Song Yi

Chapter 437 Secret Envoy
I saw Cai Jinggong sitting there respectfully, with thinning hair tied together, a pair of inverted triangular eyes, bulbous nose, thin lips and wide mouth, one can tell that he is a good talker, wearing a blue and white long gown, and a black robe , Wearing a pair of cloth shoes with crescent edges, the edges of the shoes are clean without any mud.

Du Wenhao stepped into the door with his left foot, Cai Jing had already heard the footsteps, and immediately changed into a flattering smile, bowed and cupped his hands forward: "The humble Cai Jing sees Du Zaizhi!"

Du Wenhao nodded, walked to the main seat and sat down, motioning for the other party to take a seat. After the maid served tea and left, Cai Jing leaned forward and said, "I came here yesterday, and it happened that Lord Du went to the palace, so I didn't see him. It’s really a blessing to finally see you today.”

Du Wenhao smiled lightly, didn't you come to see a doctor for me, why are you not in a hurry when you see me now?Slowly said: "I heard that Mr. Cai came to see a doctor from this official?"

Cai Jing hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare, it's really... The concubine is about to give birth, but she suddenly feels unwell. After looking for a lot of people to see it, she thinks it's getting worse. That's why I... I know my lord I'm busy with business, I shouldn't bother my lord, but, concubine..., woo woo woo"

Speaking of sadness, Cai Jing started to sob and cry.

Du Wenhao looked at Cai Jing coldly, as if he was showing affection, secretly felt it was funny, but he didn't show it on his face, and sighed: "If that's the case, don't sit still, let's go?"

Cai Jing probably didn't expect Du Wenhao to be so forthright, and he didn't realize it for a while, but when he saw Du Wenhao had already walked out of the hall, he was both surprised and happy to follow him.

Du Wenhao ordered Xu Huaqiang, the captain of the guard, to prepare his horses.Soon the horses were ready, Xu Huaqiang said: "General, do you take anyone else?"

Du Wenhao thought for a while, since he is a female family member, it is better to take a female. Pang Yuqin has the best medical skills, Xue Feier is half-hearted and never takes it seriously. , and his memory is also very good, so she can hone it along with her, but what happened last night made him a little guilty, so forget it if you think about it, you can't think about it, you shouldn't think about it, people have to live contentedly.He said, "Just let Madam follow me."

Cai Jing, the governor of Yingtian Mansion, is equivalent to the current mayor of Beijing. He has already sat in this position at a young age, which shows that he is quite capable. For a person who is too ostentatious, the house is about the same size as the mansions of other officials with his official position in the capital, and it does not look more ostentatious and magnificent. It also shows the elegance of the owner's design of this house, such as corridors and gazebos. , small bridges, and arches are just some common places, but they are carved with all kinds of flowers, birds, fish and insects, and the carvings are also very fine. There are not many flowers and plants in the courtyard, but they are all some precious varieties. It seems that the owner is an elegant man of.

Cai Jing carefully led Du Wenhao and Pang Yuqin into an arch in the middle of the inner courtyard. After entering the arch, there were four small courtyards with different sizes. He made a gesture of invitation, and said in a low voice, "Du Zaizhi, Mrs. Du please."

I saw two maidservants standing at the entrance of the small courtyard, bowed their bodies to salute, then hurried to a room and opened the curtain and said loudly: "Madam Seven, Master is back."

Entering the room, I saw cigarettes lingering in the room. Behind the light veil, a woman was lying on her side on a soft couch under the bed. When she heard someone coming in, the maid carefully supported her to sit up. The veil was lifted, and Du Wenhao saw a young woman who was about the same age as Ke Yao, with a swollen belly, who seemed to be eight or nine months pregnant.

Cai Jing made an introduction and knew that this woman was Cai Jing's concubine named Lin Xin.She raised her upper body and wanted to get off the bed to salute, but Pang Yuqin held her down: "Sit down if you are inconvenient."

Lin Xin raised his head slightly, and saw a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth standing in front of him, and beside him stood a beautiful woman, she lowered her head after a moment of shyness, and carefully sat on the soft couch.

Pang Yuqin took out the pulse pillow from the medicine box and put it on the table next to the soft couch, the maid brought a stool, Du Wenhao sat down, Lin Xin put her hand on the pulse pillow, but didn't dare to look up.

At this time, two women came in, dressed in blue and yellow, with hairpin ornaments and bells ringing.The green-clothed woman was a little surprised when she saw Du Wenhao and his wife, she didn't know what she said in the yellow-clothed woman's ears. "

Cai Jing quickly introduced, "Yeah, why don't you hurry up and see the ceremony, Du Zaizhi, these two are the fourth and sixth concubines of humble positions."

The two ladies walked up to Pang Yuqin and bowed to each other. Pang Yuqin got up to return the salute, but Du Wenhao just nodded slightly.

Cai Jing signaled the two to find a seat and sit down so as not to disturb Du Wenhao's medical treatment, and the two sat down next to Cai Jing.

Du Wenhao asked Lin Xin, "Madam Seven, what do you feel unwell?"

Lin Xin leaned wearily on the cushion of the soft couch, and said softly: "It's been a while, and for some reason, I can't breathe smoothly. Then I felt oppressed again, and I invited another doctor to see it. After taking the medicine, I didn’t feel relieved but became serious. The taste in my mouth was tasteless at first, and then it was bitter. However, the concubine was pregnant, so the imperial physician did not dare to prescribe medicine, and only prescribed a prescription for clearing heat, but after taking it, it still had no effect. I also invited other imperial physicians to say the same thing, but no one dared to tell me Exit. An imperial physician pointed out that only Du Zaizhi might be able to cure this syndrome, so the master took the liberty to invite you, Mr. Zaizhi."

It's no wonder that Cai Jing is the prefect of Kaifeng after all. From a senior official of the third rank, he can be regarded as a number one figure in the imperial court. No skills, no troubles, facing a pregnant woman of eight or nine months, and the concubine of Mr. Fu Yin, although I know that the diagnosis of the disease is correct, and I should use laxative medicine, but if I am not afraid of ten thousand, I am afraid of it. , Miscarriage, it will be a big mess, so everyone stays away.He also proposed to have Du Wenhao come for diagnosis and treatment. This idea is very clever. Firstly, Du Wenhao's medical skills are excellent. Secondly, as Du Wenhao, as the chief executive, even if he uses medicine to cause Fu Yin's wife to have a miscarriage, Cai Jing Fu Yin will not dare to do anything.

After Du Wenhao knew the joints, he smiled slightly, turned his head and glanced at Cai Jing: "Mrs. Your Majesty's disease is indeed stagnant. The scriptures say: there is no reason for death. If you move, you will be in labor. I'm afraid it will also harm the fetus in the womb. However, at this time, there is a certain risk of defecation and stagnation, and I am not completely sure."

Cai Jing hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed, and said with a bitter face: "Master Zaizhi, just take medicine."

"Hey, you don't have to worry too much, Master Cai, as long as you take the medicine carefully, you should be fine.

Du Wenhao prescribed Fang Xiaozhi Daoqi pills to Cai Jing, and Cai Jing hurriedly ordered someone to find Fang to grab the medicine.Then let the two wives greet Pang Yuqin to talk and drink tea in the boudoir, while he leads Du Wenhao to the main hall to serve tea and talk.

After the two were divided into guests and hosts, Cai Jing cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to my lord for your promotion!"

"Hey, what's the congratulations? I've been promoted, and there are many things to do. I'm exhausted."

"That's true, the so-called capable people work harder, hehe..."

Du Wenhao said: "Mrs. Madam's disease is not difficult to treat, let alone me, even if my apprentice doesn't charge money, it's a piece of cake. The imperial doctor in the imperial hospital is too cautious. In fact, my lord can just find someone in the capital If a doctor comes, he will be able to cure the disease, that is, the word 'courage', whether it is seeing a doctor or doing something. If you don't have the courage, you can't do anything."

"That's right, my lord is right. Hehe..."

Du Wenhao listened to him laughing, and smiled faintly: "Since Mrs. Zun's illness doesn't really need to be labored, my lord, the boss, came to see me, but the lord insisted on begging, and even gave me such a heavy gift, presumably, Your Excellency is a drunkard and doesn't mean to be in the bar?"

Cai Jing patted his thigh, and praised: "Master Zaizhi is really smart, the humble officer is thinking about how to speak, but let the lord see it first, hehe."

Du Wenhao secretly laughed in his heart, with your sneaky look, shit, a fool can't see it!He smiled and said, "Master Cai, if you have anything to say, just discuss it."

"Well... that's how it is. If you tell others about this, you will definitely say that the humble official is seeking personal gain and connecting with foreign countries. But the conscience of the world, the humble official is only thinking about the court, and everything he does is for this..."

"Naturally, if you have something to say, feel free to say it. I know that you are a loyal and patriotic person. Hehe."

Cai Jing hurriedly stood up and bowed to the ground: "Thank you, Zai Zhi! With Zai Zhi's words, you will have the courage to be humble. Just like what Zai Zhi said just now, if you want to do something, you must have courage."

"I think you are courageous enough, hehe, just say what you want."

"Yes!" Cai Jing rubbed his hands, sat back in his chair, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "My Great Song Dynasty and Xixia fought again and again, winning and losing each other, and the soldiers and civilians on both sides suffered huge losses. I thought, if the two sides can turn hostility into friendship, it will be beneficial to everyone, especially the common people, and they will be able to live and work in peace and contentment."

Du Wenhao's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the future treacherous official would tell him such a thing. I don't know what plans he had in his stomach, so let's just listen to it.Immediately, he quietly picked up the teacup slowly, blew on it lightly, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.Although he doesn't like drinking tea, he can still smell the faint tea fragrance.It penetrates to the bottom of my heart, which is very pleasant.

Cai Jing observed Du Wenhao's face while talking, and continued cautiously: "When I was thinking about this, it happened that I didn't expect that Xixia was also worrying about it. Last time in the battle of Yongle City, although our army lost 20 Tens of thousands of people, but they didn't take much advantage. Our plague weapon caused a plague epidemic in Xixia, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Fortunately, we got the disinfectant and gas mask from the general. The plague has been gradually brought under control. Their national situation is already very poor, and after this catastrophe, their vitality has been severely injured, and they are really powerless to fight. Therefore, they have been looking for an opportunity to negotiate peace with us..."

Du Wenhao sneered and said: "Really? Don't Master Cai know that they sent troops to harass my Huanqing Economic Strategy Department a few days ago and killed thousands of my border people. It doesn't seem like they want peace talks!"

"Yes, that's what I reprimanded them too."

"Oh? It turns out that my lord has already made contact with the Xixia people? I didn't expect my lord to have such a secret relationship with the enemy country, hehe"

Cai Jing was taken aback, and hurriedly got up and bowed his hands: "Master Zaizhi, a humble official dare not collude with the enemy. It is also a coincidence that a relative of the humble official is Cai Tou. His ancestors lived in Heshi on the border near Xixia. For business, he has been doing business between Xixia and Song Dynasty before the war between Da Song and Xixia. For many years, even the royal family of Xixia often bought some rare things from him. So I know some of the royal family of Xixia People. A few days ago, Cai Tou brought two people to the humble house, and only after talking about it did he realize that they were ordered by Emperor Huizong of Western Xia to negotiate a peace."

"A joke! Since you want to negotiate a peace, Zheng'er Bajing sent envoys here, why did you secretly send someone to entrust you, a relative? Could it be something shameful?"

Cai Jing laughed dryly, and said: "Master Zai Zhi doesn't know that Emperor Xia Huizong and Empress Dowager Liang have always been at odds. Although Emperor Huizong has already ruled in person, Empress Dowager Liang has always held the power of the general and government in her hands and refused to return it to the emperor. Huizong Emperor Zong's heart was towards the Song Dynasty, and he once ordered to cancel Fanli and use Hanli, but it was blocked by the Queen Mother Liang. Empress Huizong once wanted to dedicate Henan to the Song Dynasty, and sent General Li Qing to prepare Come to discuss with our court, and the Empress Dowager Liang learned that she launched a coup, killed Li Qing, and imprisoned Emperor Huizong. Although he was restored later, she never returned the real power. It was also the Empress Dowager Liang who sent troops to harass our border My idea, Emperor Huizong is really helpless, he wants to unite with the Song Dynasty to eradicate the Queen Mother Liang and return to the Song Dynasty, so he secretly sent envoys to negotiate peace through secret channels, and dared not let the Queen Mother Liang know."

Du Wenhao knew very little about the history of Xixia. After hearing what Cai Jing said, he finally understood that the emperor of Xixia was a puppet, and the real power was in the hands of the Queen Mother.But he is the emperor after all, and he should still have a group of supporters. If he can take advantage of the contradiction between the two sides, kill the Queen Mother Liang, and bring Xixia back into the territory of the Song Dynasty, it is the best strategy to defeat others without fighting!

However, these words came from Cai Jing. This guy will be a treacherous minister in the future. What he said may not be credible. Du Wenhao squinted at Cai Jing: "What about the envoy?"

"I live in a humble house, should I ask him to come out and meet?"

Du Wenhao thought for a while, since Cai Jing is not afraid of seeing the envoy himself, then what he said just now should be true. This matter is of great importance, so you have to think about it carefully. Now that you are the prime minister, your status is extraordinary, so you can't express your opinion easily , So, he shook his head and said: "I don't see him yet, so how about it, you take good care of the envoys, and pay special attention to confidentiality. After I report back to the Empress Dowager, I will make a decision after discussing with all the ministers."

"Yes!" Cai Jing hurriedly agreed after listening.After thinking for a while, he said in a low voice: "Du Zaizhi, I have something to say about my humble position, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Well, let's talk."

"As far as I know, Emperor Xia Huizong was planning to contact me in the Song Dynasty to return to the Song Dynasty. Later, the matter was revealed because someone in my court stabbed the matter to the Empress Dowager Liang. Therefore, you must be extremely careful about this matter. Well, don't let too many people know..."

Du Wenhao nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Who did you tip off?"

"I don't know about it, but it was very secretive at the time. There were only a handful of people who knew about it, but I didn't know who it was, and I didn't dare to speculate. The late emperor sent people to investigate, but there was no result."

Du Wenhao thought to himself, there is probably no one other than Zai Zhi who knows such high-level secrets, and I wanted to discuss with Zai Zhi just now, thanks to Cai Jing's reminder, otherwise, once this matter is revealed, I'm afraid It's over.

He couldn't help but glanced at Cai Jing again, thinking to himself, this kid can become a treacherous official with power in the court and the public in 20 years, and he can only control the power in the court, but he doesn't just rely on flattery. Judging from this incident, he is still very happy. Brainy, some real skills.I originally wanted to find a chance to kill him, but now it seems that it is not possible. I have to use him to contact Xixia to solve the Xixia problem. Once I have time, I should abolish him as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

Du Wenhao nodded, and said: "Well, the official knows, you can also think about how to do this well! If you can get this done, hehe, you will be the first to do it! "

Cai Jing was overjoyed, stood up and bowed deeply: "Don't dare, everything depends on Du Zaizhi. Without Du Zaizhi's wise decision-making, such a major event would not be possible."

"Hey, let's not talk about merit for now, let's talk about it after the matter is over, it will be for your benefit."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Zaizhi, for your support!"

After Du Wenhao heard the news, he couldn't sit still anymore, got up and said goodbye, called Pang Yuqin, and the two left Cai Jing's mansion by car, thinking all the way back to Wuweitang's home.

Du Wenhao entered the yard, and saw Xuefeier and Lianer talking on the porch, two maids were cleaning in Ke Yao's room, and the little tiger cub, Ke'er, was lying docilely at the door. Since the little tiger cub was here, Yingzi should also Inside, she stopped in her tracks, but Ke'er just waved her tail lightly, but didn't get up, and her eyes were closed, probably smelling the smell of Du Wenhao.

Sure enough, Yingzi came out with a bottle of withered flowers, and when she saw Du Wenhao, she quickly bent over and saluted.

"Where's Ke Yao? Did you go out?" Du Wenhao asked with his head.

Yingzi smiled and handed the blue-and-white porcelain thin-necked vase to the maid beside her, saying: "Miss Ke Yao is busy learning Kung Fu with the fourth lady these days. The fourth lady pulled her out. ——Master, you were drunk yesterday, and you woke up early today, and you seem to have lost weight recently, how long will you be busy before you can rest?"

(End of this chapter)