[Comprehensive] The number one cannon fodder

At night, the emperor's bedroom was guarded by a group of guards, the doors and windows were tightly closed, and the candle lamps in the room were placed in the leeward position, the lights were bright, and there was no haze.And Xiao Dazi stood vigilantly outside the curtain, listening to the sound of the emperor's breathing.

The emperor had been asleep for quite a while, they heard what Su Xueyun said and lighted the incense for peace of mind, the emperor seemed to be sleeping peacefully, Xiao Dazi also breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed a little.Unexpectedly, just when Xiao Dazi was relieved, the emperor suddenly screamed, as if something terrible had happened.Xiao Dazi was startled, and hurriedly opened the curtain to wake the emperor, but the emperor's face was blue, with a frightened expression on his face, and he couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed, his forehead was covered with sweat within a few breaths.

Xiao Dazi became anxious, thinking that Su Xueyun said that if he fell into a nightmare and couldn't wake up, he could only slap the patient forcefully to wake him up, otherwise the patient might never wake up again. He raised his hand hesitantly, no matter what he could do to the emperor .But seeing the emperor immersed in pain and unable to wake up, he really couldn't think of any other way, and finally closed his eyes, and slapped the emperor hard on the face!

"Ah!" The emperor woke up suddenly, sat up and gasped for breath, his eyes were still filled with unknowing fear, "There is a ghost! There is a ghost who has been catching me. I wanted to run but I couldn't, and I was knocked out. tooth……"

The emperor raised his hand to cover his face, and when he touched it with a "hiss", he hurriedly let go, and came to his senses, "It hurts! What's wrong with me?"

Xiao Dazi immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, forgive me. Just now, the Emperor fell into a nightmare. No matter how I scream, I can't wake you up. I have to wake up the Emperor according to Mrs. Zhu's method. The slave who offends the Emperor deserves death. Please, Your Majesty." Punishment!"

The emperor was stunned, and then remembered that the method Su Xueyun said was to slap the face, no wonder he had his teeth knocked out in his dream, Xiao Dazi is a master of martial arts, his teeth did not fall out, it was because Xiao Dazi was merciful.He waved his hands distractedly, "Get up, I don't blame you for this matter. Xiao Dazi, do you think my condition is getting worse today? Not only do I have a headache now, but I also have eye pain, ear pain, and sore throat. I feel like my seven orifices are about to bleed! Could it be that I really have distracting thoughts? Today I just looked at Qiuyue a few more times, but the nightmare is so terrifying, is it really a mental illness as Qiuyue said?"

Xiao Dazi hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, I'd rather believe it or not. The prescriptions prescribed by many imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are useless. Why don't you try the method Mrs. Zhu said. Since she is called A genius doctor must have something special."

The emperor nodded, and he didn't have any charming thoughts at the moment, so he just said: "I am in such pain, I don't want to be pure-hearted and ascetic. You can find any suitable scriptures, and find some eminent monks to come over and give them to you." I recited scriptures and told the imperial dining room that only vegetarian food is allowed until I recover from illness, and I ordered everyone in the palace to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha prayers for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will do it now."

"Go, go." The emperor lightly rubbed his hot face, lay down again, and had no intention of thinking about any women at all.

In the early morning of the next day, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty heard about eating fast and reciting Buddha in the imperial palace. Not only that, the emperor also invited the abbots of several temples to enter the palace to chant scriptures. .The emperor still did not go to court, King Ning was so proud of himself, he didn't even get angry when he found out that the treasure map was fake, he just wanted to take advantage of the emperor's illness to take the emperor's life, and seized this opportunity to put his own people everywhere.

Taishi Hua was very anxious and wanted to enter the palace to have a look, but he was no longer an official, and the emperor didn't want to see him, so he couldn't go in at all.I want to discuss with some ministers, but those ministers are afraid of getting into trouble, so they avoid him.Grand Master Hua was so angry that he lost weight, but after listening to Su Xueyun's advice several times, he also figured it out, and he was no longer as stubborn as before. Although he was angry, he didn't hurt his body anyway.

Hua Taishi wanted to find out the news through Hua Wenwu, but Hua Wenwu was only an inventive genius, but not an official. Everything he knew was told by Zhou Wenbin, so Hua Taishi can't do anything now.And through Hua Taishi's results of finding those officials, Zhou Wenbin also observed who was treacherous, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and gained a deeper understanding of the power in the court.

The court is in chaos, but no one is in charge of the overall situation. Everyone is self-protective and refuses to stand out easily.Zhou Wenbin secretly hindered King Ning's development, and at the same time tried his best to expand his contacts. After knowing that Su Xueyun told the emperor to be pure-hearted, he immediately came up with a way to attack King Ning. The emperor looked at it and said happily: "Please take a look, the emperor, the Leopard Room will be completed in two months, and then there will be beautiful wines from Yaochi Lake, musicians and dancers, and beauties of different styles for the emperor to enjoy..."

After listening to the scriptures for two days, the emperor had a splitting headache. He was not a little bit excited when he saw the blueprints, but hurriedly threw them away, and scolded: "Who told you to show me these things? I want to be pure-hearted and ascetic. Any distracting thoughts, what do you mean by showing me these?"

Zhou Wenbin said innocently: "Your Majesty, but now the money in the treasury is used to build the Leopard House. There are no other important matters. These must be reported to the Emperor." He said worriedly, "Yes, the Emperor can't do it now. If you have any distracting thoughts, wouldn't the matter of the leopard house proposed by the prince harm the emperor?"

As if he had found the culprit, the emperor slapped the table heavily, and said angrily: "King Ning! It's him who created these smoky things, and it hurt me! Xiao Dazi, draw up an order to tell King Ning to go home like the grand master! "

Xiao Dazi hesitated and said: "This... Your Majesty, during the period when you are not in court, the prince has been in charge of the overall situation."

The emperor rubbed his forehead irritably, and Zhou Wenbin said: "It's all because of my slip of the tongue, which disturbed the emperor's rest. If the emperor has anything to do, I would like to do my best for the emperor."

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he said: "You can also help me, Zhou Wenbin, you and Zhu Zhishan are both talents in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are still the second best and the best candidates. I have read your test papers, and you have great ideas about government affairs, so I just let you help me." I will classify the memorials, and discuss the important ones with other ministers, and you can make up your own minds about the unimportant ones."

Zhou Wenbin was stunned for a moment, he couldn't believe how easy it was to get power, he said: "Your Majesty, my minister is still inexperienced, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, and important matters in the court should be decided by the emperor, my minister..."

The emperor waved his hand impatiently, "What are you talking about? I have to do everything, what do I want you courtiers to do? Remember, don't bother me if you don't have important things in the future. If you delay my illness, I want your heads! "

"My minister obeys the order. Then this leopard room..." Zhou Wenbin deliberately picked up the blueprint so that the emperor could see the extravagant and lustful picture on it.

The emperor turned his head hastily, and said with disgust: "Stop work and stop work, everything will be discussed after I recover from illness."

Zhou Wenbin felt that the time was almost up, so he said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Before that, Hua Wenwu invented cement and other things, which can be used for people's livelihood, but all the money from the treasury was allocated to the Leopard House. Now that the Leopard House has stopped working, can the cement be used?" Waiting for things to be promoted? This is also a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and it can accumulate blessings for the emperor."

The emperor now values ​​the word "accumulating blessings" the most, and immediately said: "As you said, the money in the treasury is still in storage anyway, so let's use it to build roads, and I will leave this matter to you."

"The humble minister complies with the order. The humble minister will not disturb the emperor's rest, and the humble minister will leave." Zhou Wenbin lowered his head, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and exited the emperor's bedroom.

The emperor said that he would hand over the power to Zhou Wenbin and Chen Xiaosheng, but Zhou Wenbin was self-aware that there were still a few first-rank and second-rank officials in the court. He had to discuss with these ministers what he wanted to do, and he couldn't do whatever he wanted.But with power, there are too many things that can be done. It is several times more convenient to secretly place one's own people, especially without King Ning in the court, and without a leopard house to cover King Ning's rebellion, he can accumulate strength for them to win A lot of time.

When King Ning learned that he had been dismissed from his position and became an idle prince, he was furious, and immediately rushed into the palace to ask the emperor for an explanation, but the emperor was sitting among several monks listening to their chanting, how could he care about him?He was even more annoyed when he mentioned the Leopard House, pointing at his nose and scolding: "If you hadn't proposed to build a Leopard House in heaven and earth, how could I have such a strange disease? You don't think about it, but you still insist on it Building a leopard house? You are really my good uncle, do you want me to die?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone knelt down immediately, not daring to say a word, even King Ning shut his mouth.The emperor snorted coldly, ordered Xiao Dazi to drive King Ning out, and then continued to listen to several monks chanting scriptures, as if listening to more scriptures could drive away the distracting thoughts in his heart.

With a sullen face, King Ning was sent out of the palace in silence all the way, no matter how unwilling he was, he did not say another word.He was already turbulent in his heart, and he didn't know whether the emperor's words came out casually or if he really suspected him. He built the leopard house for nothing more than to make the emperor indulge in pleasure and ignore state affairs, and then take the opportunity to covet huge sums of money and use the leopard house Hiding weapons, and now all of this suddenly lost control, which made him inexplicably have a bad premonition.

The betrayal of Zhu Zijian and Princess Ning made King Ning no longer trust anyone. After returning to the mansion, the first thing he did was to test the ministers who followed him. He suspected that someone had betrayed him. Will he discover his plot?Several ministers were sensitively aware of King Ning's distrust, but they couldn't say anything. At this time, King Ning had to obey the imperial decree and think behind closed doors. All the officials in King Ning's department were also in danger, and finally realized that when the grand master fell. , How aggrieved those ministers are against them.

Su Xueyun and the others also won the first battle, occupying a place in the court, and the two of them got together at night to celebrate Zhou Wenbin and Chen Xiaosheng's "promotion".Because of the presence of Xiao Lian, they did not mention the rebellion, but only talked about changes in the court.Holding his wine glass, Zhou Wenbin sighed, "I never thought that the emperor would be even more absurd when he was ill, and would give power to us two newcomers who just entered the court. I really don't know what he thinks."

Zhu Xiaolian said with a smile: "Don't get cheap and act good, who cares what he thinks? Anyway, you and the elder brother have both been promoted, and now you are the third rank. I really can't even think about it. Speaking of it, is it possible for you to be an official in the future?" A senior member?"

Zhou Wenbin and Chen Xiaosheng looked at each other and said at the same time, "Ask you, you have to work hard."

After the two finished talking, they shook their heads and laughed, and drank a glass with wine.Zhu Xiaolian muttered: "What, I'm serious with you, but you are joking and ignore you." She turned to Su Xueyun and said, "Sister-in-law, when will Qiuxiang come back? Pomegranate went to Zhenbao Pavilion to ask me today, I heard that Master Hua dismissed many servants after she ceased to be an official, and returned the deed of selling Shiliu to her, and now she plans to open a restaurant by herself."

Su Xueyun was a little surprised, "Pomegranate is going to open a restaurant? When? We are all on our own. We should give her a big gift and go together to cheer her on."

Zhu Xiaolian said: "She said that in three days, everything will be ready, and there is nothing we can do to help. When I told her, she said that we are very busy, so I am sorry to bother you, but it is a pity that Qiuxiang is not here. "

It was only then that Su Xueyun remembered that pomegranates have no sense of taste now, and most of the time they are ready for Qiuxiang to taste for her.Su Xueyun originally planned to find a suitable opportunity to cure the pomegranate, but all these messy things happened, and she immediately forgot about them.The sense of taste of pomegranates was lost after being betrayed by a scumbag. In fact, it is a psychological factor, and it can be restored with some appropriate stimulation.But it's easier said than done, if you are stimulated, you will be sad again. The best way is to hypnotize to recall the past and repair the scar in your heart.But Pomegranate was hurt so deeply back then, how could she be willing to recall it?

Su Xueyun thought for a while and said, "I'll go see her sometime tomorrow. Qiuxiang isn't here, so I hope we can help."

At this time, there were several birdsongs outside the window, Su Xueyun's expression changed, she got up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to make soup, Xiaolian, you eat first."