Zhang Yan was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Could it be that the drunkard Wang Xiang doesn't mean to drink?" ”

Scholar Zhang paced in the courtyard with a pensive expression and did not speak.

Two unusual things have happened in the Zhang family in the past few days, one is that Zhang Yan, who should have spent his whole life in Zhongshu Province, inexplicably sat in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is that Wang Xiang, who has always cherished his wings and does not want to conflict with others, suddenly attacked him in the court, but the reason was only because of a trivial matter.

King Run is playful, he has long given up teaching him, and he doesn't care much about him on weekdays, even His Majesty and Concubine Shu didn't say anything about it, he is a prime minister, and he can't be full of food and has to fight against him.

He looked at Zhang Yan and asked, "Last time, you said that Fang Hong, the servant of the ministry, was showing favor to my Zhang family?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "If it weren't for Fang Shangshu, the position of the Ministry of Rites, no one would be able to take my turn." ”

"Fang family, King Run, Wang Xiang......" Scholar Zhang muttered in a low voice, suddenly seemed to remember something, looked at Zhang Yan and asked: "Do you know what the identities of the other two little girls who followed King Run besides Yingying?" ”

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "One is the granddaughter of Wang Xiang, and the other seems to be the granddaughter of General Bai......"

"Wang Xiang, Wang Xiang's granddaughter......" Scholar Zhang sat down on the table, with a shocked face, "Could it be ......?"

Zhang Yan looked at him and said in surprise: "Dad, is it what?" ”

Scholar Zhang pondered for a long time, looked at Zhang Yan, and said, "You go and prepare, and tomorrow you will impeach Wang Xiang and his son Wang Bo in the court......"

……

Zhao Yuan's good days are over, and most of the time every day is spent reading and making soup, and he has no time to tease the little girl.

Wang Xiang's inexplicable actions caused a lot of repercussions in the court, and the officials only knew that he was in a bad mood, and it was best not to provoke him in recent days.

Tang Ning's way of looking at the problem is different from theirs, what kind of old fox is Wang Xiang, inexplicable, how could he offend the Zhang family, he has already noticed something, and took this opportunity to give them instructions for the next step.

Zhao Yuan's filial piety is enough, and his ability is indeed a little worse, if he has a little ability to govern the country, in the eyes of Emperor Chen, he is a piece of glittering gold, and he is the best candidate to inherit the throne.

Of course, Wang Xiang was not in a hurry to make his words clear, and it was impossible to stand in line in a hurry when he lived to their age, but since he could make such a move, it was an invisible support for King Run's succession......

Thinking about it, it is impossible for him not to support it, with the current power of King Run, it is not difficult to subvert the dynasty, but his way of seizing the heir is too tricky, and his performance is too low-key, and few people think in that direction.

Tang Ning almost didn't worry about Zhao Yuan anymore, but the time left for him was only a little more than a year, during this time, the possibility of major changes in Chen Guo was too low, I was afraid that Zhao Yuan would take the throne, and it would be many years after he left the Jingshi.

During this period, it is a point to be able to do more for him, and it is not in vain for him to call himself a sir.

Tang Ning walked out of the study and prepared to go to the Xiao Mansion to sit down.

After Xiao Jue left, there was only Old Master Xiao left in the Xiao Mansion, and Tang Ning would go to the Xiao Mansion to sit for a while in his spare time.

He walked out of the door and saw a figure stumbling towards him.

Tang Ning looked at Chen Zhou, who looked flustered, and said in surprise: "Panicked, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Zhou's face was pale, he looked up at him, licked his dry lips, and said in a trembling voice for a long time: "Great, my lord, the Northern Emergency, General Xiao and his five hundred soldiers were captured by the Wanyan Department in the grassland, and the Wanyan Department summoned all the departments to carry out a public execution of General Xiao......"

Tang Ning looked at him in a daze and asked, "General Xiao, which General Xiao?" ”

Chen Zhou bit his lip and said, "General Xiao Jue Xiao." ”

Tang Ning's mind went blank and muttered, "When did it happen?" ”

Chen Zhou said: "At least, at least ten days ago......

……

Without any warning, Tang Ning was shocked by this sudden news, and the sun above his head suddenly became dazzling.

At the same time, the Xiao family.

Old Master Xiao's body shook, and the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to help, he waved his hand to stop Xiao Fu, looked at the eunuch in the palace, and hissed: "What did you just say, say it again......"

The eunuch said in a trembling voice: "Xiao, General Xiao and five hundred soldiers were captured by the grassland people, they carried out a public execution of General Xiao ten days ago, General Xiao, General Xiao is afraid that he is already fierce and unlucky......"

Old General Xiao sat down on a chair, closed his eyes, and said, "Let's all go out." ”

The subordinates of the Xiao Mansion and the eunuch understood his feelings of sending the white-haired man to the black-haired man, looked up, and slowly retreated, leaving only the old general Xiao in the room.

He opened his eyes, and there were two lines of cloudy tears flowing from them.

The Lu family.

Lu Ding learned about this matter from a young general, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, his face turned pale, looked at the man, and said: "This matter, don't let Ya'er know about it......"

Bang!

The screen on one side of the room fell, Lu Ya walked out from behind the screen, looked at Lu Ding, and asked in a daze, "Dad, is this true......?"

Lu Ding looked at her and sighed.

The Imperial Study.

On the ground in front of the main hall, the music was sprinkled all over the ground, Emperor Chen's face was gloomy, and he didn't speak for a long time, and the eunuchs in the hall held their breath, and they didn't dare to come out.

Wei Jian looked at Emperor Chen, and said with a complicated face: "Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Chen stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing, and said: "Pass the order, all the enemy prisoners captured in the north, regardless of men and women, old and young, all be beheaded, and the head will be built into a Jingguan and stand north of Yin Mountain, I will also let them see, they will kill me Chen Guo, one day, I will slaughter their entire clan!" ”

Except for one eunuch who answered, only Emperor Chen's voice echoed in the hall.

……

The news from the north came for three days, and Downing didn't go out for three days.

The court and the people were excited, and Emperor Chen was furious, and he issued an order to kill all the prisoners of Zhuchengjingguan, 10,000 heavy cavalry and nearly 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, ready to go, and could be dispatched within three days.

Tang Ning didn't go to Xiao's house, nor did he go to Lu's house, he only knew that the day after the news entered Beijing, Lu Ya lived in Xiao's house as a surviving person.

This news came suddenly, and it also caught Tang Ning off guard, the news came back from the north, it would take a few days, according to the time calculation, the public execution of Xiao Jue by the Wanyan Department has ended.

Tang Ning sat in the study, took a sip of tea to moisten his lips, only to feel troubled in his heart, Zhong Su Ru and Tang Yaoyao stood in the courtyard, glanced at the direction of the study, Tang Yaoyao gritted his teeth, and was about to walk in, but was stopped by Zhong Yi.

She shook her head lightly and said, "Let Xianggong be alone." ”

Tang Yaoyao stopped, paced in the courtyard for half an hour, looking at the study from time to time, and at a certain moment, Qing'er walked in from outside, holding a letter in her hand, and said, "There is a letter from my uncle......

"I'll send it in." Tang Yaoyao took the letter from her hand and walked in quickly.

She walked into the study, placed the letter on the table, and said, "There is a letter. ”

Tang Ning raised his head and asked casually, "Who wrote it?" ”

Tang Yaoyao said: "There is no payment. ”

Tang Ning opened the unsigned letter and took out the stationery, the words on the paper were ugly and ugly.

He looked at the letter, his face gradually changed, and after reading the letter, he stood up suddenly, and said with great joy: "I love you to death!" ”

Tang Yaoyao was surprised: "Who do you love?" ”

"Love you!" Tang Ning hugged her, kissed her on the face, grabbed her hand, and said, "Go to Xiao Mansion!" ”