Chapter 213: Sweep away all pests and insects, all invincible
It has been raining for more than a month. For the land of Bingzhou, it is not strange to even the autumn rain of the next month, the autumn rain is thin and long, intertwined with the cold wind of October, blowing cold the hearts of everyone in Bingzhou.
Anyi belongs to Hedong County, which was originally a subordinate territory of the Division, only because Lu Bu started with the state and set Anyi as the capital, so people habitually put Anyi into the boundary of the state.
At this time, Anyi was also stormy, with many days of rain causing landslides in many places, and disaster relief reports from all over the country were piled up like snowflakes on the desk of the secretary's order.
Lu Xing worked hard at the desk to write a book, giving instructions on the mountains of newspapers in front of him, and he had insisted on such instructions for more than a month.
Whenever he had any questions, he always had to ask the screen behind him, waiting for the screen to give him a definite answer.
Behind the screen was a soft couch, Yan Xiuli was pale, her head was wrapped in wet wipes, and she was leaning on the couch, trying her best to answer various questions for Lu Xing.
Ruyi and Mung Bean served on both sides, looking at Yan Xiuli's haggard expression and worried.
These days, Yan Xiuli has finally slowly eased up, and she is much better than when she was sick when she heard the bad news. She should have rested and recuperated and not allowed herself to work too hard, but now it is an eventful autumn, and floods continue to occur all over the country, and the victims have fled everywhere, forming countless displaced people, and if they are not properly resettled, it may cause large-scale civil unrest.
But above the court, it is an even more embarrassing scene, the courtiers have their own thoughts, they all plan for their own future, form gangs, and form countless small groups, and now the only thing that can be controlled by Yan Xiuli is the secretariat in his hands and the Zhongshu Order led by Sima Lang.
The other yamen either disrespect the order, or they disobey the yang and the yin, anyway, they just put themselves out of the matter, and they all want to be an outsider bystander, and when the time is ripe, they will rush to the top.
Even the Gyeonggi garrison camp of Gongwei Anyi was no exception, Yan Xiuli once ordered General Hou Cheng to lead troops into Anyi Nanyuan to defend the capital, in order to deter the young people with ghosts in their hearts, but Hou Cheng refused to send a soldier on the grounds that he would not transfer troops without the order of the prince, which made the people with ghosts in the center of the court even more rampant.
What happened before January, in fact, most people don't know the details, but it is rumored that the prime minister met an accident in Yangzhou, and some people say that Lu Bu fought Cao Cao's ten major generals, and finally died of exhaustion. Some people also say that Lu Bu relapsed from his old illness and died of illness in the army. Some people even say that Lu Bu is a god who descended to earth, and now he has completed the cultivation of mortal dust and returned to heaven.
Although many rumors are different, they all have a common understanding, that is, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Lu Bu, the de facto supreme ruler of the Anyi court, is dead.
The reason why there are so many versions is only because the secretariat of the only communication office of the imperial court's military intelligence is silent about the process and results of the entire Yangzhou battle, only saying that the army has captured the entire territory of Yangzhou and defeated Cao Cao's army outside Shouchun City.
The Secretariat has never replied to various questions from the outside world, such as rumors from the outside world that Yangzhou was flooded, and the Huai River burst its embankment, resulting in a sea in Shouchun, how to avoid it? For example, it is rumored that the prince has not revealed his whereabouts for many days, is he safe and sound? The Secretariat did not reply, which added to the rumors that there were various versions. Just because of a firm fact, Prime Minister Lu Bu has not shown up for more than a month.
Yan Xiuli was grief-stricken when she first heard the bad news from Yangzhou, and the rice did not enter for several days, but fortunately, Sima Lang and a group of ministers and their families advised her hard, which made her regain her confidence.
From then on, Yan Xiuli never mentioned the matter of Yangzhou, and everyone naturally did not dare to reveal her scars again.
It's just that Yang Xiu sent a military intelligence report from Yangzhou day after day, but he reminded Yan Xiuli every day that her husband Lu Bu was still missing.
Now Yangzhou is temporarily led by Zhang Liao with full authority to lead the army, the general military order, Zhao Yun, Yang Xiu and others to assist in military affairs, after the battle of Yangzhou, the only remaining Xiahou and Xu Chu of the Cao army retreated to Xuzhou, and there is no spare strength to form a threat to Yangzhou.
Therefore, Yangzhou no longer needs a large army to be stationed, Youzhou Gongsun Kang joined the army for nearly a year, the above table asked to return to his hometown, Yan Xiuli read his repeated achievements during the war, so he approved his request, allowing him to return to his hometown with the old department.
At the same time, Ding Xu also wrote a letter requesting to be transferred back to Anyi, Yan Xiuli was worried that there were too few people available in the court, so she issued a unified order to transfer Tian Feng and Ding Xu back to Anyi to take up a post.
Hou Cheng of the Gyeonggi garrison camp did not obey the order for the time being, but at such a critical juncture, he still wanted to be alone, which was really chilling, in order to prevent it, Yan Xiuli drafted a holy decree, and ordered Wei Yue, who escorted Ruyi back to Anyi, to serve as the defense of Anyi City, and transferred to the nearby garrison Hongnong, and Wei Xu, who defended Ma Chao, entered the Nanyuan military camp of Anyi to defend the city defense of Anyi. He ordered Shuo Fang Taishou to lead the army not to act rashly, closely watch whether there would be any changes in the Southern Xiongnu, and report it in time.
After many days of hard work, Yan Xiuli's condition has been repeated several times, and it cannot be completely improved after all, coupled with the rain for several days, the wind and cold disease cannot be cured for a long time, the whole body is sore, weak and weak, and even getting out of bed and walking needs the support of a woman. When dealing with official business, she can only hide behind the screen, let Lu Xingnian listen to her, and then make a decision, even so, she can only deal with official documents for two hours a day, and after a long time, she will lose her energy and fall into a coma.
After accumulating more than a month, it will naturally be described as haggard after a long time, and then it will be bitter and wishful, taking care of her mother's bed every day, watching her get thinner and thinner, but there is nothing to be done, and you can only secretly hate yourself for being useless.
On the contrary, it is the younger Lu Xing, just because he is smart by nature, and he has followed Yan Xiuli to sort out the copywriting for a long time, and he can have his own opinions on many things, coupled with the help of his new teacher Pang Yuan, so that Lu Xing has been able to take charge on his own.
"The governor of Gaoshun sent a military report, saying that the army of the headquarters and Zhang Jaw and Yan Liang had been besieging Dongjun for nearly three months, during which the strategy of Jia Xu's army division was adopted, and the reinforcements were sent to the surrounding point, and the Dongjun was not attacked, only the reinforcements were called. Several times annihilated the reinforcements sent by Cao Pi, Sima Yi and others from Xuzhou and Qingzhou, totaling more than 50,000 people, greatly reducing the enemy's spirit. Now that the city of Dongjun has run out of food, it is rumored that some people have changed their children and eaten, and the city is only broken in the evening. When the governor heard that the prime minister had defeated Cao Cao in Yangzhou, only less than 20,000 people from Xiahoudun and Xu Chu fled to Xuzhou. He hoped that the prime minister would be able to join forces with him to attack Xuzhou, and take advantage of the new defeat of Cao's army to take the Central Plains in one go. ”
Lu Xing flipped up a volume of military newspapers and read aloud, these were all reports that he could not decide, combined in one place, and asked Yan Xiuli in a unified manner.
"Heh, didn't he contact the prince himself?" Yan Xiuli smiled weakly, even she didn't know where her husband was, but she still had to pretend to be able to communicate with her husband, which was really ironic.
Lu Xing said solemnly: "The letter did not clearly say that if you want to come to Yangzhou due to flooding and communication with the outside world has long been cut off, it may not be easy for the metropolitan governor to get in touch with Yangzhou." ”
"You can reply to Gao Shun, let him capture Dongjun, rest in place, if you have spare strength, you can Xu Tu Xuzhou, don't be greedy for merit, Yangzhou traffic is cut off, the army is temporarily unavailable, let him do it himself." She had already communicated with Sima Lang, Chen Lin and others in the morning when she met with them, and for today's plan, she should put safety first, stabilize all parties first, and wait until her husband has news before making plans.
Will there be any news from Kefu-kun? At the beginning, Yan Xiuli could still be confident that her husband would be safe, but with the passage of time, a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and her husband not only has no news, but also unfavorable reports will come from Yangzhou every day.
After not hearing Lu Xing read the newspaper for a long time, Yan Xiuli rubbed her brows and said, "No? ”
"And the last one." Lu Xing's expression was also a little depressed when he spoke.
"I'll see for myself when I bring it in." Yan Xiuli knew that this must be a daily routine Yang Xiu's recital.
Lu Xing turned the screen, handed the newspaper in his hand to his mother, and when he saw his sister's inquiring gaze, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.
Yan Xiuli opened the report in her hand, only a few words, and said that a corpse was found during the recent disaster relief in Yangzhou, the corpse was swollen and deformed, and the body shape and appearance were vaguely recognizable from the outline, and the appearance looked like Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen, the whereabouts of the prince and the prince were still unknown, and the generals were still looking for it.
After being silent for a long time, Yan Xiuli only looked at the newspaper in her hand and was dazed, and there was no ripple on her pale face, as if she didn't find anything wrong.
Lu Xing clearly remembered that when the bad news came that day, the military newspaper clearly wrote that his father and Cao Cao, Cao Zhen, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Yu Ban and several others fought in the flood.
Seeing that her mother was silent for a long time, Lu Xing only thought that she was too sad, and persuaded: "Cao Zhen's corpse is just like a god, and I can't be sure, besides, my father is a hero, and with the protection of God, he should be safe." ”
Yan Xiuli raised her head, closed the newspaper in her hand, and looked a little tired, but she didn't have the grief that Lu Xing imagined, but just said lightly: "Do you know why I firmly believe that your father will be fine?" ”
Lu Xing and Ruyi glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads blankly.
Yan Xiuli closed her eyes, lay flat on the couch, and said softly, "Because he taught me to float." ”
Ruyi looked at the tears that quietly slipped from the corners of her mother's eyes, and felt uncomfortable in her heart, and said to Lu Xing: "Mother is tired, let's go out first." ”
At this moment, the Zhongshu Province that conveyed the decree has become a pot of porridge, and everyone present here is Lu Bu's henchmen, Sima Lang and Chen Lin sit on the head, and Gao Rou and Wang Ji who came from Luoyang, as well as Chen Qun, Feng Ji and others, as well as the six heads of the ministry, all of whom are important ministers of the court, are gathering in the lobby of Zhongshu Province at this moment.
Of course, everyone knew why they had come, and then they all turned their heads and ears, and there was a buzzing sound.
Sima Lang coughed lightly, and waited for everyone's voices to become quieter before he said solemnly: "The purpose of summoning you here today, I think you already know, if there is anything unclear, I will repeat it here." The prime minister was temporarily injured and was recuperating in Shouchun, while the floods in Yangzhou were raging and the communication was not smooth, which made rumors spread everywhere in the DPRK and China, and all kinds of nonsense spread around, causing a very bad impact. ”
His eyes swept over everyone, and seeing that everyone was looking forward to it, he continued: "I have long told you that our army won a complete victory in the battle of Yangzhou, and only 20,000 people left in Cao's army fled east to Xuzhou. The heads of all ministries must implement propaganda and thoroughly investigate the source of rumors, but I want to see who wants to mess with my court. ”
Gao Rou has followed Lu Bu for many years, and has been making a code for the imperial court to be in charge of the prison, so he attaches great importance to the rules, thinking that Lu Bu has not shown up for many days, even if it is really as Sima Lang said, the prime minister is only recuperating in Shouchun, but it seems that there will not be a result in three or two days, and everything will naturally be prioritized, and the same is true now.
immediately hugged his fists and said: "Since it is inconvenient for the prime minister to show up for the time being, why don't I ask my wife to set up a son as soon as possible, if there is a prince, there will be a backbone, and it will not be as scattered as now." ”
Everyone agreed, although everyone was named Hanchen, but the prime minister opened the government and set up a government, everyone was the prime minister's retainers first, and then the Han courtiers, and the distinction between primary and secondary was clear at a glance.
Chen Lin, as Lu Xing's enlightenment teacher, naturally has different feelings for Lu Xing than ordinary people, Lu Xing is talented and intelligent, drawing inferences from one eye and ten lines, and is a rare talent for governing the world.
Sima Lang unexpectedly objected: "The establishment of the prince should be decided by the prime minister himself, how can we go beyond our bounds, and when the prime minister returns one day, if we are dissatisfied, how should we deal with ourselves?" ”
Mi Heng said: "What's the difference, the prime minister is only one son, and the position of the son belongs to him, can he still give it to others, in my opinion, the establishment of the son of the world is urgent." I heard that the palace man made a series of moves, first set up Shangshu Province at the same level as my Zhongshu Province, and appointed flattering villains to check and balance us. Later, on the grounds that foreign men were not allowed to enter the harem, they seized the power of guarding the Nanyuan and appointed their cronies and eunuchs Wang Xin as the Jinwuwei of Nanyuan. ”
Someone said loudly: "But I heard that there was a report from Yangzhou that the son of the prime minister and Diao Chan was found in Shouchun, and in my opinion, it is better to set up the prince as soon as possible, otherwise it will change later." ”
"Shut up!" Sima Lang and Chen Lin shouted angrily in unison.
The two glanced at each other, and Sima Lang said: "This son's identity has not been confirmed by the prime minister, how can he do it, and even if he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, he is just a concubine, what qualifications does he have to compete with his son-in-law for the position of the son?" ”
The person who spoke was surprised, he was just speaking according to the truth, he didn't expect the two ministers to react so much, and he didn't dare to speak when he was reprimanded.
To say that the reason why Sima Lang and Chen Lin are angry is really for the same reason as Yang Xiu, the people who were harmed by Diao Chan almost died in their families, how can they not be hated by everyone, and the son born to Diao Chan is not recognized by everyone, it is also reasonable. The person who spoke just now took office after moving north to Anyi, so he naturally didn't know the rights and wrongs, but he was severely reprimanded according to the truth.
After that, the people were divided into two factions, one faction believed that the prince should be established as soon as possible to determine the hearts of the people, and the other faction believed that such important matters still needed to be decided by the prince himself, and that the people should not be the people and ministers who acted on behalf of them.
The two factions quarreled, and finally decided to report it to Madame, who made the decision herself.
Yan Xiuli was informed, but she didn't press it, and said to Sima Lang and Chen Lin: "Although Xing'er doesn't have the name of the son of the world now, but she is the son of the world, it is just a false identity, there is no need to mention this matter, even if the prime minister comes back, it must not be mentioned." ”
In the next few days, the various government departments strictly investigated the source of the rumors, and arrested hundreds of people who spread rumors in the city.
After a few days, Yan Xiuli was in good condition, she was able to get out of bed and walk alone, and her whole person looked much clearer, only the pair of brows that did not spread, still stubbornly declaring her inner thoughts.
"Mother, the good news is from my father." Lu Xing's face was full of ecstasy, and he rushed in, and he even forgot to say hello when he entered the door.
Yan Xiuli was reading the official document with a pen, and when she heard the words, her hands couldn't help but tremble, and a big drop of ink blurred from the official document, blackening several lines of words.
The mood that has finally calmed down in the past few days is suddenly like boiling water, boiling.
Casually put the pen on the inkstone, jumped over the table, but stumbled because of fatigue, fortunately, Lu Xing was in front of him, one hand carried him on the shoulder to stabilize the figure, and the other hand took the letter in Lu Xing's hand, the envelope handwriting was flying and dancing, not exactly the husband's handwriting!
Yan Xiuli took the letter and hurriedly stood in the hall to read it, there were two letters, one was a family letter, which said that my wife Xiuli had opened it herself, and the other was an official letter, which was written to the two military advisors.
Yan Xiuli naturally read the family letter carefully, and the letter said that Lu Bu survived the flood, but because of the recurrence of the old disease, it was difficult to recover, and he wandered in the countryside for many days, and could not get in touch with the generals.
Yan Xiuli watched it three times in a row, and it seemed that between the lines it was her husband's shadow, her eyes were shining brightly, crystal like dewdrops, but there were always some unknowns looming.
Ruyi also jumped in from outside at this time, and said with anticipation on his face: "Father has a letter?" ”
"Exactly, my mother has seen it three times." Lu Xing said with a smile.
"I'll see, I'll see." Ruyi ran to her mother to beg for it.
Yan Xiuli was extremely reluctant to hand the letter in her hand to her daughter, only holding the envelope and staring.
"Great, my father is really fine, I know that my father is the most powerful hero in the past, and no difficulty can stump him." Ruyi stared at the letter and cheered.
But Ruyi and Lu Xing, who were extremely happy, didn't notice that their mother, Yan Xiuli, was looking at the words on the envelope in her hand at the moment, and her expression had changed from the original joy to extreme loss, and even the hand holding the letter couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Others may not know, but she has always known that Fujun's font is different from others, many words are written without pen and strokes, and the handwriting may be imitated, but the font habits are difficult to forge.
She had already determined that the letter in front of her was a forged family letter, although the handwriting was almost fake, and even she herself was almost deceived, but looking at the envelope in her hand, Yan Xiuli finally discovered the origin of the inappropriateness in her heart.
The husband has always been unique in writing his name, and the beauty character in Yan Xiuli's three words should be Li, but only the husband has always been lazy, and always writes the Li character as Li, she has asked him to change it many times to no avail, and it has never changed for more than ten years.
Looking at the words "My wife Xiuli personally opened" on the envelope in her hand, Yan Xiuli had already determined that the letter in her hand was definitely not written by her husband himself. Since it was not written by the husband, but it was obviously the husband's handwriting, there is only one possibility, the letter is fake, and someone forged the family letter!
Yan Xiuli's eyes were full of light, and she asked lightly: "Where did these letters come from, have others seen them?" ”
Lu Xing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't react for a while, so he had to tell the truth: "The guard said that the person who delivered the letter claimed to be from Shouchun, and the guard invited him to enter the mansion to rest, and he said that he still had official business, so he left in a hurry." I only read the letter from home, and no one else has seen it. ”
"Not the messenger of the inn?" Ruyi was also a little surprised.
"No, I only saw his back, but he looks like a veteran who has been in the army for many years, and has the same temperament as Brother Ding Xu." Lu Xing also felt that something was wrong at this time, recalling the figure of the man.
"But no matter how I look at it, it's all my father's handwriting, but why did my father send the letter in such a way, instead of taking the faster and safer post house channel, but asking people to come thousands of miles without half a sentence, it's too strange." Ruyi was puzzled.
At this time, Yan Xiuli had already opened the official document written to Sima Lang and Chen Lin in her hand and read it carefully, since the family letter was forged, then this official document must not be true. She wanted to see what was said in the document.
The official document is sprinkled with hundreds of words, which is far more detailed than the family letter, which details how Lu Bu killed Cao Cao and other generals in danger, and also talked about how Lu Bu was fortunate to be rescued by strange people when he was seriously injured, and then also said that the severity of the flood in Yangzhou shocked him, and asked Sima Lang and others to send people to the disaster as soon as possible to help the victims. At the end of the official document, he even mentioned the exact date of the return of the class teacher, and asked Sima Lang to arrange the greeting matters as soon as possible.
Judging from the content alone, the cause and effect are reasonable, and there is nothing special, let alone any special requirements, just an ordinary official document.
But between the lines, in the familiar handwriting of Lu Bu, Yan Xiuli was stunned that she didn't find a typo, which was absolutely impossible!
Yan Xiuli really couldn't figure out what someone's intention was to forge these letters, but there must be a demon when things go wrong, she wanted to see who it was and what she wanted to do. I just thought that my husband was not there, and my orphans and widows would let people fool me at will, I was afraid that he thought too much.
Fold the official document, hand it to Lu Xing, and ask him to hand it over to the two military advisors as soon as possible.
The emperor is eager to try, has opened his minions, the ministers form a party to protect themselves, lest chaos is coming, floods in all directions continue, and the state is rainy for days, and there are officials and officials who have been evacuated due to the war, and the construction of people's livelihood has almost stagnated.
When Kefujun is not there, she has to be in this family, and she has to be a good one, and she doesn't let the villain bully her.
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