Fate is a ghost!

Xie Mulin almost didn't burst out of this sentence in his heart.

Xie Pu chose to go to the Lion Rock Jinghai Temple to meet the abbot on the eighth Buddha's birthday in early April because of Xiao Rui's hint. Considering that this is not a random day, the temple will hold large-scale rituals, and King Yan has another courtyard on the Lion Rock, and often goes to Jinghai Temple to find the abbot...... It can allow the abbot to find free time to meet people in the days when he is doing things, and there will not be many such time periods. Xie Pu and King Yan will meet, and the chances are still quite large. If none of this happens, it can only be said that it is providential.

Therefore, the relationship between Xie Pu and King Yan was simply given to the former by Xiao Rui.

What Xie Mulin wants to know now is, how did Xiao Rui know that King Yan was going to Jinghai Temple to find the abbot on the eighth day of the fourth month? What kind of purpose did he have when he hinted to himself? What can Xie Pu do when he sees King Yan? Could it still help him in his current situation?

These questions turned around in Xie Mulin's mind a few times, and she concentrated again and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation between her father and mother outside.

Wen's focus is always on Xie Pu. After listening to King Yan's life experience, she didn't ask anything, she just wanted to know if there would be any bad consequences for Xie Pu to contact King Yan? For example, is it taboo for the vassal kings of this dynasty to make friends with foreign ministers? Will he, a foreign minister with an uncertain future, have a private relationship with the vassal king arouse the suspicion of the emperor or something?

Xie Pu laughed when he heard this: "You think too much." The emperor has always been extremely confident in King Yan, and King Yan is a military general, almost all year round in Beiping, even if he meets me by chance a small magistrate, what can be taboo? I don't have that weight yet, and the emperor won't think of His Royal Highness King Yan like that. ”

Wen was relieved at this time, and was interested in starting to inquire about some trivial things, such as how old King Yan was, which family the princess belonged to, whether she had children or something. Although Xie Pu also knew about these things, he would not pay much attention to them. He told Wen that he had met King Yan by chance, just to let her know that King Yan had also heard about him and admired his ability to govern the place, so he made a suggestion to him and asked him to become an official in Beiping.

Anyway, his new position has not yet come down, as long as he nods, King Yan can open his mouth to the emperor at any time. The emperor would not refuse.

The Wen clan on the outside and Xie Mulin on the inside were taken aback. Xie Mulin hurriedly put down the veil in his hand and approached the door curtain, wanting to listen carefully.

Wen asked Xie Pu a little confused: "Didn't you say that you are probably going back to Shandong to serve as an official?" It's not a prefect, it's supposed to be a Taoist. Last year, the Yellow River flooded, so many state capitals have not yet recovered. This happens to be what you do best, and it makes perfect sense for the court to send you there. Why now, King Yan wants to transfer you to Beiping? What does he want you to do in Peking? ”

Xie Pu said: "The political envoy of Beiping seems to have not gone well in the past few years. The envoy was a man with a deep background and a mediocre talent. His Royal Highness King Yan doesn't get along with him. But he didn't make a mistake, and His Royal Highness didn't want to ask the emperor to replace him, so he wanted to add two more capable helpers to him. If I really passed, most of them would be directly promoted to the position of political envoy, and I should be in charge of the grain road, right? Since the flooding of the Yellow River last year and the reduction of grain production, the supply of military rations in Beiping has been somewhat tight. His Royal Highness King Yan came to Beijing this time for this matter. ”

Wen Shi was a little worried when he heard this: "What can I do about this?" Although it is a good thing that the old man can be promoted to the third grade, but the shortage of military food in Beiping is caused by the flooding of the Yellow River, where is it so easy to solve? What is the origin of that political envoy? He is incompetent, but he wants others to share the responsibility for him, what is the reason? How deep is his background, so that His Royal Highness King Yan can't shake his status? ”

Xie Pu smiled: "In terms of family background, the political envoy is not very prominent. But he is the maiden nephew of Concubine Yan, and the wife he married is the wife and sister of the one who died before, so His Royal Highness King Yan naturally doesn't want to touch him. ”

Yan Wang Concubine Xu, that is the biological mother of the first emperor, the current grandmother of the Yan King, and also the blood grandmother of the current emperor. The old lady lived a long life, and she is still very energetic. Her maiden nephew, of course, is not easy to mess with.

But the current King Yan is actually her own grandson, and the relationship should be extremely close, without so many scruples. It's just that considering that the wife of the political envoy and the wife of the eldest son of the first emperor are sisters, the removal of the other party's political envoy without reason can easily involve the orphans and widows of that family. No matter what King Yan said, he is also the heir who snatched the inheritance of other people's own flesh and blood in disguise, and it is understandable that he does not want to provoke the in-laws of his sister-in-law's family.

Wen immediately understood the meaning of Xie Pu's words, and couldn't help but sigh. She actually understands this kind of embarrassing consequences caused by marriage and succession, but it's not good to say it in front of Xie Pu.

She asked Xie Pu in a low voice, "Then what does the master think?" You...... Want to go to Beiping? ”

Xie Pu hesitated: "I'm more familiar with Shandong, but ...... It was because of my familiarity that I knew the difficulty here. If you stay in Shandong as an official, I am afraid that you will inevitably have to deal with the Lin family. The river construction case involved the Cao family and the prince again, and God knows when someone will turn it out again? Don't look at the moment, as soon as Wang Angui dies, the charge of the river engineering case can be pushed on his head. But such a large sum of river silver is gone, it is not something that Wang Angui can do alone, and the money is not all recovered, and sooner or later others will be involved. Even if the Cao family does not show its flaws, the Lin family will not let go of such a great opportunity. I just don't want to be swept up in anymore......"

Wen Shi understood in his heart, and sighed: "Since the master has concerns, there is nothing wrong with going to Beiping." Although Beiping is farther and colder than Shandong, there are not many wars on the nine sides at the moment, and if the lord is an official in the political envoy department, and he is doing a separate way, he should still be very stable. As long as His Royal Highness King Yan can protect the master, wherever the master wants to go, I will support him. ”

Xie Pu smiled: "Do you think so too?" I feel the same way. King Yan has a straightforward temper and is an upright and courageous warrior. I talked with him for a long time, and I felt that being an official under him was not a bad thing. ”

He felt that King Yan seemed to be a more reliable boss than the emperor, and there were not so many twists and turns in his heart, nor so many suspicions, and it was far easier to be his subordinate than to be under the emperor.

Moreover, because the Cao family failed to get married back then, they have always been a little weak when they were against King Yan, and they didn't dare to provoke easily. If Xie Pu went to Beiping, the Cao family would probably not harass him again in order not to offend King Yan. Even if Ping Nanbo still refused to give up, King Yan also agreed and would make decisions for him.

With such a generous treatment and such sincerity, Xie Pu almost agreed to King Yan's solicitation in Jinghai Temple, but he held back with reason and responded that he had to discuss it with his family before he could give a positive answer. But in Xie Pu's mind, he was already inclined to go to Beiping.

Wen Shi saw what he was thinking, and the smile on his face remained unchanged: "If the master has made up his mind, then go." It's just that Beiping is not familiar with life, so the master must take care of himself. ”

Xie Pu nodded and held Wen's hands: "The family will be handed over to you." After two years, when I have settled down there, and the children in the family are older, and I don't need to take care of everything, I will send someone to pick you up. ”

Wen's eyes suddenly turned red, but he smiled very sweetly, and said "hmm" gently.

Xie Mulin tiptoed back to his original position, picked up the halfway point, but couldn't concentrate his thoughts.

Xie Pu is actually going to Beiping...... Xiao Rui specially arranged his meeting with King Yan, did he expect this?

And Xiao Rui, as the concubine of the Xiao family, how did he know the whereabouts of King Yan?

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