074, the person behind the scenes
Bailizan is back, which means that Cui Yi can not read the excerpts by the bookcase every day, and he will be merciful, arrange for the excerpts to be read by Bailizan first, and make his own ideas if he is not careful, and only screen out the key parts and leave them for Cui Yi to come back in the afternoon to discuss and solve.
So the next morning, His Royal Highness King Wu, who was over-energetic, happily rushed to the barracks to train the troops, came back for dinner at noon, and went to the government office in the afternoon to deal with official business.
After a full day of deliberation, Xie Yong also gave his own reply.
"Have you thought about it?" After listening to his words, Cui Yi confirmed again.
Xie Yong lowered his head and arched his hand: "Yes, the prince does not remember my mistakes inside and outside, but gives me the opportunity to change my face and be a new person, I am forever grateful, and I will do my best for the prince in the future, and I will die." It's just that I still have a small request, I don't know if the prince can ......"
Cui Yiyi waved his hand: "What kind of request, let's hear it first." ”
Xie Yong swallowed his saliva and said earnestly, "Mother...... From a humble background, I was bullied and suppressed by my mother at home, and I have been swallowing my anger for many years, hoping that I can get ahead, glorify my ancestors, and succeed in the future. ”
Cui Yi generously agreed: "What's so difficult about this, this king promises you." ”
Xie Yong bowed again and thanked him, and Baili praised: "It is really gratifying that Gongzi Xie can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but I don't know how the prince is going to reply to Xie Xiao?" ”
Cui Yi had a confident expression on his face, and said unhurriedly: "It's not difficult, please ask Mr. to write on your behalf, just say that the grain and grass were robbed by Yanzhou Liukou, and it has nothing to do with the imperial brother, this king has sent someone to recover it, and the fact that Zichang secretly communicated with the imperial court is purely false, there must be a traitor who is obstructing it, intending to separate their father-son relationship, and Xie Xiao carefully investigates the mastermind behind the scenes." ”
Profit: "......"
Cui Yi turned his head to look at her: "Does the concubine have any objections?" ”
Zhiying immediately shook his head: "No!" The prince is wise, this is very wonderful, Xie Xiao mentioned in the letter that he had received a secret letter from the princess, it must be fake, the princess is so sick that she is delirious, where can she write a letter, someone must imitate the princess's handwriting and forge it, there will not be many people who can do this, the first thing to suspect is the person who is familiar with the princess in the Xie Mansion......"
"The princess's husband, playmates, nurses, maids and maids before leaving the pavilion, even Mrs. Ye is difficult to get rid of suspicion," Bailizan nodded approvingly, "I want to be familiar with the princess's handwriting, but also have a discord with Gongzi Xie, Xie Xiaohao has also been a state pastor for more than 20 years, and I won't be surprised." ”
Cui Yi bowed his head and said, "Then please reply to Mr." Baili Zan answered.
"What else do you have to worry about?" Seeing Xie Yong standing at the bottom of the hall, Zhiying didn't seem to be happy because Cui Yi took the opportunity to help him teach the Ye family a lesson, and he didn't even show his joy, as if he didn't care at all, or ...... I already knew they would make this arrangement.
Xie Yong was startled, raised his head to look at her, and hurriedly lowered his head again: "No, I'...... I just want to ......"
Cui Yi was the most unbearable, and his voice was raised: "If you have anything to say, say it loudly, and you look like a man." ”
Xie Yong smiled awkwardly, said "yes", then turned slightly, faced Zhiying, and knelt down.
Zhiying was a little surprised: "Why did Gongzi Xie make this big gift?" ”
Xie Yong slowly leaned down, his forehead touched the ground, then raised his head, and said astringently: "At home that day, the eldest mother talked about killing the lady and the young lady together, and I did know about it, but the prince ...... The emperor also ordered me to break up the prince and his wife, so I ...... Please also ask the lady for forgiveness. ”
"So that's the case," his answer was not to surprise Zhiying, Cui Jie married the eldest grandson Lingfang, with the intention of using the eldest grandson Tai, then he would definitely not let himself gain power here in Cui Yi, compared to the trap of the assassination in the palace, Xie Yong's actions were also trivial, "The camps are different, it is inevitable that they will calculate each other, it's not your fault, get up, there is no need to mention this matter in the future." ”
Xie Yong got up to leave, and Cui Yi leaned into the throne with satisfaction, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
"Lord Wang."
"Huh?"
Bailizan looked at him with a sincere face: "What has the prince eaten recently?" Don't be brave and want a piece of the pie. ”
Cui Yi was stupid, he didn't turn the corner, but Zhiying laughed: "Sir, take it easy, annoy the prince, and go back and reward you with a cup of closed-door soup." ”
Bailizan touched his beard with a long sigh, stood up and walked out: "It's really not easy to eat a bowl of rice these days......
Holding Ying lowered her head and laughed endlessly, Cui Yi was unhappy, coughed heavily, and asked indifferently: "What are you laughing at?" You two bold traitors will make fun of this king one day. ”
"What," Zhiying smiled, pursed her lips, and said, "The prince can think deeply, I can't be happy if I'm happy, let alone sir, the prince can make his own decisions about major matters, how much free time does he have to save to go out for fun?" ”
Cui Yi snorted, put his hands on his knees, and stood up: "I'm leaving." ”
Zhiying sent him away with a smile, turned his head and instructed Xiaoqiu: "Prepare the car and go to Jiangkou Daying." ”
The 20,000 Yanzhou troops practiced riding and archery in the morning and did farm work in the afternoon, and when Zhiying rode to the gate of the camp, the soldiers guarding the gate replied that General Cao had gone to the field, and General Yang was not in the camp.
Both generals are not in the camp, what if something happens? Zhiying was worried, there were still too few available people under Cui Yi's command, and he had to find a way to recruit some more people for him, Bo Muer...... Probably can't be counted on, think about something else!
Following the direction given by the little soldier, Zhiying found Cao Qian.
Yanzhou winter is long and summer is short, wheat can be ripe for two seasons, but rice can only be harvested in a batch, when the surplus is still in the capital, with the situation of Ganzhou over the years as a reference, it has been expected that rice can not become the staple food, in addition to wheat seeds, but also prepared a batch of sorghum, millet and other crop seeds, originally intended to be planted in the capital first, but now it comes in handy.
On the south bank of the Jinjiang River, the wind blows the rice flowers, the green waves roll, and it is thriving, who would have thought that a few months ago it was still a deserted reed?
Before Zhiying got off the ground, there were already sharp-eyed soldiers who saw the carriage of the palace and hurriedly ran to inform Cao Qian.
"Why is General Cao dressed like this?" Zhiying smiled when she saw him.
Cao Qian was dressed in a simple coarse cloth coat, his trouser legs were pulled up to his knees, and there was mud on his calves that had not been washed, and he looked like he had just come out of the ground. Wearing a hat on his head, covering the shade and rain, even so, he was still so sunburned that he couldn't open his eyes, and the sweat stains on his face were almost catching up with the little peach cake.
Cao Qian embarrassedly wiped the sweat on his face with the white cloth on his shoulder, and asked, "It's convenient to work like this, is there something wrong with Madame?" ”
Zhiying beckoned him to speak under the shade of the tree, Xiaoqiu poured a bowl of plum soup from the crockpot for him, and Cao Qian drank it all, standing under the tree and fanning the wind with a hat.
"Is the prince in the camp every morning?" Zhiying waited for him to rest enough, and then asked.
Cao Qian replied without thinking about it: "Yes, I come every morning." ”
Zhiying asked carefully: "When did you come and when did you leave?" ”
The hat in Cao Qian's hand stopped fanning, and looked at them suspiciously: "Madame asked this...... What's wrong with the prince? Is something wrong? ”
Zhiying only had a conjecture in his heart, he was not sure, and he didn't plan to say too much to him, but Cao Qian seemed to be very worried, and asked nervously: "The prince has come relatively late in recent days, and he used to always come to the camp at three o'clock in the morning, but today it is almost the hour." The last general thought ...... The prince is not in the house? Where does that go? In the past, the prince always stayed in the camp for a day, and he didn't often go to Goolan wine shops and other places...... Uh, the last general is silent, please punish Madame! ”
"I'm here to ask you, what's the punishment?" Zhiying waved her hand funny, "Didn't I and the prince also meet in the carved building, and the Goolan wine shop may not be a bad place, and I don't suspect that the prince has a good relationship outside, but the prince has been very abnormal recently, and he speaks and acts in an orderly manner, as if he was planned in advance, and he can make his own ideas without me and my husband ordering from the side......"
Cao Qian asked with a stern expression: "Someone is secretly misleading the prince?" ”
Zhiying shook her head, and the gloom in her eyes could not be hidden: "I can't assert it like this, what that person taught the prince to say is reasonable, it really seems to be giving advice to the prince, I'm afraid that there is another manipulator behind that person, and he knows everything about us, and the prince still doesn't notice it, and it will be troublesome." ”
Cao Qian frowned and thought for a while, and said, "The last general will ask someone to follow the prince, what is the situation to report to Mrs. again?" ”
Holding the head: "I think so too, but ...... After all, General Cao has been following the prince for so many years, and he has always followed the prince and is loyal, will it be too difficult for you to do this? ”
Cao Qian laughed and clasped the hat on his head: "The prince can trust his wife, and the last general will naturally trust his wife, knowing that his wife is good for the prince, how can he feel embarrassed?" ”
Zhiying sighed with deep satisfaction: "If there are a few more people like General Cao around the prince, why can't it be done." ”
Cao Qian was embarrassed to be praised, touched the back of his neck, and said: "Xu Cheng, the son of the old general of Yanzhou Mu Xu, seems to be a fierce general, but it's a pity...... Madame go back first, and when the whereabouts of the prince are ascertained, someone will be sent to the house to explain that the noon sun is too hot, and Madame should be careful not to suffer from heat stroke. ”
Zhiying nodded: "Okay, then I'll go back first, I can't stand this day, I will ask the kitchen to boil a big pot of plum soup and send it over, for you to relieve the heat." ”
The next morning, Cui Yi still went out at dawn, Zhiying followed the moon in the side compartment to raise silkworms, fresh mulberry leaves were cut into thin strips with scissors, sprinkled in the dustpan full of silkworm babies, and the silkworms that had grown up directly ate large mulberry leaves, and there was a rustling sound in the house.
Before the end of the day, someone from outside came to report that General Cao had sent someone to deliver the message, so Zhiying washed his hands and went to the hall to meet people.
It was a spy who came, and after saluting, he saw it in the morning, and the more he listened, the more ugly his face became, and when the man had finished speaking, he rewarded him with a silver coin, and sent the man away, and sat alone in a chair to think.
The spy said that Cui Yi went to the street early in the morning, neither to go to the Goolan wine shop, nor to the teahouse gambling house, but turned to a fortune-telling stall under the city gate, gave the Taoist priest a small amount of money, and then sat there and talked to people for nearly an hour, and then went to the barracks.
A Taoist diviner? Zhiying is incomprehensible, Cui Yi is such a person, can also believe in hexagrams? Why didn't you see before, what is the origin of this Taoist priest?