give you a few more layers, the clothes are so wet, the water seeps through, and the coat can be worn Can others believe that you are dead?" After all, he couldn't hold back his tears, and said with a sob, "Thanks to your wrapping up so thickly, the clothes inside are still soaked in water, at least it blocked you and didn't make you fall. If you break your leg, if you wear thin clothes, the leg will not be hurt even worse."

Anyi praised Jia Hu's ability straight away: "It's fortunate that the young master came up with this idea. Some people suspected that the fourth prince was not dead when the white silk was broken, but the clothes on his body were on fire, and he fell on the chair so badly that he couldn't move. That must be... now they all know that the fourth prince has committed suicide, and the Qiongfang Palace is also burned, so they probably won't come again."

Jia Hu's leg hurt badly, but he didn't dare to take it lightly: "The rebel army was tricked by us, and the fire was raging, so let's dig it quickly. There is a small passage behind the wall, which can lead to the small kitchen. , it’s separated from the side hall, the fire can’t go there, dig a hole and let’s crawl over there and hide there, whether it’s a blessing or a curse, whether we can escape this calamity depends on our fate.” And he was happy in bitterness He laughed and said, "The first person got these knives and rice shovels, originally intending to make some food and supplements in private, but I didn't expect that they would be used to dig soil and dig holes, and bribe the guards for money. It's not in vain! "He pretended to be dead at first, hanging his neck on the white silk, which also hurt his throat, and now he was speaking weakly, his voice was hoarse, and occasionally he could hear painful gasps.Anyi didn't say anything, but he really convinced Jia Hu psychologically. He is so tough and smart at such a young age!

Tu Youhao looked at Jia Hu, didn't say anything, picked up the kitchen knife, which was too heavy for him, and chopped along the grain of the brick, picking at it bit by bit, without being lazy at all.I heard Jia Hu still say in my ears: "Fortunately, the Qiongfang Palace has not been repaired for a long time, and the green bricks only have two layers. If it is just repaired, the sticky glutinous rice juice, how long do we have to dig?" ?!" For some reason, the tip of the nose counted, and almost didn't shed tears.

Just now, Jia Hu went out instead of him!

There was a bang, something hit the bed board above the head, no one spoke, each picked up the tools, or hit or chopped or dug or picked, and concentrated on digging the hole...

The danger has not yet passed, whether they can live on, the hearts of the four have no bottom...