Chapter 108: Chestnuts

After spending a long time talking, it was useless to tell Bai Suyan about finding An Peng for revenge.

After all, the other party was a powerful minister of the government and the opposition, and the An family was a large family in the northwest, and had a close relationship with the Uighurs of the Sabbath generation. It is said that the rebellion was put down in peace, and the ancestral emperor of that year still relied on the power of An Jia in the northwest to quell the rebellion. After that incident, in order to stabilize the An family in the Western Regions, the three emperors have been rewarding the An family greatly, and the An family is already a dominant family in the Western Regions. It is like the uncrowned king of the northwest.

Therefore, although the emperor is very jealous of the An family, he can only use the reward to stabilize the An family. And Anjia, who has always lived in the northwest and has never entered Beijing, has always maintained a tacit understanding with the Great Zhou court.

More than a decade ago, the Turks attacked the Great Zhou again and sent envoys to rebel against Anjia. However, the An family was against the Turks. In the end, An Jia and Da Zhou joined forces and relieved the siege of Chang'an.

After this incident, the An family made it clear that the Western Regions were the Western Regions of the Han family, and An Jia was also a courtier of the Han family.

Such an attitude is very ambiguous. The An family did not say that they were loyal to the Great Zhou court, but only that they would not betray their ancestors.

However, the emperor was still very happy. Because, at this time, Da Zhou was the representative of the Han regime. Loyalty to the Han family naturally means indirect loyalty to the Great Zhou.

So, for the first time, the emperor personally threw a hydrangea to the An family. With the status of an important minister of the Great Zhou court, he urged him to settle down and return to his heart. And to settle down, they also need silk and cloth from the Central Plains, so the two sides hit it off.

However, five years ago, with An Peng's father, who had always advocated staying away from the imperial court, became the head of the An family after some infighting. The relationship between Da Zhou and the An family has become confusing again.

On the one hand, the An family still let An Peng stay in the Great Zhou court. On the surface, it is a gesture of goodwill, but in fact, it can be regarded as a hostage. In this way, the living space of the An family was guaranteed between the Turks and the Great Zhou.

On the other hand, according to reliable information, the An family was secretly in contact with the Turks.

The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was afraid of the strength of the An family in the northwest, and repeatedly turned a blind eye to what the An family did in the Great Zhou. Back then, An Peng's disciple Fan Zeng was overjoyed and forced to oppose the Miao people. The emperor only demoted him by one level. There is no follow-up. And in this dispute between the Shu clan and the Shi clan, although the emperor was extremely angry, he was open to the An family. just knocked An Peng, and there was no other action.

These things are what Wu Ningyuan said to himself when he was encircling and suppressing Liu Yuanyi.

At that time, when Wu Ningyuan said these words, he had deep worry on his face. It seems to be in the future of the Great Zhou, feeling uneasy.

And Lu Heng also frowned after listening to these complicated words.

At that time, he was also thinking about these words. However, when Wu Ningyuan asked about the countermeasures, Lu Heng looked at him and said to him: "After getting the testimony of the Turks, don't look too closely at those Turks!" ”

After saying this, Lu Heng stopped talking.

After Wu Ningyuan heard this, he was stunned for a long time. What does Yongzheng mean by this sentence?

It was not easy to catch a few Turks, and it seems that the status is still very high. Listening to Yongzheng's words, it seemed that he wanted to let the other party go.

However, after thinking about it for a while. He woke up suddenly.

Yes, if the relationship between the An family and the Turks is exposed in the court this time, it is very likely that the An family dog will jump over the wall and fall to the side of the Turks. That is, the entire northwest gateway is wide open, and the Great Zhou Sheji is in danger.

And Yongzheng seems to have guessed that after the An family learns that the matter is revealed, they will definitely kill those Turks. Therefore, he got out of the way and let him kill the Turks smoothly. lest the contradictions become too intense and lead to the emergence of uncontrollable situations.

However, since this is the case, it is better to just do a favor and secretly execute the Turks? Why do you want to leave that innocuous testimony?

Wu Ningyuan thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't understand it. I wanted to ask Lu Heng, but as a result, this little fox slipped away.

Now, listening to Bai Suyan, he gritted his teeth and said that he wanted to kill An Peng.

Lu Heng smiled bitterly in his heart, with such a huge power, how could you be able to bring it down alone? Even if you kill An Peng, so what, since the An family is willing to treat An Peng as a proton, it means that people don't take this son to heart at all. If you kill one, there will be more people who are more ruthless than An Peng.

After struggling to speak and say a lot of truths, Bai Suyan finally calmed down. However, she still had a bad face, stared at Lu Heng coldly, and said, "Then what do you say to do?" ”

Lu Heng looked at the other party's serious look, shook his head with a smile and said, "What else can I do?" Chilled salad! ”

Seeing that the other party was angry, he touched his waist.

Lu Heng was both amused and helpless in his heart.

Gotcha, threaten me again! Is it interesting for you to wield a sword against a powerless scholar?

Helpless, the other party's fist is big, and it is easier to clean himself up than to drink cold water. What's more, not long after, the other party was a companion in the trench with himself, and after thinking quickly about the pros and cons in his head, Lu Heng had no choice but to tell her the preliminary plan in his heart.

So, at noon in the early winter of this cold winter, such a scene appeared.

In the cold wind and rain pavilion, two white-faced scholars sat opposite each other in front of the stone table in the pavilion. One of them had an indifferent smile on his face, casually fiddling with the things on the table. From time to time, he would point to the chestnuts on the table, say a word or two, and then look up at the other person's expression. Seeing that the other party's female surname was full of cheeks, she nodded. He smiled and continued to fiddle with the other two chestnuts.

Occasionally, someone would walk by and see the two white-faced scholars in the pavilion, close to each other. Moreover, there seems to be an extremely despicable relationship between the two. Passers-by would spit out with contempt and sigh with a sad face: "Lang Lang Qiankun, there is such a dirty thing to be staged." Where is the reason? ”

However, the two people in the pavilion did not notice the distance between each other at all, and there was anything wrong. Bai Suyan sat at the stone table, listening to Lu Heng's thoughtful analysis, often frowning and thinking for a long time, before nodding and signaling him to continue.

Lu Heng took out chestnuts from the basket and placed them on the stone table, using chestnuts to represent every step of the plan and every power group.

While fiddling with chestnuts, he said: "Well, the reason why the emperor doesn't dare to move the An family is because the An family is extremely powerful. The prestige in the northwest is high. It is related to the war situation in the entire Northwest. Right? ”

Lu Heng picked up an irregular chestnut, peeled off the skin, threw it into his mouth and chewed it, raised his head and glanced at Bai Suyan, who was staring at the chestnuts on the table, lowered his head and continued to pose in the dragon gate array, and asked vaguely.

Seeing the woman nodding, it was a tacit acquiescence. Lu Heng continued: "Second, another reason why the emperor didn't dare to move An Peng was because, under the current situation, in the northwest, the emperor could only rely on An Jia, and had no choice. If, heh, if you only see it in the northwest and the Central Plains, there is another big clan, and besides, this big clan is much more friendly to the imperial court than the An family. I think the emperor's mind should change! ”

Lu Heng fiddled with the three chestnuts on the table, raised his head and looked at Bai Suyan with a smile, and said lightly: "It is not only a strategic buffer, but also a natural barrier, at that time, whether it is for the stability of the Great Zhou or for the status of the royal family." I think the emperor's attitude towards the An family should change! ”

The wind blew gently, blowing up a strand of hair on Bai Gongzi's forehead. Bai Suyan sat there, casually raising his hand to lift the strands of black hair, spreading a charming style.

In her misty eyes, her expression sparkled, and she pondered Lu Heng's words carefully.

After a while, she finally understood the meaning, put her arms on the table, gently supported her chin with her palms, and whispered, "What do you mean?" The emperor will support this big clan to fight against the An family, and, at a certain time, he will send troops to the Western Regions to destroy the An family, right? ”

She whispered what she was thinking, but when she finished speaking, she didn't hear an answer.

When I looked up, I was immediately angry.

It turned out that the pavilion was already empty.

That damn scholar actually took advantage of his distraction, and he didn't know when he had slipped away.

Even the bamboo basket that had been placed on the table was carried away by him. On the smooth stone table, there were only three chestnuts, which were slightly swayed by the wind.

Bai Suyan stood up, glanced around, and found that there was no figure around except for the dazzling sunlight.

She clenched her fists in annoyance, and tried to chase him out several times, find him, and beat him. However, after thinking about it, thinking about that scholar, before he ran away, he didn't know how worried he should have been. She finally pursed her lips and said to herself, "Hmph, you can run fast!" ”

Thinking about that scholar's life, he said that he was breezy and talented. And when I'm with myself, I always make a look like a small person in the market.

It seems that the two have had a total of two meals since they met. Moreover, these two meals were paid for by themselves! Thinking that every time he eats, the scholar lifts the front swing, and sits on the opposite side seriously, waiting for his own money to pay the bill.

A very beautiful smile quietly appeared on Bai Suyan's tense face.

She felt funny in her heart, and couldn't help but laugh, like the snow in spring.

Sit down again, pinch the three chestnuts on the table, peel off the skin, and bite lightly. Sweet and silky, fragrant on the lips and teeth.

Bai Suyan chewed the chestnuts carefully while humming: "Forget it this time, don't let me catch you again, otherwise, I have to give you a good look!" ”

I don't know what the woman is thinking at this time. However, when she said this, in her misty eyes, there was a look of joy and hatred, but people couldn't help but feel their bones crispy.

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(To be continued)