Chapter Seventy-Six: Help Me Be a Mediocre Minister

"Do you think you don't love Egami and love beauty?" Lao Keqin smiled evilly, "The words are high-sounding, why didn't you refuse when the emperor made you a general?" ”

Nangong Yufeng stared back at him, more disdainful than before, but without the anger before, "Why should I refuse?" That's what I deserved. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoA villain like you who doesn't learn or knows how to do it can be a squire of the criminal department, why can't I be a general who can fight on the battlefield? ”

"Nangong Yufeng, you ...... You, how dare you ......" Lao Keqin had never encountered such a simple and rude humiliation, and he was suddenly ashamed and annoyed, and his words were not clear.

"You brought this man?" Nangong Yufeng pointed to the bloody little guy on the ground, "Anyway, you are about to take office, just bring this person back for trial, since your sister has said that the robbery and killing that the official said before is just a cover, then you have more responsibility to find out about this matter." It is said that the new official has three fires in office, let's wait for you to avenge Xi Cui's family. ”

"Humph!" Continuing to stay here can only be self-inflicted, and Lao Keqin threw up his sleeves and was about to leave, but he deliberately left the little guy alone.

"Oh, by the way, one more thing, you wait!" As soon as Nangong Yufeng spoke, the subordinates he brought had already stopped Lao Keqin, and Lao Keqin had to turn around and wait for Nangong Yufeng to finish speaking. "I'll just say one thing, it's best not to call Nangong Yufeng directly in the future, after all, my dignified hussar general is a first-class general named by the emperor himself, and you are just a squire at best, so it's not appropriate to call me by a name. The most important thing is that I don't like it! ”

"You ......" Lao Keqin choked again, his face flushed, and his narrow eyes widened.

Watching him go out, Nangong Yufeng was just about to talk to Xi Cui, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the little guy still lying on the ground, and beckoned to call two subordinates, "Send this person to Uncle Lao's mansion, and say that the master is still waiting for his son-in-law's reply." ”

The two big men easily put the little guy into the sack and carried it out.

Duan San hurriedly commanded the re-awakening, and he was ready to go out of the funeral.

The cemetery chosen by Xi Cui is near the ancestral hall of the Xi family, in order to be convenient when sweeping the tomb, and from her heart, she feels that the Xi family can also be called her family.

When the funeral came back, there were no guests in the twilight moon, Huan Huanxi was cleaning, and Rui Niang looked at the child and pointed out. Seeing Xi Cui enter the door, he hurriedly asked the cook to bring up the meal prepared for Xi Cui.

Xi Cui sat down and looked at the meal, and suddenly remembered Nangong Yufeng, who had been following him, and looked up to see that he was still behind him, and suddenly felt inexplicably happy. So he smiled at him, "You should be hungry too, sit down and eat together." This chef is still you're looking for, so you should know what kind of skill you're looking for. Saying that, she added some dishes to the bowl in front of him, and then she realized that she didn't know what Nangong Yufeng liked to eat, so she stopped awkwardly and looked at him apologetically, "I'm sorry I don't know if you eat these things...... Why don't you tell the cook what you want to eat and tell him to do it now. ”

"No, these are good." Nangong Yufeng lifted his robe and sat down, it seemed that this was the first time they sat together calmly and talked, and it felt good.

Xiao Yu stood aside and couldn't wait to tell Nangong Yufeng directly that these dishes were Xi Cui's favorite food, so that he had better remember them. But there was no way to see him and hear him only Xi Cui was the only one who could do it, and he could only work hard against Nangong Yufeng. Looking at his appearance, Xi Cui couldn't help but smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Nangong Yufeng touched the corner of his mouth, "Did I have rice on my face?" ”

"No, I'm not laughing at you." Xi Cui glared at Xiao Yi and quickly explained, "I just remembered a funny thing, not laughing at you." ”

"Did you think of the Lao brothers and sisters? Speaking of which, they are really embarrassed today, and I can't help but laugh when I think about it. Huanhuan came in with soup, just in time to insert this sentence. It's not that they don't have rules, it's just that everyone is used to talking to each other in the twilight moon, and there is no distinction between dignity and inferiority. These days, they are all used to it, and they have forgotten the existence of Nangong Yufeng for a while.

Speaking of the brothers and sisters of the Lao family, Xi Cui would think of it and ask Nangong Yufeng, "Shouldn't you accompany the emperor's palace in the palace today to try the sages?" How did you come here at that time? ”

Nangong Yufeng didn't answer Xi Cui directly, but looked at Xi Cui with a mysterious smile, "What do you think I would do if I were a mediocre minister?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xi Cui heard this word for the first time in his life. What's the matter? She only knows that there is a so-called mediocre king or something, does it mean anything? But why did Nangong Yufeng do this? How can he be born with a proud backbone, and be incompetent? Or is this what the old foxes set up for him again?

"Hehe, look at your serious face, tease you!" Nangong Yufeng gently pinched Xi Cui's nose, the slippery touch and Xi Cui's shy expression instantly made him feel good, "Tell you." I didn't enter the palace today, it was on purpose. These days, because of your relationship, the emperor now has almost no suspicion of me, and I am already a temperamental person with no ambition and a long love for children in his eyes. A person like me is not destined to become a big deal, and even if he is in charge of the army, he will not pose a threat, on the contrary, I am relatively easy to control. But the emperor is a very suspicious person, even if he already believes it in his heart, but he still has to slow down and slow down in action, and he must make sure that nothing goes wrong. And I did such a thing today, which is enough to give him a big reassurance, so that he can be sure that I disdain the power of officialdom, but can make him make up his mind to hand over the tiger talisman to me in advance. Only in this way can I, a great general, deserve to do it. ”

"You are not afraid of the wrong bet on the chips, if the emperor sees that you are a person who disobeys the emperor's orders, wantonly indulges, and is useless, it is not impossible to directly take away your title as a general." Although Xi Cui understands that the emperor has been suspicious since ancient times, it is simply sick to be so suspicious as this one now, is this a bit too much?

"You don't understand that. We are now the emperor, but I grew up with the former emperor all the way since I was a child, the first emperor was deeply coerced by the two important ministers of the Lao family, and in many things, there was no domineering spirit to be the lord of the world, and although he was assisted by the Lao family, he really didn't want the Lao family to continue to point fingers by his side. But how could the power of the Lao family be easily reduced by him? In desperation, he had the heart to promote the Wang family, and there were people like me to fight against the Lao family in the court, so that he could regain his rights step by step. But he was afraid that he would go to great lengths to get rid of one Lao family and then another one that would be more difficult to deal with than the Lao family, so he had to be careful and careful when choosing people, and I just wanted him to let him choose me no matter what! Nangong Yufeng said proudly, as if these words were really what he thought of, but Xiao Yi had already told Xi Cui that he was simply copying the original words of his master Zhang Fuzi.

What kind of person is this Master Zhang, Xi Cui has never seen it, but her name is like thunder. It is said that although he is only in charge of a small tribute academy, the questions of the township examination are all from him, and this person's talent can be called the first in the world. And Nangong Yufeng and Wang Shaoyan are his only two apprentices, one is good at martial arts and the other is Changwen.

What does Master Zhang mean by teaching Nangong Yufeng like this? Does he want Nangong Yufeng to truly control the military power? But what good is it for him? Xi Cui had heard that the emperor had the intention to bring him into the six departments, but he immediately refused, bluntly saying that he was not in the officialdom, he only liked to do academics, and he had been staying in the place of the Gongyuan. It can be seen that he is not a person with any ambitions, could it be that he has no ambition but wants to teach his apprentices to learn badly? Isn't that right?

"Do you really want to be a general?" Xi Cui wanted to know Nangong Yufeng's thoughts, in her eyes, Nangong Yufeng was not like that kind of person.

"You see that?" Nangong Yufeng shook his head, "I'm actually not that interested, but I have to fight for this thing, because this is a friend's last wish." Originally, this glory should have belonged to him, and since he had left it to me, I could not let it fall into the hands of others. ”

It turned out to be Xi Yunjian! Xi Cui really wanted to know what Xi Yunjian said to Nangong Yufeng in the end, how could Nangong Yufeng change so much?

It was not the first time that Xi Cui had faced Nangong Yufeng so closely, but it was the first time he had heard such a true voice. She found that she was unconsciously attracted to him, his lowered eyes, thick and stilted eyelashes, firm nose bridge, and resolute side face, each of which exuded a fatal attraction, making Xi Cui unable to pull out her eyes. has never denied his handsomeness, but doesn't it mean that the more you look at it, the more you get used to it, the less amazing it is? Why did she look at him at the moment and feel that the more she looked at him, the more she looked at it, especially when she looked at him like this, the way he maintained himself during the day repeatedly appeared in her mind, and she sincerely felt a warm current running through her heart......

Well, for the sake of Nangong Yufeng's performance today, this favor Xi Cui has temporarily made a note of it, and he will definitely pay attention to Zhang Fuzi in the future, he seems to be able to influence Nangong Yufeng's behavior. If such a person has other plans for him, then Nangong Yufeng is in danger.

"You really fell out with the Lao family today, will the Lao family let you become a general smoothly?" Xi Cui casually found a topic, shook his head, and looked elsewhere, "I don't think they will give up." ”

"I'm sure it won't be long before I have an answer to this question, but I've never been afraid of his family, and I don't like them. It's better to tear your face directly, and that Lao Xuefen in the province still has something that shouldn't be there. He said that he thought of Xi Cui's family, no matter how he said this, he couldn't get rid of it, if it weren't for him, Xi Cui wouldn't have offended the Lao family. He didn't worry about anything, but Xi Cui should be more careful in the future, and now there is only one Duan San by her side, I don't know if it's okay?

They chatted while eating, not paying attention to the time, and only after eating did they realize that it was already time. Duan San stood aside with an unhappy expression, he didn't want the relationship between Xi Cui and Nangong Yufeng to develop further, because Nangong Yufeng had been using Xi Cui from the beginning, and the disparity between their identities was too great. Ever since Xi Yunjian's matter came to an end, Duan San had been worrying about finding a suitable person for Xi Cui, and the first thing he ruled out was Nangong Yufeng.

When Nangong Yufeng was about to leave, he saw Duan San's dark face, and he was a little puzzled, but he didn't pay attention to it, anyway, he was still very happy in his heart.

In the event of a family member, Xi Cui is required to observe filial piety for at least three months. During this time, she could hardly go out, and even if there was something to find her in the VIP building, she could only quietly enter the twilight moon through the back door. Rui Niang is very busy, and most of the time Xi Cui takes care of the children at home.

This **** was playing with the child in the yard, but Qi Yu came.

His palace test was really a blockbuster, and he became the champion appointed by the emperor, not to mention, he was going to leave in the next two days to be appointed as the head of the household. Hubu is the territory of the Wang family, the emperor's arrangement is very surprising, Xi Cui is still thinking about this matter for the past two days.

Xi Cui wanted to try her best to keep herself normal and talk to him, but as long as she thought of Liu's, her heart couldn't be calm, but fortunately, holding a child in her arms made her distracted from time to time, so as not to be immersed in her deep hatred.

Qi Yu could have come over in a red champion suit, and these **** people wore the same clothes when they entertained guests and classmates in the mansion, after all, it was the only time he had the opportunity to wear that dress in his life. Tomorrow is going to leave to take office, he declined all entertainment today and came to visit Xi Cui in the twilight moon, and changed into a dark gray robe.

Xi Cui was dressed in plain makeup, with a white flower pinned to his head, he only glanced at him when he came, and did not say welcome or serve him tea, but Qi Yu was already very happy, at least Xi Cui did not drive him out.

He entered the inner hall by himself, put incense on the spiritual seat, and then came out, and saw that Xi Cui was still sitting in the courtyard with his arms, but there were two more cups of tea on the round table next to him, and they were still steaming.

Duan San grimaced with a cold face and pointed to the seat opposite Xi Cui, "Sit." ”

Qi Yu smiled at Duan San and sat down sideways.

Xi Cui knew that he must be full of guilt in his heart, although he was not wrong, but she couldn't treat their mother and son separately. Qi Yu can come is already commendable, even if she is an old man and dies, what can she Xi Cui do? So Xi Cui still tries to keep herself the most basic politeness.

"Actually, you don't use it, on a big day, it's not good to be stained with bad luck on my side." Xi Cui casually found a topic, she just wanted to know why the emperor would arrange him in the household department. She had to pay attention to the Wang family, because Yun Ting was still in the Wang family.

"It's okay, if it weren't for the palace test, the **** should come over in person after the funeral." After all, it was my mother who caused all this.

"Let's not talk about these things, let's talk about your happy events, right? I heard that you were appointed as a Tobe squire? Xi Cui stared at his face while pricking up his ears to listen to Xiao Yi's voice.

"The emperor means that we, newcomers who have no experience in officialdom, go to all ministries and explore the way. The household department was only the first department I wanted to enter, and the others also entered the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Crime. Three months later, each submitted a report to the emperor, and the emperor decided whether to continue to study in another ministry or stay in that ministry to serve. Qi Yu didn't lie, he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with telling Xi Cui this, because he knew in his heart that Xi Cui must care about everything related to the Wang family.

"Oh......" Xi Cui finally experienced the feeling of being seen through his heart. Without a helper like Xiao Yi, Qi Yu could easily see through Xi Cui's intentions, and even told the truth without any taboos. His confession, for whatever purpose, made Xi Cui uncomfortable.

"This kid ......" The atmosphere was a little awkward, Qi Yu had to focus on the child in Xi Cui's arms, and at this moment he made an astonishing discovery, this child's appearance was very similar to Wang Shaoyan, especially his eyebrows and eyes.

Knowing Qi Yu's thoughts, Xi Cui couldn't help but hug the child tightly. But her nervousness deepened Qi Yu's suspicions, but he didn't know the real relationship between this child and Wang Shaoyan, but it was certain that this child must be related to Wang Shaoyan.

Now that people have seen it, it is easier for people to misunderstand if they continue to cover it up. Xi Cui simply told him directly, "You are not mistaken, this child is indeed the bloodline of the Wang family, and I brought it out from the Wang family." Seeing that he had been staring at his stomach, Xi Cui held the child in front of him to block his view, "What do you think?" I didn't give birth to it! How long have I been in Wang's house? How can you have such a big child? ”

Qi Yu blushed in embarrassment and smiled, "I'm sorry, I didn't react for a while." But since this is the child of the Wang family, how could you bring it out so easily? ”

"I can't tell you this now, even Wang Shaoyan still doesn't know about his existence. If it weren't for you to see it, I wouldn't have told you his identity, and he would have been able to live better if he left the Wang family. Xi Cui lowered his head and stroked the child's hair, "It's better that he doesn't even know his identity." ”

"Why is that?" Qi Yu couldn't help but ask.

"I can't tell you that either." Xi Cui suddenly found that this topic could not continue, because she couldn't say anything about this child, but the more things she couldn't say, the easier it was to arouse people's curiosity, and she knew that if she didn't change the topic, Qi Yu would definitely continue this topic endlessly.

But just when she was tired of looking for a new topic, Qi Yu seemed to see through her mind again, and said with a smile, "Since this kid can't say everything, let's talk about something else." But you can rest assured that I won't tell anyone about this," he looked at the gratitude in Xi Cui's eyes with satisfaction, and continued, "Although I came to see you to see how you are doing, it is not just for this reason. The emperor asked me to enter the household department, and following and learning was one of them, and supervising the Wang family was the key. I want to know your attitude towards the Wang family, because when the water is clear, there are no fish, and it is impossible for the Wang family to be in charge of the household for so many years without any problems. How to check that is my business, but I can find out what to report and how to report that I want to sell your personal favor. These days, he has tried everything that can be done to Xi Cui, and it seems that none of them is enough to make up for the damage caused by the Liu family to Xi Cui, so he thought of the household department and the Wang family...... (To be continued.) )