Ma Juan waited at the gate of the yamen until the sun was three poles, and when his anger was full, he finally saw Murong Fu's figure coming from afar. "Your Excellency!" He hurriedly stepped forward, and was about to complain out loud about the other party's untrustworthy words, when he noticed that Murong Fu's face was pale and he looked extremely haggard. "My lord, what happened?" Ma Juan couldn't care about being angry anymore, and hurriedly reached out to support him.

Murong Fu shook his head tiredly and asked, "What about Lord Zhuge ?" ”

As he spoke, Zhuge Zheng, whose eyebrows were twisted, had already walked out, and asked with his head: "What's the matter with you and Brother Xiao?" He ......"

"He went to see Xuan Ci yesterday?" Before Zhuge Zheng finished speaking, Murong Fu had already asked a question.

Zhuge Zheng glanced at Murong Fu in surprise, and was silent for a while, "Is there still a chance to reconcile?" ”

Zhuge Zheng, I never dreamed that things would take such a sharp turn. He has known Murong Fu and Xiao Feng for many years, and knows that the deep relationship between these two is a friendship between cutting off their heads and changing their necks. Although Xiao Yuanshan is Xiao Feng's biological father, he may not be more important than Murong Fu in Xiao Feng's heart. What's more, the reason why Murong Fu hurt Xiao Yuanshan was because Xiao Yuanshan murdered Xuan Ku first, and Murong Fu was just responsible for arresting Xiao Yuanshan. Xiao Yuanshan doesn't understand this truth, but Xiao Feng won't understand it. However, last night, Xiao Feng suddenly appeared with half of his body blood and asked to see Xuan Ci, Zhuge Zheng, as soon as I saw his black face, I immediately knew that he and Murong Fu had not been reconciled, and I was afraid that there were other contradictions. Zhuge Zheng asked to go along, but Xiao Feng sternly refused, and he didn't even know what he said to Xuan Ci.

Murong Fu smiled bitterly and shook his head. The idea of restoring the country is illusory, and it may be able to cover up the past. But the revenge of my mother's murder is ironclad, how can it be redeemed? There is also Xiao Yuanshan's hatred of broken arms, he lied first, and now he comes to tell the truth, how can Xiao Feng believe him? Unless...... Can the culprit ...... Murong Fu shook his head, suppressed his complicated thoughts, and asked softly, "Did he say anything before leaving?" ”

Zhuge Zheng glanced at Murong Fu deeply, and said slowly: "On the fifteenth day of the first month, outside the Yanmen Pass, settle the old grudges. Zhuge Zheng I don't know what this "old grudge" refers to, but he knew the way he looked at Xiao Feng last night, it was a covenant of life and death.

That means I still have four months to go...... Murong Fu replied indifferently with an "oh", then pulled the reins and turned over on the horse.

But Ma Juan saw that Murong Fu's spirit was really not good, so he hurriedly pressed down his jumping eyebrows, and stepped forward to persuade: "My lord, why don't you set off a day later?" ”

Murong Fu shook his head and replied, "The day I set must be obeyed!" ”

As soon as Murong Fu said this, Ma Juan suddenly knew that there was no need to persuade him anymore, so he waved his hand, and all the accompanying officials and soldiers immediately got on the horse together.

But Zhuge Zheng took a step forward, grabbed Murong Fu's reins and asked, "Akashi, what are your plans?" ”

"Intended?" Murong Fu looked at Zhuge Zhengme with a confused expression, and said after a while. "By the end of this year, the two Buddhist and Taoist roads around Tokyo will be cleaned, and the amount of taxes paid to the imperial court will not be less than 5 million. In addition, the officials are invited to give encouragement to the temples and Taoist temples that strictly abide by the rules and are loyal to the imperial court. Next year, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism in the entire Great Song Dynasty will be investigated by the imperial court, and from then on, they will set a rule to pay a fixed amount of taxes every year. ”

Zhuge Zheng sighed helplessly, and cautiously reminded: "Akashi, I mean Brother Xiao. ”

“…… Oh! Murong Fu suddenly realized this and said with a forced smile. Brother Zhuge rest assured, I am an official of the imperial court, not a chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes, and I will not compete with others in a duel. After that, he didn't care about Zhuge Zheng's face anymore, so he rode away.

In the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Ma Juan, who had rushed back from the northwest road of Beijing, presented a transcript on behalf of Murong Fu, wishing the wise and martial emperor His Majesty a long life. Along with the book, he received a total of 6.5 million yuan in donations, fines, and illegal gains from the two Buddhist and Taoist families around Tokyo.

The whole court is in an uproar!

In the history books, it is commented that the Song Dynasty could not escape the words "poor and weak". But in fact, the Song Dynasty can be regarded as a very prosperous era of ancient Chinese commercial civilization, and the annual tax revenue of the imperial court is definitely not a lot. It's just that these revenues were divided into the corrupt officials of the Great Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, Dali and the imperial court, and in the end, there was naturally not much left of the treasury. Now Murong has paid 6.5 million yuan, which is equivalent to one-eighth of this year's tax work has been completed ahead of schedule. And that's just a few of the roads around Tokyo. It must be known that the further south you go, the richer the people are, and the firmer your heart is to worship Buddha and Taoism, which means that the more oil and water you have for Buddhism and Taoism. How could the Empress Dowager and the little emperor not be overjoyed?

With these six million foundations, Ma Juan Shun asked Murong Fu to inspect the work of inspecting all walks of life in the country. Even the little emperor, who had already had a gap with Murong Fu, also asked about Murong Fu's whereabouts with a pleasant face.

Ma Juan lowered his head and replied loudly: "Qiqi official family, when Weichen returned to Beijing, Lord Murong was in Shouzhou to dispose of the case file of Dongchan Temple's private donation from the people. When Lord Murong returns the case to the people's land, he can return to the capital to face the saint. ”

"Good! Good! The Empress Dowager also sighed when she heard this. Murong Qing is loyal to the country and is very comforted by his family. The official family might as well directly order Murong Qing to dispose of the Dongchan Temple and then go all the way to the south to inspect the place to avoid the pain of running around. ”

The Empress Dowager had a good intention, but the little emperor was suffocated, and after a while, Fang smiled and said: "It's still grandmother who is thoughtful!" ”

Seeing this, Ma Juan hurriedly replied: "Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager and the official family." As he spoke, he took out another copy of Murong Fu's recital from his sleeve and presented it. In addition to strictly investigating the lawlessness, Lord Murong also saw many temples and Taoist temples loyal and patriotic, and devoted to penance, and also asked the Empress Dowager and the official family to issue a decree to praise and prove the court's heart of punishing evil and promoting good. ”

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but laugh when she saw Murong Fu's recital. It turned out that most of the temples and Taoist temples that he listed should be praised were built in barren mountains and mountains, and the transportation was inconvenient, among which the monks and Taoists were dedicated to penance and did not care about the world, even if they were praised by the imperial court, it was extremely difficult to sit on the throne and accumulate wealth. I saw that the Empress Dowager casually closed the chapter and was transferred from the inner servant to the case of the little emperor, and said: "But! "That's it.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the Empress Dowager privately summoned Ma Juan in Qingshou Palace. After Ma Juan greeted the salute, the Empress Dowager first talked about the ginseng antler velvet that Murong Fu ordered him to send. "The condition is excellent, it is rare for him to have such filial piety."

Although Ma Juan has been in the officialdom for several years and faded away from his innocence, he is still difficult to adapt to this kind of grandiose behavior of giving gifts to the Empress Dowager, and only after a while did he reply bluntly: "Praise from the Empress Dowager Xie." ”

The Empress Dowager was stunned when she heard Ma Juan's nondescript response, and after a while, she realized that the person in front of her was not the considerate Murong Fu. In the past, the Empress Dowager reused Sima Guang and Lu Gong's writings, because she valued their integrity and virtue, even if she was slightly deficient in dealing with people, she also laughed it off. As the queen mother, she listens to the government and governs the world, and there is always a lot of tolerance for people. But it wasn't until Murong Fu became more and more blue-eyed in the past few years that she truly realized that there was a sensible and shrewd courtier, and that feeling was indeed like a spring breeze and drunk.

However, as she grew older and weaker, such a young and capable minister became a faint part of her heart, although she herself was not aware of it. "Ma Qing's family, mourning family and asking you, Murong Qing is really still in Shouzhou?"

When the Empress Dowager asked this, Ma Juan's heart jumped immediately, and she hurriedly knelt down to make amends: "Don't dare to hide it from the Empress Dowager, Lord Murong is ...... It is true that he is not in Shouzhou, but in Suzhou. ”

"Oh?" When the Empress Dowager heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Lord Murong had a slight illness on the way back to Beijing, and the doctor said that he needed to recuperate for ten days and a half months. Wei Chen learned that Lord Murong had not returned home for several years for official business, so he took the initiative to send Lord back to his hometown in Suzhou to recuperate. Please punish the Queen Mother! Without waiting for the Empress Dowager to ask again, Ma Juan, the new official in the officialdom, had honestly recruited Murong Fu's whereabouts.

The Empress Dowager nodded noncommittally and said softly: "Concealing the illness, presumably Murong Qing meant?" ”

"I can't hide anything from the Empress Dowager! Lord Murong once said that he did not want to delay his official duties because of his illness, let alone worry the Empress Dowager and the official family, so he was ......," Ma Juan muttered.

I saw the Empress Dowager sit silently on the throne for a while, and finally sighed: "That's it, the mourning family will send two imperial doctors to leave the palace with you." When you see Murong Qing, you can explain to him, so that you can live and recuperate! With that, he waved his hand and ordered Ma Juan to retreat.

Ma Juan didn't lead the two imperial doctors out of the palace gate, Fang sighed happily, and secretly praised Murong Fu in his heart for being really favored, and even let go of the crime of bullying the monarch so lightly. I didn't know that in the evening, I saw Zhuge Zhengme, who was visiting late at night.

Zhuge Zheng's first words when I saw him were: "The news of Murong's illness was revealed by me to the Empress Dowager. When Ma Juan heard this, his eyebrows immediately rose. However, before he could speak, Zhuge Zheng and I said again. "Since the beginning of winter last year, the Empress Dowager's energy has not been as good as before, and she hurriedly pointed out that Meng Yuan's daughter is the queen of the official family, and she is not loved by the official family. You bring these words to Murong, and he naturally knows my intentions. ”

At this time, if it was Murong Fu himself who was standing in front of Zhuge Zhengme, he would immediately be able to understand the deep meaning of Zhuge Zheng's move. The Empress Dowager was short of energy, and she hurriedly designated the Empress to be worried about her afterlife. Although Meng Yuan is the fifty-eighth grandson of Yasheng Mencius, he is a civil and military official, and the deputy head of the road from the official to the Daimyo Mansion can be regarded as a heavy army. The daughter of such a military general is in the middle palace precisely because he is worried about the suspicion of the lord Shaoguo, and Murong Fu, the backbone of the Shu Party who is in power in the court, is in the prime of life. The eighteen-year-old emperor and the twenty-eight-year-old Tuo Gu Zhongchen are afraid that they are destined to have no perfect ending. At this time, if Murong Fu makes immortal contributions again, then the Empress Dowager is afraid that not only will she not reward Murong Fu again, but will weaken the power of the Shu Party in the court. Now that the Empress Dowager has heard that Murong Fu is not in good health, she must be able to feel a lot more at ease.

Ma Juan silently read Zhuge Zheng's words and nodded slightly. "The will has been made, and my lord's official duties this year will only become more onerous, so I will leave for Suzhou tomorrow." As he spoke, Ma Juan sighed heavily, Murong Fu's illness this time was really dangerous.

After leaving Henan Mansion, Murong Fu finally put all his energy into official business. In the past few months, he has worked hard to get his work done, not only cleaning up the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism around Tokyo, but also passing on books with the flying pigeons of Chongge, Su Mai, Zong Ze, Huang Tingjian and others every day. Although Ma Juan knew that Lord Murong he was following wholeheartedly was a leading figure who counted ten steps at a time, when he heard Murong Fu confess to him that he had planned for six years to start the Song and Xia battles again, he still couldn't help but feel creepy. In the past few months with Murong Fu, Ma Juan privately made rough calculations for Murong Fu. In addition to normal official duties, Murong Fu had to read at least seven or eight letters every day, and write more than a dozen replies to arrange logistics related to the start of the war. With such a huge workload, even a healthy ordinary person can't support it, not to mention that he was injured when he was in Henan Mansion.

After disposing of the last official matter of Dongchan Temple's private acceptance of the people, Murong Fu and his party left Shouzhou in November and set off to return to Beijing, hoping to return to the capital before the New Year's Day. In the weather of November, the dripping water turned into ice, and when Murong Fu rushed all the way to Jiangning Mansion, he could no longer support it, he was in a coma with a high fever and did not know who was in a coma, and he couldn't even feed water when he was most ill. The situation was so bad that Deng Baichuan went crazy in a hurry, and immediately decided to take Murong Fu back to Yanziwu to recuperate.

Five days later, Murong Fu came to his senses and acquiesced in Deng Baichuan's decision, only asking Ma Juan to hide his illness for him in front of the palace. To clean up the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, the whole year of the seventh year of Yuanyou can only be regarded as the beginning, and the next two years will be regarded as the time for a bumper harvest. At this time, if the Empress Dowager learned that Murong Fu was seriously ill and could not see things, she would inevitably be replaced. Even if Ma Juan was loyal to the country, he didn't want to make wedding clothes for others, so he agreed to Murong Fu's request.

Zhuge Zheng sighed with Ma Juan and said quietly: "Akashi he...... Have you ever mentioned Brother Xiao during this period of time? "Zhuge is in charge of the six gates, and the news on the rivers and lakes is the most well-informed. However, as soon as Henan Mansion was farewell, Murong Fu never wrote to him again to inquire about Xiao Feng's news.

Ma Juan was silent for a while, shook his head, and finally couldn't help asking, "Aren't they righteous brothers?" What happened to this point? Although Ma Juan didn't care about a reckless person, he just remembered that Murong Fu was more and more silent as the time got closer to the first month, but he was also very aware of Xiao Feng's weight in Murong Fu's heart.

I would like to know the answer to this question! Murong Fu and Xiao Feng are both Zhuge Zheng's best friends, and he knows all the weaknesses of their skills at a glance. Xiao Feng has a rough temperament, but he is heroic and free, and he can't help but be close and convinced. Murong Fu seems to be shrewd, but he is really stupid in dealing with feelings. He has been friends with Xiao Feng for many years, and every time he has a dispute, Xiao Feng uses every means to give him steps and coax him to step down. However, this time, Xiao Feng made it clear that he was really angry, and he didn't even allow others to intervene. Zhuge Zheng and I have all my skills, but I can't use them, and with Murong Fu's means, I want him to try to coax Xiao Feng back, I'm afraid that it will be Yuanmu begging for fish! Thinking of this, Zhuge Zheng couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed, and finally said: "When you go to Gusu, if you don't see Murong, then it's the best!" But if I saw Murong, I told him for me that Xiao Feng would return to Daliao after the fifteenth day of the first month. Then he arched his hand and walked away.

Although Ma Juan said that his career was smooth, he couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of having to trek on the road in this New Year. He looked at the fireworks blooming in the night sky from afar, and said secretly in his heart: When I rush to Suzhou, it will take ten days and half a month, to say the least. Approaching March, the spring flowers are blooming and everything is recovering, and the adult's illness should be improved, right?