Chapter 1025: Merit and Demerit
Ouyang Xiaoling has obviously lost her mind, and even directly asked Mao Wenlong for credit, but a grass man invited credit from the royal family, which was already seriously offside.
Mao Wenlong's face immediately sank, and he looked at Ouyang Xiaoling coldly, and the imperial study fell silent. The Emperor Taishang, who was in charge of the power of life and death in the whole world, was unhappy, and the people present immediately felt great pressure.
Especially Ouyang Feng, he already regretted it at this moment, and there was no need for things to come to this point. Just like what Mao Wenlong said earlier, he had already given him two chances to the Ouyang family. What is hateful is that he, Ouyang Feng, doesn't know how to cherish it at all, which has led to the current situation of being unable to advance or retreat.
There is no regret medicine in the world to take, and I can't think of a way to make up for it for a while. Ouyang Feng was so anxious that his eyes were red and he was anxious.
After a long silence, Mao Wenlong finally said coldly: "The Ouyang family has indeed made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but don't forget that everything your Ouyang family has now is a reward given to you by the current imperial court." ”
After a pause, Mao Wenlong got up suddenly, stared at Ouyang Feng and snorted coldly: "If you want to blame it, Ouyang Feng doesn't know what to do, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, but you can know how harmful the big smoke is raging in the Ming Dynasty now." How can you little Ouyang family afford this! ”
Hate iron does not become steel, and the good future of the Ouyang family was ruined, in the final analysis, they brought it on themselves. For the sake of the old love, Mao Wenlong also wanted to let the Ouyang family go. But they themselves don't know how to cherish it, so there is nothing to say.
Ouyang Xiaoling, who was usually very wise and unflustered, also began to be restless at this moment. It is not difficult to see from Mao Wenlong's tone that the Ouyang family is really in crisis, and it is very likely that there is no room for negotiation.
Ouyang Xiaoling gave Ouyang Feng an inquiring look, however, all she saw was that she was at a loss. Ouyang Xiaoling, who was already in despair, had no other way now.
Mao Wenlong was too lazy to say any more, there was no feast in the world, and the consequences of the Ouyang family's evil at the moment were all their own faults. Blame others, and only blame themselves for being greedy and not satisfied.
Wave your hand and let Haoda take people down and guard them, and wait for all the guilt to be cleared up in the future, and then convicted!
Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Xiaoling also stopped pleading with Mao Wenlong, they knew that it would be useless to ask for more. In the face of absolute power, Ouyang Feng only realized his insignificance at this moment. Thinking about his previous ambitions, he suddenly had a ridiculous and pathetic feeling.
In the evening of the same day, the secret guards successively sent information about the Ouyang family, but Mao Wenlong only glanced at it slightly, and was not interested in looking at it further. The affairs of the Ouyang family are just the beginning, and those old subordinates who are also involved in it are the things that make him most troubled and distressed.
The two unfilial sons of Chen Qiyu's family, as well as his own son, and the families of those old subordinates. Almost all of them are involved in the big tobacco business, how to deal with this extremely extensive matter, Mao Wenlong has a headache at the moment.
Suddenly, Mao Wenlong missed Hong Chengchou when he was there, and he could confide in him if he had some thoughts. It's good now, I threw the mess of Fucheng to Hong Chengchou to deal with, I thought I had gained a great benefit. Unexpectedly, a fox is always a fox, Hong Chengchou obviously knew that the matter of Dayan was very wide-ranging, especially in dealing with it. He would so readily agree to stay in Fucheng.
Now I understand that it is obviously too late, and Mao Wenlong can only swallow it in his heart if he suffers.
It was getting dark, and Hao Da didn't know when he had returned, he drove away the palace maids and eunuchs who came to light the lamp, and then walked to Mao Wenlong's side, and asked in a low voice: "Chief soldier, it's time to eat!" ”
Mao Wenlong looked up at Hao Da for a while, and shook his head to indicate that he would not eat. A large number of family members of old subordinates are waiting for him to be convicted and dealt with, how can they bother to eat?
Haoda cautiously looked at Mao Wenlong's face, didn't dare to talk anymore, and quietly retreated.
Outside the door of the Imperial Study. The chamberlain, the palace maid, stood silently under the porch like a wooden man. Seeing Haoda withdraw with a calm face, he couldn't help but stand up straight.
There was a sound of anxious footsteps in the room, and the incomprehensible eyes of the chamberlain and the palace maid began to pass. The Emperor, who was always smiling and never serious, always looked anxious these days. The message conveyed to them by such a situation is that the Ming Dynasty must be stormy.
"How? The chief soldier ......" Hao Xiao stabbed the muffled Haoda, and said in a low voice.
"Still not eating." Haoda glanced at his younger brother and said bitterly.
"Just now I have ordered someone to inform the Queen Mother, hoping that she will have a way to relieve the worries of the general army......"
Before Haoxiao's words were finished, a string of lights meandered, Haoda and Haoxiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "The Queen Mother ......"
In the light, a palace beauty gently waved the sleeves of her robe and interrupted the two: "The emperor still refuses to eat?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, the chief soldier has been in the imperial study since he dealt with the affairs of the Ouyang family. Since the morning, the grain of rice has not been eaten, and it seems that I am quite anxious. Hao bowed back.
Chen Lan waved away everyone, looked up at the brightly lit imperial study, and entered the door alone. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mao Wenlong walking back and forth, and he was about to speak, but he was preempted by Mao Wenlong, who turned around: "Madam, do you say that this royal family is really unkind?" Should officials not pay attention to human feelings and sophistication, and handle everything impartially? ”
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then she reacted, and after she thought deeply, she responded lightly: "Xianggong is still worried about the affairs of the Ouyang family? The concubines have also heard about their family's affairs. If the prime minister can't decide on the old feelings, he can just leave it to the ministers of the DPRK and the central government to handle it, why embarrass himself like this. ”
Mao Wenlong looked at Chen Lan and said with a wry smile: "If it's just a matter of the Ouyang family, then Xianggong naturally doesn't need to be so anxious. The key is that the Ouyang family's sale of big cigarettes involves many old generals who have followed me from birth to death. The Ming Dynasty has today, all of which they have bought with their blood and sweat, and now many of their families are mired in the quagmire. Xiang Gong really doesn't know what to do with them to be fair and just? ”
Chen Lan was suddenly stunned when she heard this, but then her pretty face turned cold, and she said coldly: "What's so difficult about this? How the prince treats the emperor, he can also treat others. ”
Mao Wenlong looked at the sulking Chen Lan in a daze, and after a long time, he suddenly burst out laughing. The laughter penetrated directly out of the room, confusing the people outside.