Summer Solstice (9)
Xue Ling jumped on the beam of the room, and looked down again, Huang Chengxuan had not returned. Princess Yongle was already squatting on the ground, holding her head with both hands, her shoulders lying together, and it was difficult to control herself.
Outside the window, it was a miserable white moonlight, and when Xue Ling returned to his house with his right hand down, the dish of cake that Lu Gardenia was resting, even if the boiling water was put under his head to warm it, it would be with the water, and it would have been cold for a long time. After all, there is no condition in Qi Mansion here, and there is always a stove in the kitchen. Green Gardenia's move was also ingenious, but it didn't achieve the desired effect after all.
Standing stunned in front of the table for a while, Xue Ling still reached out and took one, and when he took a bite, the smell of meat in it combined with cold oil choked his head, and it was really difficult to swallow, so he could only throw it back on the plate. She also stiffened and walked to the bed, but instead of falling on it immediately, she reached out and took the purse off and returned to the desk.
Putting aside the stack of papers, he carefully opened the purse, took out the strip of cloth, and finally poured out the Kong Ming lock. She had already dismantled the car, and in the blink of an eye, there was a pile of scattered sticks and a stone in front of her.
"When Lang'er sent her to die, she was not as affectionate as she is today." "The mother should know that what she has done should not be said." These are the exact words retold by Princess Yongle.
Send her to death, who is it? Naturally, it is a carefree princess to send. What have you done, and what have you done? That is to frame the Xue and Song families with a worry-free death.
Xue Ling pinched the two wooden sticks and wanted to put them together again, but his fingers trembled so badly that he couldn't put them together, and after trying a few times, he was still like this, and he threw them to the ground in a fit of anger. After looking at it twice, he knelt down and picked it up again, and hurriedly went to the candle flame to take a closer look, for fear that he would break it.
Fortunately, it was a dead branch, no more brittle than porcelain jade and other things, and there was no damage, she let out a sigh of relief, put it back on the table, and pinched the strip of cloth next to it to look.
There is no other possibility of things, her guess, Song Bai's last words, there is no half-word falsehood. It was Wei Long who single-handedly planned the events of the year, and since this is the case, he must still have some ulterior secrets with Tuoba Milling. Otherwise, it would not have been so coincidental back then, as soon as the first emperor died, Tuoba Mill pretended to raise troops. It's just that I don't know what happened later, the two seem to have fallen out again, and the Tuoba Milling army went south and acted cruelly.
Or, Wei Long, this dog is so vicious? The people of that land in the northwest are alive or dead, and he doesn't want to care about it? Xue Ling suddenly thought of something again, and immediately took a pen and solemnly wrote the three big characters "Tuoba Milling" on the paper. The pen paused for a moment, but it was not Wei Long who made up on the side, but Huo Zhun.
She already has a great distrust of Wei Long's character, and feels that she may not be able to do it, deliberately throwing away the northwest. But if you think about the current situation carefully, you can react to it, and probably this is not the case.
If Wei Long really handed over a few pieces of land in the northwest, he would not have fallen out with Tuoba Milling, where would it be the turn of the people to speak. Therefore, one party must have rebelled back then, and finally there was a rift, which led to today's Liang and Xianbei.
Therefore, Tuoba Milling followed behind Huo Zhuncai, not Wei Long. Xue Ling threw the pen aside, a smile on his face. She finally got everything straight. Sure enough, everything has a reason, no wonder Huo Zhun that old fox wants to do this kind of thing, it seems that he was forced, if nothing else, he should be forced by Tuoba Milling.
Back then, I didn't know what benefits Wei Long promised to Tuoba Milling, and used him to drag the Huo family. I can't think of the first two lands. But it was obvious that Wei Long didn't plan to give it at all, and deliberately sent a princess to die there, which not only completely broke Tuoba Mill's thoughts, but also used this to kill the Xue family.
Now that the situation between the DPRK and China made Huo Zhun frightened, Baba found Tuoba Milling, but Tuoba Milling prevented him from coming back to the year, so he forced him to play and cut off Huo Zhun's back road before he was willing to join forces. And although Huo Zhun agreed, he was not willing to sit still, the market restriction order may not have been mentioned by Wei Long.
High, sure enough, high.
However, this was a conjecture after all, Xue Ling put the paper on the candle flame, and watched it burn out before continuing to spell the scattered Kong Ming lock. This will be clear-minded and naturally spelled smoothly. After three or two strokes, he returned to his original state, and then put it back in his purse with the strip of cloth, and then hung it on the bed.
She only ate two steamed buns in the evening, and when she was a little hungry, she glanced at the plate of cold cakes twice, but she couldn't eat them anymore, so she could only endure sleeping.
Now that the Huo family can be coerced by Tuoba Milling, it seems that they are really anxious. There are always a few fish in warm water who know that they are about to be in trouble. To say that Huo Zhun played this hand is not exquisite. It's just that who is not a good hand at a table.
Xue Ling counted the days, thinking about whether he would be able to go to Xianbei by himself. Tuoba milling is just a request. Huo Zhun can give it, she seems to have given it too.
Above the clouds, the best carrier pigeons of Liang Guo flew up from the capital from the back, and the flapping wings did not stop for a moment, and at this time the outline of Pingcheng could already be seen in the distance.
Lu Wen'an was still at the head of the wall, he didn't know what he was waiting for, but he couldn't sleep anyway, so he simply stood on the wall with his sword in his hand.
In this city, he has been in this city for more than 20 years, and when he followed Xue Yihan, he naturally had few opportunities to be a guard. It's just that I can't see the pigeons that flew into Huo Xiao's room.
Of course, if you see it, it's not a big deal, as the head of a city, you have to communicate with people, and the letter is actually empty, only a fire paint seal is tight, and the seal on it is lifelike.
Huo Wei took the letter and trotted to another building, where the distinguished guests of the city lived. I knocked on the door, but the person inside was still asleep, and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Huo Wei only shouted: "Master". There was no mention of a letter. The more careful the better.
Hearing Huo Xiao's voice, Huo Yunyang put on his coat and walked out, Pingcheng and Ningcheng were not far apart, but the cold was much heavier. Huo Wei presented the letterbox, Huo Yunyang only glanced at it, did not reach out to take it, only bowed to the next door, and said, "Send it to that person, it's not ours." After saying that, he closed the door and went in.
Huo Wei helped his forehead, he was a sideline, not as light as the Huo family's sisters-in-law, and it was inevitable that he would be a little unhappy when dealing with the Hu people, but there was no way to force Liangshan, so he knocked on the door of Tuoba Milling and his party.
Fortunately, Tuoba Milling did not come out, but a subordinate came to respond, and when he saw that it was Huo Wei, he took the letter, and closed the door with a "bang", without saying a word.
Huo Wei smiled on his face and walked back angrily. Day by day, he put his hot face on that cold ass. If you can't please Huo Yunyang, these Hu people actually dare to give a face. Speaking of which, he is a Huo family, as if he has gained a lot of benefits, in fact, who wants to come to this place where birds don't, it is not easy to have a hard time in the days of red flowers and willows in Beijing, and they want to come to see the ice and snow. The air was full of Hu people, mixed with the smell of sheep.
It's a loss that there is no war, and if it does, maybe you will have to pad the horse's hooves. I said that I would leave with some merit, but fortunately, it has been two years, and I haven't caught a single hair. Finally, the Lord came, and people looked down on this broken ground. I don't know if this thing will be successful, if it does, in the future, the business of the Huo family and Xianbei will inevitably revolve around Pingcheng, and he will be the person who the Huo family said to him.
Huo Wei thought so, and felt a little relieved in his heart, and the person who was blown by the night wind shivered, wanting to crawl back into his bed as soon as possible. When I looked up, I saw a vague figure standing straight on the city wall. Huo Wei shook his head and sighed. Although it was a night watch, he still knew what the hell those people looked like. The only person who can stand like this at night to blow the wind is estimated to be the only one who is stupid.
Hu people, Hu people, there are no Hu people in this world. He rose to sympathy, changed his course, and went to the city wall.
Lu Wenan was a little surprised when he saw that it was Huo Wei. In all fairness, Huo Wei is not a good person, and he is not a wicked person, just ordinary people who are greedy for money, good sex, and lazy every day. Just because of this laziness, it is rare to come up during the day, and it is even more abnormal to wander around at night.
While thinking about it, Lu Wenan changed his smirking face and said, "Master, why did you come up here, it's windy." ”
Huo Wei waved his hand, signaling Lu Wen'an not to be so nervous, walked to the edge, leaned against the wall and looked into the distance, and said casually: "I also drank two sips of wine last night, don't take it to heart." "The wind is good, when the wind is too strong, you can't fucking smell the smell of cattle and sheep on Hu Ren's body, and the smoker is disgusted."
"How can it, it is a blessing for the master to kick people." Lu Wenan smiled. glanced at the stars and moon in the sky, and also walked to the wall and leaned against it, and said: "Master, you don't like the Hu people either, what are the Hu people doing, don't the matter of our secret road has been exposed, come to find out, do you want me to keep an eye on it." ”
"Alas... Who can love it". Huo Wei touched the wall. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. What's more, those barbarians don't know what etiquette is usual. He glanced at Lu Wenan twice more and said, "Don't bother, you're not here for this." ”
"Why is that business, like Anseong? Can you let me do this, so I can find my son. Lu Wen'an said sincerely, it looked no different from a dog raised since childhood.
Son, son, his own son, I haven't seen him for a long time, Huo Yu thought worriedly. He is much younger than Lu Wen'an, but he became a family early, relying on the status of the Huo family, the concubine has also accepted several rooms, and there are already several children under his knees.
In this way, he had to have some sympathy for Lu Wen'an, and said: "It's business, but it's not like Ancheng." He looked around, waved at Lu Wen'an, motioned for him to come over, and whispered, "It's to do business with Xianbei people." ”
Lu Wenan immediately jumped up and said, "How can we do this." His reaction was not a fraud. Although he guessed that it was Xianbei, he definitely never thought that Huo Wei would dare to collude with foreign clans and secretly Chen Cang.
"Be quiet." Huo Wei pressed Lu Wen'an's shoulder and said, "If it weren't for the urgency of your son's search, I could tell you about it." Don't you shout everywhere, if I lose my head, you can live? ”
"Master, this is... It is". Lu Wenan wanted to say that this was a collaborator, but he didn't know how to say to Huo Wei in a dumb voice, because he didn't have a sword in his hand, otherwise he didn't know what he could do. Damn, if it weren't for Xianbei's group of dog soldiers under Pingcheng three years ago, Xue Yihan would have returned to Beijing a long time ago, how could there be so many things later.
"Yes, yes, yes. You calm down and listen to me first." Huo Wei tried to appease this Lu Wen'an, although he had some sympathy for Lu Wen'an, but he also had other plans. In the future, the affairs of the Huo family will go around in this Pingcheng, and there will be few people to do it, rather than letting Huo Yunyang assign a henchman to do things, it is better to recommend this Anyu by himself, and his own people can get a handful in the middle.
Lu Wen'an kicked the city wall hard and said angrily: "Those dogs have captured my son, I can't let them get out of Pingcheng alive." As he spoke, he was about to go downstairs to get his sword. Since the comer is not good, he might as well find a way to kill it directly.
Huo Wei grabbed Lu Wen'an and said, "I said An Yu, what are you anxious about, you listen to me, this is not what the boss meant, we are all for the good of the beam." ”
Lu Wenan stopped and asked: "Which one is top"? After asking, he felt that Huo Yu was probably fooling himself, and scolded again, "Fart, colluding with foreigners for the sake of the beam"? said that he didn't even care about the etiquette of the upper and lower levels, and he wanted to get rid of Huo Yu.
Huo Wei said: "Don't leave first, listen to me first, if you think I'm lying, even cut me down." ”
Hearing him say this, Lu Wenan stopped, still angry, didn't look at people, and shouted sullenly: "You hurry up." I don't even bother to call it Ye.
Huo Wei pretended to sigh and said, "You said that you have been mixed up for so many years, if it weren't for the master, wouldn't you still be guarding the wall, for what?" ”
Lu Wenan tilted his head to the side and said, "To find my son." ”
Huo Wei smacked his lips, and this person had nothing else to say without his son. But it's good that it's very easy to deceive. said: "You said you, you are also a subject of Daliang, in addition to your son, do you have to think about us Liang." What's more, if the master sent this matter to you, you can still go to the Hu people's land to see for yourself, maybe you can find it faster. ”
"Why do you think about Da Liang, I just think about Da Liang, so I want to kill those dogs."
Once a lie is told too much, it becomes true. No one knew if Huo Wei understood what Huo Zhun was planning. But what he said to Lu Wen'an was indeed a high-level summary by hundreds of officials above the court. That is, the Qian family can't be allowed to dominate, so ah, Pingcheng and Xianbei do business, but they are actually secretly helping the emperor do things. It not only maintains the reputation of the Great Liang, but also secretly prevents the rise of the Liang people.
This is a burden of endurance and humiliation, and it will be remembered through the ages.
What he said was that Lu Wenan couldn't make too many detours, and he was really stunned for a while, and he was silent there for a long time. Although he only thinks about Xue Ling in his daily life, he should also stand up to the sky and serve the country loyally in this life. Listening to Huo Wei, he seemed to be saying something like that, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
You can't really put down what happened three years ago and deal with those dogs without any worries. On the one hand, the Xue family's kindness is as heavy as a mountain, and on the other hand, the family and the country are big, and the man who fights with iron can't stand the loyalty and righteousness since ancient times.
Seeing that Lu Wenan seemed to be persuaded by himself, Huo Wei was secretly relieved that the wind was not blowing in vain this night. Hit the railroad while it was hot: "Did you say that the master said, we have a few brains that can do things that can cooperate with the enemy, and we are not all doing errands for the emperor, I just see that you are looking for your son to go crazy, otherwise how can it be your turn to make such a contribution." ”
Lu Wenan still didn't speak, although he had a premonition that Xue Ling would come back, but the fact that his son was captured by the Hu people was made up blindly, Xue Ling was definitely not in Xianbei, and he could find a ghost. And he also had other ideas, and was about to talk about Huo Yao, but Huo Yu yawned and said: "You can think about it, the master went back to sleep." After saying that, he walked down.
Lu Wenan didn't think about it completely, so he didn't call him. Huo Xiao never thought that he would just climb to the city tower on a temporary basis tonight, but a few months later, because of this unintentional act, he saved the lives of the old and young in that room.