It has been seven years since Mu Sheng came here. He had just sent away the officials appointed by the county magistrate to express condolences to him. The guards came to report, and a ranger came to visit. Mu Shengxin, how long have you been here now? Someone came here to seek refuge? But think about it, with his current financial resources of 100,000 households, it is not very difficult to support a large number of casual customers.
Mu Sheng hurried forward to greet the door in person. He saw a man coming to the door leading a horse. He was wearing a bamboo hat, a scarf on his face, and he was dressed in fine clothes. He was obviously traveling from afar.
Mu Sheng went up and cupped his hands and said: "The knight has come from afar, why don't you show your true face?"
The visitor sighed, took off his hat and face towel, and said, "Young master, it's me!"
The person who came was none other than Feng Wei, who was once the disciple whom Gongzi Sheng focused on training when he was in power. Later, when Gongzi Sheng lost power, he switched to An Guojun's house.
Seeing him coming here, Mu Sheng originally wanted to say something sarcastic, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. No one can make mistakes, even if it was him. If he thought about it from his perspective, he would encounter the situation after falling out of favor. If it were Feng Wei, he might as well have climbed to another level and followed a leader who obviously had no future, which would do him no good at all.
When Mu Sheng just graduated from college, he was working in the same company. The company was about to fail. The capable employees had already left, and those who didn't left were basically mediocre people. They had no ability and no connections. Without better employment opportunities, he could only sink with the company and his leaders. Then again, this can't be entirely blamed on him being a snobbery.
Putting away his thoughts, Mu Sheng stepped forward and said, "It turns out it's you. Come on, I haven't had a friend here for a long time. You're here just in time. I will open a banquet to entertain you."
When Feng Wei heard this, he felt a little moved in his heart. The young master was still the same young master as before, and he did not neglect him at all. He bowed politely to Mu Sheng, then entered, and came all the way to the lobby of the Anlehou Mansion.
Feng Wei looked around and said: "Sir, your house is almost as big as the palace now!"
When Mu Sheng heard this, he smiled and said: "The grace is so great, your majesty will reward you."
After the guests and hosts were seated, Mu Sheng ordered the servants to serve exquisite wine and food.
After Feng Wei thanked him, Mu Sheng asked, "Feng Wei, if you are not doing a good job in the capital, why did you come to my place?"
Feng Wei sighed and said: "Young Master, I will tell you the truth, I have resigned and now I no longer work in An Guojun's house."
Mu Shengqi asked: "Why is this? Isn't it a pity that you come to me with great future prospects? Lord An Guo might be a good candidate for the next crown prince."
Hearing this, Feng Wei bowed his hand to Mu Sheng and said, "It was actually Old Wu's idea that I go to Lord An Guo. You also know that I have a close relationship with Mr. Wu."
Mu Sheng frowned and said, "Didn't Mr. Wu return to his hometown to work in farming? Hasn't Mr. Wu given up yet?"
Feng Wei nodded slightly and said: "Mr. Wu has indeed not given up. He is still staying in the capital to help Young Master Pu climb the road. Young Master, you may not know that Mr. Wu's immediate boss when he was the County Magistrate in Zhuo County was the County Sheriff. Mr. Zhao Chu Zhao, you understand this time!"
Mu Sheng suddenly realized that this was the case. No wonder someone as talented as Mr. Wu came to join him just after he became the king. It turned out that the cheap uncle and Wu Xie had been together for a long time. Unexpectedly, it seemed that Zhao Chu was actually the same. I deliberately tried to push him up.
Mu Sheng said: "I understand, so it turns out that you have always been behind the scenes?"
Feng Wei nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I hope you don't mind that we have been hiding things from you."
Mu Sheng waved his hands and said it didn't matter. His heart was in such a state now. It was a done deal and there was nothing good he could do. He was lying flat on his back, but the person behind him was still unwilling to accept it, which he could understand.
After Feng Wei finished speaking, he suddenly came over and knelt down on one knee and said to Young Master Sheng: "Young Master, please forgive me for hiding my true identity from Young Master for so long..."
Mu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and asked doubtfully: "What are you doing?"
Feng Wei said: "Sir, I am the strange person that Mr. Wu rescued from prison back then."
When Mu Sheng heard this, he was surprised and said: "What? Are you Guo Huan's biological brother, Guo Xuan? Didn't you commit suicide?"
Feng Wei said with a smile: "It's better to die than to live. Suicide is just to cover up people's eyes. It is also to prevent the Moying Sect from cleaning up me, the so-called traitor, so I have to take this step."
After saying that, Feng Wei took off the human skin mask on his face, revealing a strange face. His appearance was somewhat similar to Guo Huan's. He didn't run away. This was Guo Huan's biological brother Guo Xuan.
Guo Jue sighed and said: "I didn't expect that my brother actually defected to the prince. Now all the prince's party have been executed. After the prince's defeat, my brother's whereabouts are unknown. There is news that my eldest brother may have fled across the sea to Donghai County. That’s why I came here to look for eldest brother, and stopped by to see if you are okay, sir.”
Mu Sheng sighed with emotion: "Yeah! I didn't expect that things and people have changed in just a few years. Thinking of the fourth brother, the prince, I really didn't expect that he would rebel? By the way, Guo Jue, what will happen to the prince? What's the end result? I left in a hurry and didn't know what was going to happen next..."
Guo Jue sighed: "The prince's rebellious party fled to the east after the defeat in Taiji Palace. The imperial army responsible for exterminating the prince's remnant party pursued them in a hurry. They fled to the vicinity of Huai'an County in Hedong County and deceived the county to open the city gate and imprison curtain." Order, they defended the city, and they were quite powerful. They were besieged by tens of thousands of troops for more than 20 years before they were able to break through Huai'an County. Seeing that the situation was over, the prince's remnants all surrendered. The imperial court captured the prince and all his cronies, and the prince's remnants He was escorted back to Beijing to await trial, the prince himself was ordered to die by the emperor's decree, and the prince's family members were demoted to common people and sent to Yunzhong to perform hard labor."
"The prince's cronies, Liu Yu, Qin Shao, Cai Ying and others were all sentenced to beheaded and exterminated. Cui Yan and Cui Xiangguo were also sentenced to beheaded. However, His Majesty remembered that he was a veteran of the two dynasties and was loyal to the country. He was only attacked by the prince who rebelled against the party. After being threatened, the sentence was changed to suicide. This allowed Cui Xiangguo to keep his whole body and did not harm his family. He was the best among the prince's party. This time, the prince's rebellion was very involved and he was executed and exterminated. There were more than a dozen officials, and almost five to six thousand people died during this incident, including the family members of the rebels. It can be called the most serious case in this dynasty."
Mu Sheng felt cold in his heart after hearing this. The prince's fate was quite miserable. Guo Xuan's understatement meant that thousands of officials and their family members died...
But he knew that the thousands of people who were implicated were all living people. This was a bloody and cruel fact. They were just victims of the power struggle. Some people even suffered unreasonable disasters and did not know what happened. They were just family members. Members who participated in the rebellion were guillotined.
This is the human tragedy caused by the struggle for power in the era of imperial power. Power is like the devil's fruit. The benefits it brings are so tempting that it attracts a pack of wolves, and it is enough for careerists to risk their entire lives. Fight for your life.
Thinking of this, Mu Sheng said: "Guo Xuan, how about you go and persuade Wu Xie and my uncle to stop. It's still too late. There is no need to risk the lives of the whole family to fight for the slightest possibility?"
Guo Jue pointed to the human skin mask on the table and said: "Thank you for your concern, sir. I have no problem, but I can't persuade Old Zhao and Old Wu. Even ten cows can't pull what they are determined to do." Come back, sir, even if you come to visit them in person, they will never change their minds."
"I have been dealing with them for so many years, and I know them very well. They will never give up easily until they turn over. But don't worry, these two guys are cunning and cunning. They must have left a way out for themselves. It is impossible for ordinary people to be theirs. opponent."
After hearing this, Mu Sheng couldn't help but sigh and said: "Okay! I'm just an Anlehou, and I can't control that much. Let them go."
After so many years without relatives or friends, it was rare that his old friend Guo Xuan came to visit, so he kept him for a few days. Seeing that he was looking for relatives, he eagerly gave him a large sum of gold and silver and sent him away to find his elder brother Guo Huan.
When Mu Sheng heard that Guo Jue had told him such a big secret, he secretly calculated in his heart that he had to prepare quickly. If everything failed, he would have to let Muyinaqi take his wives and concubines to the southern Xinjiang first. Cheng Anjia, it will be much more convenient to run around alone with a bucket...
