"Wang Junmen, big fat brother, big head brother, if you go faster, don't keep the emperor waiting!"
"Brother Yin, is there something important that the emperor is so anxious to ask us to enter the palace?"
"Yes, your big-headed brother and I are newlyweds. I'm better off, after all, I only have one wife. Your big-headed brother married two at once, and now he walks a little unsteadily."
"Dad, what are you talking about? I am walking steadily now, not wandering at all! But you, the old man, look a little weak!"
"Dad, Datou, please stop arguing. Let Brother Yin talk to us. What on earth does the emperor want to do with us? Brother Yin, can you tell us?"
In the Forbidden City, Cao Yinzheng, who had become an imperial guard, led Wang Fuchen, Wang Jizhen, Wang Zhongxiao and his son, trotting all the way to Qianqing Palace. Today is the third day of marriage for Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, and their wedding vacation is not over yet!
Although the two men's bodies are almost as strong as iron, they are not "floating on the road". But last night, both of them were busy working until late at night, especially Wang Zhongxiao, who was one against two. It’s not easy for a wife to lose her life if she’s too beautiful and graceful!
The two men, who were tired last night, were woken up from bed at three o'clock in the morning. Then he ate a little randomly and went for a "run" in the imperial city. It was normal to be a little listless, but they were both the last ministers of the Qing Dynasty. For the sake of Mazi's ultimate health, she has to go up no matter how energetic she is!
Moreover, Kang Mazi was not a master who didn't understand how to care about his slaves. If he called them here in such a hurry, there must be something big going on.
"I can say that we are almost at the Jingyun Gate, so what else can't be said." Cao Yin looked around and saw that he was almost at the Jingyun Gate, so he stopped hiding and started to slow down. He stepped forward and said in a low voice, "You know, something big happened over there in Yunnan!"
"What?" Wang Fuchen suddenly became nervous, "Isn't it that Wu Sangui rebelled?"
"No, no," Cao Yin shook his head repeatedly and said with a smile, "Wu Sangui hasn't rebelled yet, but Wu Sangui married a beautiful daughter to a beggar in his thirties."
"What?" Wang Fuchen was stunned, "Where did the news come from? Is it nonsense?"
Wang Jizhen smiled and said: "Brother Yin, how could Wu Sangui do such a ridiculous thing? His daughter is a princess, and she is very expensive in Yunnan! Could it be that the little girl did it because the beggar was handsome? "
As he spoke, he looked back at Wang Zhongxiao.
Wang Zhongxiao looked thoughtful, just waiting for Cao Yin to answer Wang Fuchen and Wang Jizhen's questions.
Cao Yin shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this matter. I only know that it was said in the secret document sent by Li Tianyu, the governor of Yunnan, at a cost of six hundred miles."
"What? You're talking about this in a six hundred mile rush?" Wang Fuchen looked surprised.
"Dad," Wang Jizhen frowned and reminded, "Li Fuyuan is an important minister of the imperial court. The matter he spent six hundred miles to report urgently must be very important!"
"Yes," Wang Zhongxiao seemed to have figured out something at this time, and said to Wang Fuchen as he walked, "Dad, I think this beggar is not an ordinary beggar! He may be Prince Zhu San!"
"What? Prince Zhu San?" Wang Fuchen's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Wu Sangui actually said..." Halfway through his words, he saw his two sons winking and immediately changed his words, "Yes, yes, this is it." Prince Zhu San, you can’t be wrong! It must be, otherwise how could Wu Sangui marry his daughter to him?
Moreover, when Ao Bai arrived in Yunnan, Wu Sangui married his daughter to a beggar in his thirties. How could this not be Prince Zhu San? "
Wang Fuchen only told half of what he said, and the other half was: Wu Sangui married a flowery daughter to a thirty-year-old Huazi who was suspected of being the third prince of Zhu for no reason, which in turn could prove 100% that Ao Bai had arrived in Yunnan!
This matter is completely logically complete!
Therefore, Kangxi's suspicion about Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao and his son should have been completely dispelled.
In fact, this beggar was not Prince Zhu San, but the son of a good friend of Wu Sangui in his early years. His surname was Wang and his given name was Yongkang. His father had a fatal friendship with Wu Sangui in his early years, and they got married on the spot in a fit of enthusiasm.
Later, Wu Sangui became a beauty in anger and became the King of Pingxi. And this Wang Yongkang's father probably became a loyal martyr of the Ming Dynasty, and his family fortune was also ruined. Wang Yongkang himself was in his thirties and had not yet married a wife. He was too poor to do anything, so he took the marriage certificate passed down to him by his mother and went to Yunnan to find King Ping Xi to blackmail him.
And Wu Sangui has always been a person with small righteousness and no big moral integrity. Although he looked down upon this beggar son-in-law, he had to maintain his reputation as a man of his word. So he found a daughter (mostly someone he recognized, the daughter pointed out to Wang Yongkang back then was already married early), and then accompanied him with a large dowry, recommended a short-term ginseng, and sent him back to Suzhou to live a happy life. The days are gone.
Originally, some people could tell this matter as a joke, and some people could talk about it as a good name, but in the end it had nothing to do with Prince Zhu. But didn’t this happen to coincide with the incident of “Obai fleeing Yunnan”?
Emperor Kangxi was previously worried that Ao Bai would defect to Wu Sangui, so he sent a court message to Yunnan Governor Li Tianyu early in the morning, asking him to closely investigate the traces of Ao Bai and Prince Zhu San in Yunnan. If anything suspicious was found, he would immediately send a secret message within 600 miles. Play on the fold.
How could that Li Tianyu dare to check for the traces of Obai? He only did it when he was tired of the job! But he didn't dare to do nothing. Just when he didn't know how to deal with the errands, Wang Yongkang, who was blackmailing his money and his wife, happened to come - this was suspicious enough!
So Li Tianyu wrote a secret document and sent it to Beijing in a hurry at 600 miles.
On the day when Wang Fuchen and his son entered the bridal chamber, Emperor Kangxi was secretly informed by Li Tianyu. After studying it for a day, he felt that this matter was too suspicious. This Wang Yongkang might be Prince Zhu San!
Otherwise, why would a beggar ask Wu Sangui to promise his daughter to him?
Moreover, when Ao Bai arrived in Yunnan, Wu Sangui got a son-in-law in his thirties, isn't it a coincidence?
Therefore, Kangxi did not wait for Wang Fuchen and his son to cancel their leave, and asked them to come to the palace to discuss it.
For Wang Fuchen and his son, this incident of Wu Sangui marrying his daughter was simply a matter of God’s help!
This matter can not only fully realize the story of "Obai's escape from Yunnan", but also bring together Wu Sangui, Obai, and the Third Prince Zhu, the three figures that Kangxi was most afraid of.
When Wang Fuchen and his son arrived outside the door of the South Study, many ministers had already gathered in the South Study. In addition to the group of bachelors and bachelors, there were also King Yu Fuquan, the chief minister of the bodyguard Duolong, the prince of Pingnan, Shang Zhixin, the prince of Jingnan, Geng Jingzhong, and another middle-aged man with the head of a deer and a mouse. This middle-aged man Wang Zhongxiao had met at his wedding to Wang Fuchen. He was Hong Chengchou's son Hong Shiming.
Hong Chengchou had a very good relationship with Wu Sangui, and he once taught Wu Sangui how to be a loyal minister - he had to support Yongli, a bandit, in order to be a very important loyal minister. It's a pity that Wu Sangui didn't learn well, so he just wanted to be a great minister with a hundred thousand soldiers, who could rush into Beijing at any time and seize the bird position.
When the Wang family, father and son, were waiting for the emperor's summons outside the South Study room, he was lying on the ground answering Kangxi's questions!
"Your Majesty, the servant also thinks this matter is very suspicious! Because as far as the servant knows, the daughters of King Pingxi are all married to the sons of the generals of King Pingxi. For example, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu, etc., without exception, all They are the sons of generals under King Pingxi. And under the promotion of King Pingxi, they have now become generals and important ministers under King Pingxi. If this Wang Yongkang is really engaged to King Pingxi, he must have been in King Pingxi's army long ago. I have been promoted. How come I have been wasting my time among the people? Moreover, I am an old friend of King Pingxi in my family, but I have never heard of King Pingxi having a lost son-in-law."
Emperor Kangxi also saw Wang Fuchen and the others at this time, so he raised his voice and asked: "Wang Fuchen, you have been in Yunnan for a long time, do you know that King Pingxi has such a son-in-law?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Fuchen quickly lifted up his robe and entered the south study room. Then he knelt down to Kangxi first and then respectfully replied: "Reply to your Majesty, I have never heard that Wu Sangui had a lost son-in-law, nor did I." I saw him looking for it. And as far as the servant knows, Wu Sangui's three older daughters were all married to the sons of Wu Sangui's generals early in the morning. And most of his younger daughters were in Sichuan and Yunnan. It is impossible for a son-in-law in his thirties to be married to a son-in-law who is more than thirty years old when he was in the guard. He could have given birth to a son-in-law who is more than ten years old, so how can he be married to a son-in-law? "
Kangxi said: "But Li Tianyu's book said that Wu Sangui married a teenage daughter to the beggar's son-in-law."
"Your Majesty," Wang Fuchen said, "this servant thinks this matter is extremely suspicious! Wu Sangui's beggar son-in-law must be no ordinary person. He is most likely Prince Zhu San!"
Kangxi sneered and said: "But Li Tianyu's memorial said that Wu Sangui had sent his beggar son-in-law back to Suzhou, and also wrote to the governor of Jiangsu to entrust him to purchase land and mansions on his behalf, so that his beggar son-in-law could become a rich man. Weng. If this Wang Yongkang is really Prince Zhu San, then why did Wu Sangui let him go?"
"Your Majesty," Wang Fuchen said, "I think there are two explanations. One is that the third prince Zhu must have followers and minions. He may have contacts with rebels and pirates all over Jiangnan. He must be in charge of Jiangnan to command everywhere. The rebels cooperated with Wu Sangui! Secondly, the prince Zhu San who went to Suzhou has been betrayed. The real Zhu San has already hidden in Yunnan, and the one in Suzhou is the fake Zhu San! "
Kangxi nodded and murmured to himself: "No matter whether this Zhu San is real or fake, I can't let him go!"
(End of chapter)
