Chapter 190: The First Signs of Downfall
Zhou Jinhuan traveled as a female official, there was no sedan chair to sit on, mixed in the middle of a group of palace maids, and Yuan Wenya could not be seen.
Yulong Mountain is indeed some distance from Yecheng, and it is the first time for her to walk such a long way.
"Girl, can you still hold on?" Su Wan followed behind her, watching her walk more and more floating, pulling her, she shook her head: "It's okay." ”
She was originally a princess, a golden branch and jade leaf, even if she went to Shuozhou with Xiao Jingzhi later, she was also in a carriage and horse, and she had never walked like this.
Zhao Yu's honor guard when he left the palace this time was very large, and there were military escorts before and after, Zhao Yu and Yuan Wenya sat high, followed by Zhou Caiwei, and then some important civil and military ministers.
She didn't know if Zhang Zilang was also there, the sea of people was separated, and she couldn't really see anything.
The journey to Yulong Mountain was quite smooth, and I didn't encounter the vicious events such as disturbing the holy car that often occur in TV dramas.
The mighty guard of honor walked for eight days before arriving at Yulong Mountain, and Zhou Jinhuan felt that the soles of his feet were about to wear through.
From a distance, Zhou Jinhuan saw a little blurry scene, only to see Zhao Yu come down first, and then a woman dressed as a queen also walked down, the two held hands and walked towards the mountain, and Zhou Caiwei stood on Zhao Yu's right, the two were not parallel, and the two were half of their bodies wrong.
"Girl, can you still go?" Su Wan helped her, her face was pale, her lips were dry, and she still shook her head: "It's okay, this can't be escaped." ”
The two followed the crowd towards the mountain, and the mountain road had too many small pebbles, and the road was extremely difficult to walk.
And Zhao Yu, who was walking in front, didn't look back from beginning to end, Su Wan couldn't help but complain: "Everyone says that it is the most ruthless emperor's family, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, so Zhao Yu is too ruthless, right?"
"How can a man like him, who is both proud and inferior, have a good face for me when I disregard his wishes like that?"
Zhou Jinhuan didn't speak loudly, and even Su Wan couldn't really hear it: "Ah, girl, what did you say?"
"Let's go, I won't be able to keep up with the team in a while. Zhou Jinhuan didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.
The mighty group of people circled from the bottom of Yulong Mountain to the top of the mountain, Zhao Yu seemed to have said something again, and several ministers flattered a few words, and after a while, Zhao Yu will let everyone disperse.
"Didn't Zhao Yu want to hunt, why didn't he say anything, just let everyone play by themselves?" Su Wan was still wondering, and Zhou Jinhuan told her about the gold mine.
"Girl, what do you mean......" Su Wan's eyes were shining, but Zhou Jinhuan pressed her lips with her fingers: "Is the person you asked you to find already in place?"
"He followed us all the way, but when is the right time to choose?" Su Wan just finished asking, and immediately thought of it, with a look of sudden realization: "Girl, I seem to understand what you mean, you want to take advantage of the chaos......"
"We're really getting smarter. Zhou Jinhuan's eyes looked in the direction of Zhao Yu, thinking of what he was going to experience for a while, and his heart still hurt a little.
Zhao Yu felt the gaze cemented on his back, and an irrepressible joy exploded in his heart.
"Your Majesty, you seem to be in a good mood. Yuan Wenya saw the smile on the corner of his mouth, stepped forward, and took his hand, Zhao Yu took a deep breath: "Spring is coming, and the mood is naturally good." ”
"Wenya, I still have some things, so I can't accompany you, Ah Zi, you take Niangniang to take a look around. Zhao Yu patted Yuan Wenya's hand lightly, but Yuan Wenya didn't comply: "Your Majesty, it's hard to come out, do you still want to follow those boring ministers?"
Yuan Wenya looked at the ministers around Zhao Yu and was very unhappy.
"The emperor must have something important, we are the emperor's women, so naturally we have to obey him in everything, don't we?" At this time, Zhou Caiwei walked over, first asked An to salute, and then said such a sentence, which made Yun Wenya even more angry: "Concubine Xian, what are you talking about, and this palace is talking to the emperor, when is it your turn to interject?"
"There are a lot of queens, it's all the fault of the concubines, and the concubines should be in charge of their own mouths. The corners of Zhou Caiwei's mouth hooked up a sarcastic smile, and as soon as she raised her hand, she was pulled by Zhao Yu: "I originally came out to relax, what are you doing like this?"
Zhao Yu's words were not serious, but his tone was very serious, and even Yuan Wenya was too frightened to speak.
"I heard that there is a Fuxian Temple in this Jade Dragon Mountain, so you two will go there to offer incense and pray for blessings. Zhao Yu didn't look at the two of them, and left directly.
"Queen Mother, please?" Zhou Caiwei's words made Yuan Wenya's face ugly, but she also replied: "Concubine Xian Niangniang had better be able to do things perfectly in the future, otherwise don't blame the palace for grabbing your pigtails." ”
The two confronted each other for a while, but they didn't say anything more, and walked quietly in the direction of Fuxian Temple.
And Zhao Yu was surrounded by Lin Lian, Kong Fan and other important ministers, and Zhang Zilang was also there, but there was some distance from Zhao Yu.
"This Jade Dragon Mountain has always been an excellent place for feng shui, and it is indeed the best place to pray for blessings. Lin Lian didn't know the true purpose of Zhao Yu's trip, and he had only heard about the gold mine for a short time.
Because he had only heard about it, he had only sent someone to investigate it a few days ago, thinking that he would wait for the news to be accurate before he wrote to report it.
The emperor came to Yulong Mountain, it should have nothing to do with the gold mine, right?
Since coming to Yulong Mountain, Lin Lian has asked and answered himself countless times, and he is very nervous.
"It is indeed a good place to pray for blessings. Zhao Yu's words made Lin Lian feel a little relieved, thinking that maybe Zhao Yu would go to Fuxian Temple in a while, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yu didn't mean to stop at all.
"Where is the emperor going?" Lin Lian felt a little strange, why didn't the other ministers speak, just followed the emperor, and he was never a very curious person, he was just nervous.
"What are you doing here?" Zhao Yu didn't speak, he saw a sturdy man with a bamboo basket on his back, the man hung his head, and his eyes didn't raise: "What can you do, dig gold mines, what else can you do?"
"What a bold man, he dares to talk to the emperor like this!" Xiao Mencius spoke, and immediately two guards stepped forward and held the man down, Zhao Yu shook his head: "Eh, the so-called ignorant is not guilty, he is my people, what are you doing?"
Zhao Yu slowly squatted down as he spoke, helping the man up, Lin Lian felt a little dry in his mouth, as if there were countless small drums beating in his heart, and his ears rang for a while, and he was almost a little unstable.
"The Prime Minister must have been tired of traveling, why can't he stand steadily?" Kong Fan helped Lin Lian in a timely manner, and that smile made Lin Lian feel as if he had been trapped.
"Where is the gold mine, take me to see it. Zhao Yu's tone was very steady, but Lin Lian felt that there was a darkness in front of him, and Kong Fan walked by him, bumped him lightly, and smiled even more: "But what about the gold mine, the prime minister has to open his eyes to see clearly." ”
When Zhao Yu and his party arrived at the location of the gold mine, many people did not realize Zhao Yu's identity, and they were still going in and out, but the existence of a person made Lin Lian enter the ice cellar in an instant, and it was his attendant Wang Hai.
"My lord, why are you ......" Wang Hai is not a stupid person, but when he saw Lin Lian, he really couldn't hold back, Kong Fan naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity: "Do you know the Prime Minister?"
This sentence immediately pushed Lin Lian to the cusp, and he thought about how to answer. But he didn't want Wang Hai to speak first: "I saw it on the city tower during the Shangyuan Festival." ”
"Your memory is good enough, you can remember that he is the prime minister after only seeing him once on the city tower?" Kong Fan stepped forward, his lean face was full of suspicion: "Of course this is not the most suspicious, what is suspicious is that you only said the word 'adult', and what I just asked you is whether you know the prime minister, how can you associate the word 'adult' with the word 'prime minister' in such a short period of time?"
Kong Fan's words were accurate and ruthless, and Lin Lian also felt that he was careless, and now he was a little glad that he didn't speak just now.
"My Prime Minister, don't you need to explain it to me?" Zhao Yu was obviously also puzzled, Lin Lian calmed down for a moment and stabilized his voice: "Back to the emperor, since this incident happened, Weichen has always been an outsider, this person, Weichen doesn't know." ”
"......" Wang Hai wanted to speak, but thinking about his family, he remained silent in the end.
"But what you did just now doesn't seem to be like that, right?" Zhao Yu then asked, Wang Hai has been following Lin Lian for many days, this psychological quality is still good, and his answer is very decent: "The untouchables see that this adult is very kind, so they will say that, if the untouchables really know the prime minister, they will not do hard labor here." ”
There is no real evidence, everything is in vain, Kong Fan is a little discouraged, in the end, it is such a good opportunity, but Zhang Zilang's face is still the same: Where else is this, Wang Hai's appearance was accidental, and he didn't expect to hit Lin Lian with such a trick.
Zhao Yu stared at Lin Lian for a long time, and then helped him up with his own hands: "Prime Minister Lin has been following me for a long time, and I can still trust you." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Lin Lian wiped the sweat on his face: he finally passed a level, what he didn't know was that there was a bigger pit waiting for him behind.
Just when the two of them were chatting, out of nowhere came a person who looked like a guard, and said a few words in front of Xiao Mengzi, only to see that Xiao Mencius's face immediately changed, and walked quickly to Zhao Yu.
"You guys stay in this gold mine for a closer look, and then report back to me!" Zhao Yu walked in a hurry, and several adults were a little confused, and far away, Zhang Zilang was gone.