After two consecutive days of rushing in the carriage, Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng finally returned to the capital.

A few months after leaving Beijing, he should have gone directly to the Zhuguo Mansion to meet Su Ting'an, who had been waiting for a long time, and returned to the General's Mansion to reunite with Su Fenglan, but as soon as the carriage with Wen Yiheng entered Beijing, he was escorted directly to the inner city of the palace by Yu Linwei along the way.

Su Jiudong was very puzzled: "The exact news of our return to Beijing is not only known to Daddy, how did the Holy Lord know that we will arrive in the capital today?" ”

Emperor Tianduo was able to directly order Yu Linwei to wait for Wen Yiheng's convoy at the gate of the capital, indicating that he must have known the specific time of Wen Yiheng's return to Beijing.

Wen Yiheng's tone was light, and his eyes were deep: "Xu the envelope I passed to my father to inform him of the time of returning to Beijing was intercepted by the saint, and he knew the specific time of our return from the letter, so he had the opportunity to set up defenses in front of the city gate and wait for us." ”

"The Son of Heaven actually intercepted the courtier's family letter, it is really shameless." Su Jiudong's words were disdainful, and his dislike for Emperor Tianduo went to the next level.

"I deliberately passed the letter to my father, and the purpose was also to test the wiring of the saint in the city now."

Compared to Su Jiudong's displeasure, Wen Yiheng still seemed light-hearted: "Now that the Holy Lord can send Yu Linwei to intercept us at the city gate and order us to directly follow Yu Linwei into the palace, it just proves that he has been monitoring us." ”

Su Jiudong also followed Wen Yiheng to the chair and said casually: "Also, the Holy Lord directly ordered Yu Lin Wei to pick us up and enter the palace directly, so it didn't expose his movements in spying on us secretly." ”

Su Jiudong said: "However, even if we don't use Yu Linwei as a 'escort', the first thing we will do after returning to Beijing will definitely be to enter the palace to face the saint, and now the saint will harden our initiative as a passive, this move is really a stinky move, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Wen Yiheng grabbed Su Jiudong's hand and put it in his heart, and said guiltily: "I thought that the Holy Lord must be spying on us, but I forgot to prepare another carriage for you to enter Beijing on your own, so that you can go directly to the Guogong Mansion to meet An'er, and you don't have to enter the palace with me for interrogation." ”

Su Jiudong responded: "Didn't that Yu Lin Wei confirm my name just now?" It means that the Holy One also wants me to enter the palace with you...... Now that I have my life in front of the Holy One, it can be seen that he is also beginning to worry about the people of our General's Mansion. ”

"Even if you arranged for me to take another carriage back to Beijing at that time, it is estimated that I would be stopped by Yu Linwei like just now, and I will be directly 'escorted' into the palace after confirming that it is me."

Su Jiudong thought very thoroughly: "Even if Daddy took the initiative to propose to the Holy Lord the intention of retiring in order to protect himself and his family, the Holy Lord has already begun to guard against the Guogong Mansion and the General's Mansion, and I, as a young general, can't escape either." ”

Su Jiudong raised his eyes out of the window and looked into the distance, then lowered the curtains, and chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Throughout the ages, the generals who pacified the war have had people facing the streets after returning to the capital, and the whole world celebrated. ”

"And we went out to win the battle, and when the class teacher returned to the court, he should be welcomed by the people, but today it was not the people who greeted us but Yu Linwei, and he directly ordered us to enter the palace first, and we were not allowed to go home without permission, which shows how much the saint has guarded against us."

Wen Yiheng said indifferently: "Entering the palace is not necessarily a bad thing, I believe that you and I still have a chance to turn the tide." "Since the fact of entering the palace can no longer be changed, he will definitely be interrogated after entering the palace, so Wen Yiheng can only block it with soldiers, and the water will cover it.

Su Jiudong sighed helplessly, raised his tone, and deliberately let General Yu Linwei and the guards outside the carriage hear: "Taiping is originally a general's decision, and the general is not allowed to see Taiping...... How ironic. ”

Wen Yiheng responded to Su Jiudong's emotion easily: "The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. Unloading the mill and killing the donkey has been common since ancient times. ”

Wen Yiheng had a hunch that entering the palace directly this time must be Emperor Tianduo's private secret order, so he didn't want to involve Su Jiudong, but it was obvious that in the eyes of Emperor Tianduo, Su Jiudong had too deep a relationship with him Wen Yiheng, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Wen Yiheng clenched Su Jiudong's little hand again, still in a guilty tone: "At the beginning, I wanted to take you back to Beijing, the original intention was to let you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, and then marry you openly, and compensate you and An'er for their due status." ”

"However, after I took you back to Beijing, I dragged you into the struggle several times, fell into danger, and indirectly killed Aunt Liu's life...... Perhaps you were right to insist that you didn't want to go back to Beijing with me. ”

Su Jiudong snuggled in Wen Yiheng's arms and said quietly: "But do good deeds, don't ask if what you did in the past is correct, whether you regret it, it can't be changed anymore, the past can't be traced, there is still a chance to change in the future, I believe that you will protect me and protect An'er for a lifetime." ”

The carriage roared, unimpeded under the escort of Yu Linwei, entered the palace directly from the royal street in the city, got off the carriage in front of the palace gate, and walked to the Lin De Palace.

Wen Yiheng walked into the gate of the Lin De Palace, and Su Jiudong wanted to follow closely, but was stopped by the chief eunuch who served Emperor Tianduo: "Miss Su, please stay, the Holy Lord has only summoned Wen Xiang at present, and Miss General will wait outside the hall first." ”

Wen Yiheng turned around and nodded to Su Jiudong, signaling to reassure her before re-entering the Lin De Palace.

It was afternoon, and there should have been sunshine pouring in, but because the door was closed and there was no trace of sunlight and wind, the gloomy and serious atmosphere in the Lin De Hall suddenly appeared. Love Book House

There was only Emperor Tianduo in the Lin De Palace, and there were no attendants around, and even the chief eunuch who usually served around Emperor Tianduo was sent by Emperor Tianduo to guard the door.

Emperor Tianduo sat quietly behind the dragon case, watched Wen Yiheng walk in coldly, bowed down, got up and pleaded again, and then spoke:

"In this northern expedition, you have been away for a long time at the beginning of the year, and the war has consumed as many as ten months, and you have not been seen to come back directly after winning the battle, but continue to stay in the city of Xishou, and deal with the concealed drought situation on behalf of me...... Zichu, your trip is really hard. ”

Emperor Tianduo's words contain too many factors, which seem to be out of concern and consideration for Wen Yiheng, but in fact, every sentence is a heart-wrenching word.

This time, Emperor Tianduo launched a battle against Sujin Kingdom in the north, and the duration of the war predicted by Wen Yiheng was as short as half a month and as long as one year or two years.

However, now that this huge battle can be resolved within five months, it all depends on Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan's good command and proper marching, but this short time of war is still disliked by Emperor Tianduo with a punishing attitude.

In addition, Emperor Tianduo deliberately mentioned that Wen Yiheng stayed in Xishou City without calling to deal with the drought, although it was a merit, but it offended Emperor Tianduo and slapped Yun Mulin in the face in public, undoubtedly ringing the bell to warn Wen Yiheng.

Su Jiudong, who was waiting outside the Lin De Palace, also heard Emperor Tianduo's remarks, and she couldn't help but secretly roll her eyes when she lowered her head and gathered her eyebrows, and secretly complained in her heart.

"Only a 'fool' like Wen Yiheng will really hold on to it within half a year, if he changes to someone like Nian Lianggong, or let Yun Mulin's dead boy go on his own, he is guaranteed to drag him for a year and a half, and beat him with an empty treasury."

Su Jiudong has experienced many things, such as running a medicinal restaurant, raising relief food for the victims, etc., and knows that it is not easy to prepare for the silver taels.

Every time the country fights a war, it will consume the national treasury of silver, and no general dares to pat his chest to ensure that he will win the battle by his own blood, not by the accumulation of silver.

Wen Yiheng's requirements for marching are focused on equipment and grain and grass, and he never embezzles a penny or a half, he can really be regarded as a money-saving little expert in war, and it is really not worth it to receive such heart-wrenching remarks like this!

Su Jiudong knew that Emperor Tianduo's heart had all been biased towards Yun Mulin, and he actually blamed Wen Yiheng, who publicly reported the drought in the Western Surrender City, for Yun Mulin's sake, which was obviously not what a Ming monarch should say.

Su Jiudong looked at the sky from afar and said with emotion, perhaps, the sky of this Great Yin Dynasty is about to change.

In the Lin De Palace, Wen Yiheng stood alone in the center, raised his head and looked at Emperor Tianduo, his aura was not even timid, and he responded calmly.

"At that time, the Holy Lord asked the ministers to participate in the secret meeting with several generals before the battle, and at that time, the generals said that this battle should be carefully considered, and it is likely to last for a year, and now the war can be completed within half a year, which can be regarded as a minister's mission."

"After winning the war, the minister should indeed return to the dynasty with General Su, but at that time, the drought in the western city was really serious, and it was deliberately concealed by the prince, so that the imperial court's disaster relief money and food could not be distributed, and the envoys were isolated and helpless, and they were unable to raise money and food."

"It is the ministers who cut the first and then play, and they took it upon themselves to stay in the city of Xishou and prepare the materials needed for the disaster for the capital to protect the envoys, so as to alleviate the dilemma when the disaster relief money and food did not arrive, fortunately, the disaster has been alleviated, and the ministers can return to Beijing with peace of mind, and the saints can also rest assured."

Wen Yiheng's reply was so satisfying that Emperor Tianduo couldn't find a trace of error.

Among them, Wen Yiheng also deliberately pointed out that the reason why he stayed in the city of Xishou for too long was because the prince Yun Mulin deliberately concealed the drought situation, so that the imperial court did not know about the drought and did not distribute disaster relief money and food, which had already found the most reasonable explanation for his own initiative to stay in the border city.

Emperor Tianduo saw that his question was intercepted by Wen Yiheng at both ends, and now Wen Yiheng seemed to be standing on the high ground, unable to fight, scolding, and scolding, so he could only change his attitude and slow down his expression.

Emperor Tianduo drank the cold tea at hand and asked Wen Yiheng: "Everything you said just now has been done very well, but even if you do it so well, there are still people in the court who have a bad opinion of you, isn't it your own responsibility to do this?" ”

Emperor Tianduo's question is tantamount to rogue words such as "a slap doesn't make a sound".

Others talked about Wen Yiheng a lot, and Emperor Tianduo did not hold everyone accountable, but allowed the courtiers to slander the meritorious ministers, and even questioned Wen Yiheng with this question......

Wen Yiheng wanted to ask Emperor Tianduo for his resignation as soon as he returned to Beijing, expressing his desire to retreat bravely.

But from this moment on, Wen Yiheng had already come to the final conclusion in his heart, Emperor Tianduo was not a Ming monarch worthy of his dedicated assistance.