《zang hai zhuan》E22
Episode 22
Zanghai went to Zhuang Zhifu's place to ask for help from craftsmen, but Zhuang Zhifu proposed to feast his personal pockets by falsely reporting half of the craftsmen's expenses.Zanghai firmly opposed this, and Zhuang Zhifu took away all the craftsmen in anger.Afterwards, Cao Jingxian sent his adopted son to persuade him to surrender to the sea of Zanghai, but the sea of Zanghai was still unmoved.He summoned Shi Quan, Shi Lei and Guan Feng to build a tomb for Fu Zhisong.
A few days later, Lu Ran came to the imperial tomb and invited Zanghai to attend Cao Jingxian's family banquet, but Zanghai refused firmly.Lu Ran then burned down Cao Jingxian's letter to Zanghai and threatened Zanghai to complete the construction of the tomb before the Double Ninth Festival, otherwise he would face life-threatening danger.Shi Quan protested on the spot, pointing out that Cao Jingxian deliberately shortened the construction period in an attempt to kill them.Lu Ran was furious when he heard this. He drew his sword and wanted to stab Shi Quan. Zanghai stood up to protect Shi Quan and defended him.Lu Ran finally put away his sword, but threatened Zanghai to use his brother Lu Jin's death as a bargaining chip.
Faced with the dilemma, Tibet decided to take action.After careful consideration, he decided to provoke a fight between Cao Jingxian and Zhuang Luyin.Zhuang Zhifu came to visit the Tibetan sea, pretending to care and promised to say a few good words to Cao Jingxian.However, Tibetan Sea did not appreciate it.Zhuang Zhifu asked Zanghai to hand over the account book for the construction of the mausoleum to ensure that the project was completed as scheduled. Zanghai had no choice but to compromise and agreed to go to the Imperial Heaven Supervision the next day to collect the account book.
After Zanghai handed over the account book to Zhuang Zhifu, Zhuang Zhifu not only allowed the craftsmen to return to work in the imperial tomb, but also provided cheap raw materials.After Cao Jingxian learned that Zanghai used the money to build a tomb to win over Zhuang Zhifu, he asked Lu Ran to inform Zhuang Luyin of the matter.Zhuang Luyin severely rebuked Zhuang Zhifu, and Zhuang Zhifu shirked all the responsibilities to Zanghai.Jiang Xiang defended Zhuang Zhifu, while Zhuang Luyin asked Zhuang Zhifu to hand over the embezzlement income.
Zhuang Luyin found Zanghai to hold people accountable. Zanghai lied that he was obsessed with money and regarded inferior products as good people, and asked Zhuang Luyin to forgive.Zhuang Luyin suspected that Zanghai was forced to frame Zhuang Zhifu, but Zanghai insisted that it was his own actions and was unwilling to implicate the Hou's Mansion.Zhuang Luyin gave up because of this.At the same time, Zhuang Zhixing made contributions on the front line and was promoted to the head of the small flag, which was praised by Zhuang Luyin.
When he was in court, He Ziqing, an official from the Ministry of Rites, proposed to bury Fu Zhisong's tomb ten days before the Double Ninth Festival.Cao Jingxian solicited opinions from Zanghai, but Zanghai said it could not be completed.Cao Jingxian was furious and wanted to report to the emperor truthfully.Zhuang Luyin stood up and pleaded for Zanghai and suggested that Fu Zhisong be buried after the Double Ninth Festival, but Cao Jingxian disagreed.The two had a fierce dispute as a result, and all civil and military officials supported Zhuang Luyin's suggestion.Cao Jingxian felt resentful towards Zhuang Luyin.
Cao Jingxian threatened Zhuang Zhifu with the crime of impeachment by officials from various places to threaten him.Zhuang Zhifu was extremely frightened and knelt down and begged for mercy.Cao Jingxian promised to help him solve these problems, and Zhuang Zhifu was grateful and vowed to repay him.Cao Jingxian asked Zhuang Zhifu to find out what Zhuang Luyin was looking for, but Zhuang Zhifu was worried that he would not be able to complete the task.In order to shock others, Cao Jingxian killed Lord Zhang, an official who did not obey orders on the spot.Zhuang Zhifu was so scared that he trembled all over.The next morning, Zhuang Zhifu came to Zanghai to get close and gave him a piece of high-quality mutton fat jade.
