This Cai Yong is full of literati popularity, and his temperament is really strong enough, so he will leave when he says go. But Wang Xu had the heart to save the father and daughter from their tragic fate, and the great opportunity was right in front of him, so how could he miss it? The chaos in the world is already close at hand, how can there be so much time and energy to rescue at that time. Therefore, while secretly sighing in his heart, he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him: "Cai Gong stays!" ”

As he spoke, he got up and stopped in front of Cai Yong's father and daughter, and bowed. "Cai Gong's words are bad! Although Cai Gong came here with the intention of friendship, this is human nature. If everyone doesn't help, how can the grievances have a day of glory? At present, the eunuchs are in power, the court is sluggish, and the wise men of the world should be friendly with each other and unite as one in order to be preserved, so why not? Therefore, Cai Gong doesn't have to take this matter to heart at all. Moreover, don't talk about the things that drag you down, not to mention that Cai Gong is a great Confucian today, and he is knowledgeable, so he should be preserved. Even for the pure friendship back then, Wang Xu should be like this. ”

"Besides, it's not to boast, in this land of Jingnan, except for me, absolutely no one dares to touch Cai Gong. Only Liu Biao may have the right to supervise, but he is also a wise scribe, how could he betray Cai Gong? As for the eunuchs' doormen, don't worry, this Jingnan is remote, they can't know it at all, even if there is, I can know it as soon as possible, so as long as Cai Gong is hidden here, he can rest easy. ”

After speaking, Wang Xu raised his head to look at Cai Yong, and said very solemnly: "Cai Gong, stay!" Wang Xu never does anything rash, since he is completely prepared to keep Cai Gong, so I hope Cai Gong will not think about it. Besides, Wang Xu is young and vigorous, and he is not a scholar, and Cai Gong is here, so he can also mention it to me from time to time, and I hope Cai Gong will agree. ”

Wang Xu's remarks are really painstaking, they are reasonable, and they are clear that they will not be dragged down, and they also improve Cai Yong's role here, and find a step for the other party, which can really be regarded as a good thing.

And Cai Yong was obviously moved, took a deep breath, and was silent for a long time before he said with emotion: "Since this is the case, then Cai Yong will stay here temporarily, if there is any change, you can hand over Cai Yong." I just hope that I can save the clumsy Jing and the little girl, which is already a great luck. ”

"Huh! If Cai Gongxiu wants to say this unlucky remark, you can live in peace and find a quiet mansion for you another day. As for the affairs of the imperial court, you don't have to worry, I assure you, absolutely nothing. As he spoke, Wang Xu was already pulling Cai Yong and sat down again.

At this time, Cai Yan was also with tears in her beautiful eyes. She has been living in exile with her father since she was a child, and she is also well aware of the difficulties of the world. When he bowed deeply to Wang Xu, he said gratefully: "The general's kindness, Cai Yan will be difficult to repay for life!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu, who had just helped Cai Yong to sit down, suddenly turned around. Seeing the sadness on Cai Yanqiao's face, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, stepped forward gently, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes for her. "Yan'er? Why are you called a general again? Yan'er wouldn't have called me that. ”

Wang Xu's unconscious action made Cai Yan's face flush in an instant, but he didn't dodge, but nodded heavily. "Hmmm! Brother Asahi! ”

"Huh! That's good! With a slight smile, Wang Xu let go of his hand. Okay, don't cry, if your eyes are swollen from crying, my brother will be distressed, sit down! ”

"Hmm!" Answering inaudibly, Cai Yan nodded lightly, and sat back next to Cai Yong.

Seeing this, Wang Xu was about to sit down, wanting to accompany the father and daughter to talk, but Xu Shu walked in suddenly. smiled sweetly at Cai Yong and Cai Yan, and then frowned and looked at Wang Xu. "Husband, the holy decree is here, let you go to the front yard chamber immediately to receive the decree."

"Divine decree? What's up? Wang Xu suddenly asked in surprise.

"I don't know!" Xu Shu shook her head suddenly.

Wang Xu pondered for a long time, and then turned his head to Cai Yong and arched his hand. "Gong Cai, the holy decree is coming, you must take the first step in the next step, you can stay in peace, there is anything to summon the maid. When he was done, he decided to send someone to greet Mrs. Zun immediately. ”

Hearing this, Cai Yong immediately shook his head and said solemnly: "Your Majesty's decree is a big deal, Ziyang doesn't have to worry about me." ”

"Hmm!" nodded, Wang Xu was no longer verbose, and left with Xu Shu.

Looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, Cai Yong sighed. "Hey! I can't imagine that General Wang is such a loving and affectionate person, such kindness is really difficult to repay, and I am really ashamed of my father's heart! ”

After speaking, seeing that Cai Yan did not react, he immediately turned his head in confusion. Only then did he find that Cai Yan was looking at the direction Wang Xu left stupidly, his eyes flashing in confusion.

Cai Yongchang was accompanied by his daughter, how could he not know Cai Yan's thoughts, when he sent the dong flute, he was aware of it, but at that time, he felt that she was still young, and it was just a brother and sister relationship. But since Wang Xu left, Cai Yan secretly carefully collected the utensils that Wang Xu had used, and often looked at the entrance of the village in a daze, or sighed lightly, only then did he realize that something was wrong. What's more, Cai Yong is a musician, how can he not tell the difference when he hears the lingering friendship in the piano sound, and misses it with a touch of sadness?

However, Cai Yong didn't say much, after all, in his opinion, Cai Yan has been displaced since he was a child, and he has never seen such a young hero who is both civil and military, plus Wang Xu took care of her in every way, so she experienced rare care, so she had an ignorant throbbing, and she would forget it after a long time, so she didn't care too much. It's a pity that he underestimated his daughter, although Cai Yan is quiet and gentle, but her temperament is quite strong and loyal.

And today, seeing Cai Yan's daughter's shyness revealed from time to time, the rare helplessness and stupid eyes, I found that Cai Yan was already deeply rooted. looked at Cai Yan worriedly for a long time, and then couldn't help but gently push Cai Yan, who was still distracted, and sighed: "Yan'er, do you like General Wang?" ”

"Ahh Cai Yan, who came back to his senses, suddenly heard his father ask such a sentence, and immediately felt ashamed to die. "What's the matter, why does the father tease his daughter so much!"

Unfortunately, his shy eyes and the blush on his face had betrayed her completely. Cai Yong sighed for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Yan'er, don't be deceived by your father, from the sound of your piano, your father can already hear it." ”

As soon as these words came out, Cai Yan suddenly fell into silence, slowly lowered his head, and did not squeak for a long time.

Seeing this, Cai Yong sighed a little helplessly, and said softly: "General Wang's young hero is a rare talent in the world, and he is both proficient in literature and martial arts. And the name of Mrs. Wang, you must have heard of it, she can help her fight on the battlefield on the outside, and she is virtuous and virtuous on the inside, she is also a heroine, and the two are also a match made in heaven. ”

After speaking, he paused, and seeing that Cai Yan did not answer, knowing that she still had delusions in her heart, she immediately couldn't help but persuade bitterly: "Yan'er, if your father has not suffered this grievance, he can also propose marriage for you, although he can only be a second wife, but with General Wang's talent and moral character, he will not be humiliated by you." It's a pity that his father is incompetent, and now he is fleeing everywhere, and General Wang is taking him in with friendship, which is inexhaustible, how can he hope to climb high? You, understand? ”

With Cai Yong's heavy voice, Cai Yan finally couldn't help it, and crystal tears slowly dripped down. After a long time, it seemed that he couldn't stop the sadness in his heart, and suddenly threw himself into Cai Yong's arms, choked and said: "Father, don't worry, Yan'er is not an unreasonable person, and he knows that he is not worthy of General Wang, and he will never have delusions." ”

Hearing this, instead of feeling happy, Cai Yong felt a heart-wrenching pain. Looking at his daughter sobbing in his arms, he couldn't help but caress his back and slowly closed his eyes full of tears!

Unfortunately, what neither of them noticed was that next to the window, there was a pair of eyes staring at this qiē, listening with their ears pricked up......

When Wang Xu and Xu Shu hurried to the front yard meeting hall, their cronies and retainers had already arrived, and Tian Feng and Guo Jia were accompanying a small yellow door dressed in eunuch clothes, whispering softly.

Seeing the two of them appear, the little yellow door was not arrogant, and immediately greeted them. "General Wang, our family is Zhao Shen, the little yellow gate of the Middle Palace, who was ordered to come to convey the holy decree, and by the way, I also took all the permanent attendants to greet the general and congratulate the general on his wedding."

This is really clever, and he instantly explained his identity, status, and reasons for his trip. Although Wang Xu smiled in his heart, his face was also respectful, and he bowed his hand and saluted back: "It turned out to be Zhao Huangmen, I have been looking up for a long time!" It has been really hard for Your Excellency to pass on the decree this time, and I also bother Your Excellency to convey to all the permanent servants and thank them for their blessings. ”

"Huh!" Hearing this, Zhao Shen suddenly smiled slightly, and he was obviously very useful to Wang Xu's words. But he didn't say anything, and even smiled and said, "Then I wonder if the general can accept the order now?" ”

"As it should be." As he spoke, Wang Xu had already taken the lead and slowly knelt on the ground with Xu Shu. When the rest of the people saw this, they also knelt behind them.

Zhao Shen smiled and nodded, but didn't say much, and immediately stood in the center of the hall, and several guards behind him also stood with knives in their hands. "On the afternoon of September in the fifth year of Zhongping, the emperor said: Taoyang Marquis, General Zhennan, Lingling Taishou Wang Xu's wedding, I have no courtesy, read that you have a good way to govern the government, eliminate the evil officials, and move to a higher level, and place the general of the south, and also make a joy. Another: The edict ordered Wang Xu, the general of the south, to immediately arrest Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, and send him to Beijing to be brought to justice. And all the witnesses will be sent to Luoyang immediately, there must be no mistakes, thank you! ”

"Minister Wang Xu, thank you!" As Zhao Shen's words fell, Wang Xu still solemnly kowtowed and took the holy decree.

Seeing this, Zhao Shen smiled and said, "Congratulations to the general on being promoted again." ”

"Huh! Zhao Huangmen's words are serious, but his majesty is just raising love. In fact, Wang Xu was secretly laughing at Emperor Ling's stinginess in his heart, and he would rather be sealed by one level than give money.

Soon after his accession to the throne, the Spirit Emperor set up a separate treasury to completely separate his money from the treasury. Promotion, that is the treasury to Yu Lu, but to give gifts requires him to pay money in the private treasury, with the true nature of Emperor Ling's greed for money, he has never seen money go in, how can it come out? Isn't he selling his official position and selling his lord just to make money? To put it mildly, Emperor Ling's private treasury is more than the treasury many times. Like when Cui Lie was promoted to lieutenant, he spent 10 million yuan at a time, and he was removed within a few months, and he was replaced by someone to "blackmail" again.

It is no exaggeration to say that under the rule of Emperor Ling, a wealth fan, at least half of the officials at all levels will be "blackmailed" before being promoted, and then promoted. The Taishou rank is 5 million yuan, the three princes and nine kings are at least 10 million, and the most is 30 or 40 million yuan, which is something that is clearly marked in the history books. People like Wang Xu who have not been blackmailed are almost all honest celebrities or courtiers with great merits.

That Zhao Shen has been in the middle palace for a long time, of course, he is very clear about everything, and the question of whether he is promoted or not is very complicated, and there is nothing to congratulate at all, because he was already happy when he was promoted. Who can please before is something to be happy about.

So, I smiled slightly, but I didn't say much on this issue. On the contrary, he said meaningfully: "General Wang, not only Your Majesty and the courtiers were shocked by your assassination, but you are also very concerned. At the same time, let me convey to General Wang that you can rest assured that they will give him his full support in this matter. ”

This is a high-sounding statement, but Wang Xu doesn't understand anything. To put it bluntly, his letters have been delivered, and Zhang Rang decided to support himself, so he helped, and now what he should do, look at it.

Thinking that the eunuch had to be used for a period of time, Wang Xu was not ambiguous, and immediately looked at Zhao Shen and said: "Thank you so much, Wang Xu must express his gratitude." When he said thank you, he also accentuated his tone slightly.

"Huh! The general is really polite. Wang Xu's words, everyone in the hall understood what they meant. However, the people present were all Wang Xu's henchmen, and they already knew a lot of inside stories, so of course they kept silent and pretended not to understand. And the little yellow door Zhao Shen smiled with satisfaction and quickly changed the topic. "It's just that the matter explained by His Majesty also hopes that the general will quickly investigate and deal with it. This time, His Majesty was quite angry, and had already said that he would investigate it thoroughly, and the general He Jin also gave his full support. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shen paused slightly, glanced at Wang Xu, and then continued: "It's just that this matter doesn't seem to be so simple, and some people are involved." However, the general can rest assured that at present, the DPRK and China have decided that they must conduct a thorough investigation, that all accomplices must be arrested, and that a meritorious hero like General Wang will never be threatened again. All the attendants also expressed their full support, but I don't know what General Wang means? ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Xu's heart suddenly burst out. This Zhao Shen is not simple, such a smart question, I can't see too much on the surface, but what is actually expressed is: Jian Shuo is one of the masterminds, everyone understands in their hearts, and is willing to fully support Wang Xu. But if Jian Shuo can really be executed, you still need all the permanent attendants, but after Jian Shuo died, it would be of no benefit to them, so he asked Wang Xu to make a statement. And the reason why the general He Jin was specifically mentioned was nothing more than to let him choose and figure out whose support was more effective.

Obviously, Jian Shuo, the troublemaker, kept causing trouble, and was arrogant because he was gradually favored, so that those regular servants decided to abandon him. But they wanted to get some benefits with the help of this matter, so they came to persecute Wang Xu.

This time, Wang Xu thought about it for a long time before he nodded and said with a slight smile: "Wang Xu will be rewarded generously to those who are gracious!" ”

"Haha! General Wang is really a reasonable man. Zhao Shen suddenly laughed, looked at Wang Xu, and then respectfully bowed his hand and said, "Since this is the case, then I will retire first." ”

"Zhao Huangmen is far away, Wang Xu should be the one who will pick up the wind for Your Excellency, why are you in a hurry to leave?" Wang Xu smiled inconsistently.

"Forget it, the journey is tiring, I just want to go back to the post house to rest at the moment, and after the general captures Cao Yin, send him to the post house, and I am responsible for escorting him back to Beijing." Zhao Shen smiled slightly.

Hearing this, Wang Xu pretended to sigh regretfully, and then spoke: "Since this is the case, then Wang Xu will not leave Your Excellency, if the post house lacks anything, you can just ask!" ”

"Hmmm! Thank you, General, for your kindness. Smiling slightly, Zhao Shen was no longer verbose, and bowed his hand and left......