On the penultimate day, except for Zhao Cheng, all the guests who had promised to attend on time had arrived at the Xiang Mansion. Master Guan Ya, who had already organized all the welcome procedures, was extremely busy. He checked every link over and over again, trying to ensure that Not a single flaw. But who is Zhao Cheng now?
It turns out that after the death of Zhao Wu last year, Zhao Cheng took over his father's position and was appointed as the Central Military Assistant. He was one of the six ministers of the Spring and Autumn Period and ranked second in the Jin cabinet, second only to General. As an important position in a country, you can't just leave at a moment's notice. It's really not easy to find time for it.
As an important minister of the country who is only 25 years old, Zhao Cheng is not very confident. In this year, it can be said that he has been working hard to be a qualified "central military assistant". Fortunately, Zhao Cheng Wu once told him before his death that if he encountered something he didn't know, he should ask Zheng Guoqing, his good friend Uncle Zichan, for advice on how to govern the country.
Although Uncle Zichan is very willing to take care of his old friend's son, he has no choice but to do so and is currently in trouble.
In addition to being able to tear down walls to maintain the diplomatic strength of weak countries, he was also hacked by "Gongsun Hei" - he had obviously helped him drive away his love rival Gongsun Chu, but this coward still shamelessly participated in the secret struggle between Zheng Guo and Zheng Guo. The six-member oath-taking team was formed after the monarch and the ministers swore an oath. However, within a few months, as soon as the New Year came, Gongsun Hei began to cause chaos. The goal was to completely eliminate Gongsun Chu's family, the You family, but he was stupid and Not done.
But as soon as he stabbed him, all the officials of Zheng State were no longer willing to do it, and even the people of Gongsun Hei's Si clan wanted to kill him.
At this time, Zichan was meeting with Zhao Cheng at the border. After hearing the news, he hurriedly took the Zhao Expressway and hurried back to the capital. First, he asked various officials to list Gongsun Hei's sins, and then personally went to battle to persuade him to commit suicide. In order to avoid being punished and killed, he would not die a good death.
When Gongsun Hei was in such a situation, he still naively thought that his crime would not lead to death; even if he had to die, he still wanted to make a condition, wanted to give his son a seal, and seek an official position as a Chu master.
Seeing this "Gongsun Hei" who almost made him black, even now, but still harboring extravagant thoughts, Zichan said: "If your son Yin is really talented, the king will naturally appoint him; if not, sooner or later They will all go down to look for you. Up to now, you are not worried about your sins, but what else are you asking for? You might as well commit suicide quickly. If you wait for the Si Kou to arrive, how will Zheng's laws deal with the rebels? , do you still need me to remind you?! The other way to die is more bearable, you know it yourself!"
Gongsun Hei had already thought of all the tricks. After this advice, he gave up all his thoughts and committed suicide with hatred.
Speaking of this, Zhao Cheng happened to pass through the border of Zheng and Jin before coming to the Song Dynasty to attend the crowning ceremony of brothers Xiang Chong and Xiang Zheng. Zichan happened to be on the border, so he made an appointment to meet with him.
In this way, Zhao Cheng was thinking that at the border, he could ask Uncle Zichan for advice on how to govern the country. Before he had completed a complete teaching course, Zichan was in a hurry because of Gongsun Hei's incident. He was in a hurry to rush back to the capital of Zheng State. The original straight-line journey from Jin to Song Dynasty through Zheng was because Zhao Chengbei had a strong driver and could walk faster, so he made a special turn to send Zichan back to the capital in order to be able to On the way back, I took the time to ask for advice. This unplanned detour happened to delay the scheduled reply date for arriving at Song Guoxiang's Mansion one day in advance.
Zhao Cheng witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of Zichan's handling of the Zheng Guogong Sunhei Rebellion, and he was full of questions about human nature: What is really good for you? How to judge whether it is true or false? Why would the way to show love be to personally kill you? Why do people pursue so many things they don’t really need?
Before he had time to ask Uncle Zichan for advice, he had to rush to the Song Dynasty Xiang Mansion to make up for the lost time. In his line of work, he has to guide his father's step-brother's beloved children in their coming-of-age ceremony, but he is asking himself: Are he qualified to guide them? Where to guide it? Even if we are a few years older, there are still too many unknowns!
The "human nature" problem that Zhao Cheng is worried about is also happening in Xiang Mansion: the "Crown Ceremony" will be held in one day, but there is an important instrument - the jade pendant, which is worn by Xiang Zhong every day. , unexpectedly the day before, when I was checking my clothes, I couldn’t find it.
This thing has no legs, so of course it won't run away on its own.
Mrs. Xiang, who had always regarded this jade pendant with the word "文" as a thorn in her heart, finally couldn't hold it back. She ordered her closest servant Azhen to take advantage of the busy time in the house to find an opportunity to secretly steal Xiang Zhong's jade pendant. Stolen.
"Hey, if you don't have this piece of jade, I want to see what you can use to complete the crowning tomorrow! Compete with me, Zheng'er, huh! I'm naive, I'll eat a few more years before I come back!"
Mrs. Xiang took the piece of stolen jade, closed the door tightly, and looked at it carefully under the light in the room. She saw the seal character "文" in the middle of the jade, which looked like a human figure. The dot went from the head to the chest, like a It points out where the "heart" is.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have had the chance to touch this piece of jade, which is a treasure passed down from the ancestors of the Xiang family. This time I want to take a closer look to see what the magic is. I heard from my husband that whoever gets this jade pendant can do whatever he wants. If you go to Bindu, go to Bindu. Don’t know where to go? Let me try..."
Mrs. Xiang said to herself, holding the piece of jade and rubbing it over and over again. She tried every possible means, but nothing changed.
However, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. "Walls have ears" is not a legend. Azhen, who had stolen this jade pendant for her, was standing under the window outside the room, leaning against the window lattice, listening carefully to what was going on inside. In fact, she didn't hear everything clearly. She only heard intermittently something like "legendary, magical, do whatever you want, and go to the hotel wherever you want." Although it wasn't very clear, they were all keywords. When they were connected together, she roughly guessed it. All in all, this is a good treasure!
Since it is a good thing, everyone wants it, and Azhen, who has always been trusted by Mrs. Xiang, is no exception. From the beginning, she agreed to help Mrs. Xiang steal it, and she also became very interested in this thing. .
A-Zhen was brought over by Mrs. Xiang from the State of Zheng. She turned out to be from the Si clan of Gongsun Hei. The family was in a mess over the fight to be the heir. A-Zhen followed Mrs. Xiang and married to the State of Song. She was able to stay away from the disputes, but she also We couldn't turn a deaf ear to all kinds of news coming from the people in our hometown. The relatives and friends of Mrs. Xiang's natal family of Zheng Guo were not included in the invitation list for Master Xiang's crown ceremony this time. As they were both from Zheng Guo, Azhen's heart was filled with resentment. Therefore, as soon as she heard that she was asked to take action and find a way to prevent Xiang Zhong and Xiang Zheng from attending the crown ceremony, she worked particularly hard. This kind of "sneaking and sneaking" thing was called "flawless".
The master and servant with such character cannot restrain their greed from the bottom of their hearts when facing good things. Both of them are "thinking about" this treasure, so the bold and careful Azhen... After getting it, she secretly found someone to copy one and gave it to Mrs. Xiang. She secretly hid the real piece in the pillow on the bed. The reason was very simple: just like Mrs. Xiang, she couldn't use it and didn't know how. Only in this way can this baby bring out its magic, so she eavesdropped outside the window and wanted to know the secret inside.
"Oh! It turns out that you can just go to Beijing if you want to, but you don't know what to do?"
