Chapter 711: I said to him myself

Chang'an City still seems to be peaceful, and the people naturally won't know what happened in Changchun Garden. As for the subordinates in the Taiji Palace, they were all transferred to Changchun Garden, and the descendants of the direct side of the Yang family were also invited to Changchun Garden, which caused a great shock among the courtiers, but they would never have thought that the little emperor was dead.

None of the courtiers thought that the ironclad general would kill the little emperor. The reason is that if he wants to do this, there is no need to wait until now. So people speculate in one direction, that is, the little emperor has been imprisoned, and all the descendants of the Yang family have been imprisoned.

Niu Huilun, a university scholar, has been at home for a while, although he is the auxiliary minister of the first emperor's will, but since the ironclad general took charge of the government, he has never been to the court. He is not young, and it is also a good excuse for the excerpt to say that he is old and sick and needs to recuperate. The ironclad general didn't seem to bother to pay attention to a literati like him, and seemed to have forgotten about him very quickly after approving his excerpt.

Niu Mansion occupies a small area, and the decoration and furnishings in the mansion are also very simple, this is because Niu Huilun has always adhered to his own high level. Since he was promoted to auxiliary minister, in fact, many people have secretly come to give gifts, but they have all been politely rejected by him. He is a person who knows that it is sometimes safer and more leisurely not to stand in line than to stand in line, so he is unmoved by any force in the court.

It was precisely because he knew his attitude that he had nothing to bother.

It was already spring, Niu Huilun played a very strange posture boxing method before eating breakfast as usual, and the people in the house were no longer surprised, knowing that this set of boxing techniques was called Wufowl Opera, which was taught by Xiao Fang, who was very famous in Chang'an City before. Since practicing this set of five poultry plays, Scholar Niu's body has indeed hardened a lot.

The literati are high-minded, and they are destined to have a certain contempt for martial artists. It's like a martial artist leading the army, just like he is destined to have no good impression of the literati. So Niu Huilun has always said that this is not a boxing technique, but a medical technique.

After breakfast, Niu Huilun asked people to move the chaise longue to the small pavilion in the yard, make a pot of tea, lie on the chair and read a book for a while, throw away all the troubles, and be idle. It is the coolest season of the spring breeze, and drinking tea and tasting books is really a very enjoyable thing for a literati.

A woman in a long green dress walked over slowly, placing a plate of snacks and dried fruits on the coffee table. It seems that she is in her twenties, and her clothes are still a girl's style that has not come out of the cabinet, so it is a little surprising. According to the practice of the Great Sui, a woman reaches the age of marriage at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and a girl who stays at home after the age of twenty will always be pointed at regardless of her status.

But she is different, when the people in the Niu Mansion mention this girl, no one has a contempt for her, and they all secretly praise the heroine.

"Daddy, I heard that there is another big event outside the house."

The woman stood behind Niu Huilun and massaged the old man's shoulder.

The old man closed his eyes and seemed to like his daughter's method.

"Whatever he does, let's just close the door and live our lives. You...... Didn't I tell you after I came back, I have gone through life and death once, so don't get involved in those external things again. It's good that you can come back alive, our father and daughter depend on each other, so don't think about other things anymore. ”

"Yes"

The woman nodded: "I just think this matter is a little strange, so I want to tell my father to know." ”

"Strange?"

Niu Huilun glanced back at her, her eyes were a little wandering: "You are the same as Huahua, you are so curious about everything......"

The woman was stunned for a moment, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes. She remembered the woman who looked charming and coquettish, but had always been lonely in her bones. The woman who always deliberately seduces men, but treats men as playthings. When she was acting in the martial arts academy, she originally looked down on Niu Huahua the most, and felt that women had reached this point, not only losing the face of her family but also the face of women.

She never thought that later, she would become the best friend with Niu Huahua.

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you for a long time, your father is a court general, why did he give you such a cheesy name as Ma Lilian?"

"Your father is still a scholar of the imperial court, why did he give you a more cheesy name like Niu Huahua?"

Then the two of them laughed together.

"It's almost the day of Huahua's festival, and the days go by so fast."

Niu Huilun sighed: "It's been a while since you came back from the Northwest with a lot of hard work, and when you came to me, I couldn't recognize you anymore." Where is it still like a daughter's house, covered in wounds, as if she is about to die. ”

"My father was killed in battle while counterinsurgency in the northwest...... At that time, I was thinking, if I return to Chang'an, who should I turn to? ”

Ma Lilian said a little distractedly.

Not only because of the sadness of the broken family, but also because of other things. When she fled back from the Northwest, she hesitated for a long time. Whether to go back to Chang'an City, or go to Huangyang Road to seek refuge with the young man named Fang Jie. Eventually, she gave up on the second thought. Although she still thinks about it occasionally, she still regrets it a little.

"That's right to look for me, you have no relatives at home, and I have lost my daughter. Now you have a father again, and I have a daughter...... Very good. ”

Niu Huilun smiled: "By the way, what strange thing did you just say?" ”

As soon as Ma Lilian was about to speak, she saw the steward hurriedly running over and said in a very low voice: "Master, there is someone outside who asks to see ......."

"Didn't I say that no one is missing?"

"This person is a little unusual, saying that it is your old acquaintance, master, from Yongzhou...... It's a fair-eyed teenager. ”

Hearing this, Ma Lilian's heart suddenly jumped wildly. Fang Jie's name jumped out again from the deepest part of her heart that she could hide, and smashed on her heart, so heavy.

……

……

"So it's you?!"

Niu Huilun looked at the young man in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim. And Ma Lilian, who was standing beside him, couldn't hide her disappointment in her eyes. The person who comes, not the solution. But this person was sent by Fang Jie.

"It's a salute to the scholars."

The young man made a big salute, got up and smiled: "I haven't seen you old for a few years, I didn't expect your spirit to look better." ”

"Mu San, why did you go to Yongzhou?"

Niu Huilun thought for a while before remembering the name of this young man, and he clearly remembered that this person was once the little eunuch who served in the imperial study when Emperor Tianyou was in power. But since the Northwest Rebellion and the Emperor of Heaven has personally conquered the army, this person seems to have disappeared. Unexpectedly, he ran to the southwest of Dasui, and he seemed to have a close relationship with Fang Jie.

"Don't hide from the ...... of the scholars"

Mu San took out a secret decree from his arms and handed it to Niu Huilun: "This is given to the slave maid before the first emperor's imperial conquest, so that the slave and maid can contact some people outside the court to serve the court." But then something happened, and nine out of ten of the people in this secret decree were killed by the rebels. The slave maid found Lord Xiao Fang and stayed by Lord Xiao Fang's side. ”

He handed the secret decree to Niu Huilun in order to dispel Niu Huilun's suspicions.

Sure enough, Niu Huilun took the secret decree and looked at it, and immediately sat up straight, and her face immediately changed: "There is such a thing...... When His Majesty was personally conquering the northwest, he should have expected great changes in the imperial court, so there would be such an arrangement. His Majesty sent Huai Lao back to Jiangnan before, and dismissed Luo Weiran, the commander of the Ouchi Guards, to expel him from Chang'an, all in preparation for later. I just didn't expect that the plan was far from keeping up with the changes......"

When he said this last sentence, his tone was particularly sad.

"Yes?"

Mu San hurriedly said: "At the beginning, His Majesty instructed the slaves and maids to take out the secret decree at the right time and invite several important ministers on the secret decree to return to Chang'an, but later, Huai Lao and Master Su both died in the hands of the rebels, and the slaves and maids took His Majesty's secret decree, but they could not do anything. Fortunately, in the end, he was in the army of Lord Xiaofang, which barely insulted His Majesty's trust. Commander Luo is now also serving in the Black Flag Army. ”

"No wonder!"

Niu Huilun sighed: "I thought Fang Xie was also the opposite, and I have scolded him countless times." He was deeply affected by the first emperor's grace, and if he really had to be in league with those traitors, I would have been wrong. It turned out that he was under the secret order of the first emperor, preparing military forces in the southwest, waiting for an opportunity to quell the rebellion...... The first emperor was far-sighted, I am afraid that he had already expected the situation of chaos in the court, and the villain was in charge......"

Ma Lilian was also happy to hear it next to her, the reason why she didn't choose to go to the southwest to seek refuge in Fang Xie was that she thought that Fang Xie was also the opposite. Her father died in the counterinsurgency, and she had experienced so many life and death events in the northwest, and she could not accept the rebels.

Hearing that Fang Xie was operating the southwest under the secret order of the first emperor, the remorse that she had deliberately suppressed in her heart became even stronger.

"What did Fang Xie ask you to do?"

Marilyn asked eagerly.

Mu San looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Lord Xiaofang heard that there has been a great change in the imperial court, and someone is holding the government and coercing the king, and he has been waiting for the news sent out by the palace, but he can't wait. Lord Xiaofang was anxious, so he sent the slave and maid back to check it out. Because the slave maid has been in the palace for a long time, check these things. ”

"Hmm"

Niu Huilun nodded: "The minister is not a minister, and the king is not a king...... Alas......"

It was surprising that such a rebellious word came out of his mouth.

"Lord Xiaofang has another explanation, let the slave and maid be sure to complete it. He said that if the capital is really not peaceful, find a way to rescue you from Chang'an, now Lord Xiaofang has stabilized his foothold in the southwest, and a while ago he led his troops to kill the combined forces of the Southern Yan and the Su, and recovered the entire Pingshang Road in one fell swoop. It's tired, but it's safe. Lord Xiao Fang said that he had been thinking about you, and ordered me to see you. ”

"He really has a heart."

Niu Huilun sighed: "I still blame him all the time......"

"Scholar, do you know the origin of that ironclad general?"

Mu San asked.

Niu Huilun was silent for a while, and her face was very ugly: "When the first emperor asked me to wait for the three of them to be auxiliary ministers, he deliberately explained one thing...... His Majesty has only told the three of us about this. Now Yang Shunhui has gone to Dongjiang, Xu Xiaogong is outside and does not come back, and I am closed at home, why is it not because of this incident? It's just that I also have limited knowledge, and what His Majesty said at the beginning was also very vague, but I guessed something myself...... That's why I don't dare to go to the court again......"

"What do scholars know?"

Mu San asked eagerly.

"Do you have a way to take me out of Chang'an?"

Niu Huilun asked rhetorically.

Mu San nodded: "Yes, there are people who came with me this time, and there are also people who are scattered in Jinhou." With the ability to communicate the world, it should be no problem to take you out of Chang'an. ”

"That's good"

Niu Huilun was silent for a while and said, "When I see Fang Jie, I will tell him myself!" ”

"Daddy......"

Ma Lilian was surprised: "Didn't you say that you don't participate in anything?" Retire quietly at home. ”

Niu Huilun smiled, and smiled with the cunning characteristic of the old man: "Lie to yourself, can't you?" ”