Chapter 80
The imperial doctor administered the needle for more than half an hour, and Concubine Pu, Prince Rui, and the eldest princess were all called to the palace by the attendants around them who were afraid of accidents, so that after Fang Juncheng woke up faintly, what he saw was a group of round familiar heads surrounding his face. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
His gaze seemed a little blank, but he finally made his way through the crowd.
Fu Shao, Yan Chang, Kong Lifei and the three of them were still standing below, and only Wang Geng was called to serve by his side because of the eldest princess.
"Help me up." Fang Juncheng said lightly to Concubine Pu.
Immediately Prince Rui and Concubine Pu helped him up, he turned his face sideways, and his eyes swept over the faces of the people beside him and in front of the hall one by one, and he couldn't see the emotions in his heart, but there was a dignified and touching aura.
In the end, he finally looked at Fu Shao, then at the eldest princess, and motioned for the two of them to step forward:
"Fu Xiang, imperial sister, this matter must be thoroughly investigated,"
Then he paused, looked at Fu Shao's compassionate and generous face in an aggravated tone, and instructed with a kind of hatred: "Investigate thoroughly, I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go!" Anyone who is related will be dealt with and handed over to the royal sister for strict examination. ”
"Obey." Fu Shao saluted and received the will, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes and Fang Juncheng connected, as if he was hesitant in his heart, but he still did not return with his original intention:
"It's just that I, Beiming, am established by law, and if the Lord is dissatisfied with the legal process, or feels that he cannot cope with the needs of the special situation at this time, and is too rigid, then,
-- Then, at least on the surface, it is also necessary for the ministers to draw up the reasons for the change according to the needs of the lord, first submit them to the three legal divisions for deliberation, make a collective motion, and then publicize them in the cities for consultation, and then make the changes. ”
Facing the fierce eyes of Fang Juncheng and the eldest princess, Fu Shao still continued to admonish:
It is not that the minister cannot understand the pain of the Lord's repeated loss of his loved ones, but the minister empathizes with him, and he also deeply hates that he cannot share the sorrow of the Lord.
However, if we blindly arrest and punish indiscriminately, and arrest them indiscriminately, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the conclusion of the case, but will allow the real culprit to go unpunished, and furthermore, things that violate the laws and tenets of the law will also shake the people's hearts, and please think twice......
"Fu Xiang......" The eldest princess moved from the lotus step in front to Fu Shao's side, her brown and black eyes reflected Fu Shao's elegant posture, she circled around Fu Shao three times, and suddenly there was a hint of imperceptible sneer on her lips, Fang stood on Fu Shao's side and asked:
"Does Fu Xiang mean that this palace will indiscriminately exert pressure and abuse lynching?"
Fu Shao bowed his hand again and again, Fang sighed and bowed to the eldest princess's eyes, and bowed to the other party sincerely, Fang said: "Weichen has no such intention, Weichen just said, at least in form, on the bright side, we should make the people of Beiming feel that everyone is equal under the law." There is no absolute difference between you and me, the poor who have lost their children and grandchildren, and the high-ranking merchants and even the kings and grandsons of the lord, in terms of the procedures and punishments for legal recovery. ”
As he spoke, he looked at Fang Juncheng with sincere eyes that were trying to gain understanding, and then lowered his head and said: "Wechen is courageous, Wechen just cares about the people's hearts." The people's heart is politics, no matter how painful or angry, I hope that the Lord will not be impulsive. ”
"Weichen also thinks that what Fu Xiang said has a reason, and I hope that the eldest princess and the lord will not blame." Wang Geng saw that his mother and Fu Shao were a little embarrassed at this time, so he hurriedly stepped forward and rounded the round.
The eldest princess narrowed her phoenix eyes and glanced at Wang Geng slightly, but she also said simply: "How come?" Fu Xianggong is exhausted and loyal to Beiming, how can the Lord blame?
But if you don't investigate thoroughly, how can you dig up what kind of person can go so secretly, and remove the gunpowder and highly toxic yellow mercury oil that were secretly sold to Luo Wei for his civil war to the princess's mansion?
And how did he have the means to attract Prince Jing, who was about to become the crown prince's grandson, to detonate when he went, harming Princess Yaoyue and Prince Jing, causing the casualties and disappearance of the generals of our naval division, and the royal forest army that entered the firefighting army went without returning? ”
As she spoke, the eldest princess looked at Concubine Pu Niangniang with a disdainful look, glanced at Prince Rui again, and said: "But after a year or two of hard work, some people have been fighting on behalf of others, colluding with foreign enemies, and playing a good way, how can it be found out by Fu Xiang's bodhisattva heart and lenient means?"
Then he glanced at Fang Juncheng again, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Huang, the matter of changing the decree involves too many people, and the time is too long, and the evidence must be lost. ”
Fang Juncheng on the Nine Dragons Panjin Zhu Lacquer Throne was silent for a long time, and after a long time, Fang said: "The matter on the face can be handled secretly by the people present at the moment, and the rest of the people don't need to know, and the matter of thorough investigation, Fu Xiang must cooperate with the eldest princess." ”
Then he called Prince Rui over and said, "Che'er, you also exchange your ninth brother from the imperial tomb as soon as possible, now his mother Song Guifei has lost Song'er, Yaoyue, and grandson, and I really can't let him be away from Chenghuan, so you should go to the guard." ”
Prince Rui's face was as usual, and he added a little sincerity: "Yes, my son understands." After speaking, his careless gaze seemed to be unintentional, and he swept towards Concubine Pu, who had a skillful and loving face next to the throne, and took it back.
"The lord is also tired, why don't you let them do it separately, and the concubines and the imperial doctor will come to rest for the lord, okay?" Concubine Pu looked at Fang Juncheng's face and gently suggested with worry and pity.
"Okay. Then there is Lao Huangmei and Fu Xiang. Fang Juncheng confessed.
All the people standing below bowed and withdrew, and one by one withdrew from the outside of the temple.
Destined to be sleepless nights.
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Song Guifei personally came to the scene, brought Song Zhongfang's soldiers to ignite the commissioner, and hurriedly summoned Huang Chun and other princes to accompany her, and the princesses and masters rushed to the gate of the princess's mansion.
The scene has been heavily sealed for the rescue of the Royal Forest Army, seeing that the fire is gradually under control, I don't need to say more, while everyone is driving Song Guifei, they jumped into the broken back wall.
The thick purple miasma blew away the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River and the smoky breeze of late autumn, swaying and sweeping away the pure sky and streams farther and wider.
Overnight, even the two rows of thick and strong evergreen pine trees that originally grew outside the door were also destroyed by the fire, and their torsos were as if they had been cut by a thousand knives. All that was left was the black, rotten branches and wood ferns, twisted with difficulty, struggling to sit up. The withered bones and craggy bodies all show what kind of tragedy they have witnessed.
Everything in the backyard is not lucky in the poisonous fire that has exploded again and again, and there is no grass or tree to be seen, only the huge collapse after the landslide, and the deep pit that splits the cracks, even the soil, it seems that it is so extravagant that it is difficult to find.
Stepping through the scorched earth and poisonous smoke, there is not a trace of life, and even the ruins of the front yard seem to be a miracle.
No matter how much I search, I can't find my Qing'er.
The autumn wind is agitated, the red and pink hairpins, the soft armor of women, or the fluttering clothes, the pearls and jades, are all in the yellow spring in the splash of the flames, is it difficult to see?
Xu is desperate, Xu is a miasma of smoke that has been inhaled for too long, and the people around me who are ordered to investigate come and go, but it is meaningless to me.
I sat outside the scorched earth, my eyelids lowered, and my limbs seemed to be unable to move, like a sculpture of wood and clay, stunned and speechless and without tears. I didn't know where I was staring, but I felt the emptiness of distraction and the wind running from my chest to my back, sweeping through my heart that no longer seemed to exist.
Qin Qing won't die, right? She's not going to die. She's just gone.
Such fear, such despair, I just feel as if the world has nothing to do with me anymore.
She must have been angry at what I said, but why did she come to this place of death, did I kill her? Or was she really that angry and hiding?
Qing'er, where are you?
The mind seemed to be magnified, and everything in the eyes was like thick rice soup.
I don't know how long I've been waiting, and I don't know how long I'm going to have to wait.
I was wrong, I knew I was wrong, I knew that taking the risk of being a hero was the stupidest thing in the world, I knew that giving up my life was the stupidest thing in the world, I would never do it in the future, I would take Qin Qing and the child to heart, I would cherish myself, cherish Qing'er and Youyou, and cherish the general happiness stolen in the gap of time.
Are you really never going to come back?
Why are you here, why are you a hero? Why do you want to use the same way to make me understand how wrong I was in the past, let me understand how cruel I was to my relatives and loved ones in reality because of the education and brainwashing I received in the army since I was a child?
How about Xinyue? What about Beiming? Even if it is occupied by Luo Wei, is it not possible to be a coward with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and to steal his life, in this troubled world, to guard his own little happiness?
Qin Qing, come back, you are just angry with me, how can you be willing to let go of Youyou, Old General Qin and your brother and sister-in-law?
Is this a dream, is this a nightmare?
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His subordinates were all called by the eldest princess for questioning, and Fu Shao walked forward helplessly with tired steps.
The coachman called him to get into the carriage, but he smiled slightly, waved his hand, and signaled that he didn't need to, just a lonely person, walking step by step in the light and shadow of the big and bright full moon.
It turns out that if he is open-minded, he will also feel exhausted.
I still remember that night, it was also such a cold and drizzly night, but there was also such a big and bright moon shadow.
That night, the lord sent the eldest princess to summon him for a secret conversation, and she conclusively pointed out that his pillow person, Xing Qiuyan, who had been married for many years, was a Xinyue spy, and his brother-in-law Xing Yuanliang was a fake Xinyue blood droplet.
He wasn't surprised, he just didn't want to understand.
But when the eldest princess said that Prince Jing's death must be a plan by Xinyue to denounce spies, and it was necessary to use the blood of the Xing family to deter Xinyue, he knew that he had to understand.
The eldest princess and the lord cared for his and his father's many years of support and allegiance, and did not want to refute his face, nor did they want to question his loyalty, so they said that it would be dealt with in the name of martyrdom.
He complied, and did not even say a word to redeem anything, or to ask for anything.
Although in his heart, such a thing as martyrdom was incompatible with the principles of the founding of the Beiming country that he wholeheartedly supported and taught, and was ignorant; Although in his heart, he has deep feelings for his wife and the Xing family.
He also understood that any appeal, under the revelation of such a red spy matter, was useless in any country or place, and it was only death.
Even if he has that feeling, he feels that all kinds of face and fulfillment, saving the Fu family, preserving his face and the future of the children, are just because they are still useful.
He was one of the few people who looked at things from such a dark side, but somehow, that night, he felt that way.
He thought that the only way to save his wife was to make a submissive appearance, and then when he went home to say goodbye to her for the last time, he relied on his connections for many years to open up the joints and find a way to help her escape.
But when he went home, everything related to Xing Qiuyan and her, except for the children, was all taken away, a handkerchief, a shirt and headdress, or a piece of pen and ink, just a few words, letters and books, as long as it involved her, all of them were taken away without a trace. disappeared as if the love had not happened for more than ten years.
Outside the gate of the mansion, the secret post that claimed to "protect" him has never been relaxed, and it has been like a day for many years.
Where is the possibility of him escaping?
In the past, he didn't care, he always felt that it was good to have a clear conscience, and he never minded such a trust that was retained everywhere, and felt that it was also that the people who ruled the world must have a sad face.
However, that night, he really wondered, was everything he had devoted himself to serving really worth it?
Even if it's just for one night. Even if he understands that everything is a last resort in their own positions, and they must not be harsh on others.
And today, when faced with the choice of personal pain and the overall situation of the country and the hearts of the people, the Lord once again disappointed him, and also made him understand that he was not trusted like that, and his ideas and ideals, in such a king's supremacy, are like floating in the sea, allowing them to rise and fall.
He was not a man who could not accept to be with the light.
He can even let his ideal concept of governance only on the surface, on the bright side, so that the people can see hope, he can accept the long journey, and he can accept variables and setbacks.
Because of this, he is lenient and sometimes unable to distinguish the line, and he is gentle and bright at all like a politician and a civil leader. He is willing to put himself in his shoes and not violate the bottom line to consider everyone's hope for a win-win situation.
He knew that Yan Shanchang lied about the number of deaths and missing people in order to avoid trouble, and perhaps he also avoided the tragedy of casualties, but he also knew that this matter was definitely not done by Yan Shanchang, and even the planning of being involved in this matter was impossible for Yan Shanchang's position to do, maybe Yan Shanchang was a mediocre official and too incompetent.
In his opinion, after a thorough investigation at this time, he will investigate the responsibility of Yan Shanchang and others in accordance with the law, and will never entrust it again. But he didn't want the eldest princess to take him away, and tortured him with secret sentinels to torture Luo Wei Red Spy or traitors, so that he had no return, some died and no life.
In his opinion, saying that the deceased is missing, although it is a violation of the law and should be punished, but it may also be a kind of narcotic deception and comfort for the relatives of the deceased, at least, they have more time to digest the sudden death and sudden goodbye......
This may be the weakness and compromise of his Fu Shao.
He is a person who grew up teaching the beautiful side of the traditional scholar culture in Xinyue, since he was a child, he has learned to compromise and tolerance as a compulsory course, and he has been respected and loved by the people around him, but he is also so frank to admit that it is because of his own weakness and compromise, his ideals are like a castle in the sky, although it is beautiful, but it is far away.
He sighed, and continued slowly on the deserted alley, his shadow so sad, so lonely, like an untraceable phantom in the smoke and rain.
And at the end of the road, behind him, a figure broke into the moonlight, suddenly, gently, slowly, and calmly followed Fu Shao, keeping up with his lonely steps...