Chapter Ninety-Six: Soldiers Approaching Lushan
"Who's to say it isn't? It's just that Lord Ren of the household department is a medicine jar, and he has more than enough heart and strength for these things. He was worried and tapped his knuckles on the table.
"The rest of the people in the court, just see that things are not big now, all of them have to get by, if Lord Ren and they really can't support this turmoil, I see if these people can sit back and relax and stay out of it."
"The less people know about it, the better." Su Jingye groaned, he didn't plan to take over this drudgery, but there were too many people involved behind this matter, and he doubted whether he could get out of the way.
"Since Your Majesty doesn't plan to let others make a move, I think Lord Shi should also be calm for a while, so as not to overreact, so that the group of people under your command can see that there is no outside inside line among them."
"The stakes are high, and I naturally know to be cautious." Shi Zhengzhi glanced at Su Jingye, as if complaining that he looked down on himself so much. "Also, the prince had better hide this matter from the princess, I specially asked the prince to take the princess away, just to see that the princess is a delicate woman and is afraid that this matter will scare her."
"The prince didn't know that if the princess was frightened because of the special complaint of the lower officials, then the lower officials would be guilty."
Su Jingye thought that Shi Zhengzhi was so mysterious for some reason, but he didn't expect to be worried about this, and couldn't help laughing, "Lord Shi, don't look at the fragility of my lady, just think that she is the same kind of person as the group of delicate girls outside." ”
"My lady can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, manage her own property at a young age, and take care of it well. And in such a complicated situation at that time, she was not afraid of the prince's revenge and wanted to save me, her courage was much greater than Master Shi imagined. ”
"Even so, the prince's own daughter-in-law should be spoiled." Shi Zhengzhi had a bit of hatred for iron not being made of steel, as if he had been let down by others for his kindness, "If this is changed to my wife, even if she is asked to lead the troops to suppress the bandits for that champion boy, I am afraid I don't have to worry about it." ”
Hearing this, Su Jingye lay on the edge of the table and laughed uncontrollably, it was hard to imagine that such a serious and serious person as Lord Shi would joke.
Shi Zheng squinted his eyes and waited for him to laugh enough, before he said leisurely, "Don't you think it's funny." ”
Su Jingye put his hand into a fist and coughed twice, but he still couldn't speak, so he just waved his hand. Shi Zheng looked at him with righteous words, and his tone was very affirmative, "Even if Madame is so fierce as she says, Xia Guan is the same, and she is willing to spoil her like a little girl." Even if I exchange a foreign princess, I will not go. ”
"Lord Shi is so affectionate, it really makes this king admire. This king shouldn't laugh at Lord Shi like this, he should learn from Lord Shi. ”
Hearing his heartfelt words, Su Jingye didn't want to continue the jokes, but felt that there was something thought-provoking.
Jiang Liuyu went to the kitchen and instructed the cook to prepare a few hard dishes to entertain Lord Shi, who rarely came to visit the palace. After only a few steps, Jiang Liuyu came back from the kitchen, and Master Shi had already disappeared.
"Didn't you say you wanted to invite people to dinner, why did you let people go?"
Su Jingye sat at the table alone, pouring himself the tea as if it were wine, Jiang Liuyu walked over funny, and poured himself a cup of tea, and the two touched it with tea instead of wine.
"Lord Shi is busy with political affairs, how can he have time to eat out, now he should go back to deal with official business." Su Jingye drank all the tea, and suddenly felt that he had drunk a little too much water, so he stood up and moved his waist.
"What kind of good dishes did you ask them to prepare, and bring them to the two of us to eat." Su Jingye affectionately tugged at her hand and didn't let go, Jiang Liuyu glanced at him with disgust, "You just want to have a good meal, do you use it like this, there are so many dishes, how can the two of us finish eating?" It's so hot that I can't put the dishes. ”
"It doesn't matter, more dishes should be regarded as additional meals for the next people." Su Jingye hugged Jiang Liuyu with a smile, and walked outside with her in her arms, while hesitating to tell what had just happened.
The people who were cleaning in the corridor during the day, when it was time for them to eat, disappeared one by one, which was just convenient for Su Jingye and Jiang Liuyu to whisper.
Su Jingye took her to a slightly empty pond, from which she could see the movement outside the small courtyard. "Liuyu, one thing that Lord Shi told me just now, I originally wanted to hide it from you, but after thinking about it carefully, it would be better to say it."
"I'm not that distrustful of you, and if there's something that's really hard to talk about, I won't ask more." Jiang Liuyu, who has experienced so many things with Su Jingye, has already seen everything, and has special confidence in Su Jingye, who has gone through hardships together.
"There's nothing to hide, it's good to say it so that you can be prepared." Seeing such a sensible Jiang Liuyu, Su Jingye's heart was full of joy, "Wushisan has been transmitted back to the capital from nowhere, but I am afraid that soon after, there will be a storm in the capital." ”
"It's this thing, I've heard it." Jiang Liuyu sighed, she is still very impressed by the ancient drugs that often appear in costume dramas.
"The last time there was a five-stone scattered storm was twenty years ago, how did you know about it?" Jiang Liuyu always knew something that he didn't expect, as well as the concept of spiritual appallation, which always surprised Su Jingye.
"Well, I heard from my father." Jiang Liuyu paused for a moment and casually found a reason.
A drug like this, once it appears, will inevitably cause a great trend, and it may endanger the imperial court, Jiang Mingyu was bent on taking the scientific examination at that time, and it was reasonable to know the latest real-time political affairs.
"Uncle Yue knows a lot of things." Su Jingye nodded thoughtfully, accepting such a reason, but in his heart, he felt that it was a pity that Jiang Mingyu retreated to the mountains and forests like this.
"Wushi San, if you only smoke a little bit occasionally, it will only play a refreshing and inspiring role, and sometimes it can be added to the medicinal soup to cure diseases and save people."
Jiang Liuyu nodded approvingly, unexpectedly Su Jingye's evaluation of these things was quite pertinent.
"But once you overdose, you become delirious and hot. At that time, a group of literati who were madly obsessed with this drug, after over-smoking, actually stripped off their robes, and ran shamelessly on the street regardless of other people's eyes. ”
Su Jingye felt a little unacceptable when he thought about it, and shook his head in disgust. "At first, Jing Zhaoyin just thought they were crazy, and just caught them all and locked them up. It wasn't until half a month later, when this situation was common outside, that the imperial court realized the seriousness of the matter. ”
"I was young at the time, so I don't remember these things very well. I only vaguely remember that my father didn't know what means he used to find out the largest seller of five stone powder in the capital, and after annihilating their old nest in one fell swoop, he calmed down the turmoil. ”
"Capture the thief and capture the king first, this strategy is right." Hearing him say the solution he had made, Jiang Liuyu suddenly felt that it was not so serious, "Then now you are concocting the same method, how can you be regarded as a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, are you still afraid of these?" ”
"The problem now is that Your Majesty can't find the lair." Su Jingye bent the corners of his mouth, and stroked Jiang Liuyu's long hair with his left hand, "Nothing can be done overnight, but the appearance of Wushisan this time is a big surprise to everyone." It spread in the capital without warning, as if it was floating in the wind. ”
"These literati are really strange, knowing that they are not a good thing, they still don't want to touch them." Jiang Liuyu pouted, unable to understand at all.
"Everybody has curiosity, and when talented people hear about it, they deliberately want to prove that they are different. And the other people around them are following the trend, feeling that they are not the same as others, they are outliers. In this way, the cycle will slowly spread outward. ”
Su Jingye's tone at this time was extremely long, and Jiang Liuyu also sighed, otherwise how could it be said that curiosity killed the cat.
In the capital, a force hidden in the darkness is growing quietly, and Zhou Zhiji, who is out on the expedition, can be regarded as having escaped.
With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Zhou Zheji walked all the way from the capital to the foot of Lushan in Yangcheng. The soldiers behind him were already too tired to walk, and he was sitting on a tall horse, but he was in good spirits.
"Okay, let's rest here today, and tomorrow we will attack the top of the mountain with me and capture the bandit leader alive." Zhou Zheji got off his horse, raised his sword and raised his arms and shouted, but no one came out to make peace with him.
"If we go back to the general, we will attack the bottom of the mountain of the bandits' den so unobstructed, will we startle the snakes?" Vice General Li wiped his sweat, and after walking for so long, his feet were worn out, so he could only limp to Zhou Zhiji.
"You know, the more powerful we are, the more we can scare these bandits out of the way. Haven't you heard of a bang? When we attack the mountain tomorrow, this group of bandits can only hide in the cottage in fright, waiting to open the door and surrender. ”
Zhou Zhiji ignored his question, lifted his armor and sat on the stone, constantly wiping the sword in his hand.
"I'm afraid the general is thinking too simply." Unlike Vice General Li, who likes to be a peacemaker, Vice General He can't tolerate this fledgling general at all, "This Lushan is at least hundreds of zhang high, and when the soldiers climb from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, they are already tired and can't lift their swords, and they still have the ability to fight with bandits." ”
"That's because you don't have the ability to do it yourself, and you dare to say that such a distance is high." Zhou Zhiji stood up angrily.