In the court hall of the Dongliang Kingdom, Emperor Zhengxi, wrapped in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair.

The attendants in red clothes and white pants on both sides stood together.

There are two classes of civil and military under the stairs.

There was a kind of weirdness in the solemn atmosphere.

Emperor Zhengxi looked at the steps with a cold gaze: "Wang Aiqing has been coming and going for four months, it has taken so long, the truth of the matter should be clarified, right?"

Wang Ru, who was covered in dust, knelt in the dust and kowtowed: "Back to Your Majesty, some information ministers have already made your Majesty clear in the folds sent back in the early stage - as soon as the ministers arrived at the battlefield, they did not stop investigating on the spot, and they did not dare to slack off at all, even if they had a serious illness during the period, they did not dare to recuperate, insisted on visiting and asking the troops under the command of Qin Jian, and visited the ordinary people near the Jieshan River Valley several times, and also personally went to the front of the border of Dongliang and Moluo.

First, it was Qin Jian's troops who burned the grain and grass of the Moro army at night, and then picked the Moro Shuai banner, and almost assassinated the commander of Moro. General Qin Jian organized a column of death squads, infiltrated the rear camp of Moro in the starry night, and used the meteor fireworks bombs as an appointment, Qin Jian led the troops to attack in the front, and the death squad in the rear camp took the opportunity to set fire. It's a pity that none of the 100 daredevils survived, and all of them died in the fire.

Second, Bai Feng, since escaping from a fire last year, hid in the Dajie Mountain, tangled and gathered a group of remnants of the old army, while fighting and robbing the house while fighting guerrilla warfare with the imperial court, the winter is very cold, it is estimated that the days are sad, and it is really unbearable, so he submitted a letter to the Moro army under the mountain, willing to be the head of the Moro army, and instigated the army's heart before the battle, shaking the confidence of our army to resist the Moro army. And on the night that Moro's grain and grass were set on fire, he and his gang of thieves were shot and trampled to death by the rebels, and their bones were gone. ”

"What? trampled by the rebel army, and there are no bones left?" Emperor Zhengxi suddenly stood up and walked a few steps on the ground, helpless, his eyes were scattered, and his expression was sad: "Anyway, I am the founding general of Dongliang, a generation of heroes, how can I end up like this? Moreover, I was trampled to death by the chaotic army in the enemy camp, this is incredible-Wang Ru, is your investigation true?"

The audience was dead silent.

Wang Ru kowtowed: "Minister, the minister doesn't dare to have half a sentence." ”

"Alas!" The emperor sat down on the dragon chair in a dejected manner, patting his knees with his hands: "It's a pity, it's a pity, a generation of founding generals, the most important generalissimo of the father, died like this, and finally died so undignified!

"Your Majesty, there is good news. Wang Ru kowtowed: "After the fire, the Moro army launched several attacks in order to grab grain and grass, but fortunately, their army was panicked, and Qin Jian on our side had already arranged a strategy to meet the enemy, so several attacks were repulsed." At present, the Moro army is short of food and grass, and although it has not been fully withdrawn, there are signs of withdrawal one after another. Qin Jian analyzed and said that as long as our army does not give up an inch of land and builds a strong defensive line, if it drags on for a period of time, the Moro army will lack food and drink and will not be able to stay for a long time, and in the end they will definitely all evacuate and end this war of aggression. ”

"Okay—" Zhengxi swept away the sadness and frustration just now, this is the good news that really made him ecstatic and relieved.

"Wang Aiqing, you have worked hard, go back and rest. I will allow you to take ten days off and not go to court. The Emperor waved.

Wang Ru slowly kowtowed and slowly retreated.

In the Wang family's mansion, as soon as Wang Ru entered the door, the old family rushed over, "Young master, master, please you." ”

Wang Ru's body hidden in the wide official uniform trembled quietly, and he hesitated a little: "I just came back, why don't you change your clothes." ”

"The master said, go see you now. ”

Wang Ru had no choice but to walk towards the main hall.

"Young master, the master is not indoors, waiting for you in the ancestral hall. The servant reminded.

Wang Ru was surprised: "It's not a year, why did grandpa go to the ancestral hall?"

He pretended to be confused in his mouth, but in fact, he already knew it in his heart, and his legs trembled like the wind.

But I can't, so I can only follow my family and slowly walk to the ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall was open, and Wang Ru saw his eighty-year-old grandfather, Wang Gelao, propped himself up, kneeling on a futon.

"Grandpa—I'm back—"

Elder Wang Ge didn't look back, and his voice was soaked with ice: "Ru'er, come here, kneel down to your ancestors and ancestors." ”

Wang Ru's heart was weak, her legs were already weak, she knelt down on her knees, slowly approached her grandfather, and said in a trembling voice: "Grandpa, I haven't seen you for a few months, are you okay?"

"I'm very good--with a filial and competitive grandson like you, how can my old man be bad, I'm going to be angry to death-" Wang Ge Lao suddenly turned around, pinched a board in his hand, and slapped Wang Ru's face with a snap.

Wang Ru didn't hide, obediently next to each other.

Papapa-Wang Ge Lao slapped more than a dozen boards in one go.

was so anxious that the old servant next to him turned around, and he didn't dare to persuade him.

Wang Ru's face suddenly became red and swollen, and Wang Ge Lao was angry and tired, hanging his hands and falling on the futon to pant.

"Master, you can teach the child if you want, but you don't need to be so angry, you just took medicine. It's time to get sick again—" an old servant gently admonished.

"What kind of illness do I still care about - this embarrassing thing has lost the face of the eighteenth generation of my ancestors, and trampled on the soles of my feet the reputation that I have worked hard for decades!"

The old man was so angry that he couldn't come up in one breath, and his old face suddenly turned purple.

Wang Ru kowtowed again and again, "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa is wrong, I can't hide anything from grandpa's insight, grandchild is confused, and I won't dare to do it in the future." ”

"Do you want to have a future? Just this time, the sins you have created will not be atonement for several generations of our Wang family! Son, you know that our Wang family, three generations of ancestors and grandchildren have always been fair, such as a person, and even more so as an official—Your Majesty has handed over this errand to you, and on the eve of your departure, I have told you not to establish any meritorious deeds, as long as you can bring back a truth. But what about you, you say, you did it, son, how dare you say that you didn't have a clear conscience and said something that turned black and white upside down?"

Wang Ru cried, "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, grandson is wrong, beg grandpa to punish, as long as grandpa doesn't get angry, grandson is willing to go to hell!"

The tears on the old man's face were as muddy as rain, "Child, look up, the ancestors of the Wang family are all looking at it - besides, the sky is blue and the sun is shining outside, how can we reverse black and white and violate the facts to such an extent?!"

Wang Ru only kowtowed, not daring to look at the ancestral tablet standing in the Nasen Forest on the heights.

He quickly cracked his forehead, and blood oozed out.

Wang Ge Lao looked at his grandson and sighed, "You, you are really confused, you have wasted all these years of painstaking teaching of me and your father. You must know that what you are doing is not an ordinary thing, first, you are deceiving the master, and second, and most importantly, this is a deception of the world, violating your own conscience, and also violating the fairness and conscience that should exist in the world! The most undeceivable thing in this world is the hearts of the people of the world! Don't you feel uneasy in your heart? Don't you feel that you will be in the same pollution with Yin Zuoxiang and those people from now on, and there is no difference between snakes and rats?"

Wang Ru shed tears: "Grandpa, I know, I know, I am now a hundred deaths and it is difficult to atone for my sins - but I am just to save someone, grandpa doesn't know, that is also a poor person, in the hands of Yin Zuoxiang, there is no freedom, the child only does this once, as long as she is rescued, even if the child resigns in the future, and lives away from officialdom for the rest of his life, his grandson is also willing." ”

"Alas, you--I'm just reaping the consequences, you lost your mother at a young age, I think you're pitiful, I can't help but be more pampered with you, I originally thought it wouldn't be tight, but now it seems that I still hurt you-" Wang Ge Lao said and stood up, trembling and leaning over to support his grandson.

was so shocked that Wang Ru hurried to help his grandfather.

Wang Ge Lao hugged his grandson tightly in his arms and hugged him like a baby.

The old servant behind him wiped his tears, "Master, Brother Ru didn't have a mother when he was a child, and he was always timid at night, so you have to hold it like this to be willing to sleep——"

Wang Ge Lao Lao burst into tears, "Yes, I hugged the eldest child, and now I have taken a fork in the road, and I still have a breath, so I have to take responsibility - come to Ru'er, get up, let's not kneel - since you have admitted your mistake and sincerely repented, let's go back to eat, and then ask someone to wait for you to sleep well." ”

Grandfather's attitude suddenly changed, Wang Ru's heart also became steady, since he was a child, he was like this from childhood to adulthood, his grandfather was always strict and loving to this only beloved grandson, and he was so distressed that he cried after beating and scolding.

Wang Ru helped Wang Ge out of the ancestral hall door.

Just for this matter, my grandfather opened the door of the ancestral hall alone, and looking at the initial formation, it really seemed that he was going to kill his grandson alive, but in the end, he couldn't resist the deep affection of his grandson, so he let it go - it seems that his grandfather is really old. Before going out, Wang Ru glanced back at the ancestral tablets that were silent in the incense.

Wang Ge Lao instructed the servants: "Go and prepare wine and food, bury me under the old plum tree in the jar of Lingzhou Xueqi, and I want to drink a few with my grandson." ”

The old servant's body trembled, "Master, is that Lingzhou snow buried in the altar for twenty years?"

"Yes, it was buried by my own hands with the young Ru'er after Ru'er's mother died of illness, and I thought that I had slept in the soil for twenty years, and I should take it out and drink it. ”

Wang Ru was overjoyed: "Grandpa, why are you so generous today?"

A trace of imperceptible pain flashed across Wang Ge's face, "You're back, grandpa is happy." ”