Song Yi

Chapter 389 Trap
The inner house of Zuo Chancellor's Mansion.

Prime Minister Wang Gui was dressed in a brocade robe, sitting cross-legged on a soft couch of nanmu openwork with gold rims, with a big red gold thread python mattress under his buttocks, leaning on a gold-threaded satin pillow with his hands crooked. A string of red agate beads was twisted in one hand, and a Ding kiln white porcelain teacup was held in the other hand. The lid was tilted, revealing a small curved fragrance.He brought the teacup to his mouth several times, but stopped and put it back. His thick gray eyebrows were locked together at this moment, and a pair of misty old eyes kept staring at the ground, not knowing what was going on in his head.

Sitting next to the soft couch was an old man, leaning on an ebony cane, muttering indefinitely. Of course, this man was the old minister Sima Guang.

Sima Guang was extremely anxious, stomping on his crutches and said, "Brother Yuyu, my lips are worn out, after talking for a long time, why do you want to say something?"

Wang Gui looked sad, and muttered: "What else to say? Earlier in the hall, the meaning of the empress dowager's words was already very clear. Although she hadn't said it dead yet, her idea was to designate her son King Yong or Cao Cao. The king succeeds to the throne. After all, the grandson is separated by a generation, and the son should be closer."

Sima Guang said anxiously: "That's right! We can't just see Song Zhengtong fall into the hands of others!"

Wang Gui finally brought the Ding Kiln white porcelain teacup to his mouth, and put it down again before he could sip it: "Didn't you say that the imperial doctor Du Wenhao could convince the Empress Dowager?"

"Yes! Judging from the attitude of the empress dowager today, he must have never advised the empress dowager about letting the sixth prince succeed to the throne! Alas! I begged him for nothing! I thought he was a young and heroic man, but who knows what kind of person he is? Afraid of getting into trouble, simply... as cowardly as a mouse!"

"Otherwise!" Wang Gui shook his head slowly, "If he is as cowardly as a mouse, how dare he hold the two princes hostage? He even cut King Cao?"

Sima Guang said angrily: "He is jumping like a dog..., bah bah, I shouldn't say that about him, after all, he is my old life - he was in a hurry at that time. When the real important moment came, how could he be It's not a bastard who is running around with his head in his arms! Pooh! Why am I talking nonsense again! Pooh! "

Wang Gui smiled slightly: "Brother Junshi, don't forget that in Chengdu Mansion, facing 5000 troops, Du Wenhao had only [-] people under his command. Hehe, not only is this person not a rat, he is definitely not a person who has lived under others for a long time, if not done well, he will be a golden scale!"

"Du Wenhao is a character, and his achievements are definitely not limited to today. I know this, but is the First World War in Chengdu the same thing as now? On the battlefield, you will die and live, there is no way! It is hard to say in the officialdom, I guess He also offended the two princes, so he had no choice but to do this. He wanted to support King Yong in exchange for King Yong's favor, so that King Yong would not trouble him in the future! Doesn't he know that King Yong is rebellious and stingy? man of?"

Wang Gui said: "Even if he knew, he would want to take a gamble. It's good to make an atonement for the merits of his assistance. What about us? What can we give him? Why does he help the sixth prince? This is called weighing the pros and cons!"

Sima Guang's eyes lit up: "Your words reminded me, by the way, we should find the Sixth Prince and make a wish for Du Yuyi to be appointed as an official. The nature of seeking benefits and avoiding harm can't be blamed on him, but we can only be blamed." Didn’t do anyone any favors, people don’t kill others for themselves, how many of us are old guys who only think about being orthodox?! That’s right, go find the sixth prince and ask him to make a wish for Du Wenhao’s appointment!”

"The sixth prince is only ten years old, so what do you know! How to make an official and make a wish? It's unrealistic."

Sima Guang thought about it, but he couldn't get out of his heart. He remembered turning around, and when he reached the crutches, he said sharply, "Then! Let's ask the empress dowager to kneel down to remonstrate! The ghost is dead!" Dudu leaned on the crutches and went out rush.

"Wait!" Wang Gui gently placed the Dingyao white porcelain teacup in his hand on the small lacquer table horizontally on the soft couch, "Brother Junshi, please be safe and don't be impatient, kneeling and admonishing won't work! The queen mother still has to be recruited, we can't even enter the bedroom, how can we kneel down to remonstrate?!"

"Then kneel at the gate of the palace and die! It's better than just watching that King Yong usurp the throne!" Sima Guang froze there, but he didn't come back.

Wang Gui drooped the soft sandals on the footsteps in front of the soft couch, got off the couch, twisted the red agate beads, walked to Sima Guang and said, "Brother Junshi, let me ask you, you say, this Du Wenhao Can you really influence the thoughts of the Empress Dowager?"

Sima Guang turned around and said: "Of course! In the afternoon, he went to the palace and chatted with the empress dowager for an hour. After leaving, the empress dowager ordered us to enter the palace, but she didn't listen to anyone's advice. Jin praised King Yong for his ability to govern the country. By the way, he also praised King Cao. After the compliment, he went straight back to the back hall, regardless of our words. Although she also said that the sixth prince is kind by nature, she hasn't made up her mind yet. , let us help to decide first. Listen to this, but everyone can tell that her idea is for King Yong to succeed! Didn’t you see that King Yong was so happy at that time? If Du Wenhao hadn’t given the Queen Mother a drink How can the empress dowager express her opinion like this after drinking the ecstasy soup? How can there be such a coincidence in the world?"

Wang Gui nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Brother Junshi, in your opinion, if Du Wenhao goes to persuade the Empress Dowager to appoint the sixth prince to succeed her, is it possible to change it?"

"Of course! As long as you haven't ascended the throne, you can change it...!" Sima Guang heard something in Wang Gui's words, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Yuyu, what do you mean by asking this? Is it possible that you still have something to say?" What a good idea?"

Wang Gui smiled mysteriously, twirled the Buddhist beads and walked back slowly, stepped on the pedals, took off the soft clogs, sat back on the soft couch mattress, crossed his knees, took the teapot, and took a long sip this time, leisurely He sighed, as if the tea fragrance had an endless aftertaste.

Seeing this, Sima Guang came back on crutches, sat down on the edge of the soft couch, lay down on the small lacquer table, and asked in a low voice, "Hey! Brother Yu Yu, what do you think? Ah, hey! Are you anxious to kill me?"

Wang Gui squinted at him, and said mysteriously: "Although we can't appoint officials to make a wish, is there no other way for him to help us?"

"any solution?"

"It's a lure with profit, making a wish is bait, it's profit, we don't have 'benefit', we can use 'harm'!"

Sima Guang frowned: "Harmful? What do you mean?"

"How can you be so smart and confused for a while? What is harm? Harm is a trap! Set a trap to lure him in and make him afraid! Wouldn't he obey us obediently?"

Sima Guang sat up from the soft couch, and said blatantly: "No! I don't agree! After all, he is my savior, and he has a kind heart and no intention of harming others, but we want to set a trap Harm him, no! We can't do such unrighteous things!"

Wang Gui pulled him back to sit on the soft couch with a smile: "Brother Junshi, when will you change your temper? Listen to me."

"What else is there to say!"

"Listen carefully before evaluating! Of course we can't do that kind of unrighteous thing, but if you want to fall into a trap, you don't have to use unrighteous things. If this trap makes him gain Yes, in retrospect, you are also willing?"

Sima Guang slowly turned his head to look at him: "Oh? There are still such traps? Tell me!"

Wang Gui leaned close to Sima Guang's ear and whispered the plan.Sima Guang clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Wonderful! Really wonderful! Good old guy, you are killing two birds with one stone. You made him have to do things for us, and you found a good one for yourself..."

"Hush!" Wang Gui made a gesture of silence, "Since this plan works, let's do it right away, time is ticking!"

"it is good!"

.........

At the same time, the main hall of Prince Yong's Mansion.

King Yong is sitting in the middle chair with a smile on his face, King Cao sits in a row of chairs on the left, Cai Que, Prime Minister on the right, and Zuorang Xingshu, the inspector of the History Museum and author of the book, sit on the chair on the right.

Cai Que and Xing Shu were flattering and flattering, and King Yong was very happy to hear it.

King Cao stroked his black beard and said, "Unexpectedly, the queen mother made a decision so quickly. It seems that we were a little too worried about dispatching troops earlier."

King Yong waved his hand: "No! It's definitely not superfluous. Without these actions, the queen mother would not have made a decision so quickly. What's more, the queen mother has not made the final decision yet. The preparation of force can only be strengthened, not weakened!"

The three hurriedly agreed.

Cai Que thought for a while, then bowed and said, "Prince Yong, now that the Empress Dowager has revealed that she intends to designate the prince to succeed her, should our actions be a little more cryptic? In order to avoid the fact that the prince is forced by force in the future The imperial throne that has been robbed is not beautiful."

King Yong nodded: "Well, you are right in reminding me, it is very reasonable. Immediately tell Ma Quanyong, the commander of the horse army, and Shi Yuan, the commander of the infantry army, to order them to restrain their subordinates and not to provoke Wei An's gang The people in the front of the palace are gone, keep a certain distance from them, and stand by at various alert locations!"

Cai Que hastily agreed.

Cao Wangdao: "Imperial brother, I never thought that this surnamed Du would really have two things. After entering the palace to see the mother, the mother immediately made a statement. Emperor brother, tell me, why does the mother insist on listening to this little imperial doctor?" Speaking of this, Cao Wang touched the white cloth wrapped around his neck, felt the pain on his neck was still aching, he couldn't help but said harshly: "This kid has humiliated this king in public, this king will never swallow this breath!"

King Yong said lightly: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big mess! This king doesn't know why the queen mother listened to this kid, but it seems that our judgment is really right. This kid also feels guilty because he hurt you and held me hostage." The queen was scared, so she was determined to help us. No matter what method he tried to persuade the queen mother, as long as the mother agreed to let me succeed. If you want to pinch it, then don't pinch it too much!"

Cao Wang also laughed complacently: "That's good! By the way, just now, my mother also praised me, saying that I also have the talent to govern the country, hehe..."

On the other side, Xing Shu's Jinxiu article is good, but he is not a very good person, and he often talks with his mouth full of horses, and he doesn't see that King Yong's face has darkened when he heard this, so he said inappropriately: "That's right. The empress dowager said that Prince Yong and Prince Cao are the pillars of the country, and also mentioned Cao Wang in particular, who is vigilant and understands the feelings of the people..."

"Enough!" King Yong slapped heavily on the armrest of the chair, staring at King Cao: "What? Brother, do you want to compete with me for the throne?"

Cao Wang waved his hands wildly, with a look of panic on his face: "No, no! Brother Huang, I just said that just now, without any other intention. Brother Huang, don't be suspicious!"

King Yong snorted heavily: "This king can say what he said first, and he wholeheartedly assists this king. After this king ascends the throne, his benefits will naturally be indispensable. If he stabs a knife in the back and stumbles, this king will not be lenient!"

Cao Wang, Cai Que and Xing Shu hurriedly bowed their hands and agreed.Cao Wang's face was a little embarrassed: "Brother Huang, it seems that Du Wenhao is also wholeheartedly helping you, then in the future..."

"Him?" A murderous look flashed between King Yong's brows, "Even if he has made great contributions, he still can't offset the crime of kidnapping this king! The first thing this king did when he ascended the throne was to put him to death!"

Speaking of this, King Yong stood up, glanced at the three with his hands behind his back, and said coldly: "For this king, there is no atonement! No matter who it is, it is not allowed to make any mistakes! Not once! This king's orders must be carried out to the letter, and there must be no disrespectful words or deeds towards this king! Otherwise, Du Wenhao's future fate will be his example!"

Cao Wang, Cai Que and Xing Shu hastily bowed and agreed, all with expressions of panic.

At this moment, a servant trotted in with a greeting card in his hand, bowed and said: "Report to the lord, and ask the criminal officer Du Wenhao to see him!"

The four looked at each other, and the murderous look on King Yong's face instantly disappeared, and he became full of joy, as if he was not talking about murder just now, but a beautiful girl, and said with a smile: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here , Is this kid here to ask for credit? Hurry up!—You guys retreat to the back hall first."

King Cao and the other three agreed and hid in the back hall.

King Yong walked out of the main hall with a smile on his face, walked through the courtyard, and came to the door of the hanging flower. He saw Du Wenhao standing in the corridor of the flower hall from a distance. , and took a few pats from time to time: "Brother Yunfan, well done! Haha, I have lived up to my high expectations."

Du Wenhao was flattered and hastily cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for the praise of Prince Yong, how dare you call him brother and brother with the prince!"

"Hey! If you can help me persuade my mother to let me take the throne, you will be my good brother - I will be worthy of my brothers in the future! Otherwise, I will be angry!" After finishing speaking, he blew Beard made a serious face on purpose.

The bones of Du Wenhao's whole body seemed to be lighter several times immediately, and he looked like a flattered servant, and he rushed to the ground in a panic: "Thank you, my lord..., ah no, thank you for your love!"

He called King Yong the emperor's brother, which seemed a little out of place, but King Yong asked him to be commensurate with his brother, so of course that was the only way to call him.

King Yong stretched out his hand to hold Du Wenhao's arm, talked and laughed shoulder to shoulder and returned to the main hall, first pushed Du Wenhao on the chair and sat down, then patted him on the shoulder affectionately, leaned his neck to the door and loudly ordered the servants to serve tea , and then sat back in the middle.

The fragrant tea was served, and King Yong raised tea to invite: "My dear brother, this is a tribute dragon tea, which was given to me by my brother..." At this point, King Yong's complexion suddenly dimmed, his eyes were full of eyes, and he said: "Alas! ! My emperor brother is in his prime, how can he just..., God is really jealous of talents!"

Du Wenhao also said sadly: "Yes, but I heard that the emperor passed away suddenly and did not suffer from many diseases. It is considered a great blessing among misfortunes."

King Yong nodded and said: "That's right, it's a pity that when Brother Huang fell ill, Brother Huang was visiting the doctor far away, otherwise, Brother Huang might not have..., alas, this is God's will!"

Du Wenhao said awkwardly: "Yes, in fact, Zheng Gu, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, Wei Zhan, the Imperial Physician of Dafangmai, Li Qingtai, the Imperial Physician of Canker sores, etc., are all very skilled in medicine, and their medical skills are not inferior to Brother Yu. I heard that They didn't even have time to rush to the rescue, and the emperor had already died, so there was no way."

"Hmph! If you don't mention them, my virtuous brother, it's all right. When I mention them, the king will be angry. The emperor's on-duty imperial physician was Wei Zhan, the imperial physician of Dafangmai! He was so drunk that day! Tell him to rush to the emergency , but couldn’t wake him up! He delayed the treatment of the emperor’s brother, and sent someone to call other imperial physicians, but it was too late. Humph! These idiots! This king has already ordered Wei Zhan to be sent to death row! After this king ascends the throne, Brother, it's up to you to revive the imperial hospital and drive out those useless imperial doctors! To find famous doctors again, we must choose people with high medical skills and noble medical ethics. You can't let a bastard like Wei Zhan get in the imperial hospital again Already!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly bowed his body and said, "My foolish brother respectfully obeys the emperor's order."

King Yong glanced at Du Wenhao again, and asked with interest: "By the way, brother, how did you convince my mother to let me inherit the throne?"

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Actually, Brother Yu didn't say much, he just said that Brother Huang was a righteous man, and cited the matter of Brother Yu who held King Cao hostage that day, saying that Brother Yu was righteous and took King Cao as a hostage with righteousness. A real man who is upright, a great hero, the empress dowager greatly praised the elder brother, perhaps this matter helped her make a decision, in fact, the empress dowager has a very good understanding of the prince's ability to govern the country and the country, and she has already made a plan in her chest , My words are just beating the side drum."

King Yong laughed loudly: "Unexpectedly, that bad thing turned into a good thing, and it became the capital of this king's fame, hahaha"

King Yong made fun of himself, and Du Wenhao naturally didn't agree with it, so he just laughed a few times along with him.

King Yong said again: "My dear brother, your next task is to continue to persuade your mother to announce that this king will inherit the throne as soon as possible. After this king ascends the throne, you should take the lead, and this king will not treat you badly. Hehe, come on, think What kind of reward do you want?" He looked at Du Wenhao with a smile.

Du Wenhao looked terrified, and hurriedly got up and bowed: "I don't dare, as long as the emperor and Lord Cao can forgive the disrespectful behavior of the fool that day, and avoid the death of the fool, I will be satisfied, and I don't dare to have other extravagant hopes."

King Yong deliberately put a stern face on his face: "What did you say, Brother Xian? Didn't this king already say it? That matter was a misunderstanding. It's over, so don't bring it up again! Why, what did you say to the emperor?" Don't listen?"

(End of this chapter)