"I didn't expect Your Majesty to announce this marriage so soon, presumably Wei Guo has made another move recently. ”

"So we have to hurry up in advance. ”

Jiao Ran took a sip of tea, looked up at Lin Fengtai again, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lin, after so many years, every time I want to ask you, I feel that it is not necessary. But I still have to ask you today, do you really want to send your only biological daughter to fight for the throne? Yuebai's child, how kind and simple his temperament is, can you really think about the danger in this?"

"Since it's been so many years, I've naturally figured it out. Biological daughter...... It was also one of the countless people of the Li Dynasty, and I had worked hard all these years to make her qualified enough to approach that position and to take an important step towards our great cause—perhaps, this was her life. Lin Fengtai's face did not have any expression, as if what he said was just a child of someone else's family, a person who had nothing to do with him.

He got up and added another cup of tea for Jiao Ran, there was a small copper kettle boiling on the stove next to him, the water in it was already boiling, and it was steaming, Jiao Ran looked at the copper kettle, and said leisurely: "Back then, in the army, you bragged about your skills in cooking tea, Yuan Shi didn't believe it, you also secretly built a copper kettle, and wanted to cook tea for us to drink, but unfortunately Yuan Shi said that he leaked his mouth and was discovered by the general, and smashed your copper kettle." ”

Lin Fengtai smiled, "I don't know if it's because of this incident, so I only kicked me out after a year in the army, fortunately, I had you go back to Beijing at that time, otherwise how could I be willing to leave alone, it is estimated that Lai will also rely around the camp, and he will never leave so obediently." ”

I have been in the army for three years, and General Meng allowed me to return to Beijing to engage in politics, which is too different from you, a guy who was kicked out. Jiao Ran's narrow eyes smiled into a slit, he looked at the white mist on the stove, and vaguely recalled their experience in the army when they were young, there was no deceit, no hypocritical officialdom, some were just full of enthusiasm and ambition, even if there was only repeated and rigorous training every day, as simple as the meal they complained about every day, and the crackling board that was beaten after sneaking out to drink, he still felt that it was the most down-to-earth, most reassuring, and happiest time in his life.

"Originally, I also planned to ask my father to intercede for me after returning to Beijing, and then go back to the army to practice hard with Yuan Shi, and sooner or later I can surpass your archery record, but I didn't expect it," Lin Fengtai's fat, loose-skinned face twitched slightly, he swung his fist and hit his leg several times, and said hatefully, "The king of Beiping himself handed over the military power, but he couldn't see that the general was still stationed in the west, and he forced His Majesty, who had just ascended the throne, to hurry up and urge the general to return to Beijing, if the general didn't return to Beijing, how could something like that happen!"

Jiao Ran didn't say a word, his eyes moved from Lin Fengtai's face to the window, the sky outside was blurry and bleak, many rich and noble families in Beijing must have pushed cups and changed lamps at the New Year's banquet on the fifth day of the new year, and a few people will remember that more than 20 years ago, it was also such a cold winter night, there was a general who was more than 100 and a half years old day and night, at the foot of the West Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, inexplicably encountered a big explosion, and died in Huangquan. And at the same time, there was also his only son, that is, Lin Fengtai and Jiao Ran's friend in the army, Yuan Shi.

"Yuan Shi once said in a letter that he secretly made a copper kettle for me and wanted to bring it to me when I returned to Beijing that time. But that letter turned out to be his suicide note," Lin Fengtai muttered as he recalled, "There are dozens of people in the same company, all of whom are brothers who have trained and lived together, and they are gone!"

"The explosion case occurred at the foot of the West Mountain of the King of Beiping, when His Majesty wanted to investigate thoroughly, the King of Beiping was a thousand ways to shirk and not cooperate, and finally the Criminal Department did not find anything and hastily handed it over to Dali Temple. At that time, how many officials in Beijing went up to plead for the general, and the province dared to suppress it, and it was not the king of Beiping who covered the sky with one hand!"

"If it weren't for the general's daughter, Concubine Xian, a 10,000-character blood letter hanging in front of Shaoyang Palace, and another death to apologize, I'm afraid that the general's family and relatives in Beijing would be more widely implicated, but when Concubine Xian and Concubine Xian died, she was only twenty-one years old!"

Jiao Ran listened to Lin Fengtai excitedly talking about the long-forgotten past, the traces left by the explosion at the foot of the mountain are still there, the emperor is still there, the former King of Beiping is still there, he is also there, but no one will talk about this matter openly anymore, he is no longer excited, he no longer throws his sleeves when he sees the King of Beiping, he will even talk and laugh at the King of Beiping on various occasions, will entrust the officials he recommended to the Ministry of Households, and will give various precious jewelry to his only daughter Jiaoqian County Lord. Jiao Ran shook his head slowly, looked at Lin Fengtai and said, "What a dashing person you used to be, otherwise how could your sister like you, but now that you are old, you have become noisy." ”

Lin Fengtai was stunned and complained: "Obviously, you mentioned it first." ”

"Whether you mention it or not," Jiao Ran raised his head and drank the tea that was already slightly cold in the cup, and suddenly got up, "This matter, this case will never be settled like this! In the past 20 years, the power of the King of Xishan has expanded to such a point, the Beiping Army is in his hands, and now he is secretly colluding with the Wei State. I also want to wash away my grievances and avenge my grievances for the general and Yuan Shi!"

After saying that, he brushed his sleeves away, turned his head at the door and said: "When the envoys of the Fujian Kingdom arrive in March, Your Majesty will definitely hold a palace banquet, you must take Yuebai with you, and attract the attention of the prince in one fell swoop." ”

Lin Fengtai nodded solemnly and went out with him. At this time, the bright moon was already hanging in the air, and the two of them walked on the path behind the garden, and they would not have met anyone on the road, but they almost collided with Lin Yuebai head-on at the bend of a piece of bamboo.

"Father, father, Happy New Year!" Lin Yuebai didn't expect to meet someone, she was really frightened, and a beautiful and moving little face was so frightened that she turned white.

"Under the New Year, why don't you stay in your own small courtyard and do it here alone?" Lin Fengtai has always been strict with this daughter, but at this time, seeing that she was only alone, not even a maid, he suddenly felt suspicious.

LIN YUEBAI CAME TO DIG A PIT TO HIDE HIS HELLO KITTY, SO NATURALLY HE WAS SNEAKY, BUT HE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT HE HAD JUST BURIED THE SMALL PIT, AND HE TURNED AROUND AND FELL INTO A BIG PIT AGAIN.

"Daughter, daughter is, yes," Lin Yuebai has always been bad at lying, and her forehead was sweating nervously at this time, and she reluctantly said for a long time, "My daughter is here to appreciate and admire the moon......"

"What kind of moon did you run behind this bamboo forest alone, and dare to lie!" Lin Fengtai's voice was high, and Lin Yuebai was so frightened that he took several steps back and reached a bamboo.