Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 113

Hall of Mental Cultivation,
The atmosphere suddenly became dull,

Zhou Shihong felt that his authority had been violated, and the four kings were still unscrupulous, and they simply didn't take Zhen in their eyes.

If it weren't for Dawu's inability to concentrate his power now, how could they be so rampant? The four kings are a serious problem for the royal family.

Thinking of the Four Kings, I thought of the nomads outside the pass, Xianbei, Donghu, Jurchen, and Yuezhi. Their national strength is also growing. Fortunately, they restrain each other.

And even if the king of Beijing, Shui Rong, who has seized the military power, is still making small moves, not to mention the other princes are deeply rooted,

"What about the King of Dongping County, don't say no?"

Dai Quan swallowed his saliva below, and replied with difficulty;

"Your Majesty, the rest of the people confessed to being members of the Taiping Sect, but the Eastern King's people did not find out."

"It's not that I didn't find it, it was among the few people who committed suicide. There must be the shadow of King Xi behind the Zoroastrianism in the Northwest. The Taiping Sect needs to investigate, but it's just a trivial matter. We still need to increase the surveillance of the four kings to see what they are up to." What did you do?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slaves must increase their surveillance."

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong felt a splitting headache and was exhausted when he thought of these things, but he had to plan ahead. Now it seems that the king of Dongping County is the most honest, but Emperor Wu dare not take it lightly. For a long time, it was Dawu's money bag, and the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River made the world dangerous, so he was the first to take down the military power of the Eastern King. If he said that he didn't hold any grudges, I wouldn't believe it.

He sighed in his heart, and then thought that today's incident was obviously caused by someone stabbing a knife in the back, and then fueling the flames. Those generals in the Duke's Mansion were also idiots, and they didn't know they were being used. Another big case.

"Well, how is the frontier army and Bingmasi handling it? Don't leave any clues, and do it cleanly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."

Dai Quan breathed a sigh of relief, and told Emperor Wu the result of his handling yesterday. It was nothing more than five big boards each, and asked him to lead the army back to the camp for severe reprimands, and to pay compensation to the dead sergeants.The rest is to screen suspicious persons overnight.

Emperor Wu knew that in the capital, the people of the Imperial City Division were good at this, and there would be no omissions, so he was relieved. The rest was to wait for all the armies to gather together and then choose a good day to prepare for the competition. Emperor Wu still wanted the two kings to bring troops to Beijing to participate in the big competition, but he was afraid of making a mistake and losing the face of the royal family in the capital, so he tried the competition first.

There are also civil servants, those elders still want to carry out some reforms, and I am not sure about it. It is troublesome when it comes to the Supreme Emperor and Xungui. Really reliable.

I still follow my previous arrangement, first to see how the results are, so that I can be sure that I can invite the second king to Beijing next year. I hope everything goes well. When I think of the frontier army, I suddenly think of Luo Yunhou outside the pass. That young general is also a A fierce general, fighting against Jurchen is very courageous, he must be allowed to defend the Luoyun Plain, otherwise Jurchen will be in trouble if he grows bigger.

"Dai Quan, why hasn't Marquis Luo Yun come to the capital yet? Where is he now?"

Dai Quan was stunned. He wanted to report about the Taiping Sect, but he didn't expect to ask directly outside the customs.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Luo Yunhou has already arrived in Fuling County. After resting there for a day, he should start his journey today. He can go to Zhongzhou today, and arrive in Beijing tomorrow at the latest."

"My boy, I'm here to play. Fuling is a good place, a treasured land with beautiful mountains and rivers."

"That's right, Fuling is like spring all the year round, and it's normal for Marquis Luo Yun to play there. It's a bitterly cold place outside the pass, and the little marquis must have never seen spring in the south."

"That's true, what else does he have to do?"

Dai Quan thought for a moment and answered,
"Yes, Your Majesty, Marquis Luo Yun brought 2000 cavalrymen and [-] horses from outside the pass. At present, there are only [-] cavalrymen in Fuling, and [-] horses are missing."

"2000 people are missing? Where exactly are they missing?"

"It's being checked, but it hasn't been found so far?"

"anything else?"

"The other thing is that Luo Yunhou bought Zhuangzi in Fuling and the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion in the capital, and the young master made a deadly move."

Emperor Wu was a little confused when he heard this, why did he match up with the Jia family?

"Why did you match up with the Jia family? Isn't it just to buy a farm?"

Dai Quan couldn't help explaining, so he roughly explained how the Jia family bought the Zhuangzi without giving the money for nothing. After Luo Yunhou bought it, he took the land deed to the Zhuangzi to find the Jia family.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong felt deeply ashamed when he thought of Xungui's current behavior. It is hard to find a family of Xungui who can do such a shameful thing. Save, it's a pity that the old Duke's first life is famous.

outside Forling,

On the official road to the west,

Zhang Jinyu led the vanguard battalion at the forefront, and behind him were the servants of No. [-] Jia's mansion. Steward Qian Hua and deputy steward Pan You'an were also there. Zhang Jinyu didn't know that the Jia family belonged to the famous Blue Star book. The Jia family only thought it was a noble and powerful family in the local area.

Zhang Jinyu, who was riding on a horse, was still thinking about how to make her debut in the capital, how to create a sensation, humiliate the face of the Jia family, and let them know that Lord Ben is coming.

Mrs. Wang in the carriage closed her eyes and meditated. These days, the exhaustion of the boat and the carriage is also difficult to describe, but it is much better than before. It is really easy to live in luxury and difficult to live in frugality.It was a big surprise to see the two little girls still seem to be so energetic. This is how much I miss the South.

"You two girls, why are you so energetic?"

Shu Er replied mischievously,
"Ma'am, this is much like when we were walking together on the road back then. At that time, we didn't enjoy such a good time. Look at the many villages outside. I haven't been to the capital yet."

"Yeah, me too. I heard that all the delicious food in Dawu can be found in the capital."

Not to be outdone, Lan Yueer said, Mrs. Wang looked at the two little girls dotingly, reached out and stroked the ends of their hair, and said softly,

"Okay, then let's take a good look around the capital, and when we get there, I'll take you there for a while to meet those rich and noble ladies, so as to see my lady's demeanor."

"My lady is mighty, and she dominates the rivers and lakes!"

The second daughter also took advantage of the situation to cheer there, laughing and laughing, Mrs. Wang felt very comfortable immediately, these two girls were still so naughty.

Anhu Camp,

The frontier generals at all levels led the soldiers back to the camp yesterday, and Niu Jizong didn't reprimand them that day, and arranged for the lieutenants to be ready to pay compensation to the family members of those unlucky ones.

Today, the generals of the frontier army of Duke Xungui's mansion were discussing the consequences of this matter together again. Niu Jizong was still a little upset after seeing Chen Ruiwen, so he persuaded them,

"Don't think about it. If the people behind were not too obvious yesterday, would we have come back safe and sound? The Holy One will definitely punish us. We should be more careful now, the water in the capital is too deep!"

Liu Fang also nodded in agreement,

"I heard that last night Dai Neilian interrogated the spies. It is said that they are people of many influences."

Ma Shang snorted coldly,
"It's not that it's said, it's for sure. Not talking about civil servants, it's not necessary. I suspect that it's one of my own people who stabbed my own people."

Shi Guangzhu also said,
"Everyone, apart from the few of us from the Duke's Mansion, the remaining three have backers. I wonder if we should guard against those four."

Everyone felt cold when they heard it. They knew who the four people were. In Dawu, besides the royal family, they were the four kings. After thinking about what they did in the past, there were indeed many things that were wrong.

Hou Xiaolian's face was serious, he thought twice before speaking,
"If you say that, then we, the descendants of the Duke's Mansion, should be careful. The court is on one side, the civil servants are on the other side, and the four kings are on the other side. With our Duke's border army and Luo Yunhou outside the customs, the situation is not good, we are at a disadvantage."

Several people were taken aback by Master Hou's analysis, they didn't expect the frontier army to be the weakest side now.

"What should I do then."

Liu Fang was also a little anxious, Da Wu seemed calm, but there was an undercurrent surging underneath, and if he didn't pay attention, he might be smashed to pieces.

Niu Jizong didn't have any good solution, so he said;

"First of all, we have to form a group and gather together. As for the three frontier generals, you all know that they are from the king of Beijing County, and General Mingwei is from the king of Dongping County, so we have to keep a hand. Furthermore, Luo Marquis Yun should be in the capital soon, it's been so long."

"Brother Niu means to form an alliance with Master Zhang?"

"Can this be done?"

Everyone asked in a hurry, Niu Jizong waved his hand to signal silence,

"There is no way. We need him, and he needs us, or we will be alone and helpless."

Chen Ruiwen disagrees.
"Brother Niu, don't forget that Mr. Wang, the governor of the Beijing camp, is related to him."

Niu Jizong didn't care, so he asked back,
"It's just that they have relatives. Do they dare to come together? There are two camps in the first place. Besides, what does the emperor think?"

Only then did you little princes understand where Niu Jizong's self-confidence came from. This was an obvious conspiracy, and Wang Ziteng did not dare to contact Luo Yunhou without authorization. If it aroused the suspicion of the royal family, it would be troublesome.

"Okay, just keep this matter in mind and understand it. The next step is to train the soldiers and horses, and directly beat the others including the three frontier soldiers, and let's talk about the rest."

Liu Fang asked worriedly.

"Then how does Beijing Wang Shuirong explain that?"

"Time doesn't wait for others, so there's no other way to do it. Superficially obey, everything is business as usual. Only when our government is together can we share weal and woe and rest together with the country. Brothers, today is the moment for us to see clearly the faces of those people, and we will cherish each other in the future."

All the people present were terrified. They had only been in Beijing for more than half a month. Things happened one after another. The generals outside couldn’t help themselves. happy.

(End of this chapter)