Chapter Seventy-Five: The Meeting of the Two Armies (I)
The fire in the palace took three days to extinguish, causing countless homes and killing and injuring more than 1,000 people. The interrogators learned that it was not only the palace that was to be burned, but also the treasury and the yamen where important documents were kept, but the Yi army came too quickly, and some places were not able to start, and some were extinguished as soon as the fire started.
When people reach the end of the road, it is much more difficult to take care of it, grain, grass, military funds, state funds, important documents, etc. must not be left to the enemy, in this situation, it is inevitable and the only way to burn it, but the people will not think about this, especially the relatives of those who died in the fire, what they saw was that their monarch did not care about the life and death of his people to burn the city, and this fire burned out the loyalty of the people of Jingqu City.
He Ran did not rush to implement the new policy in Jingqu City, and selected some honest and honest officials in the city to maintain daily operations, Mo Ju will come soon, and it is undoubtedly too shameless for him to implement the new policy here.
There are countless piles of property in the treasury, most of which were transported from Dingyang by Zhao Min with great difficulty, He Ran took a small part to help the victims and reward the soldiers, and selected another part to be transported back to China, and the remaining half was left for Kang Guo.
Zhao Min's whereabouts are still a mystery, and it is only found out that he fled to the southwest, and he fled there as He Ran expected, because when there was really no way out, he could still go to Liuguo to seek refuge.
On this day, after disposing of official duties, He Ran summoned Huang Wan, he couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, and after inviting her to the table, he asked: "I learned about Ling Zun's life, and I am quite puzzled about the Zhongfu section, can you find out the truth?" ”
Huang Wan's expression was very calm, and she shook her head and said, "It's okay if you don't check." ”
He Ran was surprised: "If the father's hatred is not shared, how can it be stopped?" ”
Huang Wan sighed and said: "Don't hide it from my lord, I also vowed to find out the real murderer, and the order of my mother to marry into the Ning family was to explore clues, but the men who just entered the Ning family died on the battlefield, what else is there to investigate." ”
"Oh, it turns out that you married into the Ning family fruit for this."
"My lord has asked someone, and I should have heard those rumors, King Zhao's marriage is indeed a thing, which is in the mother's arms, so I immediately agreed, although I don't look down on that Erlang, I have to accept my fate to avenge my father."
"If the Ning family is really the murderer who killed Ling Zun, how can they agree to this marriage?"
"First, the king is the matchmaker, it is not easy to refuse, and secondly, refusing to marry is inevitably suspected of being a thief, how can adults not understand this reason?"
He Ran nodded and said: "Although this is the reason, if they are really murderers, it will be too difficult to guard against letting you enter the door, there will be too much trouble, it is better to find a way to refuse the marriage than this, this King Zhao is also, if it is Ling Zun who is killed by his master, it is difficult to say the intentions of his lord in this marriage, it may be ......"
Huang Wan smiled sadly and said: "I beg my lord not to say this anymore, after the death of my mother, my heart is also cold, the Ning family's sons and daughters are dead, even if they frame their father, this revenge will not be avenged, on the contrary, if it is the mastermind of King Zhao, then there is nothing to say, he is the king, we are the ministers, this revenge is still the same can not be avenged, every time I think that my father may have been framed and died, my heart is like a knife, but it is difficult to verify, and secondly, I can't take revenge if I find out, so I have been forcing myself not to think about these for so many years." , these more than ten years have been wasted, alas, now even the king of Zhao has turned into white bones, and the country is almost destroyed, whether they are murderers or not, God has avenged me. ”
He Ran said slightly apologetically: "I don't know that Mrs. is in such a state of mind, and I still want to go back to judge Mrs. Ning on behalf of Mrs., please don't blame Mrs." ”
Huang Wan said gratefully: "Lord Meng is so merciful, and the concubine is deeply grateful. ”
He Ran was puzzled: "At the beginning, I was lonely in the Ning family because you were in love with Erlang, since I didn't have any feelings with him, why did I waste my time?" It's really not worth it. ”
Huang Wan smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "It should be a hard life, no matter what reason I married into the Ning family, my husband is dead, and I still have to keep the filial piety of a year, who knows that the year has just ended, the mother died at this time, the father can not be avenged, and the mother is gone, I am discouraged in an instant, and I have a very good friendship with my sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law, and I stayed in the Ning family in their retention." ”
He Ran sighed and didn't know what to say.
Huang Wan said: "Don't blame the adults for being speechless, looking back on the past ten years, I myself feel that I am a mess, like a walking corpse, no joy and no sorrow, no hatred and no resentment, one day is a day, even now I don't know what to do in the future." ”
He Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "Madam doesn't look like that kind of person, when we met before the battle, that look was very smart." ”
Huang Wan smiled slightly and said: "Because I have been favored by my father since I was a child, I spent most of my time in the military camp. ”
"In that ......case, Madame might as well lead the troops in the army, I don't know what to do?"
Huang Wan groaned slightly, and said: "I'm afraid that I can't do this little bit of skill, if the adults are not afraid of my mistakes, send some insignificant errands." ”
"Madame is too modest, then wronged Mrs. will be a staff officer of the Chinese army first, and then take on heavy responsibilities when she is familiar with the affairs of the army."
"Thank you, sir." Huang Wan said that she wanted to get up and thank you.
He Ran waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, you should have understood something these days, I have never liked politeness, and I don't have so many rules, you don't have to be an 'adult' in the future, just talk in private with you and me." ”
"How does this work?"
"Slowly you will get used to it, you are both kind to the army, and you have the old with clumsy, in the army just to boost your spirits, so I don't regard you as a subordinate, and you don't have to perform the courtesy of subordinates, when you don't want to be in the army, just tell me."
Huang Wan smiled and said, "How dare the lower officials bear such generous treatment from adults?" The lower officials would never dare. ”
He Ran heard her change her name to a subordinate official, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "Don't complain in the future, let's talk in advance, no matter how strong your martial arts are, I won't send you the matter of leading the troops into battle. ”
"I don't have a heart for fame, you can rest assured, as the adults said, I'm just spending time in the army, that's all."
"When the class teacher returns to the court, I will take you to see King Feng, if you feel that you are like-minded with her, you can help her participate in the military, I think you two can complement each other."
"I've heard of the prestige of King Feng, but I don't know how to say that this complements each other."
He Ran looked at her with a smile and said: "The two of you are the same calm and calm when you are in battle, the difference is that she is murderous and majestic, you are just the opposite, murderous and restrained, smiling like a flower, you two stand in front of the battle, I think the enemy army will be dizzy and stunned when they see the two peerless faces of the world, and they will be defeated without a fight." ”
Huang Wan already had a flashy meaning when she heard his words, glanced at him a little shyly, and sneered at each other in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the one who leads the troops on the other side has to be a magical military master to have this result." As soon as the words came out, she regretted it, and she was taken into the ditch by him unconsciously, and hurriedly hung her head.
He Ran saw her embarrassment and hurriedly diverted the topic.