The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the king of Liao defeated Goryeo and returned. From the king of Liao to the generals and even ordinary soldiers all made a fortune, and the kings became more and more impatient.King Lu first sent general Liu Tong to send troops to Dongying, and King Yan ordered Feng Tang, a general of martial arts, to lead troops to attack Dongying. King Shu invaded Burma through Yunnan.Because of the help letters from the kings of several countries in Nanyang, Huo Sheng, the king of Nan'an County, and Wu Fengchun, the general of Guangdong and Hai, joined forces in Nanyang.And an army entered Siam, but it didn't have a banner, and I don't know which one it belonged to.

It's fine elsewhere, Dongpu is the most lively place.The princes of several families robbed there, but they didn't intend to educate their people, they just killed and looted.King Chen has been in Dongying for a long time, and he has not even returned to China for the Chinese New Year. He is trying to appease the people and conquer their hearts.Hearing that both Liu Tong and Feng Tang had come, he was furious: "Rebellious ministers and traitors!" So he sent two envoys to meet the two generals and told them that the Japanese pirates were originally some vagrants in Dongying. Our dynasty invaded; the two generals don't need to do more evil, this king will devote himself to educating them and so on.Both Liu Tong and Feng Tang laughed, and one said, "A lot of crimes have been committed, so it's okay to add more." The other said, "I'm afraid that King Chen is not doing it to educate the people of Dongying, but for the silver mines of Dongying. .”

When Chen Wang stayed in Dongying, he first thought about land, but later he realized that although the country was small and had a lot of silver mines, he was even more reluctant to leave.Because Huo Sheng never mentioned the silver mine, he just grabbed one vote and left; Chen Wang thought he was lucky, and no one else knew that there was a mine here.Who knew that Situ Pan knew it!Then bored up.After thinking about it for a few days, he ordered ruthlessly, "Let's rise tomorrow and fight Feng Tang first!"

The general below was shocked: "My lord, General Feng is good at fighting, we may not be opponents. Anyway, we have gained a lot of money, why not go back to Chen Guo."

Chen Wang said angrily: "Go back? Dongying will be handed over to him? No matter how capable Feng Tang is, he is a newcomer, and he is not familiar with the roads and geography of Dongying. We have Huo Sheng's map in our hands, are we still afraid of him?" Nai gritted his teeth. , "That's it! Soldiers will rise early tomorrow morning." Then he refused to listen to the persuasion and waved them out.The generals had no choice but to retreat for the time being, preparing to come back to remonstrate tomorrow.

The next morning, everyone asked to see King Chen, but he didn't come out for a long time.After shouting for a long time, the Dongying woman who served him came out with tears in her eyes and kowtowed, making gestures and gestures without knowing what she meant.But a person from Dongying who knows the sky and Korean dialect came to ask her, and she was shocked immediately!Chen Wang was fine last night, but suddenly fell into a coma early this morning, and he couldn't wake up no matter how much he pushed and shouted!Everyone hurriedly passed on the military doctor and Doctor Dongying to come to see him, but they didn't know what happened to him.After being busy for several days, Chen Wang didn't wake up at all.The generals had no choice but to discuss, "It's better to go back." King Chen then withdrew his troops in a coma.Liu Tong and Feng Tang didn't believe it when they heard it, they just thought he was timid.

Because of Ma's intelligence, Liu Tong couldn't do without her now, so he brought her to Dongying.Instead, he told Ma Shi about Chen Wang's inexplicable coma.Mrs. Ma was shocked, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, and wrote: "Why did you become unconscious when you are so good? Could it be that the natives of Dongying have some witchcraft? Will they use it on the general?"

Liu Tong was surprised at first why her face changed, but when he saw the word, he smiled and said, "Xiangzhu thought too much. He must have found an excuse to escape because he didn't dare to fight us. He wants to make decisions for the natives of Dongying. To educate these natives is to help the Dongying people. Even if the Dongying people have witchcraft, how can they make it happen to them?"

Ma Shi was still in a hurry, and wrote: "His people killed a lot of Dongying people in the past, and robbed many wealthy households of the Dongying city. I am afraid that the Dongying people hated him long ago, so they had no way to start, and they have dragged on until now." I only feel that this matter is weird, and I feel uneasy. I beg the prince not to take it to heart, so that it is better for people to find out. Anyway, Chen Guo is small, and it is cheap to find out."

Liu Tong thought for a while and said, "The beauty's words are reasonable, but they are weird after all." Then he ordered people to send a letter back to the country and sent spies to Chen country.

When Ma heard that the messenger had left, Fang put his hands on his heart, his eyebrows still anxious.Liu Tong only thought that she was worried that she was bewitched by the natives of Dongying, so he couldn't help hugging her and said, "Xiangzhu, I know you miss me wholeheartedly." Madam Ma pursed her lips, lowered her eyebrows and smiled, but two tears leaked from the corners of her eyes Come.

On the other side, soldiers and horses of the state of Chen sent King Chen back, spending the day in the wild.Everyone is planning the journey, and they will be able to arrive in Chenzhou before noon tomorrow, and they are all overjoyed.Anyway, a lot of money has been made, and King Chen can't control it.But early the next morning, Chen Wang woke up!Just feeling powerless.All the generals were surprised and delighted, and they all said: "It's really time for the prince to wake up." At this point, it is impossible to go back to Dongying, so they still return to Chenzhou.When Concubine Hui heard that her son was back, she went to greet her at the gate of the mansion.At this moment, King Chen was healed, and he knelt down and kowtowed to his mother with a forced smile: "The unfilial son never came back to spend the New Year with his mother, a big crime!" Concubine Hui didn't have the heart to resent him, she just hugged him in her arms and fell silently. tears.When I got inside for a while, I couldn't guess the reason for the inexplicable coma.The doctor was invited to have a look, but nothing was found.

Zhou Damei originally stood aside silently, but for a long time seeing that she had nothing to do, she quietly retreated out.Back in her own yard, she sat in the house for a while, and said loudly: "Since I'm here, why don't you see me?"

Zhou Xiaolan came in from the window and saluted, "Sister."

Zhou Damei said: "You ordered Liu Lingsan for the prince."

"Yes." Zhou Xiaolan said, "The lord is determined to go his own way and wants to send troops to attack General Feng Tang. With his small force, there is not much ammunition left for his musket. It is obvious that he is hitting an egg on a rock."

Zhou Damei said: "Whether or not to send out troops, victory or defeat has nothing to do with you."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Since I am a guard, I only care about the prince's life and death, and I don't care about others. If he wants to die, I will stop him."

Zhou Damei said: "With your ability, how can you not protect him in the chaos?"

Zhou Xiaolan smiled wryly and said: "Didn't my sister have seen Western guns before? I can protect the prince's life in the rain of guns and arrows. Fire guns, artillery, pig iron mines, these things I can't do anything about. Although the prince and Feng Tang fought It may not die, and it may not live. Anyway, I am not half sure."

Zhou Damei sighed: "You are overstepping, how can you control this matter? Why don't you persuade me?"

"I can't persuade you." Zhou Xiaolan said, "I have never seen the prince."

Zhou Damei frowned and said, "I heard that you disappeared in Qiongzhou, what's going on?"

Zhou Xiaolan lowered her head and smiled, and said, "I'm hiding." After a while, she said, "My lord wants to take me into the room."

Zhou Damei was startled, and then said after a while: "Then... there is nothing you can do about it... that's why you hid yourself? You idiot, why don't you discuss it with him."

Zhou Xiaolan said softly: "My lord is going to fight in Dongying soon, and I don't have any reliable guards by my side. Therefore, I still followed quietly, only protecting his life, and not caring about others. Sister," she said seriously, "we would have I don’t owe King Chen, but I just followed Concubine Hui all the way here. Now, protecting him once on the battlefield, even if they have done me a favor, it’s all repaid. Besides, I can’t think of him having any kindness. What kind of favor do I have?"

Zhou Damei's expression darkened: "He is the master."

Zhou Xiaolan immediately said: "The Supreme Emperor is the master, and Eunuch Liu is our boss. The two of them disappeared without a trace and the other died. If the Supreme Emperor originally intended to make Chen Wang the crown prince, he has not yet been appointed. What if Bao Qi did not appoint him in the end? King Lu is still the eldest son, and the strength of the group of officials is not small. Prince Xianyi Zhong Lao Qiansui has been the crown prince for decades, isn't he also abolished?"

Zhou Damei was silent for a moment, then asked: "Who taught you these words."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "No one taught me, I thought of it myself."

Zhou Damei said: "You were raised by me, I know you won't have such treacherous thoughts."

"It didn't happen in the past. Ever since King Chen said he wanted to take me in." She smiled brightly, "You have to find an excuse for yourself, don't you? Sister knows it, I don't like King Chen."

Zhou Damei was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "I really don't know why you don't like Chen Wang."

Zhou Xiaolan thought for a while: "I don't know, I don't like him anyway. Could it be that my sister expects me to be his housekeeper?"

Zhou Damei shook her head: "Of course not. I've been worrying about this all the time. Fortunately, he didn't like you. I don't want to go to Qiongzhou...but he is the master after all."

Zhou Xiaolan smiled deeply: "It's not worth it for him to take me into the house. If I don't get rid of me, I will castrate him even if I don't kill him; if I get rid of me——sister, you know that I am very smart, He's also pretty, and he can use poison, so it's not difficult to kill him to avenge himself. If you kill me——what is he doing with a dead person in his house? Isn't it bad luck?"

Zhou Damei glanced at her: "What's the hurry? I won't hand you over."

Zhou Xiaolan smiled and said, "It's fine if I don't."

Zhou Damei sighed: "Why should you be so strong, just don't want to. It's just a serious crime to drug the master."

Zhou Xiaolan shook her head and said, "Sister, I don't recognize it."

"Don't recognize what?"

"I don't recognize King Chen as the master." Zhou Xiaolan said, "King Chen is just my old master. I only helped him to protect his life. Prescribing medicine to him is not a crime."

Zhou Damei frowned and said: "If you don't want it, then you don't want it. Could it be that you betray the Lord's will because of such a trivial matter?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Yes. I will stop doing trivial things." She said sweetly, "My sister doesn't know. Before King Chen sent troops, I went to other places, eavesdropped on many things, peeked at many things, and learned a lot. Knowledge. And I know what to do next."

"what?"

Zhou Xiaolan suddenly laughed, laughing so much that Zhou Damei felt a little dazzled.She blinked: "I'm going to two places, occupy those two places, and plant a tree that I don't have before. The tree will bear rare and novel fruits, and the fruits can be used to make delicious tea. Sister, that tea tastes really good. In the future, I will be the lord of the country, and I will send you a lot." She suddenly jumped back and took Zhou Damei's hand, "Why bother, after all, I am a direct sister. If my sister If you kill me, you will lose a girl for nothing; if you fail to kill me, I will kill King Chen to vent my anger."

"You!" Zhou Damei was angry, "I know you are arrogant; I don't want you to enter the prince's backyard. These are all negotiable. You should never, never should, and should not think of betraying the Lord!"

The two exchanged hands in the house.Shan Zhan flitted up and down, up and down, but never broke a thing, nor kicked over the desk, chair and coffee table.

After beating for a long time, Zhou Xiaolan said: "Sister let me go, count me as a favor to King Chen, how about paying him back in the future?" Zhou Damei didn't answer, stepped forward and made two more moves.Zhou Xiaolan smiled and said, "Sister, do you know that I learned another kind of poison from an old man in Dongying?" Zhou Damei frowned.She said again, "It's already on Chen Wang's body. If my sister lets me go, I'll send someone to bring the antidote tomorrow. If you kill me, he will die. If you don't kill me and just trap me, he will still die." ——Give me freedom, or give me death, even if I die, he will not live.”

Zhou Damei sneered, "Who am I? Can mere tricks fool me?"

Zhou Xiaolan said crisply: "Why don't you try my sister? You are betting on the life of King Chen."

Zhou Damei was stunned.After a long time, he pointed at her and said: "You seem to be a different person when you go out. Could it be that you were hit by something? After all, King Chen is the master. How can the master think about you? You can't blame him for that."

"I know." Zhou Xiaolan said, "I didn't blame him. Which family's son is not like this? I just don't want to follow him anymore. I poisoned him twice because I had to do it."

Zhou Damei's face darkened: "You poisoned him twice?"

Zhou Xiaolan said: "The first time he insisted on confronting Feng Tang head-on, I knew that the danger would be bad, so I had to give him Liu Lingsan; the second time was this morning. I thought my sister would not let it go. I gave him the Dongying poison before I left, so that I could take him as a hostage to escape. Sister, don’t guess, it’s true. Otherwise, since I know your temperament and I am determined to leave, why should I come to see you? Aren't you courting death?"

Zhou Damei was stunned for a long time, then shook her head sadly and sighed: "I really never thought that you would have a day of betraying the Lord."

Zhou Xiaolan said with a smile: "The world is changing every day, so what is impossible? Princes and generals are kind to each other. Sister, in the future, I will be the lord of two countries overseas, and come to pick up the eldest princess to enjoy the blessings?"

Zhou Damei stared fixedly at her for half a cup of tea, and finally said: "You go."

Zhou Xiaolan said: "Sister, don't worry, I will personally deliver the antidote tomorrow morning."

Zhou Damei waved her hand and said, "I know you didn't poison King Chen, let's go, let's go, if you don't go, I'll regret it."

Zhou Xiaolan smiled wryly and said, "It's really gone. I'm not sure that my sister will let me go, just in case..." She jumped out of the window and said from a distance, "Don't worry, sister, the antidote I personally sent it~~"

Zhou Damei moved her body, but in the end she still didn't chase out, and then stood there like a clay sculpture, motionless.

Early the next morning, a little beggar came to the south corner gate of Prince Chen's mansion, saying that there was a letter for Zhou Weiwei.Zhou Damei took a look, and it was indeed her sister's handwriting. "Sister guessed right. I didn't give King Chen any Dongying poison. I made up nonsense. I know my sister dare not bet with me. Even if you guessed that I was making nonsense, you dare not bet on King Chen's life." Yesterday my younger sister sincerely spoke in a rather strange and unusual tone of thought; my elder sister let me go because she was afraid that I had something to hide and didn't dare to startle the snake. Although it was my fault, my elder sister still fell for my bluff. I overheard a sentence somewhere in the old year and wrote it to my sister: Ambition is like a weed, and it’s fine if someone takes care of it; but if one day no one cares about it, it will grow without borders. Ma Fangchu, a general of the Ming Dynasty, was a slave, and later Zhao Mingdi Shi Le used to be a slave, so he left his name in history after all. Today, my younger sister is determined to go to Nanyang, and she may become a great weapon in the future, so come and welcome my sister, okay?"

Zhou Damei read the letter repeatedly for a long time, then sighed in a low voice: "Not good."