Chapter 151: Muddy Waters
Yan Shao died before he left the school, and how many forces under his name were all like a big cake, and they were divided up. Among the ministers who were loyal to the county palace in the past, some of them were absorbed by Emperor Tianlong, the Yin family and several others.
The Wei family and the Qi Wangfu made a fortune in a muffled voice, divided the property left by Yan Shao, and the military power was ......
It is divided into two parts.
Those on the bright side naturally changed their faces and became the people of Emperor Tianlong, anyway, in the eyes of those ordinary soldiers, whether it was the prince of the county or Emperor Tianlong, they were all surnamed Yan. Emperor Tianlong replaced all the generals who couldn't be trusted, and he was at ease.
And the sharp weapon left by the first emperor period that can be called the Yan family's Dingding country is all owned by Wang Yuanzhao alone. Poor Yanshao people can't go into the earth when they die, like a plaything, they are "raised" in the house by the tenacity, and they enjoy playing from time to time.
Wang Yuanzhao smiled: "Just when we came down from the White Horse Temple."
As he spoke, the man had already sat down and copied Lin Qiantan's handwriting seriously.
A man with five big and three thick wrote about the hairpin flower Xiaokai commonly used in his daughter's house, but there was not much disobedience, and it was vivid.
Lin Qiantan said, "What did you see at that time?"
When the two of them were pulled up from the bottom of the cliff, all eyes were on them. It was not surprising that no one, including Lin Qiantan, noticed that someone was peeping behind the forest in the distance.
But Wang Yuanzhao is different.
"In a wood, the birds dare not stay, doesn't it mean that there are a lot of people there?!"
Lin Qiantan already knew that his senses were very keen, and what he said was extremely reasonable, and there was nothing unconvincing.
Then I heard him say, "When we go down the mountain, our prime minister will follow behind." Wang Yuanzhao said this, and a happy smile appeared on his lips. But there was a hint of irony in that pleasure.
Lin Qiantan really didn't know about this matter.
It's also interesting to think about. There are so many things in Beijing that he needs to deal with as a prime minister, who would have thought of this.
Lin Qiantan was talking to Wang Yuanzhao, and he had already sat down, and he came by chance, Jin He was making a small hot pot with a small stove outside the house. She had suffered enough at the bottom of the cliff a few days ago, and she always wanted to treat herself more in terms of food these days.
She just eats alone, and with Wang Yuanzhao, I'm afraid that little thing is not enough.
Lin Qiantan didn't say who the person who was still copying these things this big night, but it didn't mean that Wang Yuanzhao didn't think about it.
He did want to do something. But after thinking about it, maybe Lin Qiantan didn't want him to meddle in this.
Besides, in what name did he meddle? That day, they came up from the bottom of the cliff, and Chu Jiang hugged Lin Qiantan openly, and he could only stand aside like an outsider.
After a thought, Wang Yuanzhao said again: "When we came down from the mountain, my people moved. The people of the Prime Minister's Mansion were defenseless. "He's not a guy who swallows in his stomach. Yin tenacity stabbed him more than once, so he went to the backyard of his mansion to steal a corpse, and by the way...... Take a few more classified documents that I don't know what they are.
At present, Yan Shao's body has been taken out of the ice cellar and handed over to a special person to prepare for a secret and grand burial.
It's not that he is loyal to Yan Shao, the old master, in addition to the reason of repaying some of the kindness of knowledge, it is mainly for himself. Yan Shao is another person, but he has an inseparable position in the eyes of those abolished prince Yan Yongyu. He is so concerned about rescuing Yan Shao's body, and what he wants is people's hearts.
Wang Yuanzhao quickly copied a few pieces of paper and handed them to Lin Qiantan. Lin Qiantan only noticed at this time that Wang Yuanzhao seemed to have a smell of blood.
Jin He didn't feel strange that this man would appear at night. Seeing him, he was only surprised for a moment, and then consciously threw two or three times as many pieces of meat into the pot, and called for a screen to guard the door, so as not to let irrelevant people approach.
Especially, it was the grandmother sent by Yin Wei.
Mama Gou knew that she had been completely given up by the master over there, and she was also heartbroken, so she simply took the initiative to ask for help and squeezed Mama Lei, so as not to give Mama Lei a chance to continue to monitor.
The people of Mama Gou's family may be sold by Yin Wei in two days, and I don't know where to go. Lin Qiantan promised her very "kindly" to help her get out of her family and pay off her gambling debts. But after all, Mama Gou is the person who Yin Wei forced in, and she used her diaphragm to think of sending her to her village on the outskirts of Beijing to do some farm work for her.
The smell of this flesh......
Lin Qiantan frowned. Wang Yuanzhao was injured only a few days ago, who did he fight with? Or is it the wound that has opened again?! Lin Qiantan didn't ask, Wang Yuanzhao himself would naturally say, only talking about the aroma of meat that kept wafting in through the crack in the door: "You can also taste the special beef transported by Yunzhou Express."
Wang Yuanzhao stopped his pen without being verbose and picked up the chopsticks again. The beef is thinly sliced, served with sauce, cooked, and served with onion and garlic toppings, as well as some light side dishes, which are too hearty for a late-night snack.
"A few days ago, as soon as I noticed that something was wrong, I called someone down the mountain to set it up." Jinhe brought in a soup pot, and Wang Yuanzhao couldn't wait to feed himself a piece of meat that was already ripe, chewed and said: "Maybe it's stepping on some people's pain points, these two days, outside the Guogong Mansion, it's very lively."
Lin Qiantan seemed to be joking: "Then you dare to run to me." Didn't you bring people over and harm her?!
Wang Yuanzhao glanced at her deeply, and after a while, when he swallowed the meat in his mouth, he didn't know if he said seriously: "I think, Prime Minister Yin Da probably won't do anything to you."
Lin Qiantan lowered her eyelashes and did not deny it.
The two of them invariably remembered the battle on the cliff, when Lin Qiantan rushed out in front of Yin Huai to block the knife for Wang Yuanzhao, Yin Huai's instantaneous reaction, both of them still remembered.
This matter is also something that Lin Qiantan has been thinking about repeatedly in the past two or three days.
Yin Huai is a person, but he is just a wine-colored person who wants to enjoy fish and water. When he saw Lin Qiantan's appearance when he hurriedly withdrew the knife, it was not so much that he was unwilling to hurt Lin Qiantan, but that he had scruples about something.
The tenacity of the past and present lives has not changed much in terms of personality, and the attitude towards her is also uncertain and unpredictable.
Sometimes, Lin Qiantan feels that the other party seems to be determined to get along with her. But sometimes, it seems that you can feel a deformed "protection" from the other party.
Lin Qiantan opened her eyes: "You should remember that I told you that he had a crush on my mother."
Wang Yuanzhao nodded.
Lin Qiantan thought that in her previous life, she was imprisoned by yin tenacity. At that time, my feeling of yin tenacity was that this person just regarded himself as a plaything that was quite pleasing to the eye.
When he was happy, he rewarded herself with some feed, took her to the street to buy some jewelry, and even taught her to read and write. When you are unhappy, you are the target of the whip under the whip.
And it's the kind that doesn't allow you to wear clothes.
A look of humiliation flashed in her eyes, and when she said this, she suddenly lost the warmth she had when Wang Yuanzhao came in just now.
Wang Yuanzhao keenly grasped her emotions, his eyelids moved, and he just thought that he couldn't see it, and passed it over perfunctorily. Since she doesn't like to mention it, let's not talk about it.
On a snowy night in the depths of winter, the New Year is about to close, and a small stove is full of fragrant and piping hot meat. The atmosphere in the room soon became warm again.
Wang Yuanzhao finished speaking, but he didn't choose to leave immediately.
The two ate a small hot pot with a full portion, and Wang Yuanzhao still jumped out of the window and left, without making any offensive moves. Except, in front of Lin Qiantan...... took away a hairpin from Lin Qiantan.
Lin Qiantan ignored him, ordered someone to clean up the dishes, and then came to the front of the bookcase to take a look, she just got up and went to the clean room, Wang Yuanzhao took a pen and put a lot of scriptures here for her.
Coupled with the fact that she had made it herself, it was more than enough to prevaricate.
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On the second day, Lin Qiantan took these things and went to the Shen family. Shen was also very surprised that Lin Qiantan had copied so much. Lin Qiantan only gave a cursory explanation, and Shen suddenly realized.
The people in this Hou Mansion are still smiling as usual, saying things like "when to practice left-handed characters". Lin Qiantan didn't like to stay with them, so she came out early, and hurriedly sent a letter to Zhang's house to ask about Zhang Yan's situation.
She remembered that Chu Jiang told her on the mountain at the time: "There are a lot of people who go to the Zhengguo Mansion to collect debts these days, if you want to inquire, it is best to be at night."
Lin Qiantan waited patiently for a few days.
Originally, there was still a hereditary signboard in the Zheng Guo Mansion, and those who wanted to fall into the well would also think in their hearts that they would leave a line in everything and see each other in the future.
But as soon as this brand was picked up, the creditors who had been chasing the wind and shadows in the Guogong Mansion in the past also jumped out, and they couldn't wait to be one step faster than others......
Human affection has always been like this, Lin Qiantan knows without asking, I'm afraid that among those creditors, three points are true and seven points are false, and there are many people who take advantage of your illness to kill you and fish in troubled waters with those IOUs that I don't know where to get them.
A huge mansion, now it is becoming more and more impossible to even hire slaves, and most of them have been dismissed.
Zhang Yan replied that she was grateful to Lin Qiantan for reminding her that she would be careful to screen and not let people take advantage of her family out of thin air. The ink on the letter is very faint, and it doesn't look like a good pen and ink.
What is the actual situation? Lin Qiantan felt that she still had to take a look for herself.
Lin Qiantan thought that according to her current injury, she would not be able to go to the palace banquet in a few days anyway.
And such an opportunity to be in the limelight, naturally, there are many people who are unwilling to let her appear.
Lin Qiantan thought that she might be able to go to Zheng Guogong's Mansion to take a look at it when the time came.
Naturally, Jinhe will take care of this matter. Lin Qiantan's first task is nothing else, it is to recuperate from injuries. ate a knife on the shoulder, and never stopped working hard to take care of Wang Yuanzhao. I have long had inflammation and muscle pain.
Just when the Hou Mansion was hurriedly preparing for the New Year, a message suddenly came in from the concierge, saying that Lin Ziye had returned from the northern army.
Lin Ziye's return can be regarded as expected by Lin Qiantan. Shen's body is getting weaker and weaker, and as a grandson, he should go home to take a look, otherwise even if he can mix some fame in the army, I am afraid that his name will not be right, and sooner or later he will be taken down.
Lin Ziye is dusty, and compared with when he left home, he has changed so much that even his own mother is almost unrecognizable.
It's clearly about the same appearance, and the half-grown boy has already risen a lot taller. The arms were thick and hard, the skin was rough, and there was an obvious stubble on the face that had not had time to be cleaned up, and Yin Wei's heart softened. It's just hateful that a bunch of people are around, and I don't have a chance to speak.
Waited until the evening to finally have a reunion dinner, and was about to talk to his son in private, but Lin Ziye went out and didn't know where he went.
Yin Wei only thought that her son had been hungry and thirsty outside for a year and a half, and she went to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to vent the fire. Although he complains on the lips, he understands it in his heart.
Lin Ziye didn't go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion.
On a teahouse not far from Yan Guogong's mansion, Lin Ziye was sitting with Wang Yuanzhao, Lin Ziye was pouring tea, and Wang Yuanzhao was also unceremoniously enjoying his service.
When the two were in Suizhou, they had a lot of contact.
Wang Yuanzhao teased: "You just come out like this, and you're not afraid that your mother's mansion will look for you?"
Lin Ziye said: "I just don't like her to say some bad things about the eldest sister, so I hid out." According to Yin Wei's past style, I am afraid that after talking about family affection, I will talk about Lin Qiantan's mother.
Originally, Wang Yuanzhao didn't have a good impression of Lin Ziye, Lin Qiantan's half-brother. But what he didn't expect was that this person brought him a surprise. Not only abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but also be willing to experience themselves. Seeing that he is not very old, he is already in the army.
Wang Yuanzhao left the barracks and returned early, and Lin Ziye helped him hide his eyes and ears, and also contributed a lot of strength.
In the night of deep winter, the two of them were making tea downstairs, and Lin Ziye had long wanted to ask Wang Yuanzhao why he didn't like to drink. Wang Yuanzhao smiled but said nothing. Someone didn't like the smell of alcohol on him, and he had long since quit drinking.
Lin Ziye was drinking, he went back drunk, Yin Wei was busy taking care of him, so naturally he didn't have much time to ask anything. looked at the sloppy appearance of his son again, and decided once again in his heart that this time his son came back, he couldn't let him go out by temperament.
and the matter of the girl of the Qi family, now you can speed up the charter.
Qi Qinyue, a girl from the Qi family, has a middle-to-upper appearance, a good character, and the Qi family is profitable. The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the Qi family has a great cause, and Lin Qiantan's great-grandfather's nickname was helped by the Qi family.
"What a good girl Qi Qinyue is, but the child business is just that, and now she still knows how to be motivated, and she has a mother-in-law like Yin Wei and a sister-in-law like Lin Bixiang, and some of them are affected." Lin Qiantan didn't approve of the marriage between the two families, and she had long thought about stirring up pornography, and thought that Lin Ziye would stay at the border for a few years. I didn't expect to come back so soon. Lin Ziye himself said that he had no plans to get married for the time being. It used to be fun, but now it's a completely different purpose.
Lin Ziye only came back for a few days, and he was annoyed by Yin Wei's urging to get married, so he simply ran out and never came back.
Yin Wei only thought that he was annoyed and angry, and it took some effort to officially start the charter with the Qi family.
Soon, the days flew and it was time for the New Year's palace feast.
On this day, Lin's house was dressed in red and hung colors everywhere, and when she got up early in the morning, Lin Qiantan smelled a strong smell of firecrackers. On this morning, Lin Ziye honestly stayed at home and never went out for a walk.
Lin Qiantan's arm was injured, and she just used this as a reason that she didn't have to enter the palace.
However, the family reunion dinner still has to be eaten.
When Lin Qiantan passed, half of the family came one after another, Lin Qiantan and Lin Bixiang naturally sat together, but Lin Yangde was the only one who sat at the top.
Shen's body seems to be much worse this year than last year. Last year, she could have come out to meet the situation, but this year she can't.
The old wife is getting worse and worse, Lin Yangde seems to be much less interested, the family has eaten and wants to enter the palace, Lin Qiantan simply went to the Shen family to accompany the Shen family.
Shen Shi seemed to be in poor spirits, so Lin Qiantan talked to her without a match. As she spoke, the old lady closed her eyes and breathed slowly.
The Hou Mansion without the master was empty and quiet, and the Shen family fell asleep, so Lin Qiantan casually searched for Lin Yangde's bookshelf for a while, and took out a book to look through at random. Lin Yangde saw that it was just some books on pretending to be an economic career. The whole bookshelf is just such a book that can be read.
This is still a book from overseas. Although the cover is yellow, it is very flat, and it can be seen that the book has not been touched on the small shelf for many years, but it is only used as an elegant decoration.
However, Lin Qiantan happened to see something interesting in this book.
In the early years of Tianlong, several overseas missionaries entered the imperial capital and demanded that the Tianlong Emperor submit to their divine orders, and the Tianlong Emperor was furious and threw these bold missionaries into prison.
Later, these missionaries died, and a large number of books they brought with them were also left in a pawnshop in the capital and sealed.
What is recorded in Lin Yangde's book is some of the things at that time. It's just because the book is written in ghost-like characters, Lin Yangde must not be able to understand it at all, and he doesn't know the value of the biography of this book.
If there is nothing wrong with the records of this book from overseas, then those books should record part of the history of the Xia Dynasty.
When the Great Shang was established, the first emperor Yan Jian once ordered a large number of historical records to be burned, and Lin Qiantan suddenly felt a little excited. Maybe she can find something useful through this.
It's just that how could these Xia Dynasty histories be brought back to Middle-earth by missionaries?
She wanted to know two more things, though. One is a record of the Jinghua dream, and the other is that she wants to know who the legendary third princess of the late emperor of the Xia Dynasty is.
Why is it that people still mention her repeatedly?
Xiao Chen, the third princess of the Xia Dynasty, came out of the emperor at the end of Xia, and it is rumored that she died in the palace rebellion. But no one knows her portrait!
Just about to turn the page of the book, Shen just coughed over there, Lin Qiantan hurriedly put the book down, walked over to take a look, Shen seemed to wake up in a daze, and said "hungry".
Lin Qiantan carefully helped her up, and there was a girl to get water and food. Shen Shi seemed to be in a daze, and called "Ah Ling" to Lin Qiantan.
Her grandmother confused her with her mother.
Lin Qiantan explained that she was not Chu Ling, but Shen Shi didn't listen to a word. The mouth chattered: "I shouldn't have been greedy back then." Just to covet the eight girls and her mother's filial piety, I agreed to enter the door......"
Shen said a lot to himself.
Lin Qiantan also knew about this for the first time. But think about it, the Shen family also had difficulties back then, her in-laws and mother-in-law needed her support, the situation was stronger than others, and she had to be greedy for money. Plus...... Yin Wei and Lin Quan had a husband and wife before marriage.
Lin Qiantan took care of Shen and lay down again, stood up by herself, and walked outside. The girl brought porridge over, but Shen didn't have a chance to eat it.
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It was getting darker. The palace should be the most lively time, the time to accompany the sleeping old man is quiet and boring, Lin Qiantan simply walked under the eaves, as if unintentionally chatted with a few people who had served the Shen family all their lives, and talked about the old years, perhaps, what else could they ask.
It seems that the Zhang family may not be able to go.
The other side.
In the palace, there was a lot of singing and dancing. The emperor sat high on it, and the ministers below were staggered, smiling and smiling.
It's as if no one knows that Tongzhou, Yunzhou and other places are full of smoke.
It's just that the dishes at the banquet still leaked some clues. Some ministers found that the vegetables they ate in their mouths did not seem to be very fresh.
Some vegetables in the capital need to be transported from the east to the south through the Tianlong Grand Canal. In the process of transportation, we have to pass through several places that are making trouble, and some of them have been looted and sent to the capital by a long way, and they must be a little late, and it is inevitable that they will be a little jerky in their mouths.
However, when it comes to the ability to whitewash the peace, no one will be left behind.
This New Year's holiday, no one wants to find bad luck.
Everyone has heard that Emperor Tianlong will be rewarded for his merits at the banquet, and several young generals who returned from the north have won the praise of Emperor Tianlong, and the addition of officials to the knighthood is just around the corner. A few young players have become the most popular people at this table.
The atmosphere was warm, and after a song and dance, Emperor Tianlong finally put the matter of rewarding meritorious deeds on the table. Several young generals came out in response and knelt in the middle position.
Wang Yuanzhao was awarded the title of a loyal and brave general of the third grade.
Wang Yuanzhao felt funny and ironic. Those who recruit their own troops and prepare to rebel are ready to rebel, where does they get their loyalty.
But on the face, you always have to kneel down neatly with the people next to you and shout long live.
Several young generals suddenly became everyone's attention, and the other families were honored for their own sons who were appreciated by the emperor. But the Wang family is not.
The Wang family of the Yan State Mansion will be happy about this, and there is probably only Wang Shanya alone. The others laughed more or less forcefully. Especially Wang Yuanxuan's face is very ugly. Now speaking of the second son of the Yan State Mansion, who doesn't know that it is Wang Yuanzhao. But who remembers that he is the son-in-law who came out of the belly of the wife of the main house?