The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 479 The Conspiracy of San Francisco

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was summer.

For more than a year, because the emperor's dragon is not in good health, the atmosphere in the palace has become much quieter.

The laughter that often sounded in the harem in the past can hardly be heard now.The maids and eunuchs seem to be very knowledgeable, and they are all carefully serving them all day long.

Masters, when we were free, we used to walk around each other.Now, it seems that they rarely interact with each other.

Especially after Princess Chang'an left, the palace became more and more dull.

People have become accustomed to Chang'an going out of the palace.

Especially when she was young, people would find it funny when she thought no one would know that she sneaked out of the palace and came back triumphant.

When it's funny, I think she's cute too.

In fact, it was just an open secret that Chang An left the palace secretly.Everyone in the palace knew that it was the emperor's acquiescence, so everyone turned a blind eye.

Sometimes when they run into each other, they avoid them on purpose to provide convenience for her.

By the time Chang An can go out of the palace by herself, she has already grown up.

However, it seems that from that time on, she rarely appeared in the palace.

First he trained in Yeduju, and then went to North Wendura, where he stayed for almost a year.

After coming back, she stayed in the palace for a while, and then left the palace last autumn, and never saw her come back after that.

Every evening, Dai Quan would wander around the gate of the palace as usual and stay there for a while.

The eunuchs in the court affairs room thought he was in the palace all day and panicked, so they came out to take a breath.

Dai Quan himself said the same thing.

In fact, only he himself knows that he is waiting here every day for Chang'an to come back.

Until now, Dai Quan still clearly remembers what happened when Chang An was a child.

This little girl, from babbling, to toddler, to growing up day by day, scenes of scenes often appear in front of her eyes.Think of it as if it was yesterday.

Chang'an has been away for eight or nine months, and no one knows where she has gone.For such a long time, there has never been any news from her.

It seemed that no one in the palace knew where she had gone.Because the crown prince, King Jin, and King Chu had inquired about her.

The sun is about to set, and the palace gate is about to close.

Dai Quan sighed and was about to go back.

Now he is used to this situation.Even if Little Changan didn't show up, he didn't think there was anything abnormal.

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats, and three healthy horses galloped forward. When he saw who was coming, Dai Quan couldn't help but fell to the ground.

My little ancestor, I finally waited for you back!
"Eunuch Dai, why are you sitting on the ground?"

Dismount alone. , looking at Dai Quan with a smile.

If it's not Chang'an, who else could it be?
"Your Highness, the old slave has finally waited for you back, this is great."

Dai Quan hurriedly got up from the ground, took the rein from Chang'an's hand, led the horse, and walked towards the palace with Chang'an, Lichun and Zuo Linliang.

"Eunuch Dai, is the father's dragon body okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay, but I always miss His Highness, and always ask the old slave if His Highness is back."

"I'm back, how can I not go to see the father? Well, you go and tell the father, I will go to him in a while."

"Okay, the old slave will take a step first."

Dai Quan stumbled and ran in.

"Zuo Linliang, after walking for so long, you should also go home and rest for two days. If there is something to do in two days, I will pass it on to you."

Chang An turned around and said to Zuo Linliang.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I am sorry to say goodbye."

Zuo Linliang left, and Chang An did not enter the palace immediately.She walked under a small tree, and seemed to see the scene that happened here a few years ago.

That stubborn figure held a cardboard in his hand with the words "Mian Sheng Chen Qing" written on it.

In that autumn, in the distant North Wendura, the Yanluo Lake that makes people feel warm and infinite when they think of it.

Chief Min, are you okay?Where are you now?
Chang'an's heart was a little warm, but also a little sour.

"Your Highness, go in, the emperor is afraid that he will have to wait."

Li Chun urged from the side.

Chang An sighed softly and walked towards the palace.

Emperor Yuanheng's condition seemed a bit strange.

Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

When it's good, it's like nothing happened.When it's bad, it's bedridden, as if it's a serious illness.

In this regard, Tai Hospital is helpless.

Regarding the cause of the disease, one said it was an occasional cold, this one said it was a rush, and the other said it was overwork.

The imperial physicians were both anxious and panicked, and they were often in constant panic for this reason.

However, Emperor Yuanheng was very tolerant towards the imperial physicians.Not only never blamed, but also often comforted.It made the imperial doctors ashamed and nervous.

In the past two days, Emperor Yuanheng seemed to be in good health and spirit. Today, during the day, he went around the palace.

In the evening, I specially asked the imperial dining room to cook two dishes that I usually like.

Just as he picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat, a shrill voice came.

"Your Majesty, I am overjoyed, my Majesty, I am overjoyed."

Dai Quan stumbled and ran in.

"Dai Quan, why are you so flustered?"

"Your Majesty, His Highness Chang'an is back!"

"Chang'an?"

The chopsticks in Yuan Heng's hand fell unconsciously on the table.

"Is Chang An really back?"

"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true. This old slave saw it with his own eyes at the door and even talked to His Highness. Now he is heading to the palace."

"What are you doing in a daze, don't ask her to come over, and have dinner with me."

"Yes, yes, the old slave is a little confused with joy."

When Dai Quan went out, Yuan Heng couldn't sit still.Stand up for a while, sit down again for a while, turn around the room for a while, and look at the door again for a while.

Finally, I saw that figure from a distance, and walked towards here quickly.

"Father, I'm back."

Changan saw his father waiting at the door, so he walked a few steps.Unknowingly, tears flowed out.

"Okay, little Changan, just come back."

Yuan Heng's eye sockets also seemed a little moist, he hastily rubbed his eyes a few times to cover them up.

"How is the father's dragon body?"

"Okay, okay, okay, okay. After walking all the way, are you hungry? Sit down and eat."

Yuan Heng led Chang An to his seat, and then returned to his seat to sit down.

"Ah, it's so delicious. After all, the food here is delicious."

"Eat more if it tastes good, don't worry, eat slowly."

Yuan Heng looked at Chang An gobbling it up, his eyes were full of doting.

It seems to be taller again, and even stronger, but his face is slightly darker.

"Father, you can use it too."

"Okay, I will use it too. You all back down."

The serving maids and eunuchs retreated, only Yuan Heng and Chang An were left to eat slowly.While eating, chatting.

"Where did you go this time? After walking for so long, you don't know how to write back to me?"

"All the way from Zhili to Liangjiang, and finally went to Guangxi."

"Also went to Guangxi?"

"I heard that there is banditry there, so I'll go check it out. Hmph, this banditry is a bit strange."

"When I got there, the local people were talking about it, and they all talked about the strangeness of the banditry."

"What's so strange?"

"First, there have been no bandits there for decades, and more than 2000 bandits appeared overnight."

"Secondly, the bandits seem to come from other places, but the locals have never heard of anyone joining the bandits. On the contrary, some people want to join the gang, but they don't accept them."

"Third, apart from robbing a few wealthy households when this bandit first arrived there, after that he only entrenched in the mountains and never disturbed the city and the countryside. He neither robbed men and women, nor robbed houses. It was more like military discipline. Strict and well-trained."

"Fourth, as soon as the imperial army arrived, they ran away upon hearing the news. As soon as the army withdrew, they came back again. It was like playing hide-and-seek."

"What else is suspicious?"

"If you want to say it's suspicious, even King Dongping's troops are also suspicious. Every time the bandit is suppressed, it seems that they have to release the news in advance and make a big fanfare along the way, for fear that the bandit will not know."

"That time in the store, I heard a traveling businessman say that he had seen imperial soldiers and horses encountering bandits when he was on the road, so he hid secretly in the woods. Then he saw a strange thing."

"Oh? What's strange?"

"The soldiers and horses of the two sides encountered each other and did not fight immediately. Instead, they chatted for a while before starting the battle. When the battle started, it seemed that it was not a real fight, but a show. After fighting for half an hour, the two sides called for gold and retreated. In the end, no one was injured or injured. It seems like a family training soldiers."

Alas, after all, Chang'an has trained soldiers and fought in battle, but after walking around for a while, he saw the flaws.

Of course they are family.It's just raising the bandit's self-respect, with ulterior motives.

If you take a trip to Chang'an, you can see the clues. Local officials, civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, how come few people can see it?

Is it fatuous and incompetent, sitting on a vegetarian diet, or pretending to be deaf and dumb, has nothing to do with him, and hangs up high?Or do they have ulterior motives?
"Didn't Wang Ziteng go? I haven't heard of him suppressing bandits?"

"Master Wang's Beijing camp seems to be doing well."

"What is Shang Ke?"

"I went to the Beijing camp, but I fought a battle with the bandits. That battle was fought with King Dongping. It is said that the bandits were surrounded, but it seems that the bandits ran away a lot, and only killed less than 1000 people. people."

"Isn't it encircled, why did you run away again?"

"It's King Dongping's ineffective fighting, and the bandits ran out from them. However, King Dongping's men and horses don't seem to be seriously injured, but people suspect that they let them go on purpose."

"How's the situation in Hunan?"

"Wang Ziteng first arrived in Hunan. It is said that as soon as his Beijing camp arrived in Hunan, the bandits fled and scattered in all directions. Therefore, he went directly to Guangxi without fighting a battle in Hunan. Only then did he fight. When I was walking there, it was said that the banditry in Guangxi had calmed down. Now there is no more banditry in Hunan and Guangxi. This situation is really suspicious. It can be seen that the San Francisco, as Jia Min said, is indeed harboring evil intentions and plotting evil. "

Chang'an finally pointed out the key point.

That's why she went to the Southwest herself.

"Why so sure?"

"Although there is no direct evidence, the signs are clear. According to my speculation, they are not bandits at all, and the bandits are just disguised by people from San Francisco."

"Why would they do this?"

"It's just using the name of suppressing bandits to gradually move their troops to the north."

(End of this chapter)