Chapter 66: The Fireside (Second Watch)
Zhang Chengze's words, although An Huajin felt that the ten had Jiǔ was true, she still wanted to confirm it in person.
After saying Xu Jing, Shen Yuanzhi was silent for a while before he spoke, "Did the Gu family really know about the dirty calculations of His Majesty and Zhang Zaifu back then? Old man Gu knows but doesn't stop him? Is that so? ”
An Huajin was silent.
With the power of the Gu family entrenched in the capital, there are so many hidden piles and dark lines buried in the palace, but there is wind and grass, will you not know? Basically, no, but knowing it is not hindered......
The Gu family has lived in the capital for hundreds of years, and has always believed in the way of self-preservation.
But even if the Gu family knew it for a legitimate reason and didn't stop it, she couldn't blame the Gu family, but she still had a pimple in her heart.
She couldn't help but think, if the Gu family knew about it at that time, what if Old Man Gu stopped her? The result? Will his father and brother not die? Her mother won't die? Isn't the current settlement so sparsely populated?
In the first battle of Yuxueling, the blood flowed like a river, his father and brother were three people, buried in the battlefield, she hated the emperor, hated Zhang Zaifu, although there was no reason to be angry with the Gu family, but in the end, she couldn't do it, she knew about it and easily forgot it without a trace, and treated the Gu family as before.
Shen Yuanzhi saw that An Huajin was silent, and he felt very uncomfortable for a while, but he still said, "Don't blame Gu Qingyan, the person who was in charge back then was Old Man Gu, and it has nothing to do with him." ”
An Huajin remained silent.
Shen Yuanzhi rubbed his head fiercely, and said annoyed and angry, "Forget it, the Gu family's affairs, let it go first, I will accompany you to find Xu Jing tomorrow, if he admits it, let's ask for details." Your Majesty has been high for the last 20 years, murdered loyal ministers and good generals, and still sat on the throne with peace of mind and enjoyed the peace of the Great Chu for eight years in exchange for the blood and bones of the An family, how is Your Majesty embarrassed? ”
"He won't be embarrassed, isn't he still shouting and killing the little county lord now?" An Ping snorted.
Cui Zhuo looked at An Huajin with worried eyes, "Your Majesty's murder of loyal ministers and good generals, can't it be just settled?" should always let the world know how the An family has been wronged and unfair because of a monarch like His Majesty. If it is the battle of Yuxueling, it is just that the loyal ministers will die at the hands of the enemy, but they will die at the hands of the monarch to whom they are loyal, how ironic? ”
Shen Yuanzhi immediately said, "Naturally, everyone in the world will know." ”
An Ping also bowed his head, "That's right, you should let the people of the world recognize Your Majesty." The emperor who plots to kill his courtiers like this, how can he make his courtiers loyal? ”
An Huajin was silent.
Shen Yuanzhi looked at An Huajin, "Little An'er, what do you want?" Why don't you speak? ”
An Huajin said calmly, "I'm thinking about grandpa, if he knows this fact, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it, he is already in bad health, if he knew that the battle of Yuxueling eight years ago was done by His Majesty, Zhang Zaifu, and Xu Jing, which caused my father and brother to die in Yuxueling, my grandfather was afraid that he would vomit blood and couldn't afford to get sick." ”
Shen Yuanzhi suddenly shut up.
That's right, if the old Nanyang King knew, he was afraid that he would really vomit blood and get sick. Even if Your Majesty doesn't like it now, even if Your Majesty wants to kill An Huajin because of the death of a favorite concubine, but for the old King Nanyang, although he is disappointed with such a Majesty, in the end, the king is the king, and the minister is the minister. After all, An Huajin's temperament was bullied and bullied back.
But once the old king of Nanyang knew what happened back then, it would subvert the loyalty in his bones, and he would feel that he was born and died, loyal to such a monarch, his son, his two grandsons, and his daughter-in-law, four lives, it was tantamount to the sky falling apart, how could he bear it?
Cui Zhuo sighed, "Let's hide it from Grandpa An first!" I suggest that Zhang Zaifu be taken out of the prison of the Criminal Department in Beijing. Spare him his life. One day, deal with the court and let the case of Yuxueling come to light. We can't let the annals of Qianqiu sing the praises of His Majesty's benevolent and virtuous monarch, where does he have half a trace of benevolence? ”
An Huajin agreed, "This matter needs to be considered in the long run, and the prison of the Criminal Department has always been very tightly guarded, and it is not easy to get him." ”
Shen Yuanzhi immediately answered, "There is Gu Qingyan, let him ......"
He was halfway through his words, and then he stopped suddenly, and for a while, he choked up and down. If he didn't know that the Gu family knew and didn't stop him back then, Shen Yuanzhi said that it was not difficult to let Gu Qingyan get Zhang Zaifu, let him help, he moved his fingers, it must not be that difficult, or rather, although it was a little difficult, but with his ability, with his power in Beijing, it was not impossible to do it.
But it's different now.
He and An Huajin grew up together since childhood, and they know more about An Huajin's temperament than others, she can't rub the sand in her eyes many times, but on the contrary, for Gu Qingyan, he can't be too arbitrary about her thoughts, how indulgent and tolerant she is to Gu Qingyan, he has experienced it many times.
"Just him! I will write a letter to him tomorrow, asking him to get Zhang Zaifu out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and then send someone to Nanyang. An Huajin stood up and put on his cloak again, his tone was flat, and there was not much emotion on his face, "A few days ago, he sent a letter and said that he would accompany my seventh cousin to Wufeng Mountain, half of the gold and silver of Wufeng Mountain would be returned to Nanyang Wangfu to raise soldiers, and I would place a group of Taoist priests in Wufeng Mountain. Count the days, and it won't be long before the people should arrive. ”
Shen Yuanzhi was surprised, "There is still such a thing?" I seem to have heard of Wufeng Mountain, which is quite famous in the rivers and lakes. Why didn't I hear you say it the other day? When did this happen? ”
"Ten days ago." Anhua Jin said, "At that time, I was busy clearing the dark line of Nanyang's hidden piles, and I felt that this matter was not in a hurry, so I put it on hold." ”
An Huajin stretched out his finger and pointed to the letterhead placed in the box, "It is written in that pile of letters, it is very detailed, you can look at it, you will understand, I am tired, go to sleep first." ”
Shen Yuanzhi looked at the big black box on the table, the box was open, and it was full of letters, many of which had not been opened and had not been seen, he was silent and nodded, "Okay, you go to sleep." ”
Cui Zhuo stood up and handed the lamp to An Huajin, "The road is slippery, be careful." ”
Anhua brocade bowed, took the lamp, and carried it out of the study.
After she left, Shen Yuanzhi, Cui Zhuo, and An Ping looked at each other and were very silent.
The matter of the Gu family, if there is no relationship between An Huajin and Gu Qingyan, it is nothing, and the Gu family's way of protecting himself is not wrong, but on the contrary, An Huajin and Gu Qingyan are happy with each other, and they have been engaged to the Gu family for eight years, there is such a relationship, knowing such a thing, in the end, it can't be regarded as nothing that has never happened.
When I put it on them, I felt that it was a pimple, let alone An Huajin.
However, she didn't say anything, and calmly elaborated all the news she knew from Zhang Chengze, and even, her tone did not fluctuate at all.
Shen Yuanzhi came to the table, checked the box, reached out and picked up one of the letters, checked it, sighed, and sighed with emotion, "Gu Qingyan, ......"
He put down the letterhead with Gu Qingyan's name on it, even though An Huajin put all the letters together for people to see, he didn't open Gu Qingyan's letterhead, but picked out all the letters about An Yining from it, and opened them one by one.
An Yining's letter is actually not much different from Gu Qingyan's letter, An Yining also wrote about what happened in Beijing, especially after the old Nanyang King entered Beijing, how to respect the king, how His Majesty was, he met Wang Anzhi, how it was, how his cousin was very good, and wrote about the causes and consequences of Wufeng Mountain with emphasis on pen and ink.
Although he is in Nanyang, which is seven or eight thousand miles away, he still has heard about the major events that happened in Beijing, but what he heard and what An Yining said in detail in his letter cannot be equated, An Yining said it clearly and clearly, and said in detail how His Majesty sent Chu Yan to Wufeng Mountain, not to give a single soldier, Gu Qingyan took him to Wufeng Mountain, but he didn't expect the peak to turn around, the old Taoist priest of Wufeng Mountain was actually rescued by his father, brother, uncle and sister-in-law, and he readily agreed, and now he is under the joint arrangement of his cousin and uncle, Transporting them and the gold and silver coefficients of Wufeng Mountain to Nanyang Yunyun.
An Yining's letter was nothing to read, Shen Yuanzhi finished reading a letter and handed it to Cui Zhuo and An Ping, and the three of them spent most of the hour reading all the letters together.
After reading it, Shen Yuanzhi pondered, "Arrange the Taoist priests of Wufeng Mountain to go to Qixia Ridge!" It's quiet, undisturbed, with beautiful mountains and rivers, close to Lingquan Mountain and Xiuling Mountain, and it's a good place to settle down, and they will be satisfied. ”
Cui Zhuo was already very familiar with the geography and terrain of Nanyang, and he also felt that Qixialing was good, so he nodded, "It's feasible." ”
An Ping asked, "Calculating the itinerary, these people should be in Nanyang soon, do we need to send someone to greet them?" ”
Shen Yuanzhi said, "Send it!" I'll send someone to pick you up along the way early tomorrow morning. ”
An Ping nodded.