Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 289 Behind the Scenes

At the same moment, in Situ's mansion.

All members of the Wang family had gloomy faces, kneeling and standing by the side of a mourning hall.The biting cold wind blows in from outside the door, as if blowing directly into the bones of those wearing filial piety.

The cold mourning hall did not set up a stove, because although this festival is winter, in order to keep the corpse from decomposing, they not only dare not keep warm, but also have to add ice cubes to the unsealed coffin every day to prevent Wang Yun The rotting corpses stink.But even so, the imperial court has still not given a decision on Wang Yun's burial. After this month, Wang Yun's body has already smelled unbearable.

"Brother! Hasn't the imperial court issued a decree yet? No matter how father is, he is also a dignified minister of the three princes, and he is also a hero who killed the Dong thief and saved the Han Dynasty. Could it be that the imperial court is so mean and ungrateful, and wants to treat our royal family like this?" ?” The person who spoke was Wang Jing, the second son of Wang Yun who was kneeling in the mourning hall.He has been tortured every day for a month, and he can't take it anymore.

The so-called no filial son before the long sick bed is the inferiority of human nature. Although filial piety was advocated in the feudal era, these cannot restrain human nature.And the reason why Wang Jing was so impatient was not just because of the cold and stench.It was because, after Wang Yun's death, according to the etiquette system, they had to observe filial piety for three years.

A year and a half ago, Wang Jing was promoted to Xiaolian, and seeing a bright future, he waved to him.But at that time, Wang Yun suddenly rebelled against Dong Zhuo, ruining his career as an official.Afterwards, the imperial court rewarded hundreds of officials, and Wang Jing felt that he still had hope, but he did not expect that his old man would argue with the current emperor again. In order to show his integrity and selflessness, Wang Yunsheng never mentioned it in the credit book. Wang Jing's name.

His official career was ruined twice, and Wang Jing's resentment towards Wang Yun was already quite heavy.Afterwards, Wang Yun was sick at home for a full year, and the direction of the court this year seemed to no longer be so aimed at the Wang family.Wang Jing also heard that the Son of Heaven intends to win the mind of the virtuous, and his previous filial and honest body is naturally expected to come back, but unexpectedly at this time, Wang Yun suddenly died again!
As a result of one incident after another, Wang Jing felt more resentment than gratitude for Wang Yun's death.Wang Yun's eldest son, Wang Gai, who was a court attendant, knew that Wang Jing's words just now were more sarcasm than sincere, so he had no choice but to say in a perfunctory way: "The Son of Heaven is wise and fair. The edict will surely be issued soon.”

"Oh...then you have to hurry up." Before Wang Jing could complain, another sentence of innocence and yang came slowly: "I heard that after death, people will go to the road of hell, where the whole body is pierced. Incomparable. And us unfilial sons pouring ice cubes on our father day and night, wouldn't this make the cold worse?"

"Shut up!" Wang Gai suddenly burst into anger, and shouted at the person who spoke: "What do you mean by this? Are you insinuating and slandering the court?! If this word gets out, do you want my Wang family to be ruined completely?" Are you willing?!"

"What? His imperial court could do such a cruel thing to my Wang family, but my Wang family can't even complain?" This greasy-haired young man is Wang Yun's youngest son.Wang Yun had a son in his old age, and he doted on him so much that this Wang must be worse than Wang Jing.

"Bastard!" Wang Gai heard that Wang Ding said such rebellious words today that could lead to the destruction of the Wang family, he immediately stood up, kicked Wang Ding in the face, kicked him upside down, and still couldn't understand his hatred. Cursed: "It's all my father's pampering you too much. My Wang family has been walking on thin ice until today. You still don't know the danger, and you speak wild words... Ah!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Gai let out a cry of pain. Wang Ding, who got up, picked up a pottery sculpture from the mourning hall and smashed it directly on Wang Gai's head: "What kind of dog dares to teach young master a lesson? Say father Dote on me the most, who is sitting in the servant's seat? You, the elder brother, don't want to be proud of the king's parents, you just know that at home, others treat you as an onion, my king will not be afraid of you?!"

"Presumptuous, elder brother is like a father, you rebellious thing!" Wang Jing on the side couldn't kneel down at this time, Wang Yun was dead, if he could still be an official, his elder brother in the servant was his only one. of hope.Besides, when Wang Yun was around in the past, he was often bullied by Wang Ding, but now new and old hatred came to his heart, he immediately grabbed Wang Ding and beat him.

Once the three brothers started fighting, the remaining daughter-in-law started fighting even more.There has always been discord between the sisters-in-law in the big family, and the tongue-in-cheek chatter has never stopped.When Wang Yun was around, someone could still suppress her, but now that her men were tearing their faces apart, these women were naturally not to be outdone, they tore their clothes and hair, yelled, cursed and fought.

Immediately, the deserted mourning hall suddenly became lively.

But just as Wang Yun's son and daughter-in-law made such ugly appearances, in the most secret place of the mourning hall, a young man watched all this coldly, as if he was watching a group of vulgar wild boars fighting for food.Knowing his identity, it was impossible for him to stop the dispute. After Yoyo forgot about the thin coffin in the mourning hall, he slowly got up and left the mourning hall where he felt disgusted even for a moment.

As soon as he returned to his own room, his gloomy expression just now turned slightly.At this moment, in his room, a person is writing a book at his desk. This person's hair is slightly gray, his face is extremely thin, and his chin is as sharp as an awl.

"Sir, you are so leisurely and carefree that you can still splash ink at this moment." Wang Ling looked at this man with a complicated expression on his face, including vigilance, gratitude, and at the same time, an indescribable disgust.Seeing that he didn't attract this person's attention to his words just now, he threw a heavy bomb sarcastically: "The assassination of the emperor has failed!"

"I already know," the man's voice was thin and sharp, like the sound of an iron gun point rubbing against a bronze mirror.He continued to write as if he hadn't heard what Wang Ling said, and he didn't look up.It wasn't until the page was covered with ink that he blew in satisfaction, hung up the brush, wiped his hands with the silk beside him, looked down at Wang Ling, and said with a slight smile, "Otherwise, you Why do you think I should write back to the lord?"

"My lord?!" When Wang Ling heard the man finally uttered these two words, it was like a thunderbolt in his ears, and even his heart slowed down by half a beat.Although he had guessed that there must be a black hand behind this person, he never expected him to admit it so easily and frankly tonight: "Your lord, who is it?"

"Young Master Wang is extremely intelligent and unparalleled in wisdom and planning. The grand ceremony of consecrating the platform and offering sacrifices to the heavens has a plan that is earth-shattering. It is full of the legacy of Mr. Situ's continuous plots. If I am not talented, please ask Young Master Wang to guess who my lord is. ?” The old man looked at Wang Ling with a smile, as if he was appreciating a freshly fired clay figurine, his eyes were full of greed and amazement.

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Wang Ling waved his hands impatiently, as if he had lost his patience with this man: "You Yuan clan are really wicked. There was Yuan Gonglu who had just been beaten by the Han Dynasty and died After you escaped, Yuan Benchu ​​sent you to sneak into the emperor’s backyard to start a fire. The Yuan family’s four generations and five princes have enjoyed the favor of the Han family for many years, but it’s unexpected that the court finally raised a group of white-eyed wolves!”

"Okay!" The man was not annoyed when Wang Ling revealed his identity behind the scenes. Instead, he twitched his beard and laughed loudly: "Young master, don't laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps. It is peace in the world. But you murdered His Majesty only for your own personal enmity. Let’s not talk about these fame and fortune disputes today, let me ask you, Xu Youdan, would you like to belong to the lord’s account and overthrow this false dynasty and false emperor?”

After hearing what Xu You said, Wang Ling wanted to refute, but Xu You seemed to have seen through Wang Ling's thoughts at this time, staring straight at him with a pair of triangular eyes, leaning forward with his arms on the desk, Just waiting for Wang Ling's answer with a half-smile.

Wang Ling is only a weaker year this year, and he has never traveled outside in Chang'an for a long time.Even though he has read poetry and books and is extremely intelligent, in terms of psychological warfare, he is far from being an opponent of a capable man like Xu You who has been immersed in conspiracy for a long time.He looked away in embarrassment, and then felt that he couldn't show his cowardice, so he mustered up the courage to straighten his chest, but he couldn't cover his slightly trembling shoulders.All this was seen by Xu You again, which made Xu You's brows raised unnaturally.

Seeing that he had finally subdued the young man, Xu You changed his tone again, and began to attack warmly: "Lord Situ is dedicated to the community, and my Lord has long admired his high righteousness. It's a pity that Sir Situ is tall and outstanding. My Lord wants to I have been hired as a military advisor for a long time but it is hard to fulfill my wish. Seeing Master Situ has such a great nephew today, I am really happy."

"Lord Situ has served the country all his life, but what can he get in exchange? The false emperor has a cold heart and loves to play tricks, and he is a person who will repay his grievances. Sir Situ has worked hard and made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but in the end he only Because of the tricks of the world, if you offend the false emperor, you will not be able to enter the earth for more than a month after your death, and you will have to endure the pain of the ice soul every day. Such a mean and ungrateful court, a vicious and impermanent emperor, is he a prince..."

"Enough! Don't say any more!" Wang Ling felt heartbroken when he heard Xu You's heart-pounding questioning.At the same time, he knew even more that even though the Son of Heaven was as unbearable as Xu You said, he was a genius of wisdom and strategy.The matter of closing the platform to sacrifice to heaven and assassination was ruined once, he must have found out some clues, and then found himself, but sooner or later...

Seeing Wang Ling's face turned pale, Xu You knew that he had already broken through Wang Ling's defense, so he quietly twisted his beard, and only uttered the last sentence: "My lord, if you have great ambitions, northern Jibei should be the place to go!"

"Okay, I will follow you into Ye City!"

(End of this chapter)