I saw Zhang Ji staggering out of the guards, his clothes were crumpled and wrinkled, his hair was also a little messy in the pushing, and his face was flushed at the moment, as if he had been greatly insulted. As soon as he came in, he knelt down without saying a word, and kowtowed to the emperor a few times: "Your Majesty, the old minister is wronged!" ”

Zhang Ji has been an official in the DPRK for so many years, and it can be regarded as quite weighty, and it is rare to look so embarrassed like now. Even the emperor can't easily beat and scold him, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the courtiers. He said: "Aiqing is flat." ”

Zhang Ji raised his head, and was not in a hurry to stand up, but just raised his head and looked angrily, as if he was going to faint in anger in the next second, and then said: "The old minister has never done anything despicable in his life, and now someone insists on pouring dirty water on the old minister, ruining the reputation of the old minister, his intentions are really sinister, and please ask Your Majesty to be the master of the old minister!" ”

The emperor let out a long sigh and turned his gaze sharply to Xuanhua, who opened his mouth slightly, as if he had not recovered from this sudden change. Suddenly aware of the emperor's gaze, he raised his head, and was suddenly chilled by the cold in the emperor's eyes, and stood in place like falling into an ice cellar, not daring to move.

Zhang Ji was proven innocent, and the military salary was not less at all, so naturally someone wanted to wronged Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji has been an official all his life, and his weight in the court is also quite heavy, and Ren will not use him if he has a little brain, so he will attack the people behind Zhang Ji again. If Zhang Ji is framed, the first person to be suspected is Xuanli. And now who regards Xuanli the most like a thorn in his side above the government and the opposition, it is naturally the fifth prince Xuanhua.

The courtiers who were still in the well didn't dare to say a word, the people of Xuanhua's faction were silent, no one understood what was going on, and the news they got in their hands was naturally that Zhang Ji would be investigated and punished for stealing military salaries today, but now that Zhang Ji is safe and sound, the news must be wrong, how dare he hit the knife.

The courtiers of the Xuanli faction were all on the shelves of watching the show, and it was difficult to hide the arrogance in their eyes.

Xuanli sighed and gently comforted: "Master Zhang doesn't have to be sad, after so many years of being an official and being fair, my father will definitely make decisions for you." ”

Zhang Ji said angrily: "If it is just an insult to the old minister, but this movement is obviously to delay the footsteps of the baggage troops, and if the military salary is not sent to the border pass for one day, the soldiers will endure the bitter cold for one more day." This....... It's obviously a soldier with bad intentions who wants to embarrass me at the border of the Dajin Dynasty! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Even the emperor sitting on the nine-fold dragon chair suddenly burst out with a trace of coldness in his eyes.

Xuanhua shouted in his heart that it was not good, it was an undercurrent between the princes, but he taught this old man to say a word about the border war. Everyone knows that the war between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Tianjin Kingdom is the most difficult to mention. Although on the surface, the Great Jin Dynasty has been rewarded with success because of the arrival of Jinyiwei, but the danger cannot be shared by outsiders. This is a knife hanging on the palace of the flowers of the Great Jin Dynasty, no one can touch it, but now Zhang Ji has put this knife clearly in front of everyone, and it also led to the blood stains on the knife, since ancient times, the emperor is suspicious, what will the emperor think? I'm afraid that I will think that I have the intention of bringing disaster to the country, and if I guess deeper, there may be people who are connected to the enemy!

The matter cannot be convicted without sufficient evidence, the news came out inexplicably, even Xuanhua could not determine the source of the news, the emperor could not find the person who passed the message, and he must be even more suspicious in his heart, thinking that Xuanhua's ability was so great that even he could not control it, which also said to the emperor that it was really not a good sign.

"Aiqing, there is indeed something strange in this matter, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation." The emperor said in a deep voice, and the chill in his words made everyone present feel startled. No matter how clear the emperor looks at on weekdays, the natural majesty in his bones is inviolable, and since the person behind him today is like a monkey, he really wants to be found out, where is the good end? He looked at Zhang Ji, who was kneeling on the ground and was in tears, and reassured: "I still need you, and the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty also need you." Today is in vain, and I will have to make that man pay for it. It's just that the border is tight now, and Aiqing has to run for the future, and now it's too late, so I'll start tomorrow, Aiqing will go back to the house today to recuperate and suppress the shock, and I will wait for the meeting to draw up the order. ”

This is to appease Zhang Ji and seriously investigate the matter. The more Xuanhua listened, the more he felt bad, but if he spoke at this moment, he would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire, so he had to swallow all his grievances silently, but his face was surprisingly ugly, and he almost walked away.

Since the emperor has put down the shelf, Zhang Ji has no reason to take Qiao, and thanked the emperor for his grace one after another, and this mighty military salary turmoil slowly subsided. Zhang Ji will naturally receive compensation from the palace after returning home, and it is indeed an unpleasant thing for a generation of old ministers to be slandered. On the surface, it seems that Zhang Ji has been wronged, but in fact, it is not painful, but it makes the emperor trust him more. After this scene reached its worst, it was Xuanhua who lost.

The emperor didn't blame Xuanhua at the moment, but every move today fell in the eyes of the emperor, and he would also think and look at it in his heart. Sometimes, it is not necessary to have full evidence and certainty to achieve a certain goal, as long as a seed of doubt is quietly buried in the other party's heart, waiting for it to break through the ground and sprout, one day this seed will burst out with incomparably huge power at a certain opportunity. Today's thing is a seed buried in the emperor's heart, the emperor has doubts about Xuanhua, from then on, what Xuanhua does in the eyes of the emperor, may not have other thoughts, he has lost the opportunity from the beginning.

Today's loser is Xuanhua, but the biggest winner is Xuanli. He didn't do anything at all, and he didn't even come forward, but he easily won the emperor's sympathy and trust, and paved the way for his next plan. As he slowly passed by Xuanhua's side, he smiled slightly, looking at Xuanhua's gloomy gaze as if there was a trace of silent contempt. Xuanhua clenched his fists tightly before he could control the fact that he didn't smash a fist over.

And behind Xuan Li, there was a smiling gaze staring at him, this gaze came from the crowd of hundreds of officials, and it was not particularly noticeable. It was a young man in a purple official uniform, with a moustache and a meaningful look in his eyes. When he retracted his gaze, he was surprised to find that there was also a person standing not far from him who was quietly watching Xuanli, that person had not yet grown up, but he was just a young child, beautiful and delicate, and his eyes were as bright as a good glazed stone, but his eyes were cold and gloomy, and he was a little familiar.

The child seemed to feel his gaze, turned his head, stared at him coldly, turned around, and the little eunuch on the side hurriedly greeted him: "Your Highness Thirteen, go slowly......"

Qi Feng was slightly stunned, then shook his head and left.

……

Zhang Ji returned to the mansion, and sure enough, the emperor's decree arrived next, and the reward of some gold and silver should be comforting. After pacifying everyone in the house, it was already dark at night, Zhang Ji returned to the study, lit an oil lamp, took out a box from under the table in the study, and handed it to the person standing opposite.

That person had obviously been waiting in the study for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Ji's movements, he smiled with satisfaction: "Lord Zhang's movements are really agile, I will go to His Highness to report my life." In the future, His Royal Highness's great cause will be completed, and he will definitely give Lord Zhang a first-class credit. ”

Zhang Ji said with a smile: "Jiang Gongzi has a good reputation, and the old man is now a person who has half a foot in the loess, how can there be any glory and wealth." However, Jiang Gongzi was a hero and a young man, and he will soar in the future, and he is a legend of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

The person in the study was none other than Jiang Chao. At this moment, he and Zhang Ji have reached some kind of consensus between the two of them. However, this alliance was originally brought together because of interests, in which the true and the false were distinguished. Zhang Ji secretly scolded the kid opposite in his heart for being vicious, and he was even more willing to be Xuanli's dog, begging for food from Xuanli's hands with a shy face. Jiang Chao also secretly despised Zhang Ji for doing anything indifferent, not all for power.

However, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he always smiles on his face. Zhang Ji looked at the small box handed over to Jiang Chao, and said with a smile: "This is the key to store the military salary warehouse, a total of 800 cars, Jiang Gongzi has to do things cleanly, and save the handle." ”

"Naturally," Jiang Chao also smiled: "This is an important part of His Highness's great cause, how can something go wrong." Thank you for the key today, and I wish you a smooth journey for your children. ”

Zhang Ji also smiled back at him: "Cheng Gongzi Jiyan." ”

The two spoke, Jiang Chao left from the back door of Zhang's house, it was the middle of the night and the third watch, the capital was dark, there was not a star in the sky, maybe the weather was going to have the momentum of rain, even the moon was not seen, and the dark clouds hung in the sky. It's a night when you can't see your fingers.

Jiang Chao rode a horse and hurried all the way, until he reached the back of a huge mansion warehouse in the east of the city, only to see that this warehouse was really unattainable, half a city wall high, and all the military salaries to be transported by the baggage troops were in it. Jiang Chao threw the key to the person standing in front, and the person took the key to open the warehouse door, as if he had received a uniform instruction, and then the people who were waiting around moved in unison, putting down the things on the other side's car, one side brought things in from the warehouse, and one side transported things out of the warehouse.

Jiang Chao looked at it proudly, until a person walked up to him and said, "Everything can be taken care of?" ”

Jiang Chao looked back and saw that Xia Jun was standing in the deep night, only holding a small torch, his eyes were a little red from the firelight, and he looked a little weird. He looked stunned and said, "Finish it all, and even kill all the people who are in the way around you." ”

Xia Jun nodded, looking at the people coming in and out of the tall warehouse, but there was not much joy on his face. Jiang Chao noticed his expression and said strangely, "Cousin, what are you still worried about?" ”

Xia Jun shook his head, and his eyes showed a strange color: "I don't know what to do, there is always a feeling of uneasiness...... "All this happened too smoothly." Whether it is a play on the Jinluan Palace directed and acted by Zhang Ji, or stealing beams and changing pillars in the warehouse at the moment, everything happened too naturally and smoothly, and a pair of upward flattering eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, the eyebrows and eyes were slightly bent, looking at it was laughing, and the eyes were full of mockery. Xia Jun was shocked in his heart, only to feel like a basin of cold water falling down, and gasped when he landed.

After a while, he said to Jiang Chao: "What is wrong with Jiang Ruan?" ”

"She stayed in the Jinying Mansion all day long, and she never entered the palace," Jiang Chao smiled coldly: "Cousin, you don't have to worry too much, she didn't come out of the palace at all, how do you know our plan, is it possible to predict the future?" ”

Xia Jun's eyes moved: "Yes, it is impossible for her to be unpredictable. "A person who lives in the palace is slower to wear news than others, and all sources of news must come from outside. It was impossible for Jiang Ruan to know what they wanted to do first, and early tomorrow morning, this military salary would be transported with the baggage troops to the border pass, which was thousands of miles away. And this military salary is not the other military salary, everything is unaware, and it is really too late when Jiang Ruan finds out the wrong news.

For example, if they are stealing beams and changing pillars here at this moment, how can Jiang Ruan know about Lu Dao, and how can she stop it? She couldn't have known what they had planned, unless she wasn't human, and she could not know the prophet.

Xia Jun slowly calmed down, and then said slowly: "Go on, take advantage of the dawn...... "Before dawn, let everything be drowned in the night, and Jiang Ruan is also destined to lose this game in the confrontation. Success and defeat are eternal truths.

……

This night, in the Jinying Palace, the lights in Xiao Shao's study have not been extinguished, and when he walks outside, he looks as bright and warm as a cluster of fireworks in the dark night. As if pushing open the door, you can see the indifferent and introverted young man in black sitting at the desk. And at this moment, there is indeed a person sitting at the desk, but it is a curling Tingting, a girl who has just grown up.

The fragrance of tea curls, the steaming mist separates the desk, and a small beautiful flower blooms under the illumination of the lamp, more beautiful than the fog flower is the girl's face, it is clearly a moon-white long skirt and skirt, and the outside is draped in a dark purple cloak, and the face is more and more lined with white jade carved like the best white, and the facial features seem to be carved out by the heavens with every stroke, and every place is just right, beautiful and natural. From the bones reveal a stunning charm, this beauty's every move is amorous, but a pair of upward flattering eyes are cold and glamorous, and they suppress the vulgarity, like a mandala under the moonlight, cold and enchanting.

Jiang Ruan looked at the purple-clothed young man in front of him, Rao is Qi Feng was intoxicated with the fun of court power in his life, and he couldn't help but lose his mind slightly for the stunning beauty in the world.

There are beauties in the world, rare beauty and intelligence, if the appearance is a pair of skins, then the wisdom of this girl has injected a vivid soul into this beautiful skin, making it become alive and fragrant, and have a unique taste.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "Today's palace, thanks to Qi Gongzi's action." "Xuanli and Zhang Ji sang this play together, from beginning to end, she didn't think to stop it, since Qi Feng is playing with the power of the court, he naturally has another identity in the court. This identity is inconspicuous, neither too high nor too small, but it is the most subtle existence, if you want to do something in the middle of the court, it is also the easiest to hide your identity from being detected. And Qi Feng also acted as Jiang Ruan ordered, and pushed the boat down the river in Zhang Jising's play, making this play sing more smoothly.

It's just that...... In addition to his secret arrangement, it seems that there is also another part of the force involved, so today Zhang Ji's play is complete, in fact, there is another person to help, but I don't know what the purpose of that person is and who did it. Qi Feng's mind suddenly flashed the face of the beautiful child in today's hall, his eyes sank slightly, and he turned to say, "They have already done it." He raised the letter in his hand, and his eyes were far-reaching: "If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that Xuanli would have taken such a risk." ”

Jiang Ruan unhurriedly took a sip of the white tea in front of him, and said lightly: "Tonight, they stole beams and changed pillars, and exchanged all the military salaries in the warehouse for moldy rice and supplies, and reduced them by half. Except for the outermost ones, the inner ones are filled with grass wool. And with Zhang Ji's good performance in the court today, there will be no more accidents tomorrow, and the military salary will be transported out of the capital safely, and the mountains and rivers will be long from now on. After the baggage troops leave, it will inevitably be the soldiers at the border gates who will suffer, and if they have no military pay and food, they will run out of ammunition and food sooner or later. When the whole army is annihilated, where will anyone hold Zhang Ji responsible? Even if there is a fish that slips through the net, they can also think of killing them one by one, which is indeed a no-loss deal. ”

Qi Feng gasped and said: "Xuan Li, as the prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, is really mad to disregard the lives of tens of thousands of border soldiers for his own selfishness, and regard the land of the Great Jin Dynasty as child's play. ”

Jiang Ruan glanced at him with a smile: "Oh? Do you really think so? ”

Qi Feng was looked at by those eyes, and when he saw it, he felt that his mind had nothing to hide, he had always been exquisite, but for some reason he always felt a sense of frustration in front of this girl who was not as old as him, so he scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Third sister-in-law, I have something I want to ask you, what did you let Jiner take the Jinyi guards to?" ”

Before Xiao Shao left, he handed over all the Jinyi guards that could be mobilized in the capital to Jinyijin Second-hand, and Jinyi and Jiner were all obedient to Jiang Ruan, which was equivalent to Xiao Shao handing over all the Jinyi guards in the capital to Jiang Ruan. For Qi Feng, this is a very incredible thing, first, although the Jinyi guards are dark guards, they are all elite talents among people, but all excellent people are always arrogant, and it is not easy for them to surrender to Jiang Ruan willingly, and it is not easy for Jin Yijin and Jin to be the leaders of the Jinyi Guard. But after they heard Jiang Ruan's order at that time, they left without saying a word, which can be seen Jiang Ruan's status in their hearts. Second, Xiao Shao is not a person who is easy to trust others, and he was used to being alone in his early years, but he handed over the strength he hid in the shadows to Jiang Ruan, and it was obvious that Jiang Ruan was different in his heart.

Jiang Ruan suddenly smiled: "Young Master Qi, you are smart and wise, why are you playing dumb riddles in front of me now?" You know that you want to exchange the military salary in the warehouse. ”

Qi Feng was stunned, looking at Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan looked at her quietly, her smile was gentle and quiet in the firelight, but her eyes were far and deep, as if she was looking at the long-term years in the next few decades through the firelight, and there was clearly a kind of insight into the world in that gaze, just like a viewer who had watched the whole play and started from the beginning - just an outsider who looked at it coldly. No matter how the drama struggles and ups and downs, she is always outside the red dust, soberly and cruelly watching everything happen.

He slowly shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Third sister-in-law, you are so smart that people feel terrible." Yes, I know what Lu Dao is for, and I have known Lu Dao a long time ago about the collusion between Xuan Li and the Tianjin Kingdom. Jinyiwei's intelligence is the best in the world, and there is nothing we don't know. "Aside from your secrets," he added in his heart.

"Yes, since Tianjin has colluded with Xuanli, Xuanli always has to say something. In other words, in this war, he must ensure that the Tianjin Kingdom wins. Such a large amount of military salary, leaving it in his hands is just a hot potato, Xuanli can't leave these things in the capital, he can only think of transporting them out. And there is only one way to make the most of this batch of military salaries and make safe use of them. Jiang Ruan said lightly.

"Send it to the Tianjin Kingdom and serve as the military salary of the Tianjin Kingdom." Qi Feng took her words and said.

It's that simple to talk to smart people. Jiang Ruan smiled: "Yes, but this method of Xuanli may not be good in my eyes." ”

This method seems simple on the surface, but in fact it requires a great price, and because it is too dangerous, no one thinks of it. Xuan Li did the opposite, and he can be regarded as a hero. Besides, if you want to think of a way to transport it out, there must be a perfect plan, I don't understand, what do you mean by saying that it may not be good? Qi Feng said. He didn't believe that Jiang Ruan, a woman in his boudoir, could compare to Xuanli, who was born as a conspirator. Even if she can guess people's hearts, the affairs of the court can achieve their goals by not only trying to win people's hearts.

"No matter what you do, you can't leave a handle on people," Jiang Ruan's eyes were slightly cold: "Xuanli left this batch of military salaries, that is, he left a handle, and it is precisely because of this that I can have a chance to break this situation." If I were in his place, I would never have left this batch of salaries, and once the things were replaced, they would be burned clean at once, and no trace would be left. ”

Qi Feng looked at her dumbfounded: "A fire?" He couldn't see the banter in Jiang Ruan's eyes, she was telling the truth, if she and Xuan Li switched positions today, she would really burn the entire batch of grain and grass. God, how could she be so bold? What did she grow up eating?

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "Didn't you ask me what Jin'er and what they were going to do?" I'll tell you now, they went to set fire, and it's good to leave this scene, but they owe a little bit of fire, but this fire is not up to him. ”

Qi Feng felt a chill in his heart and asked, "What kind of fire?" ”

"Don't you understand?" Jiang Ruan smiled gently: "I want them to knock out their teeth and swallow blood this time, and they will suffer a big loss, but they can't say a word." ”

……

The grain and grass in the warehouse have all been transferred to the place where it should be transferred under the arrangement, and at this moment, in the warehouse in the east compound of the city, someone closed the warehouse door and handed Jiang Chao the key in his hand.

The doors of the warehouse were restored to their former state, as if they had never been opened, and the things were restored to a perfect position, and everything looked the same as the day.

Xia Jun stood beside Jiang Chao, not knowing what Lu Dao was doing, and the uneasiness in his heart resurfaced, as if some subtle emotion was about to break through the ground. Jiang Chao looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Now that everything has been done, turning back and paying the business to His Highness must have made a great contribution." "As soon as this thing is completed, Xuanli's great cause in the world will be half successful, and there will always be a few points of his merits in this world, and it will definitely be soaring in the future, and the future is immeasurable. It's not in vain that he has put so much effort into this.

"My lord, now that the matter is over, do you want to go back first?" The guard said.

Before the word "go home" came out, I heard a "bang", something fell from the sky, smashed to the top of the warehouse, and rolled down the sloping top of the warehouse, and rolled down in front of everyone. The guards were all startled, escorted Jiang Chao and took a few steps back, and when they saw that the thing did not react, they boldly stepped forward to investigate with torches. The guard suddenly sat on the ground in fright, the torch also fell, and said with trembling lips: "Your Excellency...... My lord.... ”

Jiang Chao saw that his appearance was different, and he stepped forward strangely for a while, and was shocked when he saw it, the person on the ground was none other than Zhang Ji, the leader of the baggage troops. At this moment, his whole body was stiff, there was a blood mark in his throat, his eyes were wide open, and he was obviously dead of anger.

Jiang Chao had only been separated from him for two hours, and when he didn't want to see him again, Zhang Ji had already turned into a dead corpse, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Before he could react, he heard a few swishing sounds, and a few dark shadows flashed by nature, and no one saw how the warehouse door was opened, and no one could see how the sparks were drawn into it. I saw the spark slamming on the hay, and without any other incitement, it rose rapidly like a line of fire, but in a moment, the entire warehouse was shrouded in fire.

The rumbling light of the fire almost illuminated the entire street, as bright as day, and the light of the fire was like blood, with a faint layer of ominous aura. No one expected such a change, Jiang Chao and Xia Jun were stunned in place, and the few men in black came and went without a trace, and immediately disappeared again. Xia Jun's heart moved, and he was about to give the order to retreat, when he heard someone shouting: "It's water, it's not good, the warehouse is water!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from the distance of the long street, accompanied by the light of the fire reflected by neat torches, and a voice shouted: "Bold fanatics, dare to burn the military salary, take it for the officer!" ”

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