Chapter 11 The helplessness of being an official
After Aunt Bai's family moved into the front yard, the house would sound from time to time with the barking of chickens and dogs, as well as the frolic of children and the scolding of adults.
Ang Lee likes this lively sound very much, after all, White Wolf Village is not a metropolis in later generations, it is very sparsely populated, and being able to feel popularity is the greatest happiness.
"Big brother, it's all ready, you can go up the mountain at any time."
Li An nodded: "Okay, let's go up the mountain." ”
"Brother Da Lang, the dog also wants to go to the mountains."
"Brother Da Lang, Xiao Kui is also going."
"Huh! Two little things, there are wolves in the mountains, and they eat small cubs. ”
The dog said with a tiger face: "Don't be afraid, I will take Xiao Huang and Xiao Hei with me, these two dogs are amazing." ”
Yingzhou is close to the two Tibetans, and the folk customs are relatively strong, even children are tiger-like, especially boys.
"It's three dogs!" Li An teased and looked at the young sprouts on the side: "I'll hand over the sleigh car to you, bring these two little things!" Let them accompany you to pick wild fruits. ”
"Yes, big brother."
"Da Lang, these two children are so naughty, I have to watch." Aunt Bai looked uneasy.
Ang Lee nodded in agreement.
After a little preparation, Ang Lee, Kunxiong and Feiyu skied forward in front, Young Ya'er drove the sleigh, Xiaokui sat next to her, Aunt Bai and Dog sat in the back, and Xiao Huang and Xiaohei followed behind the sleigh.
Seven people, two dogs, and two red deer, the scene can be regarded as spectacular, and the atmosphere is naturally much more lively, and the reason why Li An wants to bring so many people is to take this opportunity to increase the experience of everyone, especially the dog, so that he can see more of the scenery in the depths of the mountain, which will be beneficial to him in the future, and moreover, one more person will have more strength, and more wild fruits can be collected.
"Auntie, do we have a third dog in our family?" The dog is still struggling with Ang Lee's words of abuse.
Aunt Bai stretched out her hand and twisted the dog's ear, and said, "Isn't your little cub the third dog?" ”
"Auntie, Brother Lang scolds me!"
"Is the scolding wrong? You might as well be obedient to a dog? Aunt Bai twisted harder.
"Auntie, it hurts ......"
"Woo Woo ......"
"Hahaha......"
The dog's fuss made the whole team lively, and everyone was happy, and this cheerful atmosphere was exactly what Ang Lee wanted.
In a forest with a lot of wild fruits, Li An asked Aunt Bai and the four of them to stay and pick wild fruits, and then it was convenient for Kunxiong and Feiyu to go hunting nearby, and there were two dogs to guard, Li An was not worried about the safety of the four.
"Goshi, I'm back."
"How's it going?" Yan Zhenqing hurriedly asked.
"Yushi, the people who went to Pinglu Army and Liucheng County for secret visits, the investigation situation is consistent with the situation reported by An Lushan to the imperial court, but the people who visited the countryside outside the city got different results."
Yan Zhenqing was stunned: "Tell me about the investigation outside the city." ”
"Yushi, our people are from a farmer's household, and the result is that An Lushan ordered Li Wu and other generals to lead three hundred soldiers to raid the enemy, and promised to personally lead five thousand troops to meet later, but the soldiers fighting in front have not been able to wait for An Lushan's reinforcements."
Yan Zhenqing frowned: "How did a small farmer know about this situation, but the investigation is clear." ”
"Yushi, the second brother of this farmer is among the three hundred soldiers, and he escaped this catastrophe by luck, and told him when he returned home."
"Then where is the second brother of this farmer now?"
"I left a day after returning home, and it is said that I went to White Wolf Mountain and took refuge in the bandits."
Yan Zhenqing nodded: "This matter is very important, and there must not be the slightest leakage, especially that farmer, it must not be leaked out, so as not to be exterminated." ”
"Don't worry, your subordinates will never talk nonsense."
"An Lushan, it's really not that simple, but who is An Lushan taking refuge in? Lee Sang-kook, or King Kyung? Yan Zhenqing frowned.
"Yushi, since An Lushan chose to oppose the crown prince, then why don't we use this matter to impeach An Lushan to deter the people behind him."
Yan Zhenqing waved his hand: "No, An Lushan, as the governor of Yingzhou, has enough reasons to explain himself, the evidence we have is nothing, and now that Li Xiangguo and King Qing are very close, the prince's situation is becoming more and more dangerous, if he tears his face with An Lushan, it is equivalent to setting up a big enemy." ”
Obviously, Yan Zhenqing felt that An Lushan refused to tear his face in order to leave a back road for himself, and why did he block this back road and completely push An Lushan to the enemy?
"By the way, Yushi, when my subordinates passed by the Pinglu army camp just now, they found that the Pinglu army was gathering soldiers and horses, and my subordinates inquired about it, it was An Lushan who wanted to use troops to the Xi people, and asked the generals Tian Qianzhen and Sun Xiaozhe to lead a thousand elite soldiers each."
"Don't worry about this, we have to go to White Wolf Mountain as soon as possible and find this surviving soldier." Yan Zhenqing had no interest in An Lushan's northern expedition to the Xi people.
"Yes, Goshi."
"Yan Yushi, it's only been three days before you leave, let's stay a few more days!" An Lushan touched his belly and looked extremely enthusiastic.
Yan Zhenqing arched his hand and said: "I've been in trouble with Governor Andu these days, and the lower officials have to return to the court to resume their lives, so I really can't stay longer." ”
"In the past few days, I have been busy dealing with the affairs of the two Tibetans, and I haven't been able to take good care of Yan Yushi, and the governor of Bendu is really uneasy!" An Lushan smiled even brighter.
"Eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, Xia Guan has gained weight."
"Hahaha!"
Yan Zhuang rolled his eyes and said busily: "Governor, since Yan Yushi has the emperor's order, we can't keep it, when we leave, we should give some local products so that Yan Yushi can go back and taste it slowly." ”
"What Mr. Yan said is, come here, bring it up."
When the servant heard the order, he immediately walked over with a mahogany box.
"Yan Yushi, this is a piece of the heart of the governor of Bendu, and he must accept it."
"Thank you Governor Andu, this is the ink of the lower official, given to the Governor of Andu."
"Loyal to the Tang Dynasty, okay, the governor of Pontus has accepted it." Looking at the four big characters written by Yan Zhenqing, An Lushan looked very happy.
"Governor Andu, farewell to the lower officials."
Yan Zhenqing accepted the mahogany box and left the Governor's Mansion with his entourage.
An Lushan sent a team of soldiers to send Yan Zhenqing ten miles outside Liucheng County before returning.
"Yushi, the box is very heavy, I don't know what kind of souvenir it is."
"Open it and take a look." Yan Zhenqing was also curious.
"Yushi, it's gold, it's thirty pounds, three hundred taels of gold."
Yan Zhenqing took a breath and sighed: "An Lushan is really rich, it is three hundred taels as soon as he makes a move, no wonder the officials sent by the imperial court are all kind words for him in front of His Majesty." ”
"Yushi, there are rumors that An Lushan led the troops to fight, and only reported the number of enemies killed, as for the captured gold and silver, all of them were taken for themselves, it seems that most of these rumors are true."
"It is really a misfortune for the country that such a despicable villain has climbed to the high position of the governor of Yingzhou."
"Yushi, how should we report to the imperial court when we return to Beijing this time?"
Yan Zhenqing said helplessly: "An Lushan can send 300 gold to this official, he will definitely send more gold to Zhang Zhongcheng, if this official impeaches An Lushan, he will inevitably be bitten back, current affairs are like this, what else can this official do?" ”
Obviously, Yan Zhenqing knew that he couldn't impeach An Lushan at all, after all, many court officials who went to Yingzhou accepted bribes from An Lushan and praised him, if he impeached An Lushan, he would inevitably slap many officials in the face, so that they would be attacked by the group, the officialdom was so helpless, many times, Yan Zhenqing had a feeling of involuntarily.
In the west courtyard of the ancestral house, Li An is admiring the results of his planning, in this huge courtyard, two rows of sheds have been built, and in these two rows of sheds, a lot of captured prey live.
There are four large red deer, six sika deer, nearly twenty small roe deer and roe deer, in addition, there are dozens of snow rabbits, stick chickens and all kinds of small animals that cannot be named, of course, more than a dozen chickens brought by Aunt Bai are also raised in it, so that the whole west courtyard looks like a small zoo.
The restless Xiao Huang walked back and forth in the courtyard, Xiao Hei was lying at the end of the shed quietly basking in the sun, and the dog and Xiao Kui were holding hay in their hands and were feeding the sika deer, but the sika deer didn't seem to appreciate it and didn't give the two little guys face at all, which made the two very angry.
Young Sprouts are sorting out the hay they have bought from the farmer's house so that it doesn't get too messy, while Kunxiong and Feiyu are slaughtering the wild boars they have caught in the north, and Aunt Bai is naturally cooking in the front yard.
"Sister Ya'er, why doesn't this deer eat grass?" Aoi muttered, a look of disappointment.
"If the deer are not hungry, they will naturally not eat grass."
"And when will it be hungry?"
"Xiaokui, when the deer is hungry, how does my sister know."
"Oh." Xiao Aoi looked disappointed.
"Huh! These two little ladies. ”
Looking at the cute conversation between the two little Lori, Ang Lee felt very happy.
"Da Lang, there is a guest visiting."
Aunt Bai's voice came from the gate of the courtyard.
"Guest?"
Li An was stunned, but he still walked towards the front yard.
Outside the gate of the front yard, Yan Zhenqing stood with his hands on his shoulders, looked up at the door plaque, and sighed: "Brother Li's house is still there, but no one is anymore, I think when we were in the capital, we drank together, that time is really nostalgic!" ”
The so-called impermanence of the world, people will always encounter various setbacks and unsatisfactory in their lives, and the road they experience is always different from what they imagined, Yan Zhenqing and Li Wu are like this, what about other people?
The attendant next to him nodded, but did not interject.
Yan ...... Lang Jun, how did you find here? ”
Ang Lee's eyes were full of surprise.
"Li Shaolang, you are so bold that you seriously injured the eldest son of the governor of Yingzhou, do you think others can't find here?" Yan Zhenqing's tone was tepid.
"Anqingzong's kid is just underbeaten, he should be beaten, what's the matter, Lang Jun wants to denounce me." Ang Lee is neither humble nor arrogant.