The autumn ginkgo biloba in the south of the Yangtze River is yellow and the maple leaves are red, and the misty green mountains are like inkblots soaked in water, but the undercurrent is already being nurtured, teaching the city full of frost and wind rumors.

The people are rumoring that Yu Linwei has found out the clues of the last time the virtuous king Zhao Xiche gave the royal gift, but the Qian family, who is the lord of Jiangnan, is so quiet that it is weird, and all kinds of rumors are rampant, saying that it probably has nothing to do with the Qian family.

On this day, it was the dead of night, but the lights above the Qian Mansion were white and miserable, and in the dark night when they couldn't see their fingers, they reflected the faces of each ghost.

It was destined to be a sleepless night. Yu Linwei was silent with his knife, waiting for an opportunity with murderous intent, the atmosphere in the closed door was depressing, and the knees of the officials kneeling outside the door were soaked in frost, and they didn't dare to breathe much.

There were only three people in the room. Zhao Yin, the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, succeeded Liu Hui, and the Qian family of the Jiangnan lord.

Zhao Yin threw a folded secret report in his hand to the ground, and the stabbing sound was particularly terrifying in the night: "The emblem on the hilt of the sword represents the dark department of the Qian family, the main assassination, assassination, and secret order." I don't think that my son, who is not yet weak, has provoked the Qian family, and it is worth the Qian family to take the initiative to use the dark department.

The tone was light, but because of every word, the anger of the emperor was pressing.

"Master Qian! This palace thinks that Sheng Jing treats your Qian family well, but why do you want the life of the emperor of this palace? Liu Hui wiped her tears beside her, and her fingers turned white on the pear blossom wooden circle chair.

Qian Mu knelt under the hall, purple clothes were frosty, and green eyes were swaying slightly in the dim candlelight: "The minister's original intention was just Yang Aman'......"

"Ridiculous!" Zhao Yin interrupted suddenly, his face turned white with anger, "Not to mention the daughter of Yang Ge Lao in the future, how dare your Qian family move, just say that the Qian family's dark department knows that Huaiyang is protecting Yang Aman, and your dark department is not at all handy, is it planning to kill the person who stands in the way?" With such ruthlessness, if the military order is one step late, I am afraid that the two children will not survive! ”

After a pause, Zhao Yin coughed rapidly, his eyes turned red, and he sneered: "When the time comes, whose life does it mean to want from the Qian family's dark department, heh, does it have a big relationship?" ”

Qian Mu took a deep breath and bowed down: "Minister, there is nothing to argue." Minister, willing to be punished. I also hope that Your Majesty will remember the merits of the Qian family, and don't implicate my Qian family. ”

"Punishment? I'm afraid I'm not qualified enough. You must know that in Jiangnan, my holy decree is not as effective as a sentence from the Qian family. Zhao Yin's coldness became stronger, and he paused word by word, "This time Huaiyang was almost implicated in unjust death, next time, it's me, right?" ”

"The minister didn't dare to !!"

Thrilling words, the bluffing money curtain fluttered and made a big salute, and the Yulin guards who were guarding outside the room also knelt down together, and the crime of great rebellion, the blood flowed like a river, and it was all in the king's thoughts.

"Your Majesty is angry." Liu Hui also knelt down and looked at Zhao Yin with some concern. It stands to reason that this kind of big crime will be punished by the Manchus immediately, but in the face of the Qian family, which has stood for hundreds of years, it has to be weighed again.

After all, the imperial palace has changed several masters, Zhang San, Li and Siwang Mazi, but Jiangnan is surnamed Qian, and it is to Shengjing to honor Jiangnan, no one dares to act rashly, and most of the conflicts are also turned a blind eye, each taking a step back, and the overall situation is important.

Zhao Yin stroked the stuffiness in his chest, took the decoction next to his hand and drank it down, and his thoughts calmed down, although he probably guessed the reason why the Qian family assassinated Yang Aman, but when it came to his son who almost died, he didn't plan to reveal it just by training.

"The head of the Qian family has reached the age of establishment, but he has not established a wife, and there is only one concubine in the back house, is it too lonely?" Zhao Yin stared meaningfully at the money curtain.

"Your Majesty. Every head of my Qian family is selected, brothers and uncles are eligible, and even women can be elected, so there are no too strict requirements for the succession of the head of the family. On the contrary, my Qian family values the virtue of a gentleman, and says that husband and wife must be of the same heart. Qian Mu chuckled in his heart, and had a bad premonition.

Liu Hui smiled strangely: "This Qian family is really high-spirited, and there is an ancient holy relic." So the head of the Qian family hasn't set up a wife for a long time, is it because he hasn't found someone with the same heart? ”

There was a shadow of darkness in the emerald pupils of the money curtain, and there was silence.

The chill between Zhao Yin's eyebrows had already turned blue, and he was yin**: "That's easy to do." If the head of the Qian family can find a wife within ten days......"

"Your Majesty think twice!" Qian Mu interrupted very unruly, and there was a rare trace of panic on his face, "My Qian family's ancestral training, husband and wife should not stand in vain......"

"Is the Qian family's training effective, or is it me, the emperor's words work?" Zhao Yin smiled strangely, his fingertips were slightly raised, and Yu Linwei outside the room instantly unsheathed his sword.

As long as the fingertips fall, the king will edict and there will be no forgiveness.

The killing intent suddenly condensed into substance, the bloody wind and rain waited for the opportunity, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats, and the timid immediately wet their pants.

A few moments seem like years. The frost wind hit the window sash hula, which was terrifying, and the jade leaked drop by drop, like a fish in the throat, whether the delicate situation between Jiangnan and Shengjing was broken tonight, the eyes of the black and white position pinched a cold sweat.

Finally, the purple-shirted man in the hall bowed down, and the strength of his body seemed to be exhausted, and he knocked on the glazed brick floor with a bang: "Minister...... Command. ”

Zhao Yin's eyebrows widened, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good." While I am recuperating in Jiangnan, I can also drink your cup of wedding wine in person, wouldn't everyone be happy? ”

"The minister thanked God for the Qian family." Qian Mu lowered his head, his black hair hung down, he couldn't see his expression clearly, but his voice was a little hoarse, "It's just a way to choose a wife, and the minister asks for disclosure." A public promotion of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting was held, and all women in Jiangnan could participate in the election, and the winner was the wife of the minister. ”

"Isn't that impossible?" Liu Hui looked at Zhao Yin and signaled, "The saint and the palace also happened to have a lively scene, adding joy to the joy, maybe it will also be beneficial to the saint's condition." ”

Zhao Yin pondered for a long time. didn't feel that there was any flaw, but this kind of disclosure also made the Qian family unable to refuse, no matter who was selected in the end, the sow had to be sent to the cave room.

"Very good. This time, I and the queen will also attend, which can be regarded as a support for the future housewife of the Qian family. Zhao Yin sneered triumphantly and shouted, "The Chinese scholar outside the house, let's make a decision." ”

Everyone brushed and knelt down, and the cold sweat that retracted came out again, thinking that the willows were bright and bright, but they didn't know the bloody wind and rain, so they were waiting here.

Proposed will, this marriage is a marriage, and now it is a certainty, if there is any deviation in the end, it is a reason to resist the will and not obey it, and the imperial palace can get the most high-sounding reason to move the knife.

Besides, who is elected in the end, how can the power game in it be as simple as a storm, in short, in the next ten days, the entire Jiangnan will be stormy.

"The minister will go back and let the Qian family prepare, the election of the main mother will be held on the tenth day, and the minister will welcome His Majesty and Niangniang." Qian Mu said goodbye, then knelt down and left, his back was a little unstable, and his footsteps staggered into the night.

Liu Hui glanced at Zhao Yin and said cautiously: "Wife, Your Majesty really plans to let go of the money curtain?" After all, he almost took Huaiyang's life, isn't it too forgiving? ”

"Empress, do you know how the Qian family's dark department caught up with Rong Wei?" Zhao Yin nodded, and shook his head again, "Because of the people." After the people saw the emblem of the dark department, they didn't even ask about right and wrong, and helped the dark department to act. ”

After a pause, Zhao Yin's face was solemn, and he sighed: "It is not the money curtain that makes the net open, but the people's hearts." The hearts of the people in Jiangnan, I had to retreat. ”

"But if Qian Mu chooses a good wife, can we still give him benefits?" Liu Hui frowned.

Zhao Yin raised his eyebrows: "Who said that?" Tell Yang Gong to choose a capable clan girl to run for election, no, he must win the election. ”

"Yang Gong is about to enter Beijing as an official, and he is a minister of my heavenly family...... It turns out that His Majesty's trick is called drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle! Liu Hui's eyes lit up, and she knelt down in her skirt and shouted Shengming.

Zhao Yin smiled faintly: "Draw salary from the bottom of the kettle? No, this is called Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang. ”

Speaking of which, the money curtain that left the upper room walked in the night, without holding the lamp, and the figure seemed to melt into the darkness, and the green eyes were bottomless.

The dejected footsteps frightened the passing slaves, and if they hadn't recognized the purple shirt, they would have almost screamed to hell.

The man didn't say where to go, as if his body knew how to move, and along the frosty path, stepping on the bleak yellow bamboo leaves, passing through most of the flowery garden, he came to a remote garden.

The lights haven't been turned off yet. I want to hear about the interrogation of the Qian Mansion in the imperial palace tonight, everyone is uneasy, today is the king and tomorrow's king, no one can sleep peacefully.

"Who?" Hearing the footsteps in the courtyard, the lights became brighter and brighter, and Cheng Ying's voice came from the house, and a shadow was cut on the green screen window.

"It's me." The purple shirt stopped. I didn't enter the house, I didn't knock on the door, I just stood in the courtyard, by the window, looking at the silhouette reflected in the gauze paper.

There was a moment of froze in the room. Then there was the faint sound of a cloak and shoes: "Sir? The results of the saint's side? Can you take care of it? ”

Qian Mu smiled lightly: "Didn't Xiao Thirteen invite Mr. to come in and sit down?" It's so cold, and on October nights, the bones are going to freeze. ”

"Sir, forgive. Lonely men and widows, the night is late, I am afraid that it is not appropriate. Cheng Ying refused, apologizing, but did not hesitate.

"That's right." Qian Mu nodded, his voice hoarse, "...... Little thirteen, the meaning of the saint is, forgiveness is allowed, but I must have a wife within ten days. The decree of the public election will come down soon. ”

Cheng Yingwei was silent for a moment. At that moment, there was a slight wave in my heart, but it was only a short moment, and it turned into sincere congratulations: "Wife? That's a good thing. Mr. has reached the age of establishment, and it is time to have a satisfactory person. ”

Qian Mu trembled. The night was really cold, and his face was so white from the cold.