Leaving Zhoushan County, the group of people rushed all the way, less than two days to arrive at the destination of their trip to Shancheng, which is the junction of the Fengyuan Dynasty and Beiyang Kingdom, not long ago Beiyang was still fighting with Fengyuan, that war lasted for more than a year, in the spring of this year the two countries decided to make peace, not long ago just signed a peace treaty, so the mountain city is also in the process of reconstruction, the previous war has caused a lot of damage here.

This is the first time Tang Xi has come to the border pass, and it is also the first time to see the suffering of the people here.

Since entering the city, there has been such a tragic situation everywhere, Tang Xi endured and endured it and still couldn't help but ask Huo Jinyan, "What's going on?" Isn't the silver taels allocated by the court enough for them to eat? ”

Huo Jinyan glanced at her, and there seemed to be an inquiring look in his eyes, "You seem to be very concerned about the suffering of the people in the world?" "No matter how you look at it, Tang Xi is a fire-burning girl with little culture, and her ideological realm seems to be too high.

Tang Xi stiffened slightly, and suddenly woke up in her heart, she really cared too much about the affairs of the people along the way, coupled with the matter of the old man of the Liu family before, she couldn't help but feel a little numb in her scalp, Huo Jinyan shouldn't have noticed anything, right? In addition to being apprehensive in her heart, she became more determined about her wanting to leave earlier, some things were her instincts, and they couldn't be changed, and in the long run, Huo Jinyan would definitely find flaws.

"I'm just deeply moved by them, hehe......" Tang Xi laughed dryly and said a reasonably reasonable explanation.

Huo Jinyan looked at her quietly for a while, and didn't look away until Tang Xi's heart was empty, "This matter is the purpose of my coming here." ”

Tang Xi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Huo Jinyan to tell himself such an important matter, did he really trust her? Or is it a temptation? She was a little confused, so she only properly echoed, "That's good, it seems that the people here are blessed." ”

This time, Huo Jinyan did not hide his identity, and swaggered all the way to the mansion of Wei Xianhe, the general who guarded the city, here, and then directly flashed the token in his hand to let people report.

After a while, Wei Xianhe came to greet him in person, he was about thirty years old, with a shrewd look and a smile on his face, he stood in front of Huo Jinyan's carriage and arched his hand, "I don't know that the Prime Minister has come from afar, and the lower officials have missed the welcome, and I hope the Prime Minister will forgive me." ”

Huo Jinyan lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage with a cold face, "General Wei doesn't have to be polite, I think the reason why I came back here General Wei already knows it in his heart, so I have to bother for a few days, just don't dislike it." ”

"What is the Prime Minister's words, the honor of the lower officials, please come inside!"

Huo Jinyan bowed slightly, and then walked into General Wei's mansion first, followed by Lu Zheng and Tang Xi.

After entering the inner hall, the subordinates of the General's Mansion poured tea for a few people, and Wei Xianhe asked about the identities of Tang Xi and Lu Zheng, Huo Jinyan did not hide Lu Zheng's identity, "He is Lu Zheng, the son of Marquis Anyuan." ”

When he arrived at Tang Xi, Huo Jinyan paused slightly, as if he was considering the words, and only replied after a while, "This is Tang Xi, the daughter of the deceased, and I will take care of it for the time being." ”

Wei Xianhe's eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about which high-ranking family in Beijing had the surname "Tang", although he was curious about Tang Xi's identity, but since Huo Jinyan didn't say it explicitly, he naturally didn't want to ask, so he could only be treated as a distinguished guest together.

"The Prime Minister came here to observe the people's feelings, I don't know if I should take a rest in the house first or leave tomorrow?"

Huo Jinyan glanced at Wei Xianhe, and then said lightly, "Let's take a two-day rest for the time being." ”

Tang Xi's expression moved, and he didn't understand what Huo Jinyan meant by this move, since Huo Jinyan said that he was here for the people here, then obviously the first thing he wanted to fight was Wei Xianhe, the boss here, but didn't he hurry up along the way just to catch him off guard and make him too late to destroy the evidence? But why did you get back to it after you got here?

But no matter how curious she was, she didn't dare to ask any more, for fear that Huo Jinyan would see something different from her question, as for Lu Zheng, although he also didn't know Huo Jinyan's plan, but he had always just waited to see Huo Jinyan bring down these corrupt officials, as for the process? It's more surprising if you can't guess, isn't it?

Tang Xi and Huo Jinyan rode in the same carriage all the way, Tang Xi hid in the room at night and didn't come out, Lu Zheng couldn't find a chance to talk to Tang Xi at all, what happened in Zhoushan County in the past few days No one said that it was just scratching his heart, it can be said that he is in desperate need of release now.

So not long after being taken back to their respective rooms, Lu Zheng appeared in front of Tang Xi.

Tang Xi looked at Lu Zheng with a resentful look, and couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Zheng saw that he was pretending to be wronged and Tang Xi was unmoved, so he couldn't help but pouted his lips boringly, and then got straight to the point, "Hey, did you know Old Man Liu before?" What the hell was going on that day? ”

Tang Xi said in her heart that Lu Zheng's curiosity is really not ordinarily strong, and she didn't forget to ask her for clarification after two days, of course, it was impossible for her to tell the truth, so she said vaguely, "I have admired Old Man Liu since I was a child, and people are a little sentimental, and my emotions are a little out of control for a while." ”

Lu Zheng looked at her suspiciously, but this kind of thing is really not good, so he can't get to the bottom of it, not to mention that what he wanted to talk about most was not this matter, but just to pave the way.

He sighed with a somewhat mixed expression, "Hey, I didn't expect what the third brother said to be true." ”

Tang Xi was thinking about what Huo Jinyan's plan was, and she didn't understand the meaning of Lu Zheng's words for a while, so she wondered, "What is true?" What did the adults say? ”

Lu Zheng choked, and then the complicated look on his face dissipated, replaced by a faint embarrassment, he rolled his eyes at her aggrievedly, "What kind of brain are you?" I'm talking about ...... of course Ahem, about the empress. Originally, his angry voice was raised, but when he came back to reason in the second half of the sentence, he still coughed lightly and lowered his voice, after all, the stakes were very high, and he was afraid that the wall would have ears.

"Oh......" Tang Xi replied in hindsight, "But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, right?" After all, your relationship with her is only that you almost became her concubine. ”

"......" Lu Zheng held his forehead, "If you don't say this, you'll die!" ”

But when he mentioned this again, Lu Zheng found that he didn't seem to be as disgusted as before, he touched his nose and said a little awkwardly, "But now that I think of it, she didn't dislike me at all, but simply didn't want to harm me, right?" ”

Tang Xi twitched the corner of his mouth, "You are quite good at self-comfort." ”

"......" Lu Zheng rolled his eyes widely, and said in his heart Tang Xi is really not a suitable person to chat with, if it weren't for Huo Jinyan and only her participating in this series of things, he really didn't want to talk to her anymore.

So he continued without giving up, "Aren't you shocked? Suddenly a heinous person subverts your cognition, aren't you curious? ”

Tang Xi glanced at him lightly, "What about being curious?" First, I don't know her, second, I can't know her anymore, and third, ...... No matter how she is, she is already dead, what is there to care about the rights and wrongs of a dead person? ”

"You ......" Lu Zheng choked for a moment, a little speechless for Tang Xi's thorough analysis, and he could only sigh for a while, "You are right." ”

Indeed, no matter what kind of person Feng Xi is, she is already dead, she is the first emperor of the Fengyuan Dynasty, no matter what their turn is, in other words, even if they want to correct her name, they can't do it at all.

"Actually, I still have a question, I didn't ask it at the time."

"What?" Tang Xi raised his eyebrows.

"Since she just wants to save the lives of the two old men, why didn't she pick them up after Prince Yi fell?"

Tang Xi was silent, this is also the place where she thinks she can't live with them the most, she is for her own selfishness, the appearance of a tyrant has been put out, and she can't dismantle the stage by herself, so she only secretly sent someone to relieve the two of them from hard labor afterwards, but she didn't take them back, she thought that she wouldn't live for a few years after all, and this opportunity could be left to Feng Lie after succeeding to the throne, and he could also gain a good reputation.

So when Old Man Liu said that he didn't hate her, her heart would be extremely happy, Old Man Liu said that he didn't hate her, not because she had nothing to be sorry for them, but because he used his tolerant heart to forgive her for her last inaction, and he didn't blame her.

Probably because Tang Xi's face was a little wrong, or because she had been silent for a long time, Lu Zheng couldn't help but call her, "What do you want?" ”

Tang Xi narrowed his eyebrows and said lightly, "Why do you have to make things that have nothing to do with you so clear?" Instead of thinking about these inconsequential things, think about the situation today. ”

Lu Zheng was easily led astray by Tang Xi, "Today's situation? He frowned, "The third brother should have his own plan, he has never liked to explain too much to others, let's just watch quietly, if there is something that needs our attention, he will tell us." ”

"Oh......" Tang Xi rolled his eyes, "Since it's none of our business, how about we go out for a walk?" ”

"Yes, but I have to report to the third brother first." Lu Zheng nodded happily.

Huo Jinyan heard the two of them say that they were going out, but he didn't have any special expression, but only lightly ordered, "Don't make trouble, come back early." ”

So the two of them went out like this, saying that they were going out for a walk, but the mountain city that was being rebuilt, there was really nothing to visit, at this time the people's food and other materials were distributed by the imperial court, and a war had already disrupted the lives of the people, so there were hardly any vendors on the street, and some were just people numbly doing the work of post-disaster reconstruction.

The two walked and watched in silence all the way, and in the end, the brows of the two were already wrinkled enough to tie a dead knot, but Lu Zheng took the lead and couldn't help but let out a breath and said, "Let's go back." ”

Tang Xi didn't object, because her mood was also very heavy, what they saw on the way into the city was just the tip of the iceberg, in fact, there were more people in the city who they didn't see suffering.

With this crying experience, Lu Zheng couldn't sit still, there was no way to wait for Huo Jinyan's actions as in the past, and finally just look at the results, after going back, he didn't even have time to go back to his residence first, so he walked all the way to Huo Jinyan's room, and Tang Xi naturally followed behind him.

"Third brother." Lu Zheng frowned, then lowered his voice and asked, "Can you speak?" ”

Huo Jinyan knew that he was asking if he would be listened to, so he nodded, "Yes, there is a shadow and they are in the handle." "Huo Jinyan's two secret guards are not ordinary people, and they can rest assured that they are staring in the dark.

So Lu Zheng nodded and no longer shy away, and said bluntly, "Third brother, we went out for a walk just now, this way...... The people are really not in a good situation. ”

Huo Jinyan quietly glanced at Tang Xi who was sitting on the other side of Lu Zheng, she lowered her eyebrows, she couldn't see her expression clearly, and she didn't seem to have the intention of interjecting, so he closed his gaze and said to Lu Zheng, "So what?" ”

Lu Zheng pursed his lips, "So third brother, I want to help with this matter...... Even if it's just a small part, I want to do something. ”

Huo Jinyan raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised by Lu Zheng's abnormal behavior today, "Help......" He seemed to raise the corners of his lips and smiled lightly, and then simply responded, "It's okay, it's time for you to grow up." ”

"There are tens of millions of silver allocated by the imperial court, which should be enough for the people to have no worries about food and clothing, and the current situation is ...... Obviously, he was embezzled, and the only person who can deceive and conceal the subordinates here is Wei Xianhe, of course, corruption has always been involved in only one person, so I concluded that there must be someone in the capital who is pressing Wei Xianhe, and I have left people in the capital to collect evidence, and Wei Xianhe needs me to go out in person. ”

Things are inseparable from what Tang Xi thinks, although there are other questions, but she is just an observer now, so it is better not to say too much to reduce her sense of existence.

Fortunately, Lu Zheng was still on the road, and the question he raised happened to be Tang Xi's question, "So we hurried all the way to stop Wei Xianhe from destroying the evidence?" But in that case, why didn't you rush after we arrived? ”

Huo Jinyan raised his eyebrows, "When did I say I'm not in a hurry?" It's just that you can't find anything if you check it on the surface, but it's better to not act on the surface to make the other party relax, and then investigate secretly, so that it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Lu Zheng nodded suddenly, "So the third brother has already sent someone?" ”

"Nature."

"But the third brother...... Since we have seen that the people here are living so hard, the corruption must be a certainty, so why not just bring back a few people as witnesses, and think that the emperor will be different. ”

"Things are not so simple, since Wei Xianhe dares me to see the situation here, it must be completely certain, I think that the fake account book must be done without leakage, at that time he has a lot of words to quibble, the emperor has not been on the throne for long, and Wei Xianhe is a general who has been stationed in the frontier for many years, what do you say the emperor is going to do with him without evidence? It really doesn't hurt him to be punished for a few years casually, and since he has to pay the price, it must be painful. ”

Lu Zheng nodded, but his heart was a little sour, and he couldn't help muttering, "If only General Shen were still here......"

The general Shen he said refers to the former general Shen Nan here, he is upright, dedicated to the people, stationed in the mountain city for decades, won countless battles, is a hero in the eyes of the people of the entire Fengyuan Dynasty, but it is such a legendary figure who was killed by the enemy in the battle with Beiyang last year, and when the news reached the capital, the people of the entire capital were all saddened.

Shen Nan was one of the few people Tang Xi admired, at that time she was also very sad about Shen Nan's death, and even ordered a strict investigation of the cause of General Shen's death, but the final result was still that he was carelessly ambushed by the enemy, and his death was not doubtful at all.

After Shen Nan's death, his former deputy Wei Xianhe took his place as a matter of course, and then Beiyang proposed to reconcile, although Feng Xi was saddened by Shen Nan's death, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still had to agree to the other party's request for reconciliation.

In this way, it can only be said that Wei Xianhe's luck is really good, as soon as Shen Nan died, the other party proposed to repair the peace, which is equivalent to letting Wei Xianhe pick up a cheap price in vain and get a lot of meritorious service, and then the imperial court allocated funds for the post-war reconstruction of the mountain city, and Wei Xianhe embezzled a large amount of silver from it, which can be said to be fame and fortune.

So when I heard Lu Zheng mention Shen Nan at this time, whether it was Tang Xi or Huo Jinyan, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, this hero of the Fengyuan Dynasty was really aggrieved when he died.

Seeing that Huo Jinyan didn't speak, Lu Zheng suddenly hesitated and said, "Third brother...... You said that General Shen's death would not have anything to do with Wei Xianhe, right? No matter how you look at it, it's too coincidental, isn't it? ”

Huo Jinyan frowned, played with the teacup in his hand, and said lightly, "Who knows." ”

Tang Xi's heart skipped a beat in an instant, because Huo Jinyan's faint words made her have a new guess in her heart......

And Lu Zheng saw that Huo Jin didn't say anything, so he only muttered angrily, "Maybe it's really related, if it really has something to do with him, then it's a traitor to the enemy!" A hundred times is not enough for him to die! ”

Tang Xi's heart trembled a little, her past regrets, maybe this time Huo Jinyan can really help her make up for it.

After listening to the information he wanted, Tang Xi didn't want to stay with Huo Jinyan any longer, so he got up and said, "My lord, I don't understand what you said, it's really boring to stay here, so I'll go back first." ”

Huo Jinyan nodded and agreed, seeing Tang Xi leaving, Lu Zheng thought about it and stood up and said, "Then I'll leave first, don't forget to take me with you if the third brother wants to do anything!" ”

"Wait." Huo Jinyan suddenly called Lu Zheng, who was leaving, and looked directly at him with a pair of deep eyes, "The matter of going to the street, was Tang Xi proposed?" ”

Although it was a question, Huo Jin's tone was very firm, although Lu Zheng didn't understand what he was asking for, he still nodded honestly, "Yes...... Any questions? ”

Huo Jinyan lowered his eyebrows, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "It's okay, you can go back." ”

In the blink of an eye, Huo Jinyan was left alone in the room, he slightly bent his index finger and lightly buckled the tabletop, as if thinking about something, after a while, he chuckled and shook his head, "It's interesting, this puzzle seems to be getting more and more difficult to solve, but as long as it is a puzzle, there will always be a day when it will be solved." ”

The three of them rested leisurely in the General's Mansion for a few days, and Wei Xianhe had been unhurried, as if he was sure that Huo Jinyan could not do anything about him.

On the morning of the fourth day, Huo Jinyan finally spoke, "General Wei, we have rested enough, why don't we let General Wei do his best as a landlord today and take me to visit the post-war reconstruction?" ”

"Xiaguan is naturally willing to serve the prime minister, so the three of them go and clean up, let's go?" Wei Xianhe looked smiling, and he didn't seem to be worried at all.

After that, the four of them went to the city together, walking all the way, Wei Xianhe introduced them all the way, Tang Xi listened absentmindedly, and suddenly saw a man building a house on the side of the road stepped on the air and fell from the air!

Her martial arts skills are not very good, and it was too late to react, but Lu Zheng next to her reacted very quickly and grabbed the man before he landed, which prevented the man from falling and seriously injuring him.

Seeing that the man was safe, Tang Xi breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward, "How are you?" ”

And Wei Xianhe on the side also followed with a concerned face, and after making sure that the other party was okay, he reprimanded the overseer here with a straight face, "How did you do things?" Even the safety of workers cannot be guaranteed, how serious is this if it falls! ”

Tang Xi listened to it on the side, feeling that he was really holding his breath in his heart, so he couldn't help but purse his lips and looked at the man with yellow muscles who was grateful to Lu Zheng at this time, "This big brother, I see that your body is so thin, why do you still have to come out to work?" Her gaze swept across Wei Xianhe's face, and then she smiled softly at the man, "Didn't the imperial court allocate a lot of silver?" Could it be that such a large sum of silver is not enough for you to eat? This is the prime minister of the dynasty from the capital, if you have anything unspeakable, you can tell him, and he will definitely make decisions for you. ”

When the man heard Huo Jinyan's identity, his stagnant eyes seemed to move, and a ray of light appeared, but when his eyes touched Wei Xianhe, who was standing aside, he instantly retracted the expectation in his eyes as if he had been stung, and said crampedly, "I...... I don't have anything to hide, I just ...... It's just that the physique is not good, it's not that I can't eat enough, I ...... I'm going to work first. With that, he ran away and walked away.

The smile on Tang Xi's face gradually sank, and when he stood up, he seemed to glance at Wei Xianhe inadvertently, Wei Xianhe still had a gentle smile, the episode just now did not make his face change by half a minute, it seemed that he had already determined that Tang Xi couldn't ask anything, Tang Xi faintly felt a little chill in his heart, Wei Xianhe is a typical smiling tiger, he looks harmless to people and animals with a smile, but in fact, he is several times more terrifying than those who are fierce on the surface.

In fact, Tang Xi didn't report anything in the hope of asking something to the people, but Wei Xianhe's fake behavior made her really angry, and she also wanted to test it, but the result was very powerless, Wei Xianhe's influence here greatly exceeded her thoughts, and he was very smart, even if he embezzled a large amount of money, but he always maintained a degree, neither let the people eat too much, but also did not let them starve to death, so that the people were not forced to a corner, and they did not have so much courage to resist him.

Just imagine, if you don't resist, at least you can still live, and if you resist, you will die immediately, in this case, how will you choose? No one wants to die, no one wants to die, even if it is better to live miserably than to turn into a piece of loess and disappear at this time, take a step back and say, even if you want to die, no one wants to die miserably.

Wei Xianhe knows how to control people's hearts very well, he just grasped the psychology of the people, controlled them very well, and made them not have the slightest sense of resistance, thinking about it, how terrible is this person?

She sighed lowly, this battle is indeed not easy to fight, or does Huo Jinyan already have any countermeasures in his heart?

This short episode did not have any impact, Wei Xianhe still talked endlessly about the people and things in the city, although several people were a little absent-minded and didn't listen much, but Wei Xianhe's face remained unchanged and didn't mind, and even occasionally told a few touching stories of the people, if Tang Xi didn't know what kind of person the other party was, I am afraid that he would really be deceived by him, thinking that he was really a good general for the country and the people.

"I've seen a lot along the way, but I have some doubts about the whereabouts of the silver two, can General Wei take me to see the account book?" Huo Jinyan finally stopped detouring and said the key points of the trip.

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