Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 354 The prince is kind
With Cui Chengjun's failure, Kong Bowang felt endless frustration. Since he was 70 years old, his face has become more and more effective, but today it is useless no matter what he says. Is it really true that he is over 90? An old man comes to ask for help in a lowly manner?
Even if he is willing to beg, he may not pay attention to him if he comes to protect his children.

This attitude made him even more worried about the Confucian scholars who were imprisoned.

According to common sense, it is naturally impossible for the prince to kill them, and he should not really kill them, but now the other party is not following common sense.

Kong Bowang stood up and used his crutches. After touching the ground lightly, he said, "It seems that Cui Taishou is not willing to help anymore. I'll take my leave now because I'm just doing more trouble today."

Cui Chengjun sighed softly: "Old Master Kong, I can't help you. You should go find the Crown Prince on your own."

"Farewell."

Kong Bowang then left with a group of people.

Lai Huer looked sideways at Kong Bo and walked out the door, snorting disdainfully: "You are relying on your old age to act like an old man, and you want to take advantage of me. It's just wishful thinking."

Cui Chengjun walked up to Lai Huer in great helplessness: "General, please don't be impulsive. Killing someone is really hard to explain."

"Okay, I'll leave the matter here to you. Interrogate these Confucian scholars and find out who is instigating them. Find out who is behind the scenes. If you are not the mastermind, you can be given a lighter sentence."

Lai Huer will leave the matter to Cui Chengjun and go back to the house to report.

Cui Chengjun breathed a sigh of relief, and the supervisor next to him stepped forward and asked: "What should we do next, prefect?"

"What should I do? For interrogation, I have to hand over something to His Highness the Crown Prince. I finally figured it out. His Highness the Crown Prince asked Na Lai to come here to protect the children and was just being unreasonable. His Highness the Crown Prince already knows that Qufu City is full of people. "Etiquette", but he just doesn't want to talk about "etiquette"."

"Seconds, seconds."

But the boss said worriedly: "Your Majesty, if His Highness the Crown Prince arrests and punishes people in such a big way, I'm afraid things will get too big and it will be difficult for you to handle."

Cui Chengjun said very unhappily: "Look, did I feel comfortable just now? That old master Kong and Lai Hu'er, one pressed me, the other forced me, they pinched me like a meat pie, and they all thought I was a Ball, since it's uncomfortable anyway, we don't care, just do your job well, that's the best thing."

Lord Bo was extremely worried and said: "Prefect, this..."

"Do you have a better idea? Can we be sandwiched between these two parties?"

"Do your duty well. We will not get involved in the affairs between the two groups. You must obey the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince. This is your duty, so we will find out the mastermind. As for Kong Bowang, just obey and disobey it."

This day was really tiring for Cui Chengjun, so he asked his concubine to come up and massage his head to soothe his tired body.

Lai Huer returned to the house where Yang Guang was staying and told Yang Guang what he had seen and heard today.

"That little guy was uttering arrogant words. I almost couldn't hold back and shot him in the head. He's relying on his old age and showing off his old age."

Yang Guang closed his eyes and calmed down, and said softly: "You can't kill him, and don't scare him. If an old man of this age is really over it, he will be punished if he is convicted."

"I just don't like the way he behaves. He doesn't take people seriously because of his age. I'm not afraid of him. I'll let him go back to the west early with three shots and five holes."

Yang Guang shook his head helplessly and chuckled.

Wang Yi chuckled and asked: "Come on, general, how do you poke these three spears and five holes?"

"It would be better if I didn't stab him through."

"Come General, Gao."

Yang Guang stood up slowly. Wang Yi hurried over to help him, but Yang Guang said: "No need to help him, his body is already strong."

But Wang Yi was extremely worried: "Your Highness, you still have to be careful with your wealth."

Because after being assassinated before, Yang Guang reactivated him regardless of the previous suspicion. Now Wang Yi is grateful and guilty to Yang Guang.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

"Cui Chengjun will do the interrogation of these young Confucian scholars. Let's go to Mount Tai first. We have to explore the way."

Just as Yang Guang was about to go out, a servant came to report: "His Royal Highness, an old man named Kong Bowang is waiting outside the door, saying that he wants to see His Royal Highness. There are more than 30 people behind him, and everyone is dressed elegantly. .”

"It seems like we've hit a roadblock before we even go out."

When Lai Huer heard Yang Guang sigh, he kicked the handle of the spear, then put the black iron spear on his shoulder and said, "I'm going to go out and kill these twenty people, so as not to upset His Highness the Prince."

"Don't go, just let them stand. You gave me a good excuse, saying that I fell ill and had an old injury that hadn't healed yet. I was frightened by what happened yesterday and needed to rest. Let them go back. , let’s stay behind closed doors for a while.”

Wang Yi then led Yang Guang's order to the door of the residence and spoke kindly to everyone.

One plays a bad role, and the other plays a good role. Today, Hu'er has already done a bad role, so naturally it's someone's turn to play the good role.

Wang Yi put on his usual attitude of serving the East Palace and greeted everyone with a smile: "Old gentlemen, His Highness the Crown Prince has an old wound that has not healed. You all know that His Highness the Crown Prince was raped by the short-sighted, fatherless and kingless man in Daxing City. The treacherous ministers and traitors almost lost their lives after being assassinated, but they were sent out by His Majesty just then. The journey was high in the mountains and long in the road, and I was already tired due to the bumpy road. I also vomited for several days on the way. When I arrived in the city, I thought I could rest for a while, but no When I thought about it, I met a group of people waving flags and shouting. His Royal Highness was frightened. He recalled the dangerous scene when he was assassinated and fell on the bed."

"It is temporarily inconvenient to see people, so please go back first. I will see you when His Highness the Crown Prince's condition gets better."

Seeing that the person was speaking kindly, Kong Bowang wanted to come forward and say something, but the person in front of him had a smooth face, no beard, a high-pitched voice, and although he was not a eunuch in his dress, he judged that he was one.

The method of persuading people with reason that he was so proud of was equally useless to eunuchs. After all, eunuchs' identities were different from those of ordinary people, and their concerns were also different. Few eunuchs said they cared about their reputation.

No matter how well he does, people still say he is a rootless person.

"My father-in-law, please inform me that I, Kong Bowang, have invited the best doctor in the city to take a look at it for His Royal Highness."

Wang Yi still said with a smile: "Mr. Kong, is your doctor more powerful than the imperial doctor in the palace? Not to mention that I am willing, even the accompanying imperial doctor is not willing."

"Of course, we are just meeting His Royal Highness, and we hope that your father-in-law will be accommodating."

Wang Yi was not in a hurry, and explained in a good voice: "Old sir, since you are so concerned about His Highness the Crown Prince, I will definitely bring it to you. But after all, His Highness the Crown Prince has a body of ten thousand gold. If such a large group of you come in, It would be a serious crime to bump into His Highness the Crown Prince, so we should go back first. His Highness the Crown Prince said he would see you in person, and he will definitely do so."

Kong Bowang glanced back and said, "Then let them all stay outside. I will go in alone to meet His Highness the Crown Prince as a representative." "Old sir, your kindness is appreciated by His Highness the Crown Prince, but His Highness the Crown Prince was previously raped by that person." After the assassination by the man without a king or a father, he often wakes up from his sleep every day, especially after arriving in Qufu. After all, the two thieves went out here, so now he will put a sword next to him when he lies in bed to rest. Around me, last time I went to deliver tea, His Highness woke up and almost chopped me down. Old Sir, you shocked His Highness the Crown Prince when you went in alone. If something goes wrong, I can’t tell."

Yesterday, Lai Hu'er cut through the mess with a sharp knife, but Lai Hu'er used a sharp knife and Kong Bowang cut the mess.

Today Wang Yi is like a blunt knife cutting meat, Wang Yi is like a piece of meat with rough skin and thick flesh that cannot be cut, and Kong Bowang is like a dull knife that cannot cut through flesh.

Seeing that there was no hope if this situation continued, Kong Bowang could only continue to lower his body and said: "My father-in-law, you see that we people also have a lot of thoughts in asking to see His Highness, and please be more accommodating to my father-in-law."

"Hey, old sir, it's my fault that you said that. I don't have the right to decide whether to be accommodating or not. It's just that it's really inconvenient for His Highness to have guests now. If you insist on forcing your way in, then we can't be your slaves. You just don’t dare to stop me.”

Even so, the two guards at the door had their hands on their knives.

"Since His Highness the Crown Prince is unwell, I can only wait at the door until His Highness feels better before I can meet His Highness the Crown Prince again."

"Old sir, why are you doing this?"

"When you meet His Highness the Crown Prince, you should be sincere."

After saying that, Kong Bowang took a chair in front of Yang Guang's residence and sat down, as if he wanted to see who could survive.

He was confident that at his age and status, as long as the prince met him, he would definitely lower his status. After all, it would not sound good if the news spread. The guardians and eunuchs did not care about reputation, but the prince did care about it very much.

He didn't believe that Yang Guang could really let him live in the open air in front of this door and suffer for his whole life. Yang Guang's reputation would not be good if word spread like this.

Anyway, it was because of his reputation that Yang Guang had to come to see him, and eventually he had to let him go.

Yang Guang from the inner courtyard smiled disdainfully: "This stinky old man knows how to play this trick. Wang Yi, have you ever understood that an old man in his 90s will starve to death after a few days of hunger?"

Wang Yi looked embarrassed: "Your Highness, this... depends on the person."

"Yes, then let him sit for a day and a night to see if he is sincere."

Soon it was night, and the weather had cooled down. There was no light tonight, and the moonlight was very dim. At the door where the prince and his party stayed, the old Kong Bowang could not help but shudder. Others around him They leaned closer to him. In order to put pressure on Yang Guang, they planned not to leave at night.

"Mr. Kong, this is not the way to go. You should go back first. We will stay here."

Kong Bowang waved his hand: "If I leave, they will have no reason to open the door. I want to take a closer look to see if our prince of the Sui Dynasty is really so disrespectful of his elders and dares to violate etiquette!"

Kong Bowang was also holding back his anger. The servant brought thick clothes from home and put them on Kong Bowang.

In the yard, Yang Guang also had a headache, and he smiled helplessly: "If you don't die when you are old, you will become a monster. This old guy is really annoying, but I really can't do anything about him. What if he really dies here? My father will inevitably punish you, do you and the others only dare to do this to your own people?"

"You said this old Confucian scholar is really strange. He didn't dare to be like this when he came to take care of his children. He couldn't raise any airs and didn't even dare to speak loudly. When he treated Wang Yi, he was low-key and even a little Please, why are you so stubborn when you come to my place? You have the courage to fight until death, and you have the great awareness to do your duty."

Lai Guer, who was usually not good at thinking, thought about it, thought about it some more, and seemed to have figured it out with a slap on his forehead.

He opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, he treats you as one of his own."

Yang Guang was surprised: "How come my people have changed their attitude?"

"I couldn't understand what he said. He knew that if I was really angry, I would shoot him, so he was afraid. This means that he is not a hard-core person. Wang Yi is His Highness's personal eunuch, and if he didn't like what he said, he wouldn't give it to him. It has been passed down, which shows that he is not really noble, and the reason is probably that we have not learned his knowledge."

Yang Guang was extremely puzzled: "I will have to study this matter carefully in retrospect. I can only ask whether the hard bones of my family are considered hard bones."

"Wang Yi, go and take a look quietly. Is that old guy going to die outside?"

Knowing that Kong Bowang was still alive, Yang Guang went to bed.

The sun was rising three poles the next day. Today's sun was extremely hot. Yang Guang felt particularly comfortable when he got up. He hadn't slept so comfortably for a long time.

He stretched and said, "How is the situation at Wang Yi's gate?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Kong Bowang and others have not left since yesterday. Now many people are gathered around on the street to watch the fun."

"Hey, it's really troublesome."

"Wang Yi, in a quarter of an hour, please invite the person in nicely."

Wang Yi went out at this time, and asked people to disperse the crowd of spectators first, and then said to Kong Bowang: "Mr. Kong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has woken up. When he learned that you were waiting outside, he scolded Xiao and asked him to Let me invite you in."

Kong Bowang understood that this was the time when he could put on a show.

At this time, he even wanted to set up the music, put his hands on his crutches and said: "This father-in-law, I have been sitting for a day and a night. Now my legs and feet are inconvenient. Please help me, father-in-law."

Wang Yi was dissatisfied, but he couldn't let people continue to watch him. It would be better to give him a sense of success. He stretched out his hand to help Kong Bowang up.

Kong Bowang stood up tremblingly: "Father-in-law, please lead the way."

Kong Bowang walked in swaggeringly, and the people behind him wanted to follow, but were stopped directly by the guards.

"Father, what does this mean?"

"Old sir, His Highness the Crown Prince has a distinguished status and suffers from an old injury. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to see so many people. His Highness only asked to see you."

Kong Bowang looked to the back and said, "Fang Sheng, Kong Liang, you two come in with me, everyone else is waiting outside."

Both sides took a step back, and Wang Yi also asked the guards to let them over.

As soon as they walked into the courtyard, they saw Lai Hu'er, who had a fierce look on his face, shirtless and Qin Qiong fighting with weapons. The whole courtyard was filled with the sound of shouting and killing.

(End of this chapter)