Chapter 178: Hit the opponent where he is best
As for the crown prince, he was only a few months older than his two brothers, but it was these few months that made him the crown prince while his two brothers became obscure.
When he was still a child, he heard his mother say: "Being able to reincarnate is also a skill."
Later he came to agree with it.
The two brothers had to pay their respects to him first when they saw him, and no one in the palace dared to be rude to him. Even important officials had to be respectful when they saw him.
Of course, Xia Yan was an exception. That old guy often didn't even give face to Emperor Jiajing.
After more than ten years, the prince has become accustomed to this kind of lifestyle where he is the center of attention.
Whoever wants to take all this away from him is his mortal enemy.
The two brothers grew up gradually. The third brother was fine, but his biological mother had passed away long ago, and he had no one to rely on in the palace.
But the fourth prince Jing was very annoying. He often ridiculed him because his biological mother was a favorite concubine.
Originally, the prince did not take them seriously, but after Jiang Qingzhi came to Beijing, he found that everything had changed.
The two brothers became closer and closer, and Emperor Jiajing's attitude towards them became more and more friendly, which made the prince feel a sense of crisis.
Jiang Qingzhi's cousin was the instigator.
At first, the prince was dismissive, thinking that he was just a poor relative.
And he is the son of a son-in-law.
But when Jiang Qingzhi's two poems appeared one after another and he defeated Altan's generals twice in Shanxi... the prince regretted it.
The prince watched Cui Yuan salute and thought of the purpose of his visit today.
Lu Bing was hit hard by Jiang Qingzhi, and the Yan Party needed to win back a round. Yan Song and his son would naturally not go to the battlefield in person, so Cui Yuan decided that there was no general in Shu, and Liao Hua was the vanguard.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Qingzhi blocked his attack and slapped the old prince consort in the face.
it hurts!
The prince seemed to hear the crisp sound of a slap.
I also saw Cui Yuan’s dark old face.
Jiang Qingzhi sat down.
Keep teaching!
Qin Li's subsequent speech was incoherent and far below his standard.
After listening, the prince asked, "What do you think, uncle?"
"Excellent." Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile. Just when everyone thought he was showing goodwill, Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "Kung Fu is never in books."
What do you mean?
While everyone was still thinking, Jiang Qingzhi nodded and said goodbye.
The prince, Qin Li and others entered the study.
"Lu Bing was publicly humiliated by Jiang Qingzhi, and the Yan Party must fight back. Cui Yuan's attack missed... This old prince consort's face is thicker than a city wall. If it were someone else, he would have been too ashamed to face people, but he looked like nothing had happened."
Qin Li looked down on Cui Yuan and other noble relatives who relied on their looks to rise to power. "Your Highness is now faced with a problem: how to take sides, or not take sides."
The prince pondered.
Huang Wei said: "Your Highness, Yan Song and others are very powerful."
If they get close to Yan Song and others, Prince Yu and Prince Jing will be besieged.
The odds are great.
Qin Li shook his head slightly. "Yan Song and his men are powerful, but it is precisely because of this power that Your Highness is not easy to approach. Otherwise... who can bear the charge of collusion between the East Palace and the Prime Minister?"
A eunuch came in and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has sent someone here."
The person who came was a eunuch beside Emperor Jiajing.
"Your Majesty said that we are all family."
After the eunuch left, Qin Li said, "Your Majesty's intention... is to let Your Highness get close to Chang Wei Bo."
Everyone looked at the prince.
Wait for his decision.
The prince closed his eyes. "I have been living like a star since I was a child. I am the prince, the future emperor. And what are the third and fourth brothers? The future vassal kings, imprisoned... pigs!"
One is the stars in the sky, and the other is the insects on the ground.
"I actually... regretted it a long time ago."
The prince sighed.
Qin Li was moved, but he also shook his head slightly.
Huang Wei's eyes were filled with hatred, he wished the prince could ascend the throne immediately and then kill Jiang Qingzhi.
"But you let the stars in the sky and the insects on the ground compete for food. They don't feel ashamed, but I can't afford to lose this person!"
The prince opened his eyes, waved his hand, and everyone left.
He stared blankly at the smoke from the incense burner. The incense was made by the emperor, and Emperor Jiajing only gave it to the prince.
"Father, why can't you..."
The prince punched the incense burner hard.
Later he called someone in and said with a smile, "Tell my father that I obey your orders."
Later, the gifts from the Eastern Palace were delivered to the Bo's Mansion.
When Emperor Jiajing learned about this, he asked, "Where is the crown prince?"
Huang Jin said: "In the East Palace."
Emperor Jiajing remained silent for a long time.
"Qingzhi scolded Cui Yuan today. It seemed like they were fighting, but in fact he was telling the prince that he regarded the prince as a family member..."
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"Put it back in the warehouse, but don't move it." Jiang Qingzhi didn't even look at the gift list, and said to Fu Cheng: "I said today that we are a family and gave him a way out, but he still did the same..."
Fu Cheng said, "Master, the prince wants you to bow your head."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at him and said calmly: "Inexplicable self-esteem, he overestimates himself."
Bow your head? Jiang doesn't have this habit.
"Uncle, Duoduo fell into the well."
What the hell!
Jiang Qingzhi ran away.
Fucheng suddenly laughed.
"Master, what are you laughing at?" Sun Chonglou squatted on the side, bored, biting a grass root in his mouth.
"Believe it or not, if the prince and Duoduo get into trouble together, the uncle will most likely save Duoduo first." Fucheng said meaningfully.
This is a reminder to his silly disciple.
Sun Chonglou tilted his head and said, "Master, the young master once asked a question: if both the mother and the wife fell into the water, who should be saved first?"
Uh!
Fu Cheng was stunned, and Sun Chonglou ran away.
"Meow!"
Duoduo was at the edge of the well, grabbing onto the protruding rocks.
It ignored the ropes thrown to it by others. But when Jiang Qingzhi came, Duoduo exerted some strength and jumped up without waiting for the rope to be thrown.
Jiang Qingzhi was about to curse as he held it in his arms when he heard a maid pointing at the well and screaming, "Snake!"
Jiang Qingzhi glanced into the well.
A green snake is slithering on the water...
Jiang Qingzhi always thought that he was a harmless person.
His father taught him since he was young that if no one offends me, I will not offend others. You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.
When he grew up, he followed his father's teachings and never took the initiative to harm others.
"It's a poisonous snake!"
Xu Wei took a look and saw Sun Chonglou, who was holding the poisonous snake, pretending to let go. Xu Wei jumped three feet high. Hu Zongxian coughed dryly and said gloatingly: "Old Xu is afraid of snakes?"
Xu Wei stood still, but did not dare to approach Sun Chonglou, and pretended to be calm: "I've never been afraid of snakes."
"This is a poisonous snake from the south," Xu Wei warned. "I saw one in Shanyin before. It bit the man and he died soon after."
"A southern snake has come to the north. Is it here to visit?" Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes, wondering who could have done this. He waved to Sun Bu Tong and whispered a few words to him. Sun Bu Tong then took his leave and went out with his guards to do some work.
Hu Zongxian asked, "Why are Duoduo and the snake together?"
"Cats and snakes are enemies." Xu Wei said, "This snake must have been thrown into the backyard and then found by Duoduo. Duoduo chased the snake all the way to the well... The snake jumped into the water in panic, and Duoduo chased after it..."
"How do you know that someone threw the snake in?" Hu Zongxian asked.
"Old Hu, you..." Xu Wei shook his head and looked at Hu Zongxian with a look that said 'Old Hu, you are very silly and naive'. "A snake from the south suddenly came to the north. You don't need to think about it to know that this was intentional. Then this snake appeared in the Bo's Mansion, it must want to bite people..."
Hu Zongxian nodded.
"Who in the mansion could make someone go to such great lengths?" Xu Wei looked at Jiang Qingzhi. "Since you want to attack Master Bo, then the best way is to place the snake in Master Bo's bedroom."
"Why not under the quilt?" Sun Chonglou asked.
"You are stupid!" Xu Wei's mouth is more poisonous than a venomous snake. "Before the noble lady goes to bed, the maid has to rearrange the bedding. Throwing it in the quilt will only bite the maid."
"But the young master always makes his own quilt." Sun Chonglou took the poisonous snake in his hand and moved closer to Xu Wei.
"Stay away!" Xu Wei took a step back. "Those people are following the daily calculations of the nobles. However, the guards of the Bo's Mansion are alert, so those people can only make the second best choice and throw the snake into the backyard. Biting people is secondary. I guess they just want to disgust people."
"Is there any way to verify it?" Hu Zongxian asked.
"Simple!" Xu Wei glanced at Jiang Qingzhi.
As a small warlord who once led a group of bandits, Jiang Qingzhi now understood Dao Ye's feelings to some extent.
A group of people have their own reasons, and as a boss, you must not get involved, just be the general manager. If things go off track, it is not too late to take action.
This is the art of leadership.
Xu Wei said: "Find someone to scream and say that the master was bitten by a snake. The guards will go outside and watch. If they see someone who looks strange, they will definitely arrest him!"
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "Please give me some advice, Master."
This arrogance is overwhelming.
A boss must know how to use people... Jiang Qingzhi said, "Then give it a try."
"Who will scream?" asked Sun Chonglou.
"You..." After Sun Chonglou pretended to throw the venomous snake at his head, Xu Wei pointed at Hu Zongxian decisively, "Old Hu, come here!"
"..."Hu Zongxian felt that he could no longer be friends with this person.
Little do people know that Xu Wei was a very powerful person in history, and Hu Zongxian was the only one in the world who understood and tolerated him.
"My uncle was bitten by a snake!"
Amid screams, two men suddenly jumped out from the alley behind the Jiang family's backyard.
The two looked at each other, smiled triumphantly, and then prepared to climb over the wall.
As soon as I put my hand on the wall, I heard someone say, "This road is blocked."
The two men turned and ran without hesitation.
At the entrance of the alley, Sun Bu Tong and two guards were blocking one end. "You bastard, how dare you release a snake?"
The two men were in despair, and one of them turned around and rushed into the Jiang family.
There is indeed no one blocking here.
No, there is one.
The two men saw Fucheng, who was hunched over and had a wrinkled face.
"Take him hostage!"
The two men were ecstatic.
One on the left and one on the right rushed towards Fucheng.
Fucheng looked up and stretched out his hand.
Bah!
Bah!
Two men fell.
Fucheng carried a man in each hand and walked towards the front yard.
Xu Wei pointed at him and asked, "Is this Fucheng?"
Hu Zongxian stroked his beard and smiled, "Master said that the butler is practicing something... a treasure book."
Xu Wei asked, "Can I learn it?"
Sun Chonglou rushed in like a whirlwind, "Yes, but I have to use a knife."
Not long after, the confession was delivered to Jiang Qingzhi.
"It's Ma Chongde."
Jiang Qingzhi thought of the so-called Hongmen Banquet, the seven family heads...
Hu Zongxian saluted and said, "I must have alerted Ma Chongde and made him aware of it."
Xu Wei frowned, "Not good, if Ma Chongde knew he failed, he would probably run away."
"Uncle, I'll arrange it right away..." Hu Zongxian was very annoyed.
Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei hurried to the Ma family with several guards.
"My uncle didn't even urge you. To be honest, Old Hu, you are only good at the overall situation, but as for the specifics... you should just save your energy."
Hu Zongxian said nothing. This time it was indeed his fault. And what Xu Wei said was not wrong.
"Don't worry, now that I'm here, who else but me can take charge of the external strategies of the Bo Mansion from now on!"
Xu Wei said confidently.
"Isn't that the family guard?" Hu Zongxian saw a guard outside the Ma family's door.
"Hello, gentlemen."
Guard Salute
"Why are you here?" Hu Zongxian asked.
"Ma Chongde has run away. Sun Tou and his brothers have already followed him and asked me to wait for you two gentlemen here. Sun Tou said that if you two gentlemen want to come, then you can come and watch the fun."
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In the study, Dou Jialan lit a cigarette for Jiang Qingzhi. A guard came in and said, "Master, Ma Chongde just ran away, and Sun Tou and his brothers followed him."
"I know." Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of the medicine smoke, and seeing Dou Jialan was stunned, he smiled and said, "But you wonder why I know that this was done by Ma Chongde without reading the confession?"
"Yes." Dou Jialan was confused.
"These are my enemies. If the Yan Party wants to take action, it will be a thunderous strike, not playing with snakes. Who do you think is most likely to play with the southern venomous snake?"
"I don't know."
"It's merchants." Jiang Qingzhi was teaching the female centurion, "The merchants who are my enemies are those seven families. But now my status is different, how dare they take the initiative to attack? Only Ma Chongde knows that he has offended me too deeply, so he is alert. Hu Zongxian's actions were not careful enough, and he was noticed... Ma Chongde took the risk."
"Then why didn't Master tell Xu Wei and the others, making them go on a wasted trip?"
Jiang Qingzhi shook off the ash from his cigarette and said calmly, "Xu Wei is too arrogant and too wild. If you want to subdue him, the best way is to use his best skills to make him feel that he is no match for you."
"My Lord, are you good at this kind of life-and-death fight?" Dou Jialan thought of Jiang Qingzhi's background.
Jiang Qingzhi exhaled the smoke gently.
"Those years, the hail of bullets..."
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When Hu Zongxian learned the whole story from the guards, he suddenly burst into laughter.
"Wen Chang, Wen Chang, you claim to be unparalleled in wisdom and strategy, but you fell flat on your face at the hands of Lord Bo. Kuang, can you still be so arrogant now?"
Xu Wei: “…”
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It's the end of the month, please give me a ticket.
(End of this chapter)
