(Chapter 23) twists and turns on the court's road

Blood, blood all over the ground.

The pavilions in the distance and the rockeries in the near distance are also wrapped in a strong smell of blood.

I stood in front of the rockery, and beside me was the sound of the maid running and screaming.

There are no flowers in front of my eyes.

The eyes of disgust and hypocrisy wrapped around my neck like iron chains, I wanted to breathe, I wanted to look up at the sky, but I couldn't lift my head.

Probably, the color of the sky is not what I had in mind.

"Open up Hongmeng, who is the love species? It's all just for the love of the wind and the moon. ”

"Take advantage of this helpless day, sad nostalgia, and lonely, try to send foolishness."

"It turns out that the purple and red are blooming all over the place, and they are all paid to the broken wells like this."

"Then you are like a beautiful flower, like a water flowing for years......"

The opera on the stage is singing, but the drama of singing is two lines of tears.

"Master, master? Wake up......"

I opened my eyes in a daze.

"Master, the head of the Yun family has arrived."

"The Yun family? What Yun family......" I sat up from the couch with a frown.

Dizzy.

Wang Jie knew that I was not in good health, so he took the blanket and covered me.

"It's the rich businessman in Tuzhou who paid the most money this time."

I took a sip of the cold tea on the table, and my dizzy head finally cleared up a little.

"Is that the house......" I nodded, indicating that I remembered, "Has the decree arrived?" ”

Wang Jie took the cold teapot on the table to the table next to the door, he opened the door and said, "The eunuch who delivered the decree has arrived, and is waiting for you to go out now." ”

The cold air in the tea rushed to my heart and lungs, and I tried to suppress it, but I still coughed.

Wang Jie looked at me worriedly, "Doctor Wang has already gone to decoct the medicine, otherwise the master would better wait until he drank the medicine before going out, right?" ”

I shook my head, "The decree has arrived, how can I delay?" ”

With that, I stood up, put the blanket on the couch, and then took the cloak and went out.

When Wang Jie saw me like this, he didn't persuade me much, and followed me out of the guest room.

Along the way, thousands of mountains and birds flew away, and thousands of people disappeared, except for snow, it was still snow.

"Has Ge Junjian been beheaded?" I asked Wang Jie behind me.

"Yes." Wang Jie said, "The master said that he didn't have the guts, so he naturally went." ”

I smiled lightly.

"If the master wants to deter him, the prisoner will be merciful. Ge Jun is a general after all, but he only kills one or twenty people, how can he take it seriously? ”

It's not that Wang Jie is cold-blooded and violent, most things in the court are like this, so he doesn't understand why I would make such a meaningless move.

A move that is likely to demoralize others and destroy their own prestige.

I said, "You don't understand that." ”

Wang Jie looked at me.

"Ge Jun is only at the age of a weak crown now, although he has undergone hard training, has a mind, and has the ability to march and fight, but he has never really seen blood, the blood of killing."

"Only by personally experiencing the battle on the battlefield can he be a general in the full sense."

"Now? He's still too tender. ”

I smiled meaningfully, but Wang Jie couldn't quite understand my thoughts.

"Is the master saying that Ge Jun's experience is too little to be worth mentioning?" Wang Jie asked.

I said, "The lion will grow up one day, and if he doesn't bite you, you have to be his master." ”

Speaking of which, Wang Jie finally understood.

"The master asked Ge Jun to be beheaded, in addition to using the head of the killer to deter Ge Jun, on the other hand, you want to take the opportunity of beheading criminals to create a rift between Ge Jun and Pei Taifu, after all, it was the side branch of the Pei family that was killed, and it was the eyeliner they planted in Tuzhou."

I didn't shake my head, I didn't nod, I just raised my eyebrows noncommittally.

"How's the snow disaster going?" I asked on a different subject.

Wang Jie replied, "The situation is not bad, the snow has been lighter these days, and our disaster relief operations have become much easier." ”

I nodded.

"The master opened the granary of Tuzhou and transferred the surrounding grain and grass, although this can solve the temporary crisis, but it is not a long-term solution after all. If the relief food of the imperial court is delayed for another month and a half, we are afraid that we will ......"

"It won't be delayed for long, that is, when Tuzhou's reserves are exhausted." I said.

"Why is the master so sure?" Wang Jie was strange.

"We are in the midst of a snowstorm here, and what about the three counties occupied by the rebels? It's just that there are fewer of them than us, and we can last a long time. Once we run out of food and grass, the rebels will see the opportunity to attack and plunder the supplies for survival. At the same time, Gu Yuancheng no longer had to hinder the progress of the transfer of grain and grass from Tuzhou. In this way, shouldn't the grain and grass arrive in Tuzhou? I said.

It turned out that the disaster relief food had been delayed for a long time, and it was Gu Xiang who made a ghost behind his back.

Wang Jie admired his master's brains a little in his heart, but on the other hand, he felt a little speechless.

Forehead...... His own master is really broad-hearted, and he takes it for granted.

"Does the master know who is the one who informs the rebels?" Wang Jie asked.

"Nope." I said.

Originally, all the evidence could prove that Song Liang was a traitor hidden in Tuzhou, but his sister Song Xiao was not far away, and her brother was not a traitor from Jiangnan, and the real traitor was Zhao Cheng, of course Zhao Cheng would not admit to this crime, and the evidence provided by Song Xiao was not enough to show that Zhao Chengcheng was a traitor.

So, this matter is just there, you can't advance, and you can't retreat.

Actually, I feel quite helpless.

"Then why is the master so... Calm ......"

He also thought that the master knew about the spies involved in the crowd, so he was so confident.

It turned out that he was overthinking.

"The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, it's a fox, and its tail can't be hidden, so why worry?" I smiled incomprehensibly, lifted the hem of my clothes, and entered Yanxi Hall.

The things of the world, in the palm of her hand, she is happy to play with them.

"Fengtian carried the emperor and pardoned him: Yun Hai, the patriarch of the Yun clan, has a hundred dollars, is not stingy, loves the people, and donates 100,000 silver, and his festival is effective for public business. It is specially allowed to take up a temporary post in the household department, and the palace procurement has its agent. ”

Yunhai thanked him for receiving the order.

"Prime Minister, the emperor has a message for you." The eunuch said to me.

"Father-in-law, please speak."

The eunuch said, "The emperor said that you have done a good job in Tuzhou, and you will be rewarded when you return to Beijing." The emperor also said that if the prime minister has any embarrassment and hesitation, he should do what he wants, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else. ”

It turned out to be for me to take a reassuring pill.

I said, "Weichen obeys the emperor's will. ”

The eunuch pointed to the box that was being brought in, and said, "This is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, asking you to take care of your health." ”

I smiled and nodded, "Yes, of course, I would like to ask my father-in-law to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his return on behalf of the prime minister." ”

The prime minister's words, how can he be a little eunuch who doesn't listen?

The eunuch said, "The prime minister is polite, the slave must bring your words." The hour is not early, and the minions are on their way. ”

"Wang Jie, send your father-in-law out." I commanded.

Wang Jie then led the eunuch to leave.

"It's almost noon, Patriarch Yun wants to stay here for lunch?" I looked at Yun Haidao, who had been standing in front of the hall with a blue face.

As an elder and the head of a clan, Yun Hai is now being played with by a little boy, even if he wants to give the person in front of him a good face with the title of prime minister, he can't do it.

This Lord Shen Xiang, playing conspiracy is a game called handy, killing is killing is a face that does not change.

Originally, as soon as the notice of raising funds in the government came out, and the rich merchants who did not follow the notice were beheaded by the whole family, they Tuzhou merchants also accepted their fate, and prepared to break some wealth to eliminate the disaster.

Who would have thought that the business leaders had just agreed upon, and before they had time to donate, Shen Xiang, who had just arrived in Tuzhou, acted with the momentum of Xu Lei.

She first imprisoned all the people of our family in their respective homes on the charge of not paying the donation and her hateful heart, and then beheaded all the Pei family in Tuzhou and confiscated their property in the name of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and having no dignity and humility.

Killing the killing, captivating the captivity, Tuzhou merchants saw this, and they took out money and donated, for fear that they would fall to the ground.

That's it, this Lord Shen Xiang is not satisfied.

She sent heavy troops to surround the Yunfu, but she walked into the Yunfu with her subordinates with a swagger.

The merit box was placed in front of the ancestral hall, and the donation list was put on the merit box, and he said with a smile, "Yunhuang Shang, it's your turn." Their Yun clan confessed all their family background.

Let him sit across from her for dinner?

He was afraid that he would either choke to death or be angry to death.

"No need." Yunhai's face was gloomy, and even the golden light on the holy decree couldn't make his face look better, "The old man is the last of the best, how dare he eat at the same table with the prime minister?" That's the farewell. ”

After that, you have to brush your sleeves and leave.

"Dad, in front of the prime minister, how can you make a mistake?" Yun Sheng, who had been silent behind Yun Hai, grabbed Yun Hai, and he secretly glanced at Yun Hai.

Yun Hai knew in his heart, but he couldn't save face at all.

"Since the prime minister is kind, you will accompany the prime minister to lunch for your father, your father is an old bone, it's time to rest and rest."

Yun Sheng looked at me, and I smiled and said, "It's just to thank the Yun family for their generosity and help the people, since Patriarch Yun is tired, just go back and rest, don't care too much about your true appearance." ”

As soon as my words fell, Yunhai left without looking back.

...... "I have nothing to say.

"My father is like this, his temper is not too good, please don't blame the adults." Yun Sheng said apologetically.

"Patriarch Yun is a true temperament, how can he blame his true appearance?"

"Your Excellency,"

"The scenery of the Flying Snow Pavilion in winter is the best, since the Yun Patriarch doesn't eat with us, then move the meal to the Flying Snow Pavilion, you and I enjoy the snow while using food, it is also a romantic affair, how about it?"

Yun Sheng naturally didn't dare to have other objections, he arched his hand and said, "It's all up to the adults." ”

"Then please." I raised one hand to point him in the right direction.