Chapter 55: Who Is It?
"Peach and plum, the queen goes around Yangzhou, like a garden. Don't wave-speak, who promises! ”
Emperor Yang Guang muttered and slowly closed the secret music, he closed his eyes, and for no reason thought of his father's hideous expression and almost roaring entrustment when his father was dying: Kill the child surnamed Li!
He let out a long breath, and suddenly felt an irresistible fatigue.
"What do you think?"
He asked with his eyes closed.
There were only two people in the large study, and he asked the eunuch who was standing beside him bent slightly. The eunuch was dressed in a blue brocade robe, and his chin stood upright. Looking at his appearance, it is difficult to determine how old he is, his face is very pale, and he doesn't know if he is well maintained or born like this, and his skin is smooth as a virgin. His face is beautiful, his forehead is smooth and clean, he has a pair of curved eyebrows like willow leaves, his eyes are very bright and deep, if you apply light makeup to him, he is really a twenty-eight virgin who can really look like a flower. It's just that the fine wrinkles on the corners of his eyebrows still vaguely reveal his true age, and the few strands of gray hair on his temples that he carefully hid by himself.
"I am a eunuch, the legacy of Gaozu is pretended, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics."
The eunuch who was called a knife by Yang Guang replied unhurriedly.
He was the only eunuch in the entire palace who was allowed by Yang Guangzhun to call himself mine, which was his exclusive privilege. His status in the palace is very special, special enough to be able to enter and exit the imperial study at will. But he was a very disciplined man and never touched something he shouldn't touch. In his opinion, state government affairs and everything are trivial matters that are not worth mentioning, and they have nothing to do with him. What he values is only the person sitting on the dragon chair, not the country.
Yang Guang was enraged by the eunuch's cold answer, and he opened his eyes sharply and glared angrily at the eunuch in front of him who had almost grown up with him since childhood. But when he opened his mouth, he finally pushed the roar back.
"Let's talk about it, this is not a state affair, it's a family affair of my Yang family."
He closed his eyes again, but spoke with a subtle pleading in his tone. He didn't want people to know that he was tired and helpless, even in front of this playmate who grew up, he didn't want to show his sensitivity and helplessness.
"Your Majesty, you have no family affairs."
glanced at Yang Guang with a knife, and his tone was still tepid: "Your business is all state affairs." ”
"You old dog! I just don't want to help me! Why bother to say these bastard words to prevaricate! ”
Yang Guang finally didn't suppress his anger, he opened his eyes and stood up, grabbed the fold on the table and smashed it over. The fold hit a knife in the chest and fell at his feet, a knife's face did not change in the slightest, he bent his knees and gently picked up the fold, dusting off a little dust on the fold. Under Yang Guangneng's murderous gaze, he walked over slowly, put the fold on the table, and then bent down slightly and retreated to the place where he had just stood.
Yang Guang glared at him angrily, and the fingers pointing at his eyebrows trembled slightly involuntarily.
Seeing that the emperor was really angry, the eunuch Wen Xuan, who was given a name by Yang Guang and had a very special status in the palace, couldn't help but sigh, and he looked at the emperor with a hint of distress in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I'm just a eunuch."
Wen Yao said very seriously: "Your Majesty doesn't actually need to ask me what I think, you just need to tell me what to do." What Your Majesty thinks, that's what I think. ”
Yang Guang was slightly stunned, sat down on the dragon chair and said in annoyance: "Who does this nursery rhyme refer to?" Peach and plum, peach and plum, I can't kill everyone in the world surnamed Li! ”
Wen Jiao didn't have so many complicated troubles in Yang Guang's heart, he replied lightly: "If Your Majesty wants to, then kill them all." ”
"You old dog with no opinions!"
Yang Guang was amused by Wen Jiao's somewhat irresponsible answer, he pointed to the outside of the palace gate and said, "How many people in this world have the surname Li?" It's really all killed, and all other obstacles are ignored, how long will it take to kill just to kill? Could it be that I will leave all the state affairs behind today and go door to door to check what the surname is? ”
Wen Yao lowered his head and said: "I don't know how many people surnamed Li are in the world, but if Your Majesty really wants to, I will kill them one by one, and there will always be a day when they are killed." ”
"Fart!"
Yang Guang pointed to his nose and asked, "Do you want the people of the whole world to scold the faint king?" ”
He suddenly remembered the person who gave him all the food in Huaiyuan Town, and his heart was shocked. Could it be that the nursery rhyme refers to him? It didn't take long for him to deny his speculation. Speaking of which, that person is still his cousin, and his official position has been demoted by himself over the years, from a third-grade official to a fifth-grade official, but he has not heard any complaints from him, and he is quite conscientious in his work. In Huaiyuan Town, there are only 1,000 grain guards under that man's command. A thousand people, a little finger of their own can be crushed into powder.
It won't be him.
Yang Guang shrank into the wide dragon chair and frowned in consideration.
"Go and call Dugu Xue, the squire of the Criminal Department, this kind of thing...... Or is he more concerned. ”
Wen Yao's heart tightened, thinking of the Dugu family's boy's feminine and ruthless methods, he almost opened his mouth to persuade the emperor not to do this, but he nodded after all. He silently turned around and walked out of the study.
"One sword!"
Yang Guang stopped Wen Jiao: "You were also present when your father returned to heaven....... the child surnamed Li he said ......"
Wen Yao paused, didn't look back, and said slightly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just a wild child." The man named Li Jing has reported the whereabouts of that group of pony thieves, and I have already sent someone to Yanshan. If Your Majesty is not at ease, I can go in person, at most, before Your Majesty personally conquers, I guarantee that there will be no more Iron Floating Horse Thieves in this world. ”
If Zhang Zhongjian and the Red Buddha heard the name Li Jing at this moment, they didn't know how they would feel in their hearts. Zhang Zhongjian and the people of Tiefutu had always suspected that it was the Luo Yi faction from Youzhou who was watching their whereabouts, how could they have thought that it would be the righteous brothers Li Jing and Li Yaoshi who betrayed them to change their official titles? Especially the Red Buddha Zhang Wancheng, if he knew that the person in his heart would do such a thing, would he be sad?
"Kill! Kill it clean! ”
Yang Guang took a deep breath and said, "After the New Year, I will go north to tour Zhuo County, and before I go, I will kill all those messy green forest thieves!" In addition, it's not a good thing that Li Jinglianyi's brother and his wife with a marriage contract are betrayed, and they want to be officials? If I don't agree, he will continue to be his mountain village husband! ”
"Yes!"
Wen Ya bowed his head.
Walking out of the study, Wen Yao watched this high-walled deep palace suddenly become very dark, and even the sky on the high wall was gloomy, making people's hearts numb. I don't know why, but the impression of this palace in his heart changed suddenly, and a word came out of nowhere, quickly taking over the whole mind.
Fan cage
He was a little upset, thinking that this palace was just a big cage.
It's time to go out for a walk, so let's take a break.
He walked into the distance, and casually summoned a little eunuch over and ordered: "Your Majesty has summoned the servants of the Criminal Department to meet you, go ahead." ”
This little eunuch has only been in the palace for a few months, and his legs are still trembling slightly when he talks to Wen Yao for the first time. Half excited, half afraid. The excitement is that if he can get Wen Yao's appreciation, he will not be able to make it to the head of the first palace, and as for fear...... On the first day he entered the palace, he watched a little eunuch who had annoyed His Majesty being steamed to death in a steamer by Wen Yao's order.
He thought too much, and Wen Yao actually didn't see what this little eunuch looked like at all.
Dugu Xue, the waiter of the Criminal Department, hurried to the imperial study, and he carefully tidied up his clothes and walked in. He couldn't guess what His Majesty had summoned this time, and the little eunuch who was obviously a newcomer was a rookie and didn't know anything at all!
"Look at this"
Yang Guang pointed to the secret music and said, "I can trust you, you can say it boldly." ”
Dugu Xue was shocked, carefully picked up the fold and opened it to look at it, and then felt that his whole body was immersed in cold water. He finally knew what His Majesty had summoned him to do, His Majesty was going to kill someone. Although he has a reputation for being cold and vicious, it is all deliberately shown by him. Over the years, he has actually saved a lot of people in the Criminal Department. Ruthlessness is the talisman he puts on himself, just to keep right and wrong away from him.
Looking at this recital, he knew that what he said today might lead to the death of someone, and maybe it would lead to the decay of a family!
But looking at His Majesty's expression, he knew that he had to say. He asked the little eunuch who had sent him the message. In other words, His Majesty was with Wen Ji before, the eunuch...... He's taboo. sighed sadly and indignantly in his heart, he really wanted to catch up with the eunuch who was given a name by His Majesty and asked, you yourself refuse to offend people, why bother pushing me out?
How did he know that it was the emperor who directly called his name.
"I think it...... This nursery rhyme doesn't mean anything specific...... It's just a children's rhyme for the occasion, right? ”
Duguxue said cautiously.
Yang Guang waved his hand and said: "Say what you need to say, say whatever comes to mind, I didn't ask you to deal with things, and you don't have to test what I'm thinking." ”
Dugu Xue's heart was cold, and he knew that today's things would definitely not be good.
"I think there is really no special person."
He stiffened his neck and repeated.
Yang Guang's eyes widened suddenly: "If you want to say it, you can say it!" I don't want to say it a third time. ”
"Yes......"
Dugu Xue bowed his head.
"Peach and Plum...... There is no doubt that the person surnamed Li does not understand the words very well, and there are three words in the end...... Could it be secrecy? ”
"Surname Li, confidential?"
Yang Guang muttered, and then suddenly woke up: "Could it be Li Mi!" ”
"What about others?!"
Yang Guang asked.
"In September last year, because I disliked His Majesty, I went to the official. It is said that he has traveled all over the world, and the ministers really don't know where Li Mi is now. ”
"Check it out!"
Yang Guang stood up and said hoarsely: "Check carefully!" ”
"Yes! Obey the order. ”
Dugu Xue bowed and exited the study, standing at the door of the study and letting out a long breath. When he raised his head and looked at the sky, he unexpectedly gave birth to the same emotion as Wen Yi touched before. It's a big cage, well, a big fucking big cage that can suffocate people!
Dugu Xue muttered: "Li Lingbo, if I don't want to harm you, you have already gone to the official and don't know where to hide, and putting this charge on your head will be the least implicated." If it were someone else, I don't know how many people would have their heads cut off. I'll just check it slowly, and it's best to find out the day you died of old age. But...... I didn't wrong you, did I? That nursery rhyme, others don't know who it came from, can I still not know? ”
He walked slowly out of the palace, his mood gradually quieting but not calming.
Peach and plum ...... He grinned wryly.
In fact, if you really want to analyze it, the person in Huaiyuan Town seems to be more consistent. Peach is the homonym of Tao, and Tao Tang is another name of Emperor Yao in ancient times, and the person in Huaiyuan Town is Tang Guogong, Tao Tang......
Dugu Xue shook his head vigorously, the world is going to be chaotic.