The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 596

The king of Qin and the princes were trapped in the palace, and only his third son led the officials outside, helpless.Suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes, and there was a piece of plain armor in the distance. Several generals and soldiers were holding a white horse, and immediately sat a child in filial piety. It was the grandson of the king who had just lost his father.The soldiers didn't raise the banner beside them, only the word "Qin" could be seen.But seeing Wang Taisun sitting on the horse and pulling the rein, a general behind him shouted: "People inside, our Wang Taisun is here—come out for a negotiation—"

Ding Chu was originally surrounded by a crowd of civil and military officials for discussion, but when he heard the words, he hurriedly parted from the crowd and came out, and greeted Wang Taisun in front of his horse and made a bow: "Grandson."

Wang Taisun said: "Master Ding, who do they want?"

Ding Chu said: "I want to commit crimes."

Wang Taisun said: "Bring it up."

Ding Chu shook his head again and again: "No way, those few are repeat offenders."

Wang Taisun said: "Is it more important to be a repeat offender or the king of Qin? Now that my grandfather's life is at stake, why should I care about a shitty repeat offender?"

Ding Chu frowned slightly, and said, "I'm afraid the culprit may not keep his word."

However, at this moment, the third son of King Qin also came over, coughed and was about to speak, when the general who had just shouted coughed heavily twice.It was only then that others noticed that the person next to Wang Taisun was Ou Cheng, a general of the Gao family, and gasped——when did this little brat subdue the Gao family?However, Wang Taisun immediately tightened his face, pointed at the gate of the palace and said loudly: "There are my grandfather, grandmother and uncle inside, and the life of any one of them is much more important than the prisoner. Unless someone is plotting evil and wants to use the hands of thieves to get rid of them." My grandpa!" The crowd immediately bowed their heads, not daring to make a sound.

A few loyal and upright ministers ran out when they heard the words, crying: "I beg the grandson of the king to save the prince—"

His Highness coughed: "Nephew, don't be fooled, now I don't know what's going on inside."

Wang Taisun said: "If you ask, you will know?"

His Highness the Third Highness said softly: "You are still young, it is cold now, go back quickly. Uncle rescued the father and the king will surely send someone to call you, and you will come back later. The adults are discussing how to break the situation, you don't want to make trouble."

"Did the discussion come up with any solution?"

"We are discussing."

"Then discuss it slowly, I will save Grandfather Wang first."

"Nonsense!" The Third Highness's face darkened, "Your child can meddle in such a big matter? Who are you? Are you trying to force the thieves to be afraid and kill your grandfather?"

But at this time Ou Cheng said from the side: "Grandson, someone has come out."

Wang Taisun then ignored his uncle and called out to a female general behind him, "Aunt Xiaomei."

The female general clasped her fists and said, "I would like to serve my grandson!" She steered her horse forward.

The female general named Xiaomei came to the gate of Prince Qin's mansion, got off her horse, and bowed her hands to a Taoist priest who came out;The two talked for a long time, then Xiaomei came back and whispered something to Wang Taisun.Wang Taisun was stunned.Ou Cheng said loudly: "Grandson, nothing is more important than the life of the prince."

The loyal officials couldn't hear what Xiaomei said, only heard Ou Cheng's words, and hurriedly echoed: "Grandson, General Ou is right! Your lord is more important than anything else!"

Ding Chu shouted: "What do you know? That man was brought by the prince with great effort."

Ou Cheng said: "It's good to have him, but without him, wouldn't Qin be better off?"

Ding Chu said: "This matter must be discussed in the long run!"

Xiaomei said coolly: "The prince will lose his life after a while."

Wang Taisun waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "There's no need to argue! Give it to them."

Ding Chu and the Third Highness shouted in unison: "No!"

Ou Cheng clasped his fists: "The last general takes orders." The third highness said "presumptuous", and Ou Cheng blinked, "Well... who knows where the old man is locked up?" Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Xiaomei thought: "The place where that person was detained is very secret, ordinary people may not know it."

Wang Taisun said to Ding Chu: "Master Ding, you must know."

Ding Chu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Wang Taisun was anxious: "How could you not know! Do you sincerely want to kill my grandfather?"

Ding Chu lowered his eyes: "I really don't know."

Several loyal ministers were also anxious: "Master Ding, it is about the life of the lord, please let Mrs. Ding know." They looked at the Third Highness again.

His Highness said with a wry smile, "Xiao Wang really doesn't know."

Xiaomei said from the side: "Grandson, Master Bao Qi Ding really doesn't know, but the prince himself must know. How about letting the Taoist priest ask the prince? If the prince is willing to tell the Taoist priest where the man is being held, it is obvious that he has agreed to take him. Come in exchange for the prince himself. If you don’t want to tell, let’s think of another way.” Before the words finished, several ministers applauded in unison.

Wang Taisun hurriedly said: "What my aunt said is very important, so I will follow what you say!"

Ding Chu's complexion changed, and he shouted, "Wait!"

Xiaomei turned a deaf ear, clasped her fists at Wang Taisun, rode her horse, walked to the gate of the palace and said a few words to the Taoist priest, who cupped her hands and went in.Not long after, the Taoist priest came out and had a conversation with Xiaomei.Xiaomei patted her horse back and breathed a sigh of relief: "My lord has told the Taoist priests about the two places, so I will lead people to take hostages to exchange with them."

Wang Taisun nodded: "Auntie, go and come back quickly."

His Highness the Third Highness shouted anxiously: "Stop!"

Xiaomei still turned a deaf ear to it: "Please grandson give the last general a token, and please send a father-in-law to go with you." Taisun Wang took out a token from his bosom and handed it to her, and called a eunuch to go with him.Xiaomei went and nodded to a hundred soldiers, and then turned around and cupped her fists at the Taoist priest guarding the door.

Ding Chu shouted: "Could it be that you are with the thief?" Xiaomei just pretended not to hear, and led the people away.Several civil servants immediately stepped forward to quarrel with Ding Chu.

Now that things have come to this, everyone understands what's going on.Seeing that Wang Taisun wanted to gain the upper hand, more than a dozen ministers changed their faces when they said they would change their faces, and ran over to surround Ding Chu, shouting, "Since the prince is willing to give him a place of imprisonment, he is obviously willing to exchange it." Let the thieves force you." The blushing and thick-necked people quarreled.

Ou Cheng shook his head slightly.Wang Taisun sighed softly: "What Aunt Li said is that you are a scholar who is useless. With your eloquent tongue, even Aunt Xiaomei can't stop a woman."

Ou Cheng only looked up at the palace, and asked, "What's the grandson's plan?"

Wang Taisun said: "Rescue Grandfather Wang first."

Ou Chengdao: "The concubine only has two sons, the eldest son and the third highness; the eldest son has only the grandson and the first son. After this incident, the grandson's position is stable. In the future, the country of Qin will be in the hands of the grandson. Our generals can only fight against the country. Governance depends on literati after all. The grandsons must not despise them."

Wang Taisun was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Does the general have a good opinion?"

Ou Chengdao: "I'm a reckless man, how can I have a good opinion. Our old lady said that what the Taihu female bandit king said last time was extremely serious."

Wang Taisun frowned—he hated that woman very much.It took a long time before he asked in a low voice reluctantly: "What did she say?"

Ou Cheng blushed: "The last general only knows that the old lady agrees with her words, saying that she has foresight. In fact, the only way out for the Qin country is like that, otherwise it will just sit and wait for the Shu country to destroy the country. What exactly did she say... ...the end will not be known."

Mrs. Wang felt awkward for a long time, she expected to hear what the woman surnamed Wang said from him, but he didn't know, so she couldn't help laughing. "Just don't know." Thinking of what Old Madam Gao said, "Wait and wait for Shu to destroy the country", he frowned again.

After waiting for half an hour, there was a sound of horseshoes, and from a distance, Xiaomei was seen walking ahead, and many people in prison uniforms sat on the horses behind her.Ding Chu and the others were in a hurry and had no choice but to watch this group of people urging their horses over. The members of the Gao family were all armed with live ammunition, so they did not dare to act recklessly.Xiaomei cupped her fists to meet Wang Taisun, ordered the soldiers to stop, and walked straight to the gate by herself.The Taoist craned his neck and looked around.Nai looked at those people in prison uniforms, and bowed to Xiaomei.The two talked for a while, and the Taoist went back to the palace.

Not long after, the two gates opened "creaking", and a large group of Taoist priests poured out, including the king of Qin and the concubine, who were escorted by the Taoist priests.Xiaomei asked loudly: "Which one has the final say?"

A man with the appearance of a eunuch came out: "The miscellaneous family has the final say."

Xiaomei said: "Because both sides have many people in their hands, only two are the most important. How about changing these two first? You can rest assured, and we can rest assured."

The eunuch frowned: "My lord is the last to change. We have to go out of the city."

Ding Chu was about to speak, but Xiaomei hurriedly said, "Change these two first, and keep the rest out of the city. Isn't your father-in-law afraid of something going wrong in the end? Most people on our side are not in favor of exchanging hostages, and now it's up to us Wang Changsun is pressing hard. What if there is anyone who is unwilling to be replaced first, our Wang Changsun is too young to be able to suppress it, and secretly attacked you old man? Don't you want a living old man?" The voice just said Luo, including Ding Chu and His Highness the Third Highness, there were more than a dozen people present who immediately turned black.One of the hands that pinched the dart retracted abruptly.

Hearing this, the eunuch thought for a while, and said, "What you said is true. Since that's the case, let's replace the two most important ones first."

Xiaomei nodded, waved her hand back, and someone pushed out a horse.Immediately, the old man in the prison uniform looked pale, and tears flowed like water.Xiaomei glanced at him sympathetically, and asked, "Is it this one?"

The eunuch had already shed tears all over his face, crying: "It's...it's..."

Xiaomei said: "Please come out, my lord."

The Taoists pushed King Qin out.The two old men looked at each other and walked towards each other slowly.When they passed by each other, there were many unspeakable expressions in the eyes of the two of them.After two or three steps, King Qin said in a low voice, "Third brother, you are very well."

Not long after, the two gradually approached their side.The civil and military forces of the Qin State wanted to rush over to show their loyalty, but they were stopped by the soldiers, so they had to cry out "Wang~~ Lord~~" Wang Changsun had already dismounted from his horse, and rushed to the Qin King crying: "Grandfather..."

Only then did King Qin hear Xiaomei's words clearly.In the current chaos, only this child stood up to save his grandfather with his own strength at a young age, and hugged him in tears: "Good boy..." The grandparent and grandson cried with their heads in their arms.

After a long time, King Qin looked up at Ou Cheng.Ou Cheng also got off his horse and clasped his fists, "My lord, please forgive me for not being able to salute with the armor on."

Qin Wang sighed: "I don't think it's the Gao family..."

Ou Chengdao: "The Gao family is not in Qin State at all, so no one can win them over."

The king of Qin glanced at the grandson of the king: "Why is the old lady willing to come out to help the grandson of the lonely king? He is still a child."

Ou Cheng also glanced at Wang Taisun, and said softly: "The old lady is getting old, and she hates children crying, not to mention Wang Taisun is a good child with both loyalty and filial piety. The prince is very lucky."

King Qin was stunned: "It's because of this?"

Ou Chengdao: "If your lord really can't figure it out, just think that the Gao family is a guest living in Qin. Since they are guests, they don't intend to get involved in the affairs of the Lord's family, so it's easy. The grandson of the king is about the same age as the great-grandson of our old matriarch. Firstly, I am gone, but now even my grandparents are in danger, the old lady is very sympathetic. The master is in trouble, why not help the guest once in a while? If the master’s house is in chaos, how can the guest live comfortably?"

Qin Wang took a few deep breaths, looked down at the grandson in his arms, saw his palm-sized face was pale and pale, and he was obviously frightened.She couldn't help stroking his head and neck slightly.Wang Taisun cried "Wow--".Xiaomei said softly at the side: "Although the grandson is terribly scared today, he is also very brave. It's hard for him to suppress so many people at such a young age. The general admires him very much."

Qin Wang nodded: "Good boy." He looked up at the entrance of the palace, the Taoist priest who had already knelt on the ground.The leading eunuch fell to the ground crying, crying together with the old man who had just passed by.

Xiaomei shouted loudly: "The father-in-law on the opposite side - shall we continue to change a few people or go to the gate of the city first? Which gate do you want to go out from?"

Ding Chu shouted in the crowd: "The prince is out of danger anyway, don't let these bandits go!"

Wang Taisun grabbed King Qin's skirt: "There are also grandma and uncle!"

King Qin looked hesitant.Ding Chu shouted again: "My lord, there's still time! Otherwise, we'll be in vain! Making wedding clothes for others!"

Wang Taisun shouted: "Shut up! And my grandmother and uncle!"

Xiaomei said softly: "I don't know if the prince knows about Mr. Ding's character. A man is talented if he has virtue, but what's the use of talent if he has no virtue? If he can betray the master four times, he will inevitably betray the master five times."

King Qin was surprised: "Four times?"

Xiaomei clapped her fingers and said, "Gao's family in Ping'an Prefecture, Liu Tong's family in Lu State, Bai family in Hong Kong, and Gong family in Hong Kong." King Qin's complexion changed drastically.Xiaomei went on to say, "The general knows that the prince can marry another princess and have another son. The general does not know how much effort the prince has spent to get that old man. The prince only wants to save the prince with the effort that the prince got the old man. Is it worthwhile to have a wife and so many sons?"

Wang Taisun tugged at his grandfather's skirt again and cried, "Grandmother..."

King Qin hesitated for a while, and gritted his teeth: "Change!"

Xiaomei immediately shouted: "The lord said, change! All the priests, which city gate do you want to go to?"

The father-in-law discussed with the old man, and called out, "Ximen."

Ou Cheng pondered: "Ximen... Will there be any of them outside the Ximen?"

The King of Qin sneered and said, "Huashan is to the west of Chang'an." He secretly planned to go back and encircle and suppress Huashan.

Just at this time, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and a military flag was raised high, with a large "Liu" character embroidered on it.A young general led the troops, his face full of anxiety.When he got close to King Qin's mansion, he dismounted from his horse, and soldiers from the Gao family blocked his way.Qin Wang was determined, and there was a smile on his face: "Let him come here."