Chapter 193: Wind and snow fall on the pavilion outside the city
"It's just that, for the sake of this, you come to me, it's better to find another person."
When Mu Qing heard this, he hesitated slightly: "Who is it?" Is he better than you? ”
Tang Ning smiled slightly, poured two cups of tea, and motioned for Mu Qing to use tea, before he spoke: "The definition of strong and not strong does not come from force. There are some people who are powerless but can win the sky. A person like Bailiqi, no matter how powerless he is, is just an object in the hands of others. ”
Mu Qing was slightly stunned when he heard this, and from these words, he naturally thought of Mr. Su, who had a heart-to-heart conversation with the main corridor of Nihuang County on the first day of the election. However, as the sect leader of the Jiangzuo League, he is also a world-renowned Qilin talent, and now, when he comes to Jinling City, what he does is nothing more than to seize the heir.
But the Yunnan Palace, in the matter of seizing the heir, did not take a stand between the prince and the king of Yu, since he came to take the heir, if he made any inappropriate requirements at that time, wouldn't it be to damage the foundation of the Mu Wangfu?
Mu Qing drank the tea, only to feel bland, thinking that a few days ago, the Nihuang County Lord had said that many years ago, it was Mr. Su who sent someone to the south to offer the battle method of breaking the iron cable of the enemy ship, and felt that maybe Mr. Su was really willing to help, but he didn't know what price Mu Wangfu needed to pay.
After drinking the tea, Mu Qing got up and clenched his fists, and said, "Thank you Mr. Tang for your advice, I'll go to Mr. Su." ”
After the words fell, he turned to leave, and only Tang Ning was left in the store looking at his departing back, showing a smile.
As Tang Ning, who has watched Langya Bang many times, naturally knows the subsequent outcome of this matter, so he has no intention of interfering. Maybe in the near future, he will help Mei Changsu, but not now.
Since he arrived in Jinling City, Mei Changsu has never stepped into this Mo Mei Xuan, let alone the Tang Mansion, which shows that Mei Changsu's dedication to the Chiyan case is far beyond what others can imagine.
After all, he already had a healthy body, as long as he wanted to, he could let it go, or he could choose to continue to hibernate, but the recovery of his body did not interrupt his plan to come to Jinling City.
He didn't come to Tang Ning, first, because he didn't want to cause trouble for Tang Ning, and second, he didn't want Tang Ning to interfere. It was for these reasons that Tang Ning did not want to sabotage his plan, so Tang Ning never intervened in this matter. Although he lives in the world of Langya Bang, he has nothing to do with the whole world.
The next day, Mu Qing brought news that at the court banquet, Mei Changsu issued a speech in public, intending to train three childish slaves who did not understand force to defeat them in a few days. Although Emperor Liang was suspicious, he couldn't resist the cooperation of the Nihuang County Lord and the commander of the forbidden army, Meng Zhi, and finally agreed to the matter.
Of course, in fact, even if there was no Lord of Nihuang and Commander Meng, he intended to allow it. After all, at present, Bailiqi is in the limelight, and it has overshadowed many young talents in the entire Jinling City. If this matter is left unattended and spread in the future, won't Daliang Country become a laughing stock of other countries?
After Emperor Liang agreed, Mei Changsu returned to the Xuelu Mansion of the Marquis of Ningguo with three sin slaves of the Youyou Court to train for a few days, and then defeated the invincible Bailiqi in the court. Under the instruction of Emperor Liang, this matter spread throughout Jinling City in just half a day, and Mei Changsu's name really entered the ears of many people.
In addition, the concubine Yue in the palace was stripped of her title for no reason, demoted to a concubine, claustrophobic Qingli Courtyard, and the prince of the East Palace was also punished and grounded for three days. It's just that, after all, this matter is about the royal family, and no one knows the details except for what the holy decree says. But after King Yu left the palace, he took gifts and went to Su's house to see, I am afraid that he is inseparable from Mei Changsu.
After these two incidents, Mei Changsu's limelight was excessive, coupled with his brilliant writing and excellent strategy, which made Xie Yu, the Marquis of Ningguo, hostile, and finally under Xie Yu's words, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince decided to get rid of Mei Changsu. Ning Guohou's Mansion, which has been calm, began one assassination operation after another.
Xie Yu, as the minister of the humerus of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, had already been hostile to Mei Changsu when he opened the bag. After all, Xie Yu is pretentious, and he is also a first-class strategist.
He also relied on these to become the first minister under the prince, if he let Mei Changsu go, no matter whether the prince could recruit Mei Changsu or not, it would be no benefit to him. In addition, when they met for the first time, Mei Changsu showed hostility, which made him already move his killing intent.
With the sword of Tianquan Villa in hand, Xie Yu was not afraid of Jiang Zuomeng, so the assassination never stopped. Just as the assassination began, the news that Mei Changsu intended to choose a house in Jinling City and move out of the Ningguo Marquis Mansion spread far and wide.
Many powerful people in Jinling City, as early as after the Bailiqi incident, saw the ability of this Qilin genius, so there are countless people who try to find a mansion to please Mei Changsu, among them, King Yu and Nihuang County Lord are the most noble.
But the house recommended by the two did not meet Mei Changsu's wishes, and among the large stacks of land deeds sent by the tooth room, there was a mansion in the orchid garden, which entered Mei Changsu's eyes. With the cooperation of Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, who had already learned that their father was going to assassinate Mei Changsu, the three of them went to see the mansion.
What people didn't expect was that the orchid garden had been abandoned for a long time, covered with wild grass, covering the wellhead of the house, and Yan Yujin almost fell off without noticing it for a while. Fortunately, he was armed and agile, and he grabbed the entrance to the cave as he fell. Just when the three of them were rejoicing, Yan Yujin found that when he fell into the well, his family heirloom Baoyu Cuiyue Jue accidentally fell into the well.
When Xiao Jingrui heard about it, he planned to go down to the dry well to look for it, and finally found it at the bottom of the well. What is bizarre is that after Xiao Jingrui and the three of them left the Orchid Garden, they immediately went to Jingzhao Yamen to report the case, saying that there was a corpse in the dry well of the Orchid Garden. Jingzhao Yamen sent people to investigate, and from the dry well, more than a dozen skeletons were excavated.
As soon as this incident came out, it immediately spread in Jinling City. Jinling City is the capital of Daliang, the real meaning of the foot of the Son of Heaven. But this is the case, but such a big murder case happens, it will naturally make people panic.
Emperor Liang, who was in the palace, heard about this and ordered Yin of Jingzhao Mansion to investigate the matter strictly, and finally after more than ten days of investigation, coupled with Mei Changsu's intentional help, the case came to light. As a participant in the case, the head of the household department was arrested and taken to prison.
Not long after this incident, Xia Dong had returned to Jinling, who went to Binzhou to investigate the Qingguo Gong land invasion case. With the news and evidence she brought, Emperor Liang ordered the three divisions to be tried, and the officials selected by Xiao Jingyan, the seventh prince, were coordinated, and all the human and material evidence were complete, and Qingguo Gong Baiye was punished and beheaded. After the trial of the land invasion case was concluded, several similar cases were reported in various places, and many wealthy and powerful people were convicted of crimes.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Mei Changsu on the surface, although people who know the truth know that when Zhuo Qingyao was escorting the plaintiff, he passed by Jiang Zuo and was chased and killed, but Jiang Zuo League has Jiang Zuo League's rules, but this matter was not taken to heart.
After these things, Jinling City returned to calm again, but seeing that the New Year was approaching, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked Emperor Liang to exempt the Yue concubines from claustrophobia on the grounds of sacrifice at the court meeting. Emperor Liang already favored the Yue family, and when he heard this, he got the details from the mouth of the Ministry of Rites, so he pushed the boat down the river and exempted the Yue family from punishment.
This matter caused His Royal Highness King Yu to be dissatisfied, and he was distinguished from the Ministry of Rites Shangshu above the court, but Emperor Liang preferred to come first, no matter how King Yu said, he finally fell into disadvantage. King Yu was very dissatisfied, and after getting off the court meeting, he went to Su's house to ask for help. Finally, at the court meeting the next day, he proposed to Emperor Liang to discuss the ceremony with the court of the Ministry of Rites.
Although Emperor Liang was extremely dissatisfied, he knew the balance of the court, and finally agreed to the matter under the statement of half of the officials. What people didn't expect was that on the day of the court ceremony, His Majesty King Yu invited Zhou Xuanqing.
This person is a great Confucian in the world, whether it is a generation or a talent, he should be the teacher of the world, therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the first party to discuss etiquette and rudeness, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, who has always favored His Royal Highness the Prince, was dismissed.
So many major events happened one after another in three months, and some of the second-rank members of the court were stripped of their positions, and the entire court fell into quarrels again.
Emperor Liang held his forehead, looked at the ministers under the hall in disgust, scolding each other angrily, and said with some physical and mental exhaustion: "Silence! I'm tired today, and I'll discuss the matter of filling the vacancy in the position of Shangshu tomorrow. ”
After saying this, Gonggong Gao shouted and retreated, and then walked back to the harem with Emperor Liang.
While the court was arguing, Mei Changsu, who promised to see Zhou Xuanqing off, came to the small pavilion next to the official road outside Jinling City. When Mu Qing took the lead, the carriage escorting Zhou's seniors stopped on the official road.
Zhou Xuanqing and Mei Changsu talked for a long time in the pavilion, and finally the old-timers left happily. But the matter did not end with the departure of the old-timers, because of Mei Changsu's various performances in recent days, coupled with the sixth sense of the woman who had no reason in her heart, she guessed Mei Changsu's identity.
Mei Changsu watched the Nihuang County Lord galloping on a little red horse in the distance, tightened the fur collar cloak on his body, and said lightly: "I don't know why, Nihuang has become suspicious recently, and she is constantly digging out my origins." ”
Li Gang, who was traveling with Mei Changsu, said with a hesitant face after hearing this: "Sect Master, if the county lord is always entangled, I'm afraid there will be something wrong." ”
Mei Changsu looked at the Nihuang County Lord, who was not far away, and said in a deep voice: "Nihuang is different from others to me. If Mei Changsu can't persuade her, let Lin Shu persuade her. ”
Hearing this, Li Gang bowed down and retreated, went to the side of the official road, took the reins from the county lord's hand, and no longer looked at the pavilion.
In the pavilion, the Nihuang County Lord came closer, and from that unfamiliar face, she could no longer see the slightest trace of the past, and she was a little hesitant in her heart, but she still made up her mind.
Seeing the arrival of the county lord, Mei Changsu bowed and saluted: "I have seen the county lord." Since there is Mu Xiaowang to send Mr. Zhou, why did the county lord brave the heavy snow to come to send him off in person? ”
Nihuang entered the pavilion, did not return the salute as before, but circled around the stone table of the pavilion, and then said: "In this cold winter wax moon, isn't Mr. also going out in the snow?" What's more, Mr. Zhou has bid farewell to the temple for decades, but in this snowy season, he is willing to move here for Mr. Su, it seems that the strength of Jiang Zuomeng is really unfathomable. ”
Mei Changsu's face was calm, and although there was a hint of infatuation in his eyes, he didn't intend to tell the Nihuang County Lord everything easily.
After a few sighs, Mei Changsu said in a deep voice: "The Jiangzuo League is just a few down-and-out people in the rivers and lakes, who became brothers when they met by fate, and they have always put righteousness first, don't care about their origins, don't care where they come from, and that's why they are today." ”
The Nihuang County Lord looked at Mei Changsu, who was slightly evasive, and sneered: "Sir, I want to tell me that the righteous man you sent to help me at the beginning is also a down-and-out man who doesn't know his origin?" ”
Mei Changsu was a little speechless, he didn't expect that this incident a few years ago, the Nihuang County Lord would still remember it in his mind. Seeing that he was silent, the lord of Nihuang County continued: "This righteous man is from Jiang Zuomeng, his origin, Mr. won't not know, right?" ”
Seeing Mei Changsu's eyebrows raised slightly, the Nihuang County Lord was slightly stunned, and then looked at the fingers he was constantly twisting, and he already had an answer in his heart. It was this answer that made her slightly angry. Because he came back, but he didn't tell himself, and until now, he still chooses to hide himself.
It's just that the anger has not yet had time to manifest, but the joy in his heart is one step ahead, and then a smile crossed the corner of the Nihuang County Lord's mouth, and he pretended to be calm: "If Mr. doesn't know, then it seems that I know more than Mr." Although he changed his name and deliberately changed his appearance, I still recognized him. ”
Speaking of this, the Nihuang County Lord looked directly at Mei Changsu, and when he saw that the latter's expression changed slightly, he said: "His name is Wei Zheng, and he is the deputy general of Lin Shu, the former young marshal of the Red Flame Army, and he is a prisoner of the imperial court!" ”
Mei Changsu already had a somewhat abnormal look, and after hearing the words 'Imperial Court Prisoner', he suddenly became gloomy. And his performance naturally fell into the eyes of the Nihuang County Lord. The Nihuang County Lord sneered, she knew that her words had worked. Only, it's not enough.
"Langya is at the top of the list, Jiang Zuo Meilang, you have the largest gang in the world, if you want to say that you don't know, how can I believe it?"
Mei Changsu smiled self-deprecatingly, and then whispered slightly hoarsely: "What about believing it, and what about not believing it?" ”
Seeing this situation, the Nihuang County Lord spoke up again: "Then please tell me, Mr. Jiangzuo, how many Red Flame rebels are there in the Jiangzuo League?" ”
When Mei Changsu heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at the side face of the Nihuang County Lord, and said urgently: "Does the County Lord also believe that the Red Flame Army is a rebel?" ”
"I don't know, what happened to the Red Flame Army, I was still very young, and I was in the south, what happened in the capital, I didn't know until I received the imperial court's decree."
Speaking of this, the Nihuang County Lord was in a little trance, and seemed to blame himself a little, and then bit his lip and said, "I believe that those people I know will not be traitors to the monarch." ”
"Since the county lord has this intention, why bother asking?"
Nihuang sighed and said, "Now it makes no sense to comment on rebellion or not. The iron case has been decided, and the two dragon cubs in Jinling City will not rehabilitate the Red Flame Army. Because this old case was originally their most proud masterpiece. ”
Mei Changsu looked away, looked at the heavy snow outside the pavilion, coughed softly, and continued: "That's right, who would expect the crown prince and King Yu to rehabilitate this case?" There is only one way to get there. ”
Hearing this, the Nihuang County Lord was stunned for a moment, and immediately blurted out: "King Jing? It turns out that the one you have always wanted to support is King Jing? ”
Mei Changsu did not answer, but paced in the pavilion, as if he was a little afraid of the cold. The Nihuang County Lord on the other side seemed to understand what he meant, and said to himself: "Yes, only King Jing can do it." But it's too difficult, and if you're not careful, you'll step into death and never turn back. ”
Mei Changsu, whose eyes were slightly dazed, said softly: "Who ever thought of turning back? When did Wei Zheng think about turning back? ”
"Wei Zheng is different, he is an old man of Red Flame, and he wants to clear his grievances. But what about you? ”
Speaking of this, the Nihuang County Lord seemed to be choked, and after calming down, he said, "Who are you?" ”
Mei Changsu turned around and faced the Nihuang County Lord, looking at the distress revealed by her beautiful eyes, she felt a little bitter in her heart, and said in a deep voice: "I came to Jinling in the name of Su Zhe, and many people will ask me who I am. Eventually, they all found out who I was through their own methods. ”
Hearing this, the Nihuang County Lord continued: "Has no one ever asked, Mei Changsu, who is it?" ”
Mei Changsu frowned slightly, looked at the eyes of the Nihuang County Lord, and saw the faint tears in her eyes, so he looked away again, and then said: "I didn't expect that the first person to ask such a question would actually be you!" ”
The Nihuang County Lord held her head high, even though she had tears, she still didn't want them to fall, she raised her head like this, looked at Mei Changsu and said, "How do you answer?" ”
"The old man, the same old man as Wei Zheng."
Speaking of this, he seemed to be a little afraid of the county lord's gaze, and turned his back to look at the heavy snow falling outside the pavilion. The Nihuang County Lord's nose was slightly sour, he looked at this back, and continued to ask: "If you are from the Red Flame, why don't I know you?" ”
"100,000 Red Flame Army, how can the county lord recognize them all?"
"But I know Wei Zheng, he is the deputy general at the head of the Red Feather Battalion, since he obeys your orders, how can you be an ordinary Red Flame Army?"
Mei Changsu knew that it would be difficult to cover up this matter, and continued: "What we are planning has nothing to do with the battlefield, Wei Zheng is not good at this, not to mention, his identity must not be exposed. ”
Hearing this, the Nihuang County Lord moved to Mei Changsu and looked straight at him, "Do you know Lin Shu?" ”
Mei Changsu seemed to have doubts, and finally said in a low voice: "I know." ”
"Did he really die in battle?"
"Yes."
"Where did you die in battle?"
"100,000 Red Flame Army died in Meiling."
"Where are the bones?"
"100,000 heroic souls, heaven and earth are tombs, ice and snow are soil, and Meishan is a monument!"
The Nihuang County Lord choked up, looked at Mei Changsu's sad appearance, and continued: "No one has collected his bones? ”
"The war is fierce, and the corpses are piled up like a mountain, who can tell who is Lin Shu."
"I know what the battlefield looks like, but if you are a person from the Red Flame, why don't you mention Lin Shu and call him a young marshal?"
Seeing that the Nihuang County Lord was aggressive, Mei Changsu stubbornly choked up and said: "It's just a title, it doesn't matter if it's Lin Shu or the young marshal, or anything else." ”
When Nihuang heard this, she was very angry in her heart, and the matter had come to this, so she went directly to her hands, rolled up Mei Changsu's sleeve, and wanted to find traces of the past from the white arm, but she didn't see it. Then, she seemed to be annoyed, stepped forward, and the jade hand directly pulled down Mei Changsu's inner lining, exposing her chest fruit, but in the end she found nothing.
The Nihuang County Lord couldn't find any traces of the past, but he suddenly collapsed, sobbing quietly, tears left on his cheeks in the cold wind, and then stepped forward, hugged Mei Changsu tightly, and cried on his chest.
"I know it's you, I know you're my brother Lin Shu."
Two lines of tears flowed from the corners of Mei Changsu's eyes, feeling the warmth in his arms, and he could no longer suppress the thoughts in his chest. The loneliness brought about by so many years of perseverance and obsession is finally solved at this moment. He hugged the Nihuang County Lord, hugged him into his arms, and wept silently on his shoulders with his head down.
Time, as if standing still at this moment, the wind mixed with snowflakes, frozen in the air, they are so beautiful, but Tang Ning and Mo Shanshan feel that they are not as beautiful as the two in the pavilion.
Mo Shanshan, who has always been like a stagnant heart, was also frowning at this time, and his eyes were full of tears and did not fall, Tang Ning held it in his arms and said lightly: "It is a good thing that a lover will eventually become a family." ”
"They're too hard."
Listening to Mo Shanshan's slightly unsteady question, Tang Ning patted Shanshan's back, stroked her hair and said, "Don't do this, everything will be fine." ”
"You already knew?"
Tang Ning paused and replied, "Not long ago, I went back to the past of this world, and learned everything about them, if you want to know, I will tell you when I go back." ”
Mo Shanshan heard the words and hummed softly, and immediately left from his warm arms, stretched out his right hand, grabbed a frozen snowflake, watched it slowly melt in his palm, and said: "Let's go back, if we can, in the future, before we part, help them." ”
Tang Ning smiled, put his arm around Shanshan's shoulders, and finally looked at the two hugging people in the pavilion, turned around and disappeared.
The wind rises, the snowflakes are light, the gazebo is in the heart, and the hard-working people don't know how many.
The morning fog flies, the dew condenses, the cliff roars, and the number of fallen people is hard to remember.
PS: 5,600 words of big chapter, the 6,000 words owed, it has been repaid this way, and 3,000 words have been repaid so far.