14. The beginning of the matter - entering the palace (final)
What happened in Kyoto Mansion last night seems to be known only to the people behind the scenes, and Kong Xu knows that the person who knows all this most clearly should be His Majesty the Emperor of Chu State in front of him.
Last night, before Kong Xu received the secret report from the palace, he felt that something was wrong, because it was too quiet, the silence was a little terrifying, and the drums that should be beaten usually didn't seem to sound, or it was too far away, the sound was too small, and it was already very small when it reached his ears.
The secret report was given by Chu Boxiong, and there were very few words in it, only four words - help him leave.
Kong Xu naturally knew who he was referring to, that was Qi Lianyu who disappeared in the Dongjie extermination case before, he didn't know how the most powerful person in the Chu State knew Qi Lianyu's whereabouts, of course he didn't want to know, what he had to do now was to help him leave Kyoto Mansion according to what was written in the secret report. Leaving Kyoto Prefecture is easy, just give a warrant, but it doesn't seem to be so simple today.
So Kong Xu flew the pigeon and passed the book to Liu Feng who was on duty at night, Liu Feng was his and Chu Boxiong's person, after the battle of Liuling that year, the master of secret training, and later in the fifteenth year of the calendar, Chu Boxiong set up the Yasi Mansion, and the military also had opposition at that time, Liu Feng was arranged by Chu Boxiong and Kong Xu to enter the military department at that time, and at this time Liu Feng was enabled, but it is understandable.
Chu Boxiong listened to Kong Xu's words and nodded slightly, as if he was very satisfied.
"Your Majesty, there is one thing that the minister can't understand, who is the person behind the pursuit of Qi Lianyu, he can have such a big power, manipulating the city guards and the night patrol soldiers, I think it should be ······"
Originally, Kong Xu wanted to say that this matter was related to the people in the court, but when he just said this, he felt a shiver all over his body, Kong Xu raised his head slightly, and saw Chu Boxiong's slightly cold gaze, Kong Xu knew that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he lowered his head again and was silent.
"This matter is indeed related to the people in the court." Chu Boxiong said lightly, as if he was talking about a common thing.
Kong Xu was a little surprised by Chu Boxiong's performance, but he couldn't question anything, and in the end he could only listen to what Chu Boxiong said later.
"What do you think of Hazen?" Chu Boxiong asked without a head or tail.
Kong Xu didn't expect that his majesty would suddenly shift the problem to this. The Ye Dye in the mouth of His Majesty the Emperor, of course Kong Xu himself knows, the first in the scientific examination in the thirty years of the Great Calendar.
The scientific expedition of that year was presided over by Chu Boxiong, of course, this outstanding Ye Ran was also naturally valued by Chu Boxiong, everyone at that time thought that Ye Ran would soar into the sky, but the result was unexpected, on the second day when the emperor summoned the saint into the palace, Ye Ran was sent to the military department to serve in the army, and the location was still dangerous and abnormal Northwest Frontier Army, so some people began to speculate that Ye Ran was because of his upright temperament, and he collided with His Majesty when he was facing the saint, and he was originally going to be punished for capital crimes. Because the emperor loves talents, he was sent to the army instead.
It's just that these are all speculations, and the real reason for them seems to be known only to the emperor of Chu.
"Ye Ran, this son has outstanding qualifications, he won the first place in the scientific examination at the age of eighteen, and was sent by His Majesty to the Northwest Frontier Army for five years, so he should have washed away his sharpness."
"Back then, it was rumored that I sent Ye Ran to the Northwest Frontier Army because he was too straight and arrogant, and he contradicted me." Chu Boxiong laughed when he said this, "They really understand me." ”
Kong Xu naturally heard such rumors back then, and thought it was out of nowhere, but he didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor at this time to admit it generously, which made Kong Xu a little overwhelmed, and he didn't know how to flatter the following words.
I don't know how to flatter, so it's better to be silent, so Kong Xu chose to be silent.
Chu Boxiong didn't care about Kong Xu's state, so he continued there: "I asked Ye Ran back then, do you know why I recruited you into the palace, do you know how he answered? He even told me that it was because he was the first in the scientific examination. ”
When Chu Boxiong said this, he laughed, as if he was recalling the events of the year, and then continued: "Kong Xu, Kong Xu, do you know how hateful his proud appearance was at that time? ”
The corners of Kong Xu's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, whether he was present back then, how could he know his proud appearance.
"I really wanted to kill him at that time, but I later sent him to the Northwest Frontier Army, hoping to sharpen his spirit."
"Your Majesty is wise." Kong Xu flattered at the right time.
"I decided to bring him back." Chu Boxiong said.
Kong Xu frowned, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor in front of him should be about to make a big move, so he followed his words and said: "Ye Ran's sharpness has been removed, I don't know what position Your Majesty wants to arrange for him?" ”
"The chief of the Kyoto Prefecture." Chu Boxiong said lightly.
"Captain of the Guard? What about Huang Ziming? Kong Xu seemed to think of something, and his heart secretly became clear.
"Huang Ziming? I heard that he and the second prince have been getting closer recently······" It's still a faint sentence.
Kong Xu's heart tightened, he understood what Chu Boxiong meant, His Majesty the Emperor didn't want his two princes, one family was dominant, and the most important thing was to be evenly matched. It's just strange, the second prince has been too active recently, which has caused these unnecessary troubles.
"The minister understands, according to His Majesty's will······ Last night's movements······" Kong Xu wanted to speak and stopped, waiting for Chu Boxiong's decision.
"Not what I meant." Chu Boxiong reminded.
Kong Xu looked suddenly enlightened, and then said: "Huang Ziming teamed up with the martial arts forces last night to disrupt the order of Kyoto Mansion, and he should be punished for his crimes, but the emperor's grace is vast, and Huang Ziming has been loyal to the imperial court for many years, and now he is dismissed from his post and investigated, and sent to the border army." ”
The words were divided into two ends, Liu Feng drove the carriage to stop at a tea stall on the side of the road, opened the curtain, and said to Qi Lianyu inside: "Son, get out of the car and drink some water, I will also prepare some horse food and dry food." ”
Just after noon, the sun is abundant, and although it has just snowed here, it is fortunate that there is also sunshine, so there is not so much chill.
After last night's escape, coupled with the fact that he had been bumpy in the carriage for a long time, Qi Lianyu naturally agreed, so he followed Liu Feng out of the carriage, and then instructed Xiao Er to prepare horse food and dry food, and the two found a seat and sat down.
At this time, Qi Lianyu is still a little weak, but it is much better than before, if he just escaped from Kyoto Prefecture is like a white paper, then now Qi Lianyu is faint on the white paper with a very light layer of pink.
"How long will it take for us to get there?" Qi Lianyu took a sip of tea, and then asked slowly.
"There are still two hours to go," Liu Feng knew that Qi Lianyu was in a hurry, so he continued, "Childe, I know you are in a hurry, but your current body, what can you do when you get there?" ”
As he spoke, Liu Feng drank the tea in front of him.
Qi Lianyu knew that Liu Feng was telling the truth, but when he thought that something had happened to Qijiazhuang now, he couldn't help but be a little impulsive.
Qi Lianyu glanced at Liu Feng, and then asked him, "Who is the person who asked you to send me?" ”
Liu Feng listened to Qi Lianyu's words, smiled bitterly, and then said to Qi Lianyu: "Childe, don't ask again, I really don't know, you have asked seven times along the way, if I knew that I didn't tell you a long time ago, I am just a car driver, there is a master who spent a lot of money to let me send you to Linqing Mansion, I can't remember the appearance of the master, how can you tell you to Gongzi." ”
Qi Lianyu was silent, according to Liu Feng's words, that person was a master in Kyoto Prefecture, and it should not be old to say that he was a master, because of the habit of rushing to the car, he would call everyone he saw. The man had come to him with a mask, so he didn't know what the other person looked like.