Chapter 721: The Mystery of the Old Case

I don't know why, but the Empress Dowager Qi gave up halfway.

Gu Yingyue breathed a sigh of relief, she would always remember what her father said to her before she got married. Let her not be an enemy of the young emperor and queen, and learn from Changning in everything. Changning acted in moderation and handled things safely, no matter how rumors were outside, he told her to ignore them. Just serve Fenglin and Empress Dowager Qi with all her heart, if they don't give up and want to trouble Changning, she must also try not to participate and not mix.

When necessary, you can be alone.

Fortunately, Feng Lin and Empress Dowager Qi had no intention of embarrassing the young emperor again.

Before she married Feng Lin, she knew what kind of life she wanted to live, she had nothing else to ask for, she only wanted to be stable in this life, and her future children would be safe and sound......

Feng Ge took care of it a few more words, and then left on the grounds that there were still political affairs in the court. Feng Lin personally sent Feng Ge outside the door.

When he returned to the house, he found that his wife was talking to the Empress Dowager Qi in a warm voice. Feng Lin stepped forward with a smile in his eyes: "What do you say?" So happy? Empress Dowager Qi looked at her son with relief, and felt more and more that she had chosen the right one. In the past, Feng Lin was anxious, but whenever something was not as good as his mind, he changed his face faster than turning a book. Now that she has married a gentle wife like Gu Yingyue, the whole person seems to have been reborn.

looked at Gu Yingyue's eyes full of love.

Unconsciously, his eyes will chase after Gu Yingyue. This is Feng Lin's behavior that he has never done before, just like at this time, although he is asking her, his eyes are looking at his daughter-in-law.

However, Empress Dowager Qi was happy at this time, and she only felt happy when she saw that her son and daughter-in-law had a harmonious relationship.

"You fool......"

Feng Lin looked confused, and looked at Gu Yingyue for some reason, hoping that his wife would solve his doubts, but the gentle wife ignored him this time, but lowered her head delicately, and Feng Lin was even more confused.

"Queen mother, where are the sons confused, please ask the queen mother to make it clear."

"You're going to be a father, and you don't even know it? Not enough to be confused ......"

The expression on Feng Lin's face changed several times, and the expression on his face that finally occupied his face was ecstasy. Are you sure? He looked at Gu Yingyue ...... "Yesterday, I asked Lang Zhong to take the pulse." Lang Zhong said that it was a happy pulse, but the month was still small, so it was inconvenient to reveal it. But no matter what, you have to tell the queen mother's ......" "That's natural, if you don't tell the queen mother about such a happy event, the queen mother will be angry." From now on, as long as Feng Lin dares to make you angry, you will come and tell the queen mother, and the queen mother will clean him up. ”

Gu Yingyue smiled and nodded.

Feng Lin couldn't care about what the Empress Dowager Qi was talking about.

"There is...... Hahaha. This time I'm better than my fifth brother. ”

Empress Dowager Qi didn't know what to say. What is there to compare this kind of thing to, but ...... Hearing Feng Lin say this, it seems to be quite happy.

"Don't make a noise, the month is still young, I originally planned to leave next month, but now that the girl is happy, how can I sit down and start again. We will walk slower on the road, just as a tour of the mountains and rivers, rest assured, we will never tire you. "It's up to the queen mother." Gu Yingyue said obediently.

Empress Dowager Qi likes it more and more when she looks at it.

Holding Gu Yingyue's hand, he was reluctant to let go.

I thought I had to find an opportunity to tell Changning the news, and then discuss with Changning about leaving later.

As for why you should tell Changning......

Show off.

It's rare that she has a chance to show off.

Feng Ge came out of the Empress Dowager Qi and did not go to the front hall, but went back to the Yingge Courtyard directly.

Xiao Ying seemed to have expected that he would leave early, and had already made tea, and the temperature was just right when he entered the house. Feng Ge drank the tea handed by Xiao Ying, and then asked, "Is this calculated that I will be thirsty when I come back?" "I calculated that you wouldn't drink the water in the Empress Dowager Qi's palace...... You don't seem to be picky, but you are actually very picky, only drink one kind of tea, and the temperature should be moderate. It also needs to be a relaxing environment...... Empress Dowager Qi didn't have anything there. ”

"Clever ghosts. I can't hide anything from you. How do you know that I went to the Empress Dowager Qi. ”

"This palace is full of my ears and eyes......"

"Bragging." Feng Ge mercilessly pierced the belly of Xiao Ying's cow, the belly was deflated, and she didn't have to blow the cow anymore.

"Why can't you make me feel what it's like to be the first person in the harem. Now rumors are rife outside, and in the eyes of those officials, I am a troubled harem and a person with hands and eyes. This is not attached to my real personality, I decided to study it carefully, and I can't disappoint the officials......" Feng Ge cried and laughed and pulled Xiao Ying into his arms.

gnawed his face hard, and then he opened his mouth with an expression that was about to stop acting.

"You're already good, you don't have to delve into it anymore. As for those fools, pay no attention to what they do. Didn't your father vent your anger for you? I think it won't be long before you have a few more princesses' stepmothers. ”

"Don't worry, my father won't really marry them, but he will ruin their reputation and frighten their families. Isn't the temple particularly lively? Is there any ginseng for my father? Feng Ge raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" "That's it, this is called a salary draw plan at the bottom of the kettle, and half of the officials who ask you to fill the harem should shut up this time." The remaining half of my father will continue to work harder, keeping their house restless, and having no time to do anything in the palace.

My father has a chance to make a big fuss.

But the fifth brother can rest assured, he knows how to be measured, and he won't make trouble and can't end up. ”

"Father and daughter...... I think it's quite the same thing. Father's side is to give a little sunshine and it will be bright, but you are here to pretend to be confused. is obviously a little woman, but she still has to pretend that she is a weak little flower. Those courtiers still don't understand that they have offended me, but they have just met with some cold reception. If you offend our queen mother, you may have to sit on the cold bench. ”

This can be regarded as a compliment to her, Xiao Ying accepted it very frankly.

"It's always the same in the bloodline. The word "sunshine" is a good description, just right.

However, my father only temporarily diverted the artillery fire for me, and in the final analysis, I had to convince the courtiers. This time, Emperor Geng's 20-year-old case...... It's an opportunity. ”

"Since you mentioned it, let's talk about this 20-year-old case of Emperor Geng......"

Feng Ge helped Xiao Ying lie down, pulled the thin quilt for her, and then leaned on Xiao Ying's side, pulled the corner of the quilt and put it on himself, a long talk, and then slowly spoke.

At that time, the whole country was in a disaster, but whenever this kind of natural disaster occurred, the people naturally complained bitterly, and those scholars naturally waved their pens and criticized the emperor. The general idea is that the emperor has no virtue, so he will bring disaster to heaven.

Emperor Geng was also scolded very miserably.

But you can't block the mouth of the world.

I had to minimize the damage. Wherever there is a disaster, officials are sent to provide relief.

Drought feeds. Flooded houses. This has been the case with every emperor in history.

It's just that Emperor Geng's 20 years are particularly bad, there is a drought in the spring, there is not a drop of water in the south for a few months, and the spring grain grains are not harvested. However, in the summer, it rained rainlessly, and the autumn grain that was barely planted was also washed away.

The people depend on the sky for food. There was no harvest in one year, and in winter, there was a shortage of food and clothing. The news reached the capital, Emperor Geng issued an order for disaster relief, and the place where Xie Xiang went was a place called Tongguan.

The place is vast and sparsely populated, and the most populous place is Tongguan City.

Tongguan City has a population of 5,000, the geographical location of Tongguan is somewhat special, he and the neighboring country across the Tongjiang River, across the river, is the neighboring country.

The Tongjiang River is deep and dangerous, and it cannot be sailed on it, which is a natural moat. It was only a small country on the other side of the river, and it was impossible to wade into the water to attack the Feng clan. Therefore, the imperial court only sent a small group of soldiers to garrison it.

"It's a border town, and the geographical location is a bit remote, which is not suitable for the development of trade, so Tongguan should be very poor." It is said that the mountains eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft, but the Tongjiang River is not suitable for fishing, and it is close to the river, it is easy to cause floods, and it should be a poor country to come to Tongguan.

Feng Ge nodded.

"Yes. Very poor. He was at the junction of the two counties, so poor that the left and right counties felt that Tongguan should be under the jurisdiction of the other party, and over time, Tongguan became a place of three things. is also because he is too poor, the officials there are one level higher than other places, and in other places it is just a county order, and in Tongguan it is called the county guard.

Although it is called the county guard, it is just a joke. Because no one in the world wants to go to Tongguan to be a county guard. Tongguan City is very perfunctory, it is said that the city wall is not more than a few feet high, and it is an earthen wall, if there is a foreign enemy to attack, it can not be used as a resistance at all. ”

Xiao Ying's eyes widened, and there was still such a place in her heart.

It seems that the 20-year-old case of Emperor Geng happened in this remote and impoverished Tongguan.

Feng Ge also seemed to find it a little funny, but it was more sad.

Under the same Feng rule, some places are rich and rival the country, but in some places, it is difficult for the people to even fill their stomachs. "Tongguan was already destitute, and the spring and summer of that year were flooded. The rich land is barely able to survive, with the help of the imperial court and some wealthy merchants, who can barely make ends meet. But the people of Tongguan are living like a year. Tongguan is near the Tong River, and the barely reclaimed land is often washed away by the river.

In winter, the people of Tongguan have no food to eat.

The county guard of Tongguan reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent Xie Xiang to go. ”

This is related to the 20th year of Emperor Geng.

Xie Xiang left Beijing for more than a month, and when he came back to resume his life, Emperor Geng's palace scolded Diao Min.

"What the hell is going on? There is no news to be revealed? ”

"There are rumors about Tongguan leaving this way, and there is little contact between there and the outside, only that Xie Xiang went to disaster relief, and then came back to restore his life. Later, some rumors came out, saying that Tongguan was not affected by the disaster, and the county guard of Tongguan lied about the disaster, intending to defraud the imperial court of disaster relief food. was recognized by Xie Xiang.

"What about disaster relief food? Can you stay? ”

Feng Ge shook his head.

"Tongguan is in a disaster, and the disaster may be worse than elsewhere. Because Tongguan is near the water, the crops are very badly destroyed...... But when Xie Xiang came back, he said that Tongguan was not hit by a disaster, and he didn't even leave any relief food?

Which one is this singing?

Why should he? Disaster relief food can't go into the Xie family's pockets......" Xiao Ying said this, and suddenly met Feng Ge's faint gaze.

Xiao Ying suddenly realized. "You're saying he didn't bring back relief food. The grain was not left in Tongguan, and Xie Xiang did not bring it back, was it robbed by robbers? Xiao Ying is completely guessing.

Then Feng Ge actually nodded.

Xie Xiang, who lost the relief grain, returned to Beijing instead of being punished, but Emperor Geng rewarded him with two months of money in order to appease him. Is this weird? What did Xie Xiang do to make Emperor Geng need to reward him?

"I can't find out the inside story."

"Didn't Lord Yun send someone to Tongguan? News should be coming soon. ”

Feng Ge shook his head.

“…… At the end of that year, the tax revenue of each town was reported to Beijing. The Tongguan report has not arrived for a long time. The first emperor sent people to investigate and control, only to find that the gates of Tongguan were wide open, the streets were desolate, and the houses looked like they had been uninhabited for a long time. Thousands of Tongguan people...... Nowhere to be found. ”

"You mean to say that there is no one to know the truth anymore?"

"Try your luck. Tongguan City is gone. Where else to look? This matter has been concealed by the imperial court, and only a few people in the court know about it. Tongguan is not a big place. Very few people set foot on it, and even if they accidentally walked there, they could only see a panicked city. After all these years of wind and rain, I am afraid that the walls and houses have disappeared completely. Although there are some rumors, compared with the nine counties, with a population of nearly one million, there are only a few thousand...... Later, there were rumors that Tongguan moved the city. No one knows where they will go. ”

Xiao Ying felt a little dizzy in her head.

She thought that Emperor Geng's 20-year-old case would involve dozens of people at most, and hundreds of people at most.

Xie Xiang doesn't seem to be a bold person either. Even if he dares to kill? Whether it was to kill someone by order, or because he had a thief's heart, he did something to kill for money.

What he can be involved in will not be a case that is too shocking to the world.

But after listening to Feng Ge's words, Xiao Ying felt that she had to find a few quick-acting heart-saving pills to chew.

Thousands of people......

The entire Tongguan City disappeared.

He's dead? Or did you escape? Moved or "moved"? "A city of people. Even if it's just a few thousand people...... Gone, gone? How is it possible not to cause an uproar? Xiao Ying couldn't think about it.

"Silly girl. Anything, as long as someone deliberately suppresses it, will not have a chance to be widely publicized. What's more, many people in the capital don't even know that there is such a small place as Tongguan. ”

"How could Lord Yun not know about this? Isn't he a powerful person? ”

He also went out for disaster relief and returned to Beijing the following spring. You also know that when the first emperor was in power, he was troubled everywhere. He can dodge and hide. Like everyone in the world, it's none of his business, Uncle Yunhuang has always been hanging high. What's more, Tongguan is such a small place, he really doesn't care too much. When he returned to Beijing, the matter had already passed, and naturally no one mentioned it. So Yun Chi inexplicably missed the twenty-year-old case of Emperor Geng.

Back then, Emperor Geng came forward to seal this matter.

A few people in the upper echelons of power knew about it, but the emperor personally issued a gag order, so naturally no one would mention it if they had nothing to do.

And Tongguan is too small, and in the entire Feng clan's territory, it is really not worth mentioning.

If there is no report of the year, no one even thinks of the word Tongguan. Perhaps, Emperor Geng gave an explanation at the beginning...... Across the river, the victims may have fled to the other side of the river.

Throwing into the arms of the enemy country is naturally not a glorious thing, so Emperor Geng issued a gag order.