Gu Shangshu's face smiled even more, and he took Wei Qing's hand and said with a smile: "Since Wei Dutong is here this time, let's stay in the capital for a few days, don't go to live elsewhere, just live in the old man's house." He turned his head to Jiang Zhong and said haha, "Jiang Shilang, you won't rob the old man, right?" ”

Jiang Zhong secretly gritted his teeth.

Gu Shangshu said that there was no gap at all, if Gu Shangshu had even a slight pause in the middle of speaking, he would immediately invite Wei Qing to live in his house, although Wei Qing was now in the imperial capital, he was like entering a tiger's den, how could he let it go? But Gu Shangshu is the main hall of the Ministry of War, so he has to let Gu Shangshu speak first, he thought that Gu Shangshu would at least say a few official articles first, as long as Gu Shangshu said official articles, he immediately invited Wei Qing to live in his home, at least to protect Wei Qing's safety, but he didn't expect Gu Shangshu to say official articles at all, and he would arrange Wei Qing's residence first.

Wei Qing also muttered in his heart, if he is to be commended, at least there should be a lot of officials in this room, why are there only Gu Shangshu and Jiang Shilang? It seems that the words "be careful" that Jiang Shilang just said in his ear are not nonsense, not to mention that before leaving, Bai Buxin also specially told him to go early and return early, and he replied immediately: "The front-line war is tight, and the last general needs to return to the team as soon as possible." ”

"What's the point of staying just one night?" Gu Shangshu still had a smile on his face, and he didn't allow Wei Qing to say any more, so he took Wei Qing's hand and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, Wei Dutong, please take a look at the reward document that the old man wrote for you." ”

Jiang Zhong's heart suddenly tightened! As soon as Wei Qing arrived in the capital, he went straight to the military headquarters, and then was immediately ushered into the main hall, there was almost no pause in between, not only did Wei Qing not have a chance to freshen up, let alone put his sword elsewhere. Now, Wei Qing is carrying a sword in the hall!

The military department is different from other departments, and the military department deals with military generals all day long, so it is okay to bring a sword into the hall, but there is also an inner room in the main hall, that is, the rumored "White Tiger Festival Hall" in the rivers and lakes, this inner room seems to be nothing special on the surface, but there is a row of yellow bricks on the ground three feet in front of the door, and this brick is the line of life and death. No military commander is allowed to cross this line with a weapon, cut off his feet or head over his head, and for whatever reason, he will be killed. And Gu Shangshu is now pulling Wei Qing to the inner room!

Wei Qing was just a newly enlisted junior army commander three months ago, and although he was promoted to the commander of the capital in these three months, he had no chance to contact such a high-level as the Ministry of War, and he didn't know this kind of rule at all, but Gu Shangshu, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, how could he not know this rule, he was now deliberately trying to trap Wei Qing to death!

This is Gu Shangshu's first move. Why didn't he refuse to open a large meeting to gather officials, but only let Jiang Shilang accompany him? Of course, there is a reason why he doesn't want to really help Wei Qing become famous, and another reason is that he wants to kill two birds with one stone!

Now there is only Jiang Shilang in the house, and everyone knows that Jiang Shilang and Gu Shangshu are not on good terms, once he pulls Wei Qing into the yellow line, when Wei Qing violates the ban, he first calls the guards to kill Wei Qing, and then bites back, saying that Wei Qing is the master of Jiang Shilang's assassination. You must know that Jiang Shilang had a lot of contact with Wei Qing when he was in the army, and he heard that his daughter Jiang Xiaoyu was interested in Wei Qing, and it was Wei Qing who Jiang Shilang came out of the house to greet him, at least these evidences would not be worse than Jiang Shilang's empty mouth and white teeth, which was one of the three clever plans he thought of before Wei Qing came.

He originally wanted to keep Wei Qing first and kill him after a few days, which was the best policy, but Wei Qing resolutely refused to stay for a long time, and his best strategy might not be used, so he decided to use the middle strategy first while trying to keep Wei Qing, to see if he could use Wei Qing's unknown rules in the inner room of the military department to kill him.

Although Jiang Shilang didn't expect it to be so complicated for a while, at least Wei Qing would die as soon as he entered the yellow line, he undoubtedly knew it, seeing that most of Gu Shangshu's body was covered behind Wei Qing, and his hand also affectionately wrapped around Wei Qing's back and hugged Wei Qing's shoulder, this obviously didn't want Jiang Shilang to pull Wei Qing, and Jiang Shilang couldn't pull Gu Shangshu, otherwise Gu Shangshu could use him as an excuse to pull out Wei Qing's sword on the spot to kill him. In a hurry, he raised his voice and said, "Wei Qing, stop!" The inner room of the military department, for example, is an important place, and it is not allowed to enter without permission, let alone bring a sword! ”

Wei Qing let out a cold sweat and immediately stopped.

Gu Shangshu scolded secretly in his stomach, and with the force in his hand, he wanted to push Wei Qing directly into the yellow line, but he didn't expect Wei Qing's body to move at all, just like Yuan stopping Yuezhi.

Gu Shangshu laughed, let go of his hand, and said to Jiang Shilang: "Lord Shilang is really shrewd, the old man has forgotten this rule." Then he stretched out his hand to Wei Qing: "Wei Dutong, if you want to cross this yellow line, please hand me the sword first." ”

Wei Qing was furious in his heart, but he was in the lobby of the Ministry of War, if he was right with Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he would fall for Gu Shangshu's trick, and Gu Shangshu would be able to punish him in a righteous and bright manner. He snorted, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, took a few steps backwards, and retreated to Jiang Zhong's side, and said coldly: "Thank you to the last general, the army is heavy, and the last general has a small position, so it's better not to enter." ”

Jiang Zhong immediately said on the side: "It's rare that Wei Dutong understands the rules, and Wei Dutong is tired from afar, so let's take a rest first." ”

Gu Huairen was secretly anxious in his heart, and was about to deal with it, when he suddenly heard the eunuch's shouting voice outside the door: "Emperor~~~~Emperor~~~~~Driving~~~~~!" ”

Gu Shangshu was shocked, I don't know why the emperor suddenly came here? He looked at Jiang Zhong, only to see Jiang Zhong smiling, obviously knowing it for a long time, and said to Wei Qing: "Quickly take off the sword and put it aside!" ”

Wei Qing knew that he couldn't bring a sword in front of the emperor, so he had already unsheathed the sword and put it aside before Jiang Zhong finished speaking. Outside the door, there was a rush of footsteps, and several guards had already pushed the door in, lined up on both sides.

Gu Huairen glared at Jiang Zhong hatefully, he never expected Jiang Zhong to come to this hand, but the shape was forbidden, he could only swallow back what he wanted to say, and knelt on the ground with Jiang Zhong and Wei Qing.

In the silence, a man slowly walked in. His steps were not very heavy, and he could even be said to be a little vain, and his breath was a little short, slightly panting, and he didn't sound very good.

"Let's be flat." The voice sounded like boiled water, without a hint of enthusiasm or strength.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three of them thanked each other in unison and stood up.

Wei Qing looked up, and there was a young man in his thirties standing in front of him, his face was a little pale, there were a little beads of sweat on his sideburns, and his face was full of tiredness.

"You are Wei Qing?" The emperor also looked at Wei Qing.

"Yes!" Wei Qing replied.

The emperor smiled and turned to Gu Huairen: "Gu Aiqing, I heard that there are front-line heroes coming to Beijing, and I want to take a look, so it won't hinder you from doing things, right?" ”

Gu Huairen had a flattered expression: "Your Majesty is here, and the minister is honored." ”

The emperor turned to Wei Qing again: "Wei Qing, I heard that you are fighting very well, and the country of the Han Dynasty needs talents like you." Without waiting for Wei Qing to answer, he instructed the eunuch on the side: "Reward." ”

The eunuch stood up and said loudly, "Wei Qing listens! ”

Wei Qing sighed secretly in his heart.

He didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but it was definitely not his country. If he really cares about his country, he should know that people have feelings and will not risk their lives just for a small reward. Now the emperor's performance is obviously perfunctory. He had come and rewarded him, and then, his affairs were over, and according to his thoughts, the soldiers should be grateful to Dade, and their blood was boiling. It's just that he doesn't know that although he is the most honorable person in the Han Dynasty, these humble little people below also have their own integrity, and he is afraid that he will not be very happy about this kind of almost insulting reward.

But Wei Qing can't say such a thing, even if he doesn't believe Bai and Zhao Yueru, because this is the most serious blow to morale. Wei Qing decided to bury this matter in his heart forever and let it rot in his stomach.

"Wei Qing listens to the reward!" The eunuch saw that Wei Qing did not move, and said it again.

Wei Qing slowly knelt down.

"Reward three thousand taels of green silver and ten pieces of silk!"

Wei Qing sneered in his heart.

Is he rare of these things? The silk was just right to wrap his body, and the silver was just right to pay for his funeral. But he won't refuse these things, because, he really needs these things, he needs to do something big with them.

"Chen Weiqing, on behalf of thousands of disabled and helpless soldiers, thank Your Majesty for your great kindness!" Wei Qing replied in a deep voice.

"What?" The emperor listened strangely and asked, "Wei Qing, what did you say?" ”

"Chen Weiqing, on behalf of thousands of disabled and helpless soldiers, thank Your Majesty for your great kindness!" Wei Qing repeated it word by word.

"What is a disabled and helpless soldier? What are you talking about? "The emperor was a little anxious.

Cold sweat broke out on Gu Huairen's forehead. The emperor didn't know what Wei Qing was talking about, he knew. But he didn't expect the emperor to come today, and he didn't expect Wei Qing to know about it, let alone Wei Qing to mention it in front of the emperor.

Wei Qing was waiting for the emperor's question, and he immediately replied: "Thousands of wounded soldiers on the front line, all of them are treated in the rear, a few days ago, the Ministry of War said that only the disabled soldiers will be treated for three months, and those who exceed three months must be cleared out. The minister is anxious, but unfortunately he is unable to help, the money rewarded by His Majesty is to be used to help these poor soldiers, so the minister is grateful on behalf of these soldiers! ”

The emperor's gray and lifeless gaze suddenly became extremely fierce, and he looked directly at Gu Huairen. "Gu Shangshu, what's going on?" His voice changed, too, and became low and cold.

Wei Qing involuntarily lowered his head. Although the emperor's gaze was not aimed at him, he still felt that the gaze was as sharp as a knife, so that he did not dare to look at it directly. Only then did he understand that the emperor did not care about the soldiers, but he just didn't care about the reward.