Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 118 3.25 Wang Ziteng Failed to Get Any Support

Volume Three

3.25 Wang Ziteng failed to get any support

On the 22nd of the first lunar month, at the Tiewan Mountain paddock, Zhou Yang looked at the surrounding white snowy fields with emotion. The capital was located in the north, and the climate at this time was still quite cold. On a flat valley plain, there was basically no obstruction at a glance. Let alone prey, I didn't even see anything moving, and I didn't know what I was hunting.

Only at the foot of the mountain near the valley, there is an area where a group of fur tents have been set up, and dozens of people have already settled in. Fortunately, Zhou Yang arrived at the scene just after the hour just in case, just in case. There is also a place to take shelter from the wind.

Although the weather on that day was very good, and the sunshine was even a bit dazzling, the never-ending northwest wind took away the little warmth. After greeting the people who settled in, he found a tent on the edge and went in. He opened the curtain and stared in the direction of the valley entrance, but he didn't even think of getting closer to the big tent in the middle.

"Hahaha, I'm late, but I kept Junior Brother Zhou waiting!" After more than half an hour, a group of people finally came from the direction of the valley entrance. The leader was Chen Yejun, and As soon as he came up, he apologized first, "Some trivial things delayed a little time, junior brother Zhou, don't blame me!"

"Senior brother, you are serious!" Zhou Yang smiled and bowed his hands, "I am no better than the elder brothers. I have nothing to do at home anyway, so I came over first to take a look, so as not to miss anything. It will be embarrassing. If I miss something, , but there is no redemption for a hundred deaths!"

"Hahaha——" A group of martial arts disciples smiled brightly, but it also made Zhou Yang quite puzzled, because the "position" of the visitor was not in line with his status.

As expected, only seven of the Eighth Prince's children came, and the missing one was naturally Jia Lian; but the one standing in the senior position was Chen Yejun. Logically speaking, the current heir to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Niu Jizong, was the Minister of the Ministry of War. Liu Fang, the inheritor of Duke Li's Mansion, was the left minister of the Ministry of War. The third was Jia Jing, the inheritor of Ningguo's Mansion. The fourth was Chen Ruiwen, the inheritor of Duke Qi's Mansion. However, Niu Ben, Liu Dong and Jia Zhen were all standing there. Behind Chen Yejun.

"Okay, don't be confused." Jia Zhen, who is still barely third but has a close relationship with Zhou Yang second only to Chen Yejun, smiled and came up to pat him and said, "Although it was called by Brother Chen today, the eldest prince will be here soon." You are coming here. Apart from our eight families, you are the only outsider here today. I didn’t even think of the reason.”

Not only him, but the other six people were also looking at him curiously, but Zhou Yang already understood that the reason why Chen Yejun stood in the coffee position was because the eldest prince Guo Kai was coming. In this way, Niu Jizong and Liu Fang were The senior members of the Six Ministries, including Jia Jing, was in a special position as the military governor of the Beijing camp, so it was inconvenient for them to come forward directly. Naturally, the fourth family, the Chen family, had to bear the reputation. In fact, this was also taboo, but everyone pretended to be stupid.

Now that everyone is here, no one has even mentioned hunting. Even Jia Zhen's horse does not carry any weapons, but others more or less do. At least everyone has a bow and arrow on their horse, but Judging from the way they were chatting passionately, it was obvious that there was more to waiting for someone than hunting.
"Hahaha, brothers and sisters, I'm late. I have to report some minor things to my father, which delayed all my brothers' time. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" It was almost noon when a car finally came from the mouth of the valley. There was a simple ceremonial guard, but there were nearly a hundred people. The person who came was naturally the eldest prince Guo Kai, who had a very low attitude.

"I have met Your Highness!" A group of martial arts disciples saluted in unison. Just listen to the "apology" just now, and if you take it seriously, you won't need to worry about it next time.

"Well, we are all gathered together today. I originally wanted to ride the horses for a good gallop, but I didn't expect the annoying cold wind, so I lost my interest." The eldest prince simply said a few words to get rid of the original " "Hunting" topic, obviously he doesn't plan to arrange it again, "Fortunately, I have troubled Brother Chen to arrange for someone to decorate the place. It's a bit simple, brothers, don't be offended!"

"Your Highness is serious!" A group of people gave way one after another.

After some pleasantries, everyone chatted and laughed as they entered the big tent in the middle. They saw that the interior had already been set up. There was no shortage of seats, small tables, grills, and meat dishes. There were also more than a dozen jars of wine stacked in the corner. After entering, the eldest prince took the main seat without hesitation, and the others sat in the order they came in, leaving a seat for Zhou Yang at the end.

"Brothers, I think everyone knows what happened at the court meeting two days ago." As soon as he sat down, the maid stepped forward to handle the barbecue, and the eldest prince couldn't wait to get into the topic. Obviously, his Qi nourishing skills still need to be improved, " I didn’t expect that Uncle Jing would actually resign his position. Why didn’t he have any news before? Doesn’t Brother Zhen know about it too?”

His opening made Zhou Yang fully understand the purpose of today's "hunting". In other words, they are the "core team" of the eldest prince.

"This -" Jia Zhen stood up awkwardly and bowed, "Back to Your Highness, even the ministers didn't expect that my father would make such a decision. That was all, but he gave up his position to the Wang family, which is the palace. There are also many people who don’t understand.”

"In that case, Brother Zhen, please sit down first!" The eldest prince frowned, thinking of this man's usual behavior, and knowing that there was no hope of getting any news from him, "Brothers, what news is there?"

"Your Highness, I heard from my father that Uncle Jia actually submitted his resignation letter more than half a year ago." Niu Ben, the Duke of Zhenguo, stood up and said, "That time, my father didn't even look at it carefully and he sent me a letter. We haven't seen each other since. I thought it was because Uncle Jia gave up the idea, but unexpectedly he went directly to His Majesty to tell the secret." "Huh?" Everyone was a little dumbfounded and didn't understand the reason for what he did. The prince then asked Jia Zhen, "Has Uncle Jing ever said what he plans to do in the future?"

"My father has made arrangements and decided on the Xuanzhen Temple in Xishan. He used to go there often." Jia Zhen quickly replied, "I have been decorating and repairing it for more than half a year. After handing over the emperor's mission, I moved there to live. From now on, we will live in our home." I won’t have anything to do with it anymore.”

"Brother Zhen, I heard that Uncle Jing has been interested in Taoism since the 44th year of Longwu, and he has been doing some work of refining elixirs and burning mercury?" Shi Meng of the Duke of Tui asked carefully, "Now it has reached this point. ?”

"Not bad!" Jia Zhen's expression suddenly sank, but she still said reluctantly, "My father has been like this all these years, but I didn't expect that he would actually..."

"Okay!" The eldest prince interrupted him directly, and also interrupted the increasingly weird atmosphere in the big tent. After all, there are some things that really cannot be hidden from those who care about it. "Now that it has been decided, there is nothing we can do. , but what do you know about this king’s commander?”

"Wizi Teng, hum!" Jia Zhen's attitude was meaningless. Originally, he had always thought that he could take over Jia Jing's position in the future, but unfortunately, among everyone present, he was the only one who "thought" that way.

"Back to Your Highness, he has come to visit several times in the past few days." Chen Yejun said, "My father treated him normally at first, but then we mostly met him in the study outside, and he only left a meal the first time. , I don’t know exactly how, but I want to come.”

"Huh?" The eldest prince's expression froze. After thinking about it, he turned to Hou Yuan, the Duke of Xiuguo, and asked, "What did Uncle Hou say?"

"It's almost the same as Uncle Chen's place." Hou Xiaokang, the first-class son of Duke Xiu's mansion, is now the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army Battalion, so Hou Yuan stood up and replied after a little recollection, "My father also met Commander Wang a few times, but There has never been a return visit, and there is no arrangement for the ministers to meet with the Wang family's children, and it is similar to other families."

Everyone present looked at each other, and then they all realized that Wang Ziteng failed to get any support, and they were a little confused for a while. Ordinarily, this kind of thing should not be like this anyway.

"Brothers, have you ever heard what Commander Wang was talking about with your family?" The eldest prince frowned, and was also unable to understand, "The position of Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp is originally in charge of the three major camps in the capital. Although he has not been mentioned before. There is no news that he will take over, but since he is being led by Uncle Jing, I think no matter what, all uncles should show some kindness."

"Back to Your Highness, Wei Chen remembered something." Hou Yuan suddenly heard something, stood up and said, "One time at home, we summoned the generals of the camp to attend a banquet. I heard Xie Qianhu from Dingcheng Hou Mansion mention that the king The commander also visited Commander-in-Chief Jiang (Zining) of the Three Thousand Battalion, but he didn’t hear any results.”

This time, the expressions of everyone present have darkened!

"General Jiang, as the honoree of Dingcheng Houfu and the leader of the three thousand battalion, it is understandable for Commander Wang to walk over." Niu Ben said lightly, which relieved the atmosphere of the scene, but there was no one there. Bring it up.

"In this case, Commander Wang should have his own city, so it is inconvenient for us to ask more questions." The eldest prince's words were the final word. At the same time, he completely expelled Wang Ziteng from the core of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes camp. He has not forgotten it. In order to help his father to attract people, "Since my father has decided that he will take over, it will naturally happen in the future. Brothers, you may also wish to tell your uncles at home. If you have any problems on weekdays, you may wish to report to your father more often."

"Brother Zhen, since Uncle Jing has stepped down, do you have any ideas here?" Niu Ben suddenly asked, "Brother Zhen, remember, you don't have any position on your body, right? When I came here, my father specifically mentioned it to me, if Brother Zhen, if you need anything, don’t be polite!”

"This -" Jia Zhen froze for a moment. It was obvious that she had never considered this issue before. After a long while, she said calmly, "It shouldn't be necessary, right? I'm fine in the house. I don't need to trouble Uncle Niu."

"Oh?" Niu Ben was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't expect this answer at all. The other families looked at each other one after another, and they also couldn't understand. He then smiled and said, "In that case, I won't ask any more questions."

"Brother Zhou, do you have any ideas?" The eldest prince suddenly smiled and spoke directly to Zhou Yang, "Aunt Yongchang has mentioned to me many times that you are very knowledgeable about various government affairs. I don't know how you are doing today. ?”

(End of this chapter)