445. If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work
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After a few more words, Mr. Su took his leave and went out. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiao Qianchi and Xiao Qianwei didn't keep him, after all, they were their father's henchmen, and they were not suitable to be too close to him.
There was silence in the study for a while, and after a while, Xiao Qianchi asked, "Second brother, what are your plans?" ”
Xiao Qianwei said indifferently: "I listen to my eldest brother." ”
Xiao Qianchi endured the anger in his heart and said secretly: "That's a good thing, why didn't you think to ask my opinion when you rejected Mr. Su's proposal just now?" After a pause, Xiao Qianchi said: "The second brother doesn't have to be polite, you also know that the eldest brother has no ability." ”
"Big brother is polite." Xiao Qianwei's smile was a little stiff, how could he not see that Xiao Qianchi was a little angry. It's just that in his opinion, Xiao Qianchi's anger is really a little inexplicable. Aren't they brothers born of the same mother? Xiao Qianchi has been facing Wei Junmo and Nangong Mo from the beginning, does he still have any backbone?
Xiao Qianchi's face was silent, but his heart was cold. Just looking at Xiao Qianwei's expression, he could guess what he was thinking, but did this younger brother really think that he didn't know anything and was stupid? The two fought against their cousin and sister-in-law together, and he took it himself? If something went wrong, he solved it by listening to his eldest brother, and all the remaining embarrassments and troubles still belonged to him?
"You're welcome, since the second brother just rejected Mr. Su's proposal, he must have already made a decision, eldest brother listen." Xiao Qianchi said calmly, "My father has no time to separate now, if the second brother can handle the matter properly, my brother will ask for credit for you in front of my father." ”
Xiao Qianwei's face changed and changed, and it took a long time before he sighed slightly and said, "That's it, big brother, now is the time for our brothers to work together." Big brother, perhaps, has a misunderstanding of me. ”
Xiao Qianchi smiled and said, "How come? Either way, we're all brothers. ”
Xiao Qianwei lowered his eyes, but countless thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind. The situation today is indeed very troublesome, but... Father will never let things get out of hand. Therefore, as long as he can control the situation and not deteriorate in the past two days, it will be regarded as a great achievement. This is a risky but an opportunity. If you really blindly retreat, I am afraid that it will not be a good thing in the eyes of my father. Glancing at Xiao Qianchi, who was sitting on the side in a daze, didn't this eldest brother dislike his father because he was too indecisive and hesitant?
"Since the eldest brother said so, the younger brother tried hard." Xiao Qianwei said.
"Second brother doesn't have to be polite." Xiao Qianchi said lightly.
However, things are not as easy to solve as Xiao Qianwei imagined. None of the decrees issued by Xiao Qianwei could be implemented, but the scholars in Jinling City made even more trouble. Except for the people who were stationed in the Guozijian and the Xie family's academy who were garrisoned by the Youzhou army, almost all the scholars in the entire Jinling were in a commotion.
The officials of Yan and the Hanlin Academy knelt at the gate of the palace and begged to see His Majesty the Emperor, and they knelt for a whole day, even after dark. Many civil officials who were in good health even fainted on the spot. Seeing this situation, the scholars in Jinling rose up even more enthusiastically, and many officials from the DPRK and China also joined in one after another or simply took leave to stay at home. The next day, the entire court was completely shut down. The hundreds of thousands of troops stationed outside Jinling City also began to move because the household department could not allocate grain and grass in time.
"Bump!"
In King Yan's Mansion, Xiao Qianchi and Xiao Qianwei were discussing in the study with a group of staff, and the door of the study was kicked open from the outside. Everyone was startled, and they all looked towards the door, and saw Xiao Qianjiong rushing in from outside with an angry face. Xiao Qianwei frowned, and said unhappily: "Third brother! How can you be so rude! ”
Xiao Qianjiong kicked over the chair next to his leg and sneered: "Rude? I want to ask you what the hell you're doing! ”
Xiao Qianchi sighed, rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Third brother, you have something to say." ”
Xiao Qianjiong said angrily: "Say it well? Besides, the soldiers and horses outside the city are about to mutiny! ”
"What nonsense!" Xiao Qianwei said coldly, "Who doesn't want to die!" ”
Xiao Qianjiong sneered, "They are deadly, there is no food and grass, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are starving to death, or are they going to rob the people outside the city?" "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses without food and grass are enough to cause a riot, whether they rush into the city to rob the food in the city or to plague the surrounding people. Xiao Qianwei's face was a little ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What are you anxious about, my father will wake up soon." ”
"I take your word for it." Xiao Qianjiong walked to the side and sat down, with a mocking look on his young face, "I just don't know if the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city believe it." By the way, don't say I didn't tell you, my father hasn't appeared in front of people for a few days, and now not to mention the ordinary soldiers in the army, even the generals in the army are a little commotion. ”
Xiao Qianchi frowned and said, "Third brother, the interruption of the army will not be so bad that there will be no food, right?" Who is the source of this news? ”
Xiao Qianjiong's sword eyebrows also furrowed, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the rumors are not wrong, the grain and grass in the army can support a day or two at most." "Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed outside Jinling City, and no matter who is well fed, they won't give them too much food and grass. Isn't it asking for trouble except for something? But in this way, the supply of grain and grass must be taken care of, and once there is a mess, hundreds of thousands of hungry soldiers and horses will not be able to settle down, especially when they have a rich and prosperous city in front of them.
"When I entered the city, I saw that many of the shops in the city were closed. What the hell have you been doing these two days? Xiao Qianjiong asked a little irritably.
Xiao Qianwei gritted his teeth and said: "It's all those sour ghosts!" ”
Xiao Qianjiong rolled his eyes, "I'm asking, what are you going to do!" Don't talk about anything else, give me the food and grass for these five days! "The grain and grass in the army is once every five days, and this time it is already a day late, otherwise it is impossible for the army's heart to be chaotic because of a little rumor.
There was silence in the study for a while, and after a while, Xiao Qianwei said, "No." ”
"You're kidding me?" Xiao Qianjiong said angrily, "There is no opening treasury, don't tell my country that the grain and grass in the treasury cannot be taken out in the past few days." Xiao Qianye isn't so poor even if he's a bastard, right? If that's the case, let's work hard to lay down Jinling has a fart! ”
Xiao Qianwei's face turned blue and white for a while, Xiao Qianchi sighed, picked up a few folds on the table and handed them over. Xiao Qianjiong took it impatiently and opened it, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, "What is this?!" The Youzhou army went south to the south bank of the Li River, and asked for disaster relief? Xiao Qianye forcibly expropriated the property of the courtiers and returned it as usual. And also... The pension of the soldiers and officials who died in the war, and the salaries of hundreds of civil and military officials... And this... Yuyang Flood Disaster... You're stupid! After the Youzhou army crossed the river, there was no crime in the autumn, and the people didn't talk about what happened to us! And forced expropriation of family property? You're talking about the Zhu family, right? Pensions, pensions, floods... There is a drought in that ghost place in Yuyang every five years, when has there been a flood?! ”
"Xiao Qianjiong!" Xiao Qianwei roared angrily.
Xiao Qianjiong was startled by his roar, and quickly reacted again. sneered and said, "I understand, I don't want to offend those people in the court, right?" Okay, this son doesn't care about your, just tell me, what to do with the grain and grass! ”
"Wait!" Xiao Qianwei gritted his teeth and said.
"When?"
"Father wakes up......"
"What if my father wakes up in three or five days?" Xiao Qianjiong asked. Looking at Xiao Qianwei's iron face, Xiao Qianjiong said angrily: "If you don't have that diamond diamond, don't do porcelain work." You have the ability to yell at them, those officials at the gate of the palace, are you going to let them kneel until they are old? If you kneel to death for a few times, it will be a lot of fun. People are loyal, filial piety, and righteousness, and they are martyred for the country, and the infamy will be borne by us. ”
"So what do you say? Kill them! Xiao Qianwei said angrily.
Xiao Qianjiong shrugged, "How do I know, this is not my responsibility." Don't talk nonsense, write a note to me, and I'll go to the household department to get the money myself. ”
A staff member next to him couldn't help but sigh and said, "Third son, there is no one in the household department now." ”
"No one?" Xiao Qianjiong was a little surprised, "Are they all dead?" ”
The green tendons on the staff's forehead couldn't help jumping, "The third prince laughed, the head of the household is still in the imperial study, the left waiter of the head of the household is sick, and the right waiter is still kneeling at the gate of the palace." Moreover, many excerpts are handed but cannot be approved, even if the departments are fully staffed, there is no work efficiency at all. The two sons approved some of the previous ones, but the more and more messed up, a lot of money was scattered, and nothing was done at all. The third prince is right, he wants to fight with those old guys in the court, but the two sons are still a little tender in the end, and they are helpless to be tricked.
"!" Xiao Qianjiong finally couldn't help kicking over another chair, turned around and walked outside.
"Stop! Why are you going? Xiao Qianwei said sharply.
Xiao Qianjiong said angrily: "Find someone who can solve things!" ”
The air pressure in the study on this side is low, but the courtyard of King Yan on the other side is leisurely. King Yan hadn't woken up yet, and although Wei Junmo had been lying down for two days, he was still weak, but his spirit was much better. Seeing this, Nangong Mo's mood was also much better. Although Wei Junmo's injury this time was not light, he was able to completely cure King Yan and also made them all have one less heart disease. Nangong Mo sat leisurely on the edge of the flower bed in the garden, and slowly cut a few flowers and put them into the flower basket beside him. Not far away, in the room with the window ajar, there was a cheerful and crisp laughter.
"It's rare to see you so relaxed." The string song boy was dressed in white and strolled over.
Nangong Mo looked back and smiled: "It's just that I've been busy in the past few years." In fact, she has always been very leisurely, not to mention, what kind of leisure is it to pick a few flowers?
"How's my uncle?" Nangong Mo asked.
The young man said: "It's okay, I can't cultivate for a few days after changing the blood of half of my body?" and his internal organs, which are nourished by elixir and also need to recuperate. ”
Nangong Mo nodded, "That's good." "If Wei Junmo's blood can't cure King Yan after spending half of her body's blood, then she will really be irritable.
The young man of the string song walked to the side and sat down, and said, "I heard that in the past two days, there has been chaos in Jinling City. Are you still free? ”
Nangong Mo smiled: "What does this have to do with me? No matter how chaotic it is, no one will dare to rush into the Yanwang Mansion, right? ”
The young man raised his eyebrows, looked at her and smiled: "Which of those three boys provoked you?" Come, talk to the senior brother, and the senior brother will clean them up for you. ”
"Where?" Nangong Mo smiled helplessly, "I just think... King Yan probably didn't want me to meddle in these matters. ”
"I'm just afraid that King Yan is going to be disappointed." The string song boy said: "This mess is much bigger than he thought. His Royal Highness King Yan's status in the hearts of the scholars is really a bit worrying. ”
Nangong Mo held a flower and smiled: "What's so strange about this?" What readers value most is the word orthodoxy, and King Yan has a great reason, and it is a big mistake to raise an army to overthrow the emperor. No one instigated before, and even if there was any dissatisfaction, they could only talk about it secretly. Han Min was rescued, and with his prestige, he only needed to ascend to the heights, and many scholars went forward to support orthodoxy. ”
"The solution?" String Song raised an eyebrow.
Nangong Mo pursed his lips and smiled, "Xiao Qianye took the initiative to abdicate by himself, or... Kill them all. ”
The elegant face of the string song boy couldn't help jumping, "No wonder King Yan values you, and now he feels a little sorry for his brother, Mo'er, if you are a man, maybe you can also be a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person." Nangong Mo stroked his forehead, "Senior Brother raised." "Does she want to tell her brother that she has seen too much? If she really wants to talk to those old men in the court every day, she doubts that she can live to become a powerful minister.
"Cousin!" Xiao Qianjiong's voice came from the gate of the courtyard, and Nangong Mo turned around and smiled: "Qianjiong, why do you have time to come?" Xiao Qianjiong rushed over in three steps and two steps, and hurriedly said, "Cousin-in-law, is my father awake?" ”
Nangong Mo shook his head with some regret, looked at the string song boy, the string song boy understood, and smiled: "The third prince doesn't need to worry, the prince is already fine, and he should almost wake up in three or five days." ”
"Three or five days?!" Xiao Qianjiong was not in a hurry, he jumped to his feet, "The daylily will be cold in three or five days!" That... So my cousin is always awake, right? Xiao Qianjiong actually didn't quite understand what was going on with the son of Xian Ge detoxifying his father, and his father didn't wake up to detoxify, and even his cousin lay down directly. But after hearing that my cousin was half bloodied, no one could say anything.
Nangong Mo asked, "Something?" ”
"Big deal!" Xiao Qianjiong said.
Nangong Mo sighed, "Jun Mo is awake, but... He doesn't even have much strength to speak, what's the use of you looking for him? ”
Xiao Qianjiong was stunned, "This... It's true? "In Xiao Qianjiong's heart, my cousin is extremely powerful and omnipotent. Even if it was said that he was put into a coma with half of his body, Xiao Qianjiong never imagined what his cousin would look like if he didn't even have the strength to speak. Nangong Mo pointed to a corner of the courtyard and said, "Xiao Xiao is talking with him, you can go and take a look." ”
Xiao Qianjiong hesitated, but turned around. After a while, Xiao Qianjiong came back with his head drooping again, "Cousin-in-law......"
Nangong Mo looked at him like this, and couldn't help but wonder, "What's the matter?" ”
Xiao Qianjiong said: "Now that my father is asleep, my cousin is like this again, there is chaos inside and outside the city, cousin-in-law, what should we do!" ”
Nangong Mo smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Qian Chi and Qian Wei will solve it." You're not too small, and you should help them if you can. ”
Xiao Qianjiong pouted, can they solve it and still make it like this?
"Cousin-in-law, can you ......?"
Nangong Mo looked at him and sighed softly: "Qianjiong, no matter what... I'm just a woman. This is Jinling, not Lingzhou. If I had intervened, it would have only gotten worse. You also know what the attitude of those scholars is towards women. ”
"This ......"
Nangong Mo comforted: "Since my uncle chose this time to detoxify, he is naturally sure. Don't worry, the sky won't fall. ”
Xiao Qianjiong wanted to cry without tears, there was no food and grass, and the sky outside the city was about to fall and half-pull.
Nangong Mo didn't seem to see his expression, and said while arranging the flowers in the flower basket: "You still have something to do, so I won't keep you." Go quickly, Uncle and Jun Mo, you can rest assured that with me, no one will be able to set foot here again, no matter how chaotic it is. Looking at Nangong Mo's beautiful face with a gentle smile, Xiao Qianjiong couldn't say anything to ask her to deal with those things. I had to nod in frustration and leave dejectedly.
The young man of the string song looked thoughtfully at Xiao Qianjiong's departing back, raised his eyebrows and said, "This kid is interesting, but you are ruthless." ”
Nangong Mo said with a smile: "Senior brother's words are strange, what does it have to do with whether Qianjiong is interesting or not and whether I can be ruthless?" He's not a kitten or a puppy. ”
"I think that kid is going crazy when he turns around." String Song Gongzi said.
Nangong Mo smiled and said: "Qianjiong is good at everything, but he is a little anxious." It's not yet the time when 100,000 people are in a hurry, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing Qianjiong, but General Xue. General Xue has been fighting for half his life, and this matter is not in a hurry. ”
"Don't forget, half of the soldiers and horses outside the city have just surrendered." String Song Gongzi reminded.
Nangong Mo nodded, but didn't say anything more. just sighed lightly: "If the three of them can survive this time, they must be able to grow a lot." It took only these two days to realize the deep meaning of my uncle's move. ”
"Meaning?" The string song boy raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it just casting a net to catch fish, and catch it all in one net." It is not the first time that His Royal Highness King Yan has capsized in the gutter. ”
Nangong Mo couldn't help but bow his head and laugh, "Uncle will definitely not be happy if he hears this." The status of the identity changed suddenly, and they were afraid that they might not be able to adapt to it for a while. It's not bad to practice like this now, just right... There is also a need for such a turmoil, otherwise, those who are hidden in the shadows will not know when they will come out to make trouble. ”
The young man of the string song didn't care, what happened to the three brothers of Xiao Qianchi had nothing to do with him.
"You just have to know it in your own hearts, and this son won't participate." He is a man of the world.
Seeing the string song boy leave, Nangong Mo got up and walked towards the room where Wei Junmo was temporarily staying. On the bed in the room, Wei Gongzi lay on the bed and looked at the little doll sitting beside him, his eyes were gentle and calm. Xiao Xiaoxiao sat next to her father, chatting with her father, and didn't care at all, even if she said ten words to her father, she might not reply to the last sentence. Seeing Nangong Mo coming in with a basket of flowers, he suddenly raised a big smile and shouted, "Mother! ”