Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

It was King Yan's idea to choose the pavilion in the middle of the lake. The pavilion is surrounded by water, which can minimize the possibility of eavesdropping by others.

All the irrelevant people in the pavilion were kicked out, and those who were left behind were the confidants whose wealth and life depended on King Yan. These people had already registered their names with King Yong. If King Yan really fell, they would not What will happen?

Autumn was approaching at this time, and the cold wind in the night was a bit bit bit bit bit bit. However, no one in the pavilion noticed it at all. Except for a few people on the periphery who were responsible for covering, the rest of the people had solemn expressions. With Prince Yan as the center, they were discussing quietly. About big things.

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A white-faced scribe lowered his voice and whispered like a gnat: "I have bribed two military commanders and six battalion commanders. When I secretly met with them last night, they had promised to die for His Highness. "

King Yan heard what he was doing

After hearing the report, Li's eyes suddenly brightened, and he was very excited about the good news.

"How many troops and horses can these generals mobilize?" King Yan asked in a low voice, trying hard to suppress his excitement.

The white-faced scribe hesitated for a moment: "If the soldiers and horses under these generals are combined with the soldiers in the palace, there will be about three thousand."

"Only three thousand?"

Prince Yan's eyes dimmed unconsciously.

A mere three thousand soldiers and horses were as vulnerable as moths to a flame against the 10,000+ garrison troops stationed around Bianjing.

At this time, another thin middle-aged scribe with a sickly face said slowly: "Over there with the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, I have also tried it. The commander-in-chief Dou Laoxi is an old stubborn man full of loyalty, filial piety and justice. Can't be bribed.

However, Wu Mou, the deputy commander of the capital, accepted the gold and silver treasures sent by his ministers. Wu Mou said that if he saw our people capturing the imperial city, he would incite his generals to set fires everywhere in Bianjing City and create riots. Build momentum for us. "

King Yan was still frowning deeply. This Wu Mou was obviously a loser. He couldn't be counted on at the critical moment, so he had to rely on himself.

Seeing King Yan's sad face, the white-faced scribe who spoke first smiled softly and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I think that if you want to achieve great things, you must persuade a general to join him. If this person is willing to serve your Highness, great things will happen!" "

King Yan suddenly straightened up and said urgently: "Who is this person?"

"The deputy commander of the front department of the palace, Rong Xian."

The white-faced scribe shook his feather fan lightly and said with a confident smile: "Rong Xian is a mediocre and incompetent person, born in a humble background. He only got to where he is today because of the favor of his younger sister, Concubine Rong.

Beloved concubines such as Concubine Rong are like duckweeds without roots. They rely entirely on the favor of the officials and dominate the officials at all times and refuse to let go.Because of this, Concubine Rong will not be pleased by the Queen.

After the official dragon controls the funeral, the new king ascends the throne. At that time, the current queen will become the queen mother, and Concubine Rong can be sent to be buried with her in one sentence. Without Concubine Rong, the tall building of the Rong family will not rise from the ground. It will collapse completely in one day. "

When King Yan heard this, he frowned and interrupted: "In this case, in order to maintain his power and position, Rongxian should be more interested in currying favor with the new king. Why would he come to burn this king's cold stove?"

The white-faced scribe smiled slightly: "I heard that the Rong family has a young girl named Rong Feiyan. Concubine Rong and brother and sister Rong Xian all regard her as the apple of their eyes. If we can get rid of this girl without leaving a trace, and make the Rong family think she is King Yong. If you do this, the Rong family and King Yong will inevitably have a grudge. At that time, another eloquent person will be sent to benefit Rong Xianxiao..."

"If it is true as Mr. said, Rongxian will definitely come to join me as the king!"

King Yan's eyes shone brightly, and he rubbed his hands excitedly: "Rongxian is the deputy commander of the palace in front of the palace. He is in charge of the keys inside and outside the imperial city. If I can get his help, cooperate inside and outside, and open the palace gate, I can lead the troops." Drive straight into the emperor's palace. As long as we capture the emperor, there's no need to worry about failure!"

King Yan looked at the white-faced scribe and praised him sincerely: "Sir, this wonderful idea can bring peace to the world. It is actually the son of my king!"

The white-faced scribe could not hide his proud look, and kept stroking a few short beards under his chin.In order to come up with this clever plan, he stayed up for three days and three nights, and now he finally saw the results.

King Yan held the white-faced scribe's hands tightly and said with earnest eyes: "I will leave all my responsibility to you for this important matter!"

After a pause in his tone, King Yan hurriedly added: "Sir, don't worry, after the matter is completed, I will definitely not forget your contribution to strategizing today. I will make you a king and a duke, and your family will be able to protect you forever." Prosperity and wealth.”

The white-faced scribe couldn't help but feel his heart beat loudly when he heard this, but his face remained calm, maintaining his noble demeanor.

He immediately bowed to King Yan and said with a carefree smile: "Your Highness, please rest assured!"

Chapter 297 Mid-Autumn Festival

Bianjing City is still bustling and prosperous, and the same life is repeated in the court and market every day.

The ministers were red-faced as they argued over whether a certain national policy should exist, and the common people were quarreling over the price of two feet of linen.Everything goes on day after day in this noisy but calm state, calm and calm.

No one knew that beneath this calm surface was the coming storm.

In the ninth year of God's blessing, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival passed as smoothly as water, and the emperor still feasted on the ministers as in previous years.

Various wealthy families in Bianjing City also invited their relatives and friends to gather together to drink and admire the moon.

As early as more than three months ago, all the large and small gardens in and around Bianjing City were booked by all the wealthy families.

In particular, Qionglin Garden, Yujin Garden, Jinmingchi and Yichun Garden around Bianjing City are being competed by top wealthy families.

These four places belong to the royal gardens and are not usually open to the public. If you can reserve one in a private name, even if it is only used for the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be a symbol of identity and right to speak.

Over the years, Concubine Rong has always been Zhao Zhen's favorite concubine, even Empress Cao is inferior to her in this regard. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, no matter how the best royal gardens are divided, the Rong family always has a share.

This has been the case every year for several years, and the Rong family has long been accustomed to this. This year, as in previous years, they sent out invitations, invited guests, and prepared for various matters for the Mid-Autumn Garden Party.

However, just one month before the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, Rong Xian, the head of the Rong family, suddenly received news that the Yujin Garden originally reserved for the Rong family had been temporarily allocated to King Yong by Zhao Zhen.

As compensation, Zhao Zhen allocated another Huanxi Garden for the Rong family to use.

Although Huanxi Garden is also a royal garden, it is much smaller than Yujin Garden. Moreover, Huanxi Garden is more than ten miles away from Bianjing City. It can be said that nothing can compare with Yujin Garden.

The good Yujin Garden was suddenly replaced by the small and remote Huanxi Garden. Naturally, Rong Xian felt that the boss was not happy. If it were anyone else, he would definitely tell his sister Concubine Rong about this and ask her to give Zhao Zhen a pillow blow. Bian Feng, change the garden back.

However, as soon as he heard the name King Yong, Rongxian immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking his sister for help.

After the auspicious sign of the Heavenly Book, Zhao Zhen's intention to establish King Yong was completely exposed. As long as the established process was completed step by step, King Yong would be the confirmed candidate for the throne.

Everyone in the government and the public knows this.

Rong Xian was the deputy commander of the Imperial Palace, and he was in the imperial city all year round. He also had a beloved concubine who was always by his side. Naturally, he could see Zhao Zhen's thoughts more clearly.

Therefore, after learning that it was Queen Yong who occupied Yujin Garden, Rongxian no longer had the idea of ​​competing with the other party, and gave up the Yujin Garden that originally belonged to him, acting very obediently.

Not only that, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Rongxian also asked his sister Rong Feiyan to dress up and attend the banquet held by Princess Yong in Yujin Garden to support Princess Yong.

Rongxian's original intention was to show favor to King Yong, but he forgot to consider his sister's character.

When Rong Feiyan was young, Concubine Rong had already attracted the attention of Zhao Zhen with her beauty. The Rong family also followed the trend and rose to prominence in Bianjing City, becoming very prosperous for a while.

grow in such a ring

Under such circumstances, both Rongxian and Concubine Rong doted on their biological sister, which naturally developed Rong Feiyan's arrogant, domineering and arrogant character.

In the past, no matter how big trouble Rong Feiyan got into, her brothers and sisters would wipe her butt. But now is the special period of the transition between the old and the new. In order to maintain their current position of power, the Rong family has to keep a low profile, even to the point of being groveling to please. King Yong.

At this time, Rong Feiyan's domineering character turned into a hidden thunder that could explode at any time.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in Yujin Garden, Rong Feiyan met the youngest daughter of King Yong and the head of Jiacheng County.

The two people are similar in age. One is a proud daughter of the royal family, and the other is a young lady who has risen from the grassroots. They have always disliked each other. When they met at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, they couldn't help but make some strange remarks to each other.

This scene happened to be seen by Princess Yong who was passing by.

Princess Yong is naturally on her daughter's side. She now considers herself the future queen and is very ambitious. She doesn't think much of the Rong family who came from a humble background. Seeing Rong Feiyan speak rudely to the head of Jiacheng County, He immediately scolded Rong Feiyan with a straight face.

Rong Feiyan had been pampered since she was a child, how could she have ever suffered such grievances?

In anger, Rongxian's earnest advice to Rong Feiyan before she came was completely forgotten by her. In front of all the guests, she retorted to Princess Yong, sarcastically and sarcastically. The banging was like a barrage of firecrackers, which made Princess Yong's face turn green with anger and she couldn't even speak.

Seeing this, Rong Feiyan felt so happy that she did not even attend the subsequent banquet. Under the watch of everyone, she left Yujin Garden alone and proudly.

It didn't take long for the Rong family to know what happened in Yujin Garden. After Rong Xian learned about Rong Feiyan's stupidity, he was so angry that he smashed the table gum with his palm.

Although he knew that his little sister had an outspoken personality, he did not expect that she would be so ignorant and speak freely in public. This time he completely offended Princess Yong.

If I had known this, I wouldn't have let her go to the banquet.

Rong Xian made up his mind to prepare a generous gift tomorrow and take Rong Feiyan to Prince Yong's Mansion to apologize to Princess Yong and seek her forgiveness. After the incident, he would confine Rong Feiyan at home and let her reflect on herself. .

Rong Xian has always loved his little sister Rong Feiyan the most, and this time he was determined to punish Rong Feiyan thoroughly, out of the family law, and he must teach her a profound lesson this time.

Rong Xian sat at the head of the main hall, holding an ancestral rattan in his hand, waiting for Rong Feiyan to come home, but he waited around, but Rong Feiyan was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing that it was approaching Haishi and no carriage had returned, Rongxian immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately ordered his servants to search for him along the way.

However, the Rong family searched Bianjing all night long, and only found an empty carriage in the bushes not far from Yujin Garden, with a large word "Rong" embroidered on the curtain.

This is the carriage that Rong Feiyan used to travel, but in addition to the carriage itself, Rong Feiyan, who was supposed to be sitting here, and the accompanying coachmen, servants, guards, etc., together totaling more than ten people, unexpectedly All disappeared, as if they had disappeared from the world.

In the early morning of the next day, Kaifeng Government Office, Imperial City Department, and Wucheng Military and Horse Department mobilized in large numbers to blockade the entrances and exits of Bianjing and strictly check the people coming and going.You can see sergeants and government officials everywhere on the road, knocking on doors and asking questions.

For a time, people in Bianjing City were panicked.

At the same time, a piece of news that shocked everyone began to spread in the streets of Bianjing.

Rong Feiyan, the jewel in the eye of the Rong family and the biological sister of Concubine Rong, the favorite concubine of the current official family, was robbed by thieves last night and her whereabouts are still missing.

Chapter 298 Change and change

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, both Ru Lan and Ming Lan were very busy. The Wei family did not have a garden this year, but many wealthy families in Bianjing City sent invitations to the Wei family.

These people were either kind to Wei Chen, were Wei Chen's immediate superiors, or had close friendships with Wei Chen. In short, none of them could refuse.

So, on the wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival, Wei Chencheng was surprised to announce that Ru Lan and Minglan followed Wei Chen, and the couple visited eight gardens in one day.

From the Han family of Longtuge bachelor to the Liu family of Hanlin bachelor, from the Lu family of the Ministry of Industry to the Wang family of Dali Temple, as well as the Qi family of Duke Qi, the Gu family of Ningyuan Hou, and so on.

Rulan and Minglan went around with smiles on their faces like two social butterflies. They were gentle, virtuous, and generous, and received praises from many girls. But at the end of the day, they were almost falling apart.

After returning home, Rulan and Minglan were so tired that they fell asleep, sleeping like two little pigs, as soundly as a dead body.

Wei Chen was also very tired, but his physical strength was still enough. He originally wanted to drink wine and admire the moon with his wives, have some fun under the moonlight, and have a warm and peaceful moon-viewing activity for the whole family, but he couldn't help it no matter what he said. Rulan and Minglan couldn't wake up from their deep sleep.

Even though Wei Chen gave Ru Lan and Ming Lan a complete massage, they just hummed a few times unconsciously and still slept soundly.

Wei Chen was quite helpless when he saw this, so he had no choice but to put away the distracting thoughts in his heart, and fell asleep peacefully with his delicate body as soft and fragrant as orchids on his left and right.

On the morning of the first day after the festival, after Wei Chen did his morning exercises, he heard from Yuan An that a visitor was coming. It turned out that it was Sheng Changbai, Qi Heng, and Sheng Changfeng who were students from the Sheng Family School who came together to meet their teacher Zhuang Jun today.

Although Zhuang Jun had a cold personality, he was very happy to see his former students coming to visit him. The teachers and students talked all morning. After lunch in Zhuang Jun's courtyard, Sheng Changbai and others stood up to say goodbye to the teacher.

After coming out of Zhuang Jun's courtyard, Wei Chen led the three of them to the back garden of his home. They spread a bamboo mat under the ginkgo tree in the garden, placed a low table on the mat, and the four of them sat on one side.

The female servant leaned over to fill the teacups of the four people, and then consciously retreated into the distance.

Wei Chen picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then closed his eyes to reflect. The cool autumn wind was blowing the fallen leaves on the trees. Occasionally, a withered yellow leaf swayed and fell on him. The wind blew again and floated into the distance again. .

The picture was quite peaceful and beautiful, but Sheng Changbai and the others seemed a little agitated.

The incident of Rong Feiyan's abduction was already causing quite a stir in Bianjing City. It was said that after Concubine Rong in the palace learned about the incident, she cried and fainted three times, which made Zhao Zhen extremely distressed.

Under Zhao Zhen's instructions, all three squads of Kaifeng government officials went out, blocked the roads, and searched the entire city. Now even the Imperial City Department was dispatched, but except for the carriage, they still found nothing.

Sheng Changbai sighed: "It's been so long, but I still can't find anyone, and I don't see anyone extorting money. I'm afraid the Rong family girl has met with something unexpected."

Everyone thought the same way. If a weak woman disappeared all night, what good ending could there be?