Chapter 123. Ice and Fire (II).
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Guan Wuyuan has not only become very strange today, but also quite capricious.
said that he had just pushed open the door and walked a few steps out, and was about to greet Zhao Junchen's entourage, but just after walking a few steps, he stopped hesitantly, as if he had thought of something, and then turned to Guan Er and ordered: "Wait, it's up to you to pick him up, remember not to attract attention, and be respectful, don't offend people." ”
Guan Wuyuan's attitude changed too quickly, but Guan Er couldn't react, just looked at Guan Wuyuan in front of him a little strangely.
Seeing Guan Er like this, Guan Wuyuan was in a hurry and urged: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Don't go yet! ”
Guan Er was startled and hurriedly went.
When Guan Wuyuan returned to the room, he once again returned to his original state of being like ants in a hot pot, and kept walking around the room.
This is because Guan Wuyuan suddenly thought that he had a secret letter with King Gong'an, could it be that it was not that King Gong'an did not confess, but that under Zhao Junchen's instructions, Xichang suppressed this matter?
Then, the purpose of Zhao Junchen sending people to find him today is very worthy of scrutiny.
For a while, Guan Wuyuan's heart was in turmoil.
It's just that Guan Wuyuan didn't have much time to calm down, and under the leadership of Guan Er, Zhao Junchen's envoy arrived soon.
The person who came claimed to be Zhao Junchen's long entourage, looked not very old, medium appearance, although he was wearing long and casual clothes, but the fabric workmanship was exquisite, obviously although this person was just a long follower, but I was afraid that his status in Zhao Junchen's mansion was not low, at this time, he followed Guan Er to Guan Wuyuan's office room, and saw Guan Wuyuan, a third-grade master, and did not have the slightest respect and restraint, but was very arrogant.
Seeing the attitude of the visitor, Guan Wuyuan not only did not get angry, but walked up quickly, bowed and saluted, and then asked cautiously: "I heard that this little brother is the eldest follower of Zhao Junchen and Lord Zhao, I don't know the name?" Lord Zhao asked my little brother to come to me Guan, I don't know what's going on? ”
Guan Er was stunned again, the Guan Wuyuan in front of him who was always respectful and obedient, but he was still the master who learned Guan Yu's cold and arrogant temperament everywhere?
The person who came perfunctorily arched his hand at Guan Wuyuan, and said: "My name is Xu Qingyan, and I am the long-term follower of my family Lord Zhao, as for the purpose of coming to see Lord Guan today......
While speaking, Xu Qingyan glanced at Guan Er next to him.
Guan Wuyuan didn't care about his face and image in Guan Er's heart at this time, and after seeing Xu Qingyan's signal, he hurriedly waved his hand at Guan Er and said, "You go out quickly, pay attention to the surroundings and don't let people get close, I have something to say to this little brother Xu." ”
Guan Er saw what Guan Wuyuan said, so he naturally hurriedly retreated.
After only Guan Wuyuan and Xu Qingyan were left in the room, Xu Qingyan did not delay, sneered and took out an envelope from his sleeve, then handed it to Guan Wuyuan, and said: "Today, my family sent me to ask to see Guan because of this letter. ”
Looking at the envelope in front of him, Guan Wuyuan's face changed, and he hurriedly took it and opened it to check, but then his face turned pale again.
Without him, this letter was one of the secret letters he had exchanged with King Gong'an before, and the content was word-for-word, but the handwriting was different.
Obviously, this letter is not the original version, the original version has fallen into the hands of Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen sent Xu Qingyan to send this re-copied secret letter, the meaning is obvious - "Your handle has fallen into my hands." ”
Thinking of this, Guan Wuyuan's hand trembled slightly, and he looked at Xu Qingyan cautiously and asked, "I don't know if this letter is ......."
Guan Wuyuan's words were only halfway through when he was interrupted by Xu Qingyan waving his hand: "This letter was found by Xichang when he was raiding Gong'an Wangfu. ”
Guan Wuyuan's body trembled again.
Xu Qingyan changed his words and said: "However, my family has always believed that Lord Guan, as the commander of Long Xiangwei, has heavy responsibilities, and you are loyal to His Majesty, and you can be called a pillar of the country." Although the content of this letter points out that you have a secret connection with King Gong'an, my family also believes that this must be King Gong'an's deliberate framing of Lord Guan when he saw that he was in a bad situation. ”
Hearing Xu Qingyan say this, Guan Wuyuan's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally relaxed, and then he was overjoyed, and nodded again and again: "What Lord Zhao said is reasonable, what Brother Xu said is also reasonable, it must be so, it must be so!" ”
Seeing Guan Wuyuan's appearance, a trace of contempt flashed in Xu Qingyan's eyes, and then he smiled slightly, and said: "My lord, I have long heard of your demeanor, Lord Guan, and I have admired it for a long time, but I have never had a chance to make friends, so I sent me this time, first, to ask me to tell you the reason for this secret letter, and secondly, it is also to take the opportunity to make friends, so that you can have more contacts in the future." ”
Although Guan Wuyuan is ashamed of the reputation of "Guan Yu's descendants", he is definitely an old fritter in officialdom, and he already understood the meaning of Xu Qingyan's words, and hurriedly assured loudly: "I also ask Brother Xu to go back and tell Lord Zhao that Guan has admired Lord Zhao for a long time, and he has long had the heart to make friends, and today he finally got what he wanted." Lord Zhao looks up to Guan so much, then Guan must be grateful to report, but in the future, Lord Zhao has orders, and Guan will never shirk. ”
Seeing Guan Wuyuan's statement, Xu Qingyan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In this case, Lord Guan and my family will be friends in the future, but Lord Guan, you are a military attache after all, and my family is a civil minister, and the relationship between civil and military is too close, I am afraid that it will also cause a bad impact, so in the future, our two families will be able to get their hearts, but there is no need to be too close." ”
Seeing that Guan Wuyuan nodded again and again, Xu Qingyan smiled and said: "Since Lord Guan understands, then the purpose of my coming here today has been achieved, and I dare not disturb Lord Guan to deal with official business, so I will leave." ”
However, Xu Qingyan had just turned around, and Guan Wuyuan had already hurriedly stopped: "Brother Xu, slow down!" ”
Xu Qingyan frowned slightly, turned around, and asked, "What else is going on with Lord Guan?" ”
Guan Wuyuan hesitated for a moment, but asked cautiously, "I don't know...... Oh, Guan Mou looked at the letter brought by Brother Xu, the handwriting is relatively new, it seems that it was copied not long ago, I don't know where the original version of the secret letter is now? ”
Xu Qingyan learned from Zhao Junchen's appearance, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Oh, Lord Guan is saying that the original letter, the kind of thing that will bring trouble to Lord Guan, my family has already destroyed it, please rest assured that Lord Guan." ”
After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Guan Wuyuan believed it or not, Xu Qingyan just left.
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Half an hour later, in the Zhao Mansion.
In Zhao Junchen's study, Xu Qingyan was reporting to Zhao Junchen what he had happened this time, and after describing it to Zhao Junchen before and after, Xu Qingyan couldn't help it, and laughed loudly: "Young master, that Guan Wuyuan claims to be a descendant of Guan Yu, and he has always learned the style of Guan Erye, and the officialdom is called 'cold and arrogant', but now when I look at it, it is better to see it than to hear it, and the contrast is too great, young master, you haven't seen it, that Guan Wuyuan is really laughing to death when he sees the cold sweat after seeing the letter." ”
Zhao Junchen nodded, didn't care, just said: "What is a person's real temperament, not to see how he usually is, but to see what kind of appearance he will have in an emergency, there are too many people in this world who are not worthy of the name, not to mention Guan Wuyuan alone." ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen breathed another sigh and muttered: "Now, we finally have our own people in the army." ”
The secret letters that Wei Huai found in the palace of Gong'an were all handed over to Zhao Junchen as soon as he returned to Beijing, and Zhao Junchen would naturally make good use of them.
King Gong'an was able to compete with Emperor Deqing for the throne back then, naturally with his own influence of power, although Emperor Deqing has been gradually cleaned up after his accession to the throne, but there are still a lot of fish that have slipped through the net.
Or maybe King Gong'an understood that he couldn't compete with Emperor Deqing on the surface, and the officials in the court and China who had secretly contacted him over the years were mainly military attachés.
And Guan Wuyuan, the commander of Long Xiangwei, is the one with the highest status and the greatest power among these military attachés.
After Zhao Junchen got the secret letter, he reported all the officials who were either of little use to him, or not easy to buy, or not of high status, to Emperor Deqing, firstly, to give an explanation to Emperor Deqing, and secondly, to make an example of the chickens and monkeys.
And the remaining few people were secretly hidden by Zhao Junchen, planning to take the opportunity to take them for his own use.
Among these people, there are mainly military attachés, only more than 1,000 military attachés, there are as many as seven, and now they are all like Guan Wuyuan, completely surrendering to Zhao Junchen.
Since then, Zhao Junchen has finally had his own power in the army, although it has little effect, but Zhao Junchen now finally has the hole card to draw salary.
………
Just when Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan were discussing things in the study, on the right side of the backyard of the Zhao Mansion, in a courtyard where the people of the Zhao Mansion lived, a steward of the Zhao Mansion was telling the new servants of the Zhao Mansion about the rules of the Zhao Mansion.
More than a dozen servants who had just arrived in Zhao's Mansion were standing in a row at this time, respectfully listening to the steward's lecture.
This steward looked very imposing, and shouted loudly in front of the servants while walking: "Since you have come to the Zhao Mansion, you must abide by the rules of the Zhao Mansion from now on, you must know how powerful our Lord Zhao is in the court, you can do things in the Zhao Mansion, even if you are an ordinary maid, you can be regarded as a character outside, and no one dares to provoke at will." The salary on weekdays is also more generous than in other prefectures. So if you violate the rules of the Zhao Mansion and are kicked out, don't regret it when the time comes. We don't have many rules in the Zhao Mansion, so let's ...... first."
However, the steward's lecture was only halfway through, but he suddenly stopped, and his footsteps suddenly stopped, just looking at a new maid in front of him in a daze.
The maid in front of her, with white skin and beautiful appearance, exquisite facial features, and excellent figure, although she is just dressed as a maid, she has an unstoppable temperament, and she can't tell the truth, she only feels more like a smart and intellectual lady who lives in the boudoir, rather than an ordinary maid who is called and drunk.
With some amazement, the steward asked the maid, "...... you What is your name. ”
"Back to the steward." The maid saluted the steward, and then replied in a soft and nice voice, "The little woman's surname is Chu, and her name is Jiayi." ”
Speaking of this, it seemed that something had come to mind, and the maid added: "It is the good of 'delicacies', and the 'suitable' of 'suitable'." ”
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