Fu Song

Chapter 196
If anyone is said to be the most frustrated person in the Daming Mansion right now, it must be Cui Ang.

Of course, this has to exclude those who are dead, because they no longer have the problem of frustration, and only the living are qualified to talk about frustration or pride.

Half a month ago, he was the comfort envoy of Hebei Road, in charge of more than [-] states and more than a dozen imperial troops on Hebei Road.

But now, he has become a special envoy to negotiate with the Liao people.

The status naturally plummeted.

Now the Liao people are aggressive, and two groups of soldiers and horses are encircling the Daming Mansion. Now is not the time for negotiations. Only when the two sides fight again, it is confirmed that no one can take advantage of it. The rhythm of the war will return to the past again. Only in the stalemate stage, the two sides will sit at the negotiating table.

Xia Jie took over as the pacifier, but Xia Jie has his own mansion in the Daming Mansion, and that mansion Xia Jie has been operating for many years, and he lives comfortably and comfortably, so naturally he will not move to the pacifier's mansion.

But this does not mean that Cui Ang can still live here, so on the second day after receiving the order, Cui Ang consciously moved out of the appeasement mansion, and brought a group of people to live in the official post.

The appeasement envoy is the highest official in the local area, while the special envoy for negotiation has become a temporary dispatch. Of course, he can only live in the official post.

Cui Ang's life is quite difficult now.

This point, his son Cui Jin can be said to have the deepest experience.

Cui Ang could no longer be a conciliator, and of course he couldn't be a conciliator who managed Gou Jiyi's words.When he was still the appeasement envoy in the yamen, and he was in charge of reading and writing, the princes and brothers in this famous mansion naturally took him as the head.Leaving aside this level, just the official who is in charge of color, machine and text is enough to make most officials of the Daming Mansion bow their heads in front of him.

But now?

He has almost become the object that everyone avoids.

Seeing him from a distance, those people who tried hard to curry favor with him in the past all avoided them from afar.This is still kind, and some people even sneered in person, as if they were sure that his father and him would definitely be in trouble.

Cui Jin has truly experienced what it means to be indifferent to the world.

Of course, this is still barely bearable, as long as the mind is strong enough, but the other kind is very painful.That is the pressure from the general public.

For example, when Cui Jin walked into the gate just now, something flew in through the courtyard wall. If it wasn't for Cui Jin's quick flash, it would have hit her directly, and the bag fell on the ground and scattered with a bang. When it opened, it turned out to be a bag of feces, which fell on the ground and scattered, and the stench was overflowing.

"Are you dead?" Cui Jin was furious, yelling at the soldiers guarding the gate of the post house.

The soldier rushed out and came back immediately.

"There are so many people outside, I really don't know who did it?" said the leading soldier, "Young Master just came in from outside, and I know this street is always very lively."

Cui Jin looked at the other party for a while, although his face was still ugly, but he nodded, "I'm sorry."

It is better not to offend the gatekeepers now than before, otherwise it would be a disaster if they let a few people in in the dead of night.

Only Cui Ang and his group lived in the entire post house.

"My lord!" Walking into the post house, climbing to the second floor, and entering his father's room, Cui Jin saw his father standing at the window at a glance. His father must have seen the scene just now. "I don't know who my son offended outside, and he wants to punish me!"

Cui Ang chuckled, "You don't need to comfort me. In the officialdom, ups and downs, others' ups and downs, are normal. Your father has experienced many such things in his life. If he is so fragile, there is still Do you know the Privy Council member Cui Ang?"

Cui Jin let out a sigh of relief, it seemed that his father was in a good mood.

"You coped well just now. After this trip, you have experienced it." Cui Ang smiled and said: "Now we are in trouble, don't look at the little soldiers at the door, there are many ways to make things difficult for us! "

"Yes!"

"In the future, you can take more money and reward these people heavily. We will stay here for a long time!" Cui Ang said: "It will only be beneficial to win them over."

"I'll let someone do it later!"

"Go yourself!" Cui Ang said.

"Yes, my son will go in person."

Cui Ang nodded, walked back, sat at the table, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Zhang Chao went to see Xia Jie when he arrived at Daming Mansion, what did you find out?"

"I heard that Xia Jie handed over the military command to Zhang Chao, and he himself promised to do logistics work for Zhang Chao!" Cui Jin said: "It seems that they have reached an agreement."

"What does Zhang Chao say about Xin'an Army Qin Kuan and others?"

"My son has inquired carefully." Cui Jin said: "Zhang Chao asked to have the heads of Qin Kuan and others taken down and returned to the Qin family, but he didn't say anything else!"

"Zhang Chao and Xia Jie are both smart people." Cui Ang was a little disappointed, "I didn't get into this muddy water. It would be even better if they also stepped into it."

Cui Jin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with some difficulty: "My lord, that one is the prince after all. We did this this time, but we didn't leave room for ourselves at all. If we fail, we will die without a place to die."

Cui Ang glanced at the second son, and said with a sneer: "Do you think that our current situation is far from death without burial? Speaking of which, I really regret that I didn't listen to Qin Kuan's words. If we follow his That way, maybe things are really different. But since I didn't follow his way, and I failed again, then Qin Kuan and the others will have to die."

Cui Jin nodded silently.

"And death alone can't solve the problem. Because there are people in the court who are familiar with military affairs, such as King Jing and Zhang Chao, as long as they read the military newspaper and the official documents, they can immediately judge The matter is about to come out, so in the end, the blame will still fall on the head of the father, and even add the crime of murdering Zhongliang." Cui Ang sneered: "So, we can only do one thing, and two things. Thoroughly muddy the pool of water, and make things bigger, to a certain extent, this time my failure in the military is nothing more than a trivial matter."

"So it must be said that King Jing colluded with the frontier army and plotted against the law?" Cui Jin said in a low voice.

"I don't need to set him up for colluding with the frontier army. Those letters between him and the frontier generals are real. I didn't make them up. I just added a few more letters." Cui Ang grinned.The few letters he added were the real ones. Although the words were cryptic, anyone who read those letters would undoubtedly think that King Jing really wanted to do something.

"This time, I have made a death feud with King Jing!" Cui Jin sat down on the chair, looked at Cui Ang and said, "My lord, even if this is the case, the officials will not kill King Jing."

"So what? A prince charged with treason, what threat is there to me?" Cui Ang said. "Do you feel disapproving in your heart, and feel that there is no need to do this as a father?"

Cui Jin lowered her head and remained silent.

"I knew you would think so!" Cui Ang snorted coldly: "If you and your brother are so competitive, can be admitted to Jinshi, and have a decent background, why should I do this? This time The search failed, the great thing is to resign and go home, Guochao fought Liao people back and forth, and there are still few people who lost the battle? But you two are not up to date! Someone fell into trouble and knocked both of you brothers into the dust. Without me, and you don’t have a decent background, what will the Cui family do in the future? Let me tell you, without the support of power, our Cui family will fall, or just It will take ten or twenty years or even less. What's more, there are still people who put this disgusting task of negotiating with the Liao people into my hands."

"If we can negotiate with the Liao people, it would be a credit." Cui Jin said.

Cui Ang laughed: "You are so naive! Haven't you seen Xia Jie's plan? Gather all the troops around the Daming Mansion and fight Yelujun. As long as you can defend the Daming Mansion, you will surely Negotiation, but this time the negotiation will inevitably be an alliance under the city, whoever negotiates and who signs the agreement will definitely bear this curse on his back and be scolded by the world!"

Cui Jin was shocked: "My lord, now we can still resign and return home, instead of being the special envoys for the negotiations."

Cui Ang smiled wryly: "Now your father is the voice of waiting for the crime. How can you resign if you want to atone for the crime? Resigning at this time will only make the officials hate you even more, and you won't even be able to get a evaluation of being brave in doing things, so even so , I'm going to talk too."

Cui Jin's eyes immediately turned red.

"This is also the reason why I tried my best to bring down King Jing!" Cui Ang said: "We can't count on the current officials, and I have made him lose face. So I have to please the next officials! Do you think King Jing will tolerate me? He can't. So I want to overthrow him and promote King Chu. King Chu has always wanted to overthrow King Jing, but he has nowhere to say anything, and he doesn't want to be honest. , This time I delivered the knife to him. After he took the knife, he would accept my love. Even if he didn’t sell it to me, he would sell it to you or your brother in the future. Erlang, do you understand what I mean now?"

"I understand!" Cui Jin nodded.

"This time, I will ask for the task of escorting the rebellious officers of the Fourth Army, including the Xin'an Army." Cui Ang smiled and said, "Tonight I will hold a welcome banquet for Zhang Chao, and I am also invited. With that With this task, you can take the opportunity to return to Beijing to avoid the ensuing war, and also avoid the negotiations with the Liao people after the war. This infamy will not affect you. And after you return to Beijing, if you want to There is a way to meet the King of Chu."

"Xia Jie will leave this matter to me?" Cui Jin was a little suspicious.

"He can't wait!" Cui Ang sneered: "He relies on his status and refuses to get involved in this matter, and he doesn't bother to show favor to a certain prince now, and this matter is also a hot one in his opinion. Sweet potato, I picked it up, but he couldn't be happier! It's arsenic, it's my honey!"

"My lord, will we win?" Cui Jin was very worried. Originally, his father's status was aloof, so he didn't need to get involved in such things, but now, he had to step in. Once you get contaminated with some things, you can It can't be cleaned anymore.

"This is the only way out for our Cui family." Cui Ang let out a heavy breath: "If there is another way out, I would not do such a thing."

Yeah, such a thing!

A thing that was stained with the blood of countless innocent people, once it is done, more people will fall into this flesh and blood mill.

Zhou He got into a low thatched hut. This is the slum of Daming Mansion, and it is also the place where the poorest people among the hundreds of thousands of people in Daming Mansion gather.

Qin Min and others are hiding here.

"Zhengjiang, the heads of Tong Zhi and others have been removed. I inquired about it and said that it was returned to the family so that a whole body can be buried." Zhou He said.

Qin Min stood up all of a sudden: "Does the imperial court know about our grievances?"

Zhou He shook his head sadly: "No. Those officers who were arrested will still be taken to Bianliang for trial. I heard that the heads that ruled them can be taken off because the newcomer Zhang Chao Zhang Taiwei read It has something to do with controlling them."

"Why, neither Zhang Taiwei nor the prefect of Xia will avenge their father's grievances, right?" Qin Min said coldly.

Zhou He sighed: "It's already very good for Taiwei Zhang to do this. Then Cui Ang, after all, is also a matter of the Privy Council of the West Prefecture. How could they turn against Cui Ang for the sake of control? Cui Ang, as a pacifier, After such a big defeat, the imperial court only cut off his position as appeasement envoy, but the other positions have not been moved, and he is still in charge of negotiating with the Liao people?"

Qin Min punched heavily, and immediately smashed a table in the room that was not strong enough.

"Going to Beijing, I can only go to Beijing!" He murmured.

"But there is still good news." Zhou He said in a low voice: "Those officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army who were originally detained have all been paid severance pay, and they have been disarmed and returned to the field. Do you want to contact them?"

"Of course, there is strength in numbers!" Qin Min said fiercely.

"But if you want to go to Beijing, you need more guides."

"Go get it, the Daming Mansion can't be opened anymore, let's go get it elsewhere." Qin Min said. "I'll discuss it later with the brothers from Guangxin, Ansu, and Baoding."

"General, don't you want to go back and take a look?" Zhou He asked.

Qin Min shook his head: "I died in battle. Once I show up, I'm afraid I will be listed as a traitor and arrested by them. When I go to Bianliang, see King Jing, and my grievances are avenged, goodbye. Not too late."

"Okay, then I'll go for a run and try to find some more roads to lead out."

(End of this chapter)