Brutal touch

Chapter 8 The three friends gathered together occasionally to ask Junji Bean Porridge and receive advice.

The fourth young master said: "In this case, these days have become a rare leisure." While talking, two chamberlains came in and said: "The boulder is coming." Before they finished speaking, the boulder had already flashed in front of the two of them. The Fourth Young Master and Chang Zhong stood up hurriedly, bouldering and said to Chang Zhong: "How is your old man doing lately?" Chang Zhong said with a smile: "Thanks to the Lord, he is strong, but he is becoming more and more disobedient to the doctor. You can't live without it, and you don't have to eat it at night." Baoshi smiled and said to the Fourth Young Master: "You have been very popular these days, and all ten philosophers are talking about you." The Fourth Young Master smiled and said: "What you are talking about me is because you want me to Did you find something, or do you hope I can't find anything?" Baoshi laughed and said, "You take a supervisor too seriously. What the country needs now is to work together in the same boat. At this time, if you want to kill someone with a knife, there is no one else. I will help you," the Fourth Young Master sneered, "Oh? Then why do you want me to be the supervisor? Is it to save some military expenses?"

Baoshi smiled and said: "Now that you can save a few military expenses for the country, it can be regarded as a great contribution." The Fourth Young Master smiled and said: "You leave Taixue to do so many things. You don't come here today just to cool me down." A few words?" Baoshi thought for a moment and said, "That's a good question. I have something important to say to you this time." The Fourth Young Master became interested and asked, "Is this right? What are you talking about?" Baoshi said He said slowly: "Saving your life is the first priority, don't let others do it secretly." Changzhong heard a burst of laughter, held his waist and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is very sincere, very sincere." The Fourth Young Master turned around and said, "In that case , why not just send a few fools to supervise the army, and the people above can get some bribes." Baoshi then said: "Now the Second Young Master and Tongma are in charge of the Military Temple, and the military expenses are increased every year. They still reported a deficit every year, so how much money they won was really spent on the Military Temple. How much money they got greedy. Nowadays, the Military Temple is solid and no one can find out. Sending military supervisors from outside is nothing more than sharing the wealth. It does nothing. It doesn’t help. You have done your job of supervising the army this time and set a precedent. In the future, the supervising army will be sent from the princes to separate the power of the second son and his family. If anything happens, it will be easier to investigate, and the annual military expenses will be saved. Why don't you understand this?" The Fourth Young Master turned around and said, "Tongma has been operating in the Military Temple for a long time. The prince sent by another prince may have more weight than other supervisors. However, as time goes by, the princes sent out will become more important. The prince will inevitably be complicit and will not be eliminated at all. It will all happen sooner or later." Baoshi looked a little unhappy and said: "Is it possible that everyone in the country except you is a mercenary villain? I don't trust anyone except myself. How can this continue to happen?"

Chang Zhong said hurriedly: "Although state affairs are important, no one can tell what is right or wrong. The fourth young master is about to take office now. Why don't you, Mr. Baoshi, have a drink with you?" He pulled the fourth young master and said to Boshi. He couldn't help but pull the Fourth Young Master out of the courtyard even after saying "please". The fourth young master said to Chang Zhong: "Well, you Chang Zhong, are you trying to be biased? Are you scared?" Chang Zhong apologized and said with a smile: "How do you say this? What do you think you are competing with Shi Zhe?" Ah." The Fourth Young Master said, "The competition is Shi Zhe's strength. If I don't compete with that person in the room, I will burn Tongma's beard."

Chang Zhong hurriedly stopped him and said: "Ancestor, Ancestor, you should be less willing to die. You can't offend that guy Tong Ma." "How can I not offend him?" Chang Zhong said: "Tong Ma is the leader of the ten philosophers. He knows what ten means. The leader of philosophers? Let’s not say the leader of ten philosophers, let’s say ten philosophers. Look at our old man. He is very old and does nothing else all day long. He only goes out to point fingers and make enemies with others. But what about such a big man? I have never been in trouble when I touched the country." Just as the Fourth Young Master was about to say something, Chang Zhong continued: "Don't worry about our old man's humanity for now. If you are not convinced by this method, how about putting it in Shizhe? Look. Gone. Please think again about the weight of the leader of Tongma." After listening to Chang Zhong's words, the Fourth Young Master stood there and said nothing for a long time.

Chang Zhong took Baoshi and the Fourth Young Master to his mansion. The steward at the door hurriedly ran over to Chang Zhong and said, "Young Master, you can't come in now." Chang Zhong yelled, "Nonsense, what about my house?" Can't you come in?" As soon as he entered the door, he saw Gong Zhao standing in the yard. When Chang Zhong saw Gong Zhao, he was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Dad, it's broad daylight. Why are you standing in the yard if you don't go for a walk?" Gong Zhao didn't like Chang Zhong's words and said, "Whose house is this?" What are the rules and regulations of a son chasing me?" Chang Zhong was about to reply when the Fourth Young Master and Baoshi followed behind. Gong Zhao ignored the Fourth Young Master and said to Baoshi, "Baoshi, don't you worry about Taixue's affairs today? Just follow this useless nonsense." Baoshi apologized and said with a smile: "Taixue has few things to do, so there is no need to spend time there every day. Gong Zhao said: "What are you talking about? That day, I saw that all of you Taixue people were extremely lazy. It was because you were too lax in enforcing the law. You are young and energetic, so you should worry more about state affairs and steal chickens every day." How can you be a dog-player?" Baoshi said, "Of course it is, maybe Mr. Gongzhao will go to Taixue to give guidance?"

Gong Zhao said: "No need. Today I will go to the Hefang camp. I will go to your place another day to tell the people there to cheer up. If there is a dead person, let me catch him. I can skin him." ." Changzhong hurriedly stepped forward to wait on Gong Zhao's chariot and horses, and accompanied him with many kind words, before Gong Zhao boarded his chariot and horses. Chang Zhong helped Gong Zhao get into the carriage and ran quickly back to the courtyard. The Fourth Young Master and Baoshi looked at Chang Zhong without saying anything. Chang Zhong smiled and said: "Damn it, damn it, the old man is not at home during the day, and you all know his temper. Unexpected, unexpected." The Fourth Young Master said: "I said that there is a hexagram about the dove magpie today. Tong Lin, it turns out he should be here."

Baoshi smiled and said, "In that case, how much wine do you need to drink from Gongzhao to relieve your anger?" Changzhong smiled and said, "Master Baoshi has the courage to say that he doesn't care about these things." Baoshi waved his hand and said, "That's all, you These words are too serious and I can’t bear it.”

In order to celebrate the Fourth Young Master and to make friends with Baoshi, Gong Zhao naturally arranged the banquet with great care, needless to say. After the banquet, the Fourth Young Master returned to the mansion drunkenly. Suddenly he saw a dark figure in the courtyard. He was so frightened that he sobered up. When Jian Yi saw the Fourth Young Master coming, he hurriedly said: "Four Young Master, this man is very special." I want to see you, but I don't want to tell you where I'm from, so I have to let him wait in the courtyard first. I don't know that the Fourth Young Master has come back quietly. Damn it, damn it." The man hurriedly knelt down and looked up at the surroundings. Young Master, after a while he asked: "Is this the military supervisor who is about to take office now?" Jian Yi spat and said, "What kind of military supervisor, don't you even have any manners? This is a high-ranking prince!" The fourth young master said: " Jian Yi, please don't be rude, I am the Fourth Young Master, what can you do with me?" After hearing this, the man quickly stood up, walked out of the yard, and clapped his hands at the corner of the alley. The black shadow at the corner of the alley swayed a few times, and a large group of things came towards the Fourth Young Master. It was already dark, so the Fourth Young Master managed to get close enough to see what they were carrying through the moonlight. He was heartbroken. But he was still unsure, so he said, "Who are you and what is this?"

The man said to the few who arrived later: "This is the newly appointed supervisor, a member of the royal family." After hearing this, those few people quickly knelt on the ground and said: "These are the 20,000 soldiers of Baiyun Peak who have given you the people of your lord." Umbrella, sir, redress your grievance!"

The Fourth Young Master hurriedly asked Jian Yi to help him up and said, "Where does the injustice come from?" One of them took out a cloth bag from his arms, and immediately said with tears in his eyes: "Sir, look at this." The Fourth Young Master felt in his heart. In a panic, Jian Yi took the cloth bag and handed it to the Fourth Young Master. The Fourth Young Master opened the cloth bag and found that there were only some boiled beans and wild vegetables inside. The beans had rotted due to time. The Fourth Young Master handed the cloth bag to Jian Yi and told him to keep it carefully. The visitor continued: "Baiyun Peak is an important place in the south to resist the barbarians and transport military supplies. Now it is garrisoned by 20,000 soldiers, but the daily ration is six Two beans and some wild vegetables. Every time the barbarians invaded, the soldiers had to fight without enough food. Even if they managed to repel them a few times, they didn't know how long they could last. If Baiyun Peak fell, we soldiers would not be able to escape death, and our family and clan would be even more likely to die. I am still in danger, please help me."

The Fourth Young Master looked at the Ten Thousand People Umbrella in the dim moonlight. There were about eight or nine hundred names of Baiyun Peak soldiers on it. The Fourth Young Master had generally seen the various treasures of the country, but he was not interested in fighting for them. But the Wanmin Umbrella in front of me has a magical power that attracts me for some reason. The situation described by the visitor seemed to the Fourth Young Master to have involved many important ministers in the royal capital. Although it was not necessarily that they were colluding with each other, they were still trying to find fault in the things under their jurisdiction, which was like snatching food from a tiger's mouth. It's not that the Fourth Young Master doesn't know the dangers involved, there's just something that the Fourth Young Master can't refuse. The Wanmin Umbrella in front of him attracted the Fourth Young Master like a magic power, making him stare blankly in trance.

Jian Yi called in a low voice: "Fourth Young Master, the group of people outside will inevitably attract attention at the moment, so why not move inside the house and make plans first." Only then did the Fourth Young Master come back to his senses and said, "Yes, let's arrange the people in the courtyard first. , ask someone to get some food. I have to go to Mr. Buji now, and I will leave it to you to arrange it." Jian Yi responded. The Fourth Young Master walked straight to Bu Ji's residence, thinking about how to ask Bu Ji to help him. Halfway through, he suddenly thought: "Baiyun Peak is such a strategic point. The only one who dares to do evil here is Tong Kui and Tong Ma. It's okay for Tong Kui, Bu Ji." How can Ji deal with Tongma? You must be in love with the king's order before you can take action." The Fourth Young Master made up his mind and went back. He comforted those people and gave them a lot of money. After calling them back, You are not allowed to leak any information, and you have your own reasons. Those few people had no choice but to follow the instructions of the Fourth Young Master, thanking each other and complaining, and did not disperse until dawn.

The Fourth Young Master just waited for dawn, then prepared fifty immeasurable gold and gave it to several stewards in King Chu's palace, asking them to bring a message to invite King Chu to the Fourth Young Master's house for tea in the afternoon. The several stewards received the gifts with great joy and only said words such as "Old slave, I will do my best", "Fourth Young Master, don't worry". Around noon, the Fourth Young Master entered the Fourth Young Master's Mansion with the fifth Young Master from the royal family and five to six hundred people from his Protectorate Hall. All important places were garrisoned. All the servants and servants in the Fourth Young Master's house were brought out by the guards of the Protector's Palace and gathered together, and the Fifth Young Master was asked to look at them one by one. The Fourth Young Master's house lacked visitors, and he never had real power. Therefore, there were not many servants in the house, and there were not even the proper regulations. It didn't take long for the Fifth Young Master to look at them one by one and said to the Fourth Young Master: "This group of people is really insignificant. How can we take over? Let's drive them elsewhere for the time being and remove one hundred and twenty internal servants from the palace." That's right." The Fourth Young Master had always been at odds with the Fifth Young Master, so he didn't bother to talk to the Fifth Young Master. He only said, "It's all up to the Fifth Young Master." Then he went to the side hall to take care of himself and have tea.

The Fifth Young Master first divided a group of people to find a yard, and first drove all the people from the Fourth Young Master's house in to guard it. After a while, Pian Sheng, the chief steward of the palace, came with one hundred and twenty palace servants. Discussing with the Fifth Young Master: "The Fourth Young Master's residence is really not a regulation. I'm afraid that after the King comes here, he will give another reward, or renovate and expand it, or give him another place to live. It's not a problem. This old slave has served the King for more than twenty years." "Of course it won't make the king unhappy if he comes out to drink tea. It's just that this place is so ruthless that some unrelated people may conflict with the king and several adults. This will be a lot of trouble for the fifth young master." The fifth young master smiled. He said: "This is natural. You are also an old man in the palace. I have nothing to say. You can just look around." Pian Sheng said, "Then the old slave goes to ask the Fourth Young Master about his preparations." The Fifth Young Master nodded. After a while, the parallel student saluted, retreated outside, and went to find the Fourth Young Master. When he entered the side room, he saw that the Fourth Young Master was drinking tea by himself. On the table were the swallow tongue bamboo shoots that had just been made by the palace servant, as if something had happened. It has nothing to do with oneself. The parallel student hurriedly called out: "Fourth Young Master, why don't you get busy here and drink tea and have snacks?" The Fourth Young Master didn't look back and continued drinking tea and said, "Fifth brother will handle all the guarding matters. You have also brought the servants from the palace. My people have asked you to rush outside. Why do you ask me to be busy? Is it possible that you ask me to work with your people?" The parallel student hurriedly knelt down and said, "Old The slave died unjustly, the Fourth Young Master was driven out by the Fifth Young Master, and the old slave was sent by the Chief Superintendent to lead people to serve the King, so there is no such thing as his death."

The Fourth Young Master said: "I have elicited such a confession from you with just one sentence. How can I tell you about the business of meeting the king? Why don't you get up and talk about the business?" After hearing this, Pian Sheng got busy and said, "I'm here, old slave." I would like to ask the Fourth Young Master, what kind of tea did the Fourth Young Master prepare when the king comes to drink tea at the Fourth Young Master's house this time." The Fourth Young Master continued to drink the tea and said without looking back, "I gave the tea to your palace people before. , you haven't seen it, are you saying that the tea is not good?" Pian Sheng said hurriedly: "The tea is of course good tea, there is no need to say this, I just don't know what snacks the Fourth Young Master has prepared to go with the tea." The Fourth Young Master said impatiently "Didn't they also send the tea?" Pian Sheng thought for a while and said, "I have never seen this old slave before. The Fourth Young Master's people only sent some tea, oh yes, and some beans and vegetable leaves. "That's it. Ask your people to cook it and send it up." After hearing this, Pian Sheng felt a chill behind him, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead. He hurriedly kowtowed to the ground and said, "Fourth Young Master, spare your life, old man." Nuduan dare not do such a thing that would make the Fourth Young Master fall into injustice." The Fourth Young Master turned around and said, "What I asked you to do, how could it make me fall into injustice?" Pian Sheng said, "Your Majesty, and all of you Sir, how can you eat this thing?" The Fourth Young Master stood up and kicked the parallel student down and said, "You think you are nothing and you dare to point your fingers here. If the king hadn't been old and couldn't live without people around him, I would have done it long ago. I'll kill you with one sword! Who do you think you can hide about your self-importance in the palace?" Pian Sheng did not dare to answer and just kowtowed. The Fourth Young Master said: "Your Majesty, you can't live without someone to serve you. If I don't kill you today, you'd better go back and tell the people in the palace that the Fourth Young Master is looking for trouble in the palace." When Pian Sheng heard this, he burst into tears. He pointed three fingers to the sky and said, "If you dare to speak out, I will be punished by heaven and earth, and you will be destroyed by heaven and earth." The Fourth Young Master scolded, "Get out of here." Pian Sheng kowtowed for the last time and ran out as if he was running away.

(End of this chapter)