Chapter 418: Boat against the current

The carriage was parked steadily in Cai's mansion. Wang Fu got out of the car with a full moon. Looking at the deep mansion and the big red lanterns at the doorman, the faint lights were revealed, which was quite strange in this quiet night.

Wang Fu winked at Changsui, Changsui's head, and took a post to the doorman to submit. The doorman carried a lantern into the courtyard to report. After a while, one person came out.

The visitor is Cai Tang, and Cai Tang and Wang Fu are familiar with each other. This person is Cai Tao's eldest son, and he is the current direct grandson of the Cai family. Cai Tang is nearly forty years old, but he has not entered the officialdom. Perhaps because he was implicated by Cai Tao, on the other hand, he is afraid that Cai Jing's intention is also what Cai Jing wants.

When he saw Wang Fu, Cai Tang immediately laughed and said to Wang Fu: "Sir Shaozai is wrong and welcomes you. Forgive your sins, forgive your sins."

Wang Fu opened the truth and said, "I don't know if the Grand Master is in the mansion."

Cai Tang was quite embarrassed and hesitated: "Here, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that my grandfather said that I won't see guests today. Lord Wang, please come back."

Not seeing the guest? Wang Fu's eyes were deep, and he looked at Cai Tang and asked, "What? Is the Grand Master in good health? If so, since I am here, I will visit you no matter what."

Cai Tang shook his head: "My grandfather is healthy and has no disease."

Wang Fu was quite unhappy when he heard this. Although he and Cai Jing were a member of the party, he was the young master after all, and he was a peerless person with Cai Jing. This time, Cai Jing made great efforts to recover. Now Cai Jing is behind closed doors to thank the guests. Didn’t he know that he was coming to visit and deliberately refused to meet him? He was an old fox and was suspicious. After changing many thoughts, he deliberately said slowly: "Oh? Since he is healthy, why don’t he see me behind closed doors?"

Cai Tang was very embarrassed and gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Wang, let me tell you the truth. It's not that my grandfather refused to see you, but that he dared not see you."

"Don't dare to see me?"

"My grandfather said, Lord Wang was smart for a lifetime and confused for a while, and this move was wrong."

Wang Fu was secretly surprised and thought: "Cai Jing already knew that I had entered the palace today?" Gu Jing Wubo said calmly, "What did the Grand Master say?"

Cai Tang searched out the words from Cai Jing and said, "Grandfather didn't say much, he just said, "Mr. Wang should not put his wealth in the palace and be careful to cause fire."

When Wang Fu heard what he said, he even thought of seeing Cai Jing, and said, "Why don't you please report it again, just say that Wang Fu, the disciple, asked for a meeting."

Cai Tang sighed, Wang Fu was not someone else, so how could he refuse his request? He had to go in, and when he came back this time, he said to Wang Fu: "Please come in, Lord Wang."

Wang Fu followed Cai Tang into a small hall with familiarity. As soon as he passed the door, he saw Cai Jingyi sitting still on the chair of the Taishi, closing his eyes to rest, and immediately bowed: "Taishi."

"Oh, it's Jiang Ming, come and sit down and talk."

Wang Fu bowed and sat down, saying, "The Master's complexion seems to be a little worse. Do you want to send some medicine under the door..."

"No need." Cai Jing interrupted him directly. The old fox, who was usually slow and tempted, was a little impatient today and said straight to the point: "Have you entered the palace today?"

"yes."

"I'm meeting the Empress Dowager."

"The Grand Master's magic tricks."

"It's not a good idea. The eunuch in front of the Empress Dowager is Jingde. This person and Yang Jian are angry and are the most loyal to Yang Jian. If you want to meet the Empress Dowager, he will definitely interfere. What do you say about the Empress Dowager?"

Wang Fu said: "The Empress Dowager is very much in favor of the advice of his subordinates. After all, this matter is not small, and the court officials have long been dissatisfied with it. Naturally, his Majesty cannot say anything. The throne of Jin is high and powerful, and he is a brother of the emperor. Only Chen Ao is a soft persimmon. Anyway, he always wants someone to take the blame. The Empress Dowager has already said that he will issue an imperial decree in two days and must punish the boy who is ignorant of the world to serve as a warning to others."

Cai Jing's eyes opened, and a trace of light burst out and fell on Wang Fu, and said with deep meaning: "Mr. Wang thinks he was the Queen Mother who was used as a gun envoy, or was he used by the Queen Mother?"

This question is a bit abrupt and very rude. Wang Fu was a smart person after all, and was slightly stunned and said, "The Grand Master means that the Empress Dowager has long wanted to deal with Chen Ao, so he went down to find her and hit it off?" After Cai Jing reminded him, Wang Fu carefully recalled the match with the Empress Dowager, and suddenly realized it.

Cai Jing said: "The Empress Dowager is also drunk, and she is not drinking. She wants to use the name of Chen Ao to ridicule Empress Dowager Qinci. Do you even understand this?"

Wang Fu was sweating profusely. He thought he had used the Empress Dowager, but he didn't know that the Empress Dowager wanted to use him as a gun. On the surface, he was going to be an enemy of Shen Ao, but his real opponent became the Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager Qinci is His Majesty's biological mother, with a high status and a position in the palace is no less than that in the Empress Dowager. One has a noble status and the other is a blood relative with His Majesty. These two people are in charge of the harem, but Wang Fu bumped over and accidentally became the fuse of the struggle between the two queens in the palace.

Wang Fu thought about this section and suddenly realized that he was really confused. He was determined to harm Chen Ao and was eager to use the Empress Dowager. Who knew that he had become the target of public criticism and became the front pawn of the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Qinci learned that he would not regard him as a thorn in his side or as a thorn in his flesh? No wonder the Grand Master refused to see him just now. The Grand Master wanted to protect himself and refused to involve the two queens in the palace in the battle.

Wang Fu couldn't help but have a blue and white lips, and cold sweat soaked his back collar. He licked his shriveled lips with difficulty and said, "Tao Shi, what should the disciple do for the sake of the present?"

Cai Jing let out a sigh and asked someone to serve the ginseng soup. He slowly stirred the ginseng soup with the spoon and said, "Take aside and go straight forward!"

burn one's boats……

Wang Fu was owed and felt a little weak: "Please ask the Grand Master to make a clear statement."

"There are two tigers fighting in this palace. Even if you retreat now, can you be confident that you can protect yourself? If you move forward bravely, the Empress Dowager will stand behind you. But if you take a step back, not only will the Empress Dowager jealous of you, but the Empress Dowager, you will think you are abandoned son. The road is already in progress and you have no choice."

Wang Fu nodded with a gray face. The Grand Master said something justified, and he had no way to retreat. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then why not be the guards of the Empress Dowager."

Cai Jinghe nodded and waved his hand: "Okay, I said that I should say too, I'll take the guests away!"

He picked up the ginseng soup, carefully fed it with the spoon, and ignored Wang Fu again.

Wang Fu gritted his teeth: "Trial Master, I've said goodbye!"

As soon as Wang Fu left, Cai Jing slowly drank the ginseng soup, asked someone to wipe his mouth with a wet wipe, and said with a trembling trembling: "Call Cai Tang."

Cai Tang came in carefully: "Grandfather."

Cai Jing lay weakly on the chair of the Grand Master and said slowly: "Tell the doorman that if Wang Fu comes again in the future, there is no need to inform him or invite him in. Also, whoever in the family has close contact with him will immediately cut off relations with him. Didn't he give me a picture of Yan Liben's "Trial Tu" two years ago? I asked someone to send it back and get back a few running books I sent him."

Cai Tang said: "Grandfather, isn't it too inhumane to do this?"

"You go and do it, don't ask more."

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The Hongzhou incident obviously did not affect the mood of Zhao Ji and his group. After leaving Hongzhou, they headed north to Xingzi County, which was only a few dozen miles away from Lushan. However, the Xingzi County Magistrate had already made preparations when he heard that His Majesty was going to Lushan on a tour, and he actually sent someone to pass the entire path to Lushan, which made the group sigh.

Zhao Ji always encountered many unpleasant things along the way. When he heard that the county magistrate had banned Lushan, he was furious again. Chen Ao comforted him for a while and then gave up.

Only now did Zhao Ji realize that the private visits in private were not as leisurely as he imagined. He suddenly became a "people" and realized the sadness of ordinary people. It can be seen that those guys who lamented that what troubles were born in the imperial family were all lyrical literati who were full and full. Why bother with the emperor? Then shouldn't the common people die one by one?

After quietly visiting the foot of Mount Lu, Zhao Ji had lost his last little interest and did not splash ink on the spot as expected. He only had a kind of exhaustion of overdrawing physically and mentally.

However, Chen Ao and Zhao Zong were still energetic. Chen Ao tempted Zhao Zong to play Ye Zi Card along the way. Zhao Zong had already owed Chen Ao seven thousand guan. From then on, Zhao Zong felt uncomfortable when he saw Chen Ao, the creditor.

Everyone returned to Xingzi County and asked someone to reveal their identity. The Xingzi County Magistrate immediately rushed to welcome him. Zhao Ji was not interested in seeing him at all, so he asked him to take a mansion to report to see the recent movements of the court.

"Thank you for the hard work in the past few days." Zhao Ji put down the palace and couldn't help but sigh: "I guess the court has had a turmoil. Fortunately, he is still in charge of the overall situation and suppresses the memorials of the censors."

Chen Ao listened and did not express his opinion.

Zhao Ji suddenly asked him: "Chen Ao, look at you, you are still far from the Grand Master. See how the Grand Master deals with national affairs. It is fine and fine. In the future, the Grand Master will not find such a left and right arm." He was scolded by Zhao Ji in a daze. Chen Aoda was wronged and was shot while lying down. There was no reason for nature. He said righteously: "Your Majesty, do your job well in the position. I am not doing a good job in Honglu Temple?"

Zhao Ji said indifferently: "It's good, it's too noisy. If you can't see you for three days, you must have gone to the room to remove the tiles. I am in the palace, and you haven't met you for a few days, and I feel a little panicked, knowing that you must make trouble. It's better for the Grand Master to understand the rules, so I don't have to worry about it."

Seeing Chen Ao a little depressed, Zhao Ji said again: "Actually, in my heart, Cai Jing is a versatile, and you are a genius. It is not easy to compare the two. Don't remember these things in your heart." He continued to look through the newspaper, and then smiled and said: "Tong Guan won a victory and beheaded 700 times. Come and take a look."

Chen Ao took the mansion report and saw the news about Tong Guan Zaihe. Anyway, it was because of some words that lured the enemy into the depths and encircled them heavily, and finally defeated Xixia Yidian and returned with a great victory.

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Okay, the alliance with Liao is the national policy of my Song Dynasty. The Xixia people and the Jin people colluded with each other. It is time to teach them a lesson and tell them not to act rashly." Then he looked flat and pointed to the next news report and said, "It's just that the matter is not that simple. The Xixia people's envoys have arrived in Bianjing, saying that it was my Song Dynasty that destroyed the peace agreement of Song Xia and asked us to give them an explanation. Humph, it's really shameless."

Although Song, Liao, Jin and Xia formed their own alliances, there was also peace talks between Song and Xia. Although the borders between the two sides have been constantly quarreling with each other, the peace talks can finally be maintained. Now that fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides, the Xixia people were inevitably invincible.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "What do they do, but according to Weichen, Eunuch Tong Guan really hurt the Xixia people this time, otherwise the Xixia people would not have called so much."

Zhao Jihe nodded: "Let them just scream, I ignore them."

Zhao Ji thought for a while and continued, "I have been out for so long, and it is time to go back to Beijing. I have seen many scenery and the warmth and coldness of the world. I have gained a lot of insights."

"When will your Majesty return to Beijing?"

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning and take a boat back from here."

"Does the prophet go down and ask Xingzi County to prepare?"

"You go."

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Chapter completed!