Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wind and the Shadows
When a man talks about marrying a daughter-in-law, if it is the first time, he is always very interested. The emperor is no exception, An Xiulin Rory taught Xu You a lot of experience, and of course, there are some lessons from people who have come over. However, he is a prince, the starting point is too high, the so-called lessons have no reference value, if you really want to follow his method, it is estimated that you can't wait to get married, and you will offend Zhang Ji's old husband enough.
After chatting for a while about the preparations for the marriage, the atmosphere gradually became warm and warm, not as awkward and unfamiliar as at the beginning.
An Xiulin brought the topic back to the court and said, "I handed over the letter to Xie Xiwen and asked him to see Liu Ning." Liu Ning is knowledgeable, knows the trade-off, tomorrow Liu Quan will beg for bones, and immediately leave Beijing with his family, go back to his Hedong County to retire, in the future, without the edict is not allowed to enter Beijing without authorization. ”
This is to tell Xu You, don't feel wronged, I am angry for you, this matter is over, turn the page, if you still don't give up, wouldn't it be too disappointing to the emperor's hard work and love?
Therefore, Liu Ning is very interesting, Xu You is also very interesting, and said with a smile: "Liu Shilang hasn't come to pick up the ransom money of those singers last night, since I have to leave tomorrow, I have to send someone to send it over, and I will treat it as Cheng Jing for Liu Shilang!" ”
"You are not short of money, it is better to send it, so as not to be ashamed!" An Xiulin quipped: "I heard that there are hundreds of beautiful singers, and you didn't keep any of them?" Qilang, Qilang, I see that there are not even many maidservants in your house who serve tea and pour water, and almost all of them are rough soldiers. Home is not as good as the barracks, or you still have to learn to have fun, yin and yang harmony, the discipline of all things, one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military! ”
Xu You scratched his head and said, "Cough, the main reason is that you haven't married yet, if there are too many singers in the house, I'm afraid that the Zhang family will have a misunderstanding." After getting married, there are more hostesses in the family, and the brother-in-law just doesn't say it, I'm afraid that I will also have a yin and yang imbalance, and I will cry and mourn. ”
"Hahaha!"
An Xiulin laughed, seeing that it was not early, got up and prepared to leave, and when he walked to the door, he stopped again, seemed to look back casually, and said: "By the way, I plan to pardon Shaodian and Lan Liuxiang, the little master is not easy to practice, and they sincerely repent, it just so happens that there is a lack of martial arts masters in the palace, can they be accepted as eagle dogs, and let them go to fight with the Heavenly Master Dao, and make meritorious contributions?" ”
Xu You's heart was like a mirror, An Xiulin only informed him verbally, not to ask for his consent, indicating that this matter was irreparable, and there was no need to bother with irreparable things, and it was annoying in vain, and said: "Your Majesty Shengming!" Six Heavens and Heavenly Master Dao are feuds, and it is the best policy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. It's just that for six days, he was full of gangsters and disobeyed control, and His Majesty wanted to use it, and he still needed to find a proper place to resettle it......"
"This is easy to do, I am going to set up a new Ziji Inner Zhai Division in the palace, with Jiang Ziyan as the commander of the Zhai Army, and I will be in charge of these strange people in the rivers and lakes......"
Xu You's heart shook violently, as if he had penetrated through layers of black fog and touched the unknown secret behind the black fog, but his face did not show the slightest change in emotion, and he said with a smile: "Zuo Wei is handsome and handsome, which is of great use!" ”
An Xiulin was in a good mood, and most of the irritability of today's court discussion was dissipated, and it was really the right choice to come to Xu Mansion to relax. He went out and got into the royal car, and did not forget to turn around and instruct, and said: "Hurry up and let Gu Zongzhou go to Zhang's house to ask for an appointment, the two sides will set a date, you will submit it to the palace, and the queen and I can start to prepare...... Coincidentally, you have been recuperating at home recently, so don't worry about other things for now, and concentrate on doing this lifelong event, don't be sloppy! ”
"Then, I won't spend the Yuan Festival in the capital at all, and I will leave for Qiantang tomorrow to meet Sect Master Gu and discuss with him carefully?"
An Xiulin thought for a while and said, "It's okay, you go in person, and you look dignified." There is no need for His Majesty to resign tomorrow, between us, these courtesies are exempted, remember to go early and return early, the imperial court is about to go to Yizhou, and many things are inseparable from you to make up for the shortcomings! ”
"Well, in five or six days at most, I'll go back to Beijing!"
Xu You folded his hands, bent over, and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”
Standing quietly, watching the car drive away, Xu You's smile suddenly disappeared, returned to the room, wrote a line of words and stuffed it into an envelope in the shape of a carp, and wrote on the cover that Zhongshu Ling was personally opened, handed it to Zhu Xin, and said: "Put it on Liu Ning's desk, confirm that he sees it before leaving!" ”
Zhu Xin didn't say a word, and left Xu's house with the letter.
Zhan Wenjun pushed the door in and said, "The news just came from the Tingwei Bureau, Jiang Ziyan took Shaodian and Lan Liuxiang from Tingwei Prison by order. Husband, what do you say, what does the Lord want to do? ”
"It's not what the Lord wants to do, but what Jiang Ziyan wants to do!"
Xu You smiled, but this smile revealed a chill that was a little colder than ice and snow, and said: "At the beginning, Yudu Mountain deliberately left the lives of Shaodian and Lan Liuxiang to catch a big fish that slipped away from the ghost master, but I didn't expect that there would be other unexpected joys in Taicheng!" ”
In recent years, the city government has become more and more strict, he is angry, he is unhappy, others can't guess his true thoughts, and it is rare to have such a straightforward and unconcealed murderous intention.
Zhan Wenjun frowned and said, "Husband suspects that Jiang Ziyan has something to do with Six Heavens?" No way! The origin of Jiang Ziyan's investigation is very clear in the secret mansion......"
"Maybe it's just that I'm suspicious! Perhaps! ”
Xu You didn't make up his mind in a hurry, and muttered: "With the ghost master's calculations, if Jiang Ziyan is really a chess piece laid out in Six Days, he should avoid suspicion and never interfere in this matter." It cannot be ruled out that in order to save Shaodian, the ghost master has no other way but to take risks and turn over this most important hole card. ”
Although the Xudu Mountain was destroyed, and the six-day strongholds in various states and counties were also being attacked in batches, the hundred-legged insects were dead but not stiff, and they had been secretly cultivated for hundreds of years in the six days, and there were still many hidden strengths that had not been exposed. If there is no name of Shaodian, the ghost master alone cannot be integrated, and it cannot be used to the greatest extent, from this point of view, it is inferred that the ghost master may indeed be desperate.
Zhan Wenjun quickly sobered up from the shock and resolutely said, "The Secret Mansion will stare at Jiang Ziyan at all costs!" If there really is a ghost, you can always catch his horse's feet. ”
"Don't be too nervous, even if Jiang Ziyan is six days, I estimate that for a long time from now on, he will not have any substantive contact with the ghost master, and the secret mansion is estimated to not be able to catch his handle."
Xu You stretched out his hand, gently hugged Zhan Wenjun, buried his cheek in her warm and slender neck, and said in a low voice: "But once his identity is confirmed, I will let him crush his bones and scatter ashes, and there will be no place to bury him." ”
Xu You is not a tyrannical and murderous person, even a blood feud like the Shen family is just a matter of killing, and he never takes torturing and humiliating the enemy as fun, which is also a difficult self-discipline in order to maintain the immortality of human nature in troubled times.
The power is in your hands, life and death are up to you, if you start the road of murder, then you will never be able to turn back. How many emperors and generals in history lost themselves in this way, and finally ended up miserable.
But he finally couldn't bear Jiang Ziyan, if it was because of the two loves, if it was because of the continuation of the national ancestry, or even just because of the uncontrollable desire, he could persuade himself to accept the things that happened in the palace, but he couldn't tolerate Jiang Ziyan because of the conspiracy of six days, entered Xu Shunhua's world, and gave her a false and empty hope.
Xu You can't forget that day in the palace, Xu Shunhua stroked his lower abdomen and told him the look in his eyes when he was pregnant, that was great maternal love, the meaning of life, and the reason for her to live again after she went through purgatory that was worse than death!
But Jiang Ziyan said that if it was six days, Xu You didn't dare to imagine what Xu Shunhua would do......
Zhan Wenjun stroked Xu You's tiger back, she could feel her husband's trembling body, and naturally she could also feel the pain and tyranny that he couldn't suppress and vent at this moment.
"Husband......
Zhan Wenjun's eyes were like silk, his delicate red lips licked Xu You's ears, his body swayed from side to side like a willow, and he whispered like a complaint, "I'm yours, whatever you want......"
Xu You's eyes turned crimson, his nose was panting, and he lost his mind in an instant!
Liufu.
"Why don't I go on the resignation form? Why do you want me to resign? ”
Liu Quan was furious, swept all the tea sets to the ground, and the broken porcelain pieces rolled and flew everywhere, mixed with his screams, as if he had slapped the unwilling fate in the face again.
Liu Ning'an sat like a mountain, and the desk next to him put the letter handed over to him by Xie Xiwen, Xie Xiwen said very clearly, the emperor read the letter, very unhappy, Liu Quan took the initiative to resign, and he could be rewarded and returned to his hometown.
Of course, Liu Ning knew that this was Xu You's counterattack, but who let Liu Quan give someone such a big handle? Willing to gamble and lose, this is the character that people who are qualified to stand in front of the stage must have.
In fact, compared to Xu You, who lost the general, the Liu family only folded a subordinate servant, which was quite passable.
But it's not easy to appease this younger brother!
"It's just a resignation, and it's not that you will never use it, if the lord doesn't help Xu You vent his evil anger, it will be even more dangerous for you to stay in the court. Take a step back, avoid it when you go back to your hometown, and when the rumors pass, I will seek a recovery for you. Brother, take a long-term view, don't fight for a while! ”
Liu Quan gritted his teeth hatefully, got up, strode out of the door, and said, "Xu You, I see how long you can be proud of this cheap dog!" ”
Liu Ning sat for a long time, took out the secret letter that suddenly appeared from his arms, and processed the handwriting, like a child's graffiti, but the words inside made him quite frightened.
"Yudu Mountain hides in Xiangzhou, sits in Xiangzhou for six days, Yu Ying is the culprit, behind Yu Ying, there is also the secret support of the Yu family, Zhongshu Ling wants to seek a hundred years of prosperity for the family, but don't become a knife in the hands of others without knowing it."
This hasty layout, although it was a complete victory, the Liu clan took the main anger of the emperor and Xu You, but the Yu clan was not harmed.
Thinking about it further, when Liu Quan offered advice, he was a little hesitant and went to Yu Hao to discuss, but Yu Hao uncharacteristically strongly agreed.
Could it be that the shadow behind the six days is really the Yu family mentioned in the letter?