Chapter Twenty-Three: Emperor Jin is in a dilemma
This unsuccessful triage of the three divisions did not give a clear result, involving the royal families of other countries, even the Jin Emperor Xiao Jingjiao did not dare to deal with it rashly, after all, the slightest mistake was caused by thousands of people being involved in the war again, of course, the emperor was most concerned about his own throne and the glory of the royal family.
At this time, the pattern of the world is that there are many countries, large countries merge small countries, and the last remaining four large countries are also mutually balanced, and no one dares to act rashly, after all, the difference in national strength is not very much, and in the past two years, all parties in the Jin Kingdom have been stable, and the people and agriculture have also been given a chance to recuperate.
Since the new monarch succeeded to the throne, Wu also followed the advice of Prime Minister Xu Wen to govern benevolently in order to settle the country, and in recent years, it has also achieved little success, so it has the ambition to station troops on the border of Wu and Chu.
Chu occupies Dongting, Cangwu, Guiyang and other places, because of the mountains and mountains, so food is scarce and transportation is inconvenient, and in recent years, the emperor Ma Mao does not think about the government, favors Zeng Guifei, and the power falls into the hands of his uncle Zeng Yu.
If it was an enemy of Wu at this time, Chu might not have the ability to help Jin attack Wu, and in the battle of Jiangling seven years ago, Wu and Jin conspired to attack Chu already made Chu very dissatisfied with Jin.
There is a gradually stronger Khitan in the north, and he has long coveted the vast territory and rich resources of the Central Plains, but he has not yet found the right time, so at this time, he must make Emperor Xiao Jingjiao make up his mind to turn against the Wu State, but he is afraid that the involvement is too wide, and no one dares to suddenly take such a big risk.
With Emperor Jin's angry departure, several chief judges also looked at each other, all look at me, I see that you have no idea, several woodwinds intersected for a few rounds and then all brushed and fell on Xiao Mufeng's body, recently this second prince has won the emperor's attention, at this time the emperor is gone, and the one who can stabilize the overall situation can only fall on Xiao Mufeng, at this time Xiao Mufeng's brows are tightly locked, his face is very solemn, his hands are clenched into fists, and he groans for a while, his clear face is as cold as dyed with ice, and he said word by word:" The assassination is related to the good-neighborliness and friendship between Jin and Wu, and the matter is very important, and tomorrow the emperor and the ministers will discuss and then make a decision, come and send the two envoys of Wu back to the post house to settle down. ”
Hearing Xiao Mufeng's order, two people wearing armor and leading the way stepped forward to stop in front of Princess Singh and Yang Jue, and the two brothers and sisters walked out of the main hall with the two Yulin army guards with pale faces, followed by a group of more than 20 Yulin soldiers on the way back to the post house. Princess Singh has been deeply loved by the old emperor of Wu since she was a child, and the people around her are all flattering and holding on to the tip of her heart, she has never been so angry, and her face has been pale until she returned to the post house and sat in the room, as if she hadn't figured out how her careful plan was discovered, she was already very careful, and the news that Xiao Mulin passed on was always passed on orally by a specialist, and there was no mistake or evidence, but according to the usual practice, I wrote a secret letter last night and passed it to the imperial brother who was far away in Jiangdu, how could it be intercepted so coincidentally, And it was obvious that Gu Chengxuan had already covered up the tattoo pattern according to the instructions in advance, how could he be so easily recognized by Lin Qingzhi, all kinds of clues lingered in her heart, making her puzzled.
On the carriage back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lin Qingzhi leaned on the soft backrest on her side to take a nap, after all, the sleepless night last night consumed too much mental and physical strength.
Lin Chengde also looked at the top of the sedan chair with a worried look, only Lin Qingji, who was dressed in a moon-white silver brocade robe, looked at his sister without saying anything, only to see Lin Qingzhi's eyes not open, but as if he had a third eye, the corners of his mouth smiled and said leisurely: "Big brother can ask whatever he wants, why bother to spit out, it's not like your style." ”
"I thought you were asleep, I was hesitating to wake you up, Ah Zhi, do you have three eyes, and one is staring at me." Lin Qingji stretched out his hands and rubbed the broken hair on the top of Lin Qingzhi's forehead, and Lin Qingzhi on the side immediately sat up and slapped Lin Qingji's hand, causing Lin Qingji to grin and look at Lin Chengde with an aggrieved face and said: "Father, you always say that my father Ah Zhi, you see it now, I am her own brother, she doesn't feel sorry for her brother's old injury at all." ”
If it were in the past, Lin Chengde probably wouldn't have paid attention to Lin Qingji, and he might have taken the opportunity to educate himself. But Lin Chengde, who was sitting quietly and had a worried face, turned his eyes slightly and replied softly: "You are alive and well, how can you be seriously injured and unhealed, if you go to the battlefield, you will know what a serious injury is." Lin Chengde has seen too many killings and tragic deaths on the battlefield for a long time, and the soldiers who died of serious injuries flashed in front of him, his comrades-in-arms who fought bloodily, and his half-life career as a horseman, and he recalled it with a sigh.
Lin Qingji, who didn't get a benefit from his father, regained his spirit after a while, looked at Lin Qingzhi with blazing eyes and said: "Good sister, tell the eldest brother how the assassin who surrendered was able to cover up the tattoo, and he couldn't see any traces, why did you resurface after sprinkling iodine powder?"
Lin Qingzhi raised her hand and brushed a strand of broken hair in front of her sideburns behind her ear and said slowly: "I just got the news that an assassin turned himself in, I thought it was very strange, so I asked my father to arrange someone to check whether it was someone from the Dark Night Gate, but I didn't expect it to be true, and I was worried that the assassin would find out that someone was testing him to be on guard, so I thought that Master had told me before that there is a powder that can remove all the things that are disguised on the skin, as long as this powder is sprinkled, no matter what kind of disguise and makeup changes are undertaken, you can see the true face of this person, I just want to be able to use it on the face of the arm is the same, so yesterday I arranged for a trustworthy person from Dali Temple to hold, I shouted today and handed it over, which is also just a last resort just to prevent foolproof. ”
"I see, I thought it was real iodine powder, but at that time I wondered if the real iodine powder didn't seem to have this magical function." Lin Qingji's head nodded like pounding garlic.
After being quiet for a moment, Lin Qingji then pretended to be angry and asked, "Did you use Bai Yu again?" ”
"Well, I can't help it, I can only help me get that note with the help of Bai Yu's ability, just ask Bai Yu for a small favor." Lin Qingzhi held Lin Qingji's wide sleeves with both hands, and apologized coquettishly with both eyes.
Bai Yu was given to Lin Qingji by Mr. Xuanji when he was a child, when Princess Hechang died of illness, Lin Chengde was on the battlefield for a long time, the two brothers and sisters who had lost their mother could not be happy, Mr. Xuanji did not know where to find the young eagle Hai Dongqing, the brother and sister loved it very much at first sight, because Lin Qingzhi was not in good health when she was young, Bai Yu has been raised by Lin Qingji personally, but Bai Yu seems to be very close to Lin Qingzhi, and sometimes you can even see a little girl talking to a snow-white eaglet, Later, Hai Dongqing, who grew up, became more spiritual, and often helped Lin Fu deliver some important letter news, but after all, the eagle has a limited lifespan, and generally can only have a lifespan of fifteen to twenty years.
Lin Qingji pretended to be angry and let Lin Qingzhi coax him for a while, and finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "Well done, insidious people like the Yang brothers and sisters should tear off the mask like this to be happy, my Ah Zhi is really powerful, oh, no, my Bai Yu is powerful......"