Chapter 58: The Frontier Courier
Ye Shengji stood in front of the dragon case with his hands in his hands, while Jiang Zhige held his breath and shrank into the cloud quilt, leaving only a crack to peek at the movement outside the curtain.
"Tell me, what's the news on the Frontier?"
Seeing that it was the outfit of a frontier soldier, Ye Shengji carefully looked the messenger up and down, sat down with his sleeves brushed up, and asked.
"Your Majesty! Congratulations to Your Majesty on eradicating the traitorous villains who committed rebellion, long live my emperor, long live, long live! The little one came to deliver the letter on the order of the general Yuwen Chuan, and the general repeatedly ordered that this letter must be seen by His Majesty in person! I hope Your Majesty will enlighten it personally! ”
The visitor bowed his head and knelt down reverently, bowed deeply, and held the document above his head and carefully presented it as a sign of great respect.
Ye Shengji glanced at the clerk, then at the messenger with a scrutinizing gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Present it." ”
If Ye Shengji is not mistaken, Yu Wenchuan, the general of this Xinjiang, was originally a soldier promoted by Nangong Zhenghai, and it can be said that Nangong Zhenghai has a great grace of knowing him. Now, Yuwen Chuan specially sent someone from thousands of miles away to deliver the letter, if he said that he abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, Ye Shengji really still had to weigh three points.
"No!"
The messenger half-knelt up and raised his head, still holding the paperwork above his head, and stepped forward lightly to Ye Shengji's front, and then bent down again to salute, which can be said to have fulfilled the number of courtesies!
Ye Shengji glanced at the messenger with some approval, and did not let the eunuch who leaned out to pick up the documents, but stopped the eunuch, took the documents in the messenger's hand three steps forward, and said casually: "You, what's your name?" Where is home? ”
"Back to Your Majesty! The small one's name is Liu Yunzhe, and he is a native of Biancheng in the Hexi Corridor. Liu Yunzhe raised his head slowly, his eyes were bright, and he spoke clearly and neatly about his birth.
Ye Shengji casually swept his gaze over Liu Yunzhe's calluses on his knuckles, and asked casually: "You are a civil official, and you also practice martial arts." It seems that Yuwen Chuan is indeed worthy of its name, it is the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”
"Don't say that under the banner of General Yuwen, this entire Tianjin City belongs to Your Majesty."
Liu Yunzhe smiled faintly, lowered his head and said respectfully.
"That's a great remark."
Ye Shengji stared at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and replied with a smile.
Casually, Ye Shengji tore open the tightly sealed letter of beeswax, and the purpose was a few lines of Yuwenchuan's capable and atmospheric words-
"The minister heard that Tianbi, the former royal patriarch of heaven and earth, came to write a letter, saying that he drove out the rebel son Tianlu in the name of the original patriarch of heaven and earth, and cut off all contact with him, and there is no such vein in the genealogy since then. He also said that he hoped that His Majesty would be benevolent and kind to the innocent people of Heaven and Earth. The minister thought that this was a noble move for peace, so he played it truthfully. If there is any offense against the dragon's face, I hope to surrender the crime. Courtier, Yuwen Chuan, knock on. ”
His words are more than sincere, and there is no hint of transgression, he is really a loyal and good person!
With a "snap-" sound, Ye Shengji closed the letter heavily!
He smiled and said to Liu Yunzhe, who was still kneeling, "Messenger Liu has worked hard all the way. The road is far away, so it is better to stay in the palace for a day first, and then set off tomorrow. ”
Liu Yunzhe frowned, and just when he wanted to refuse, he heard Ye Shengji's order and shouted: "Tell me to go down, and I will entertain Messenger Liu!" ”
"No! Messenger Liu, please here. The old eunuch on the side made a "please" gesture with great eyesight, signaling Liu Yunzhe to move.
"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen."
Liu Yunzhe saw that it was difficult to refuse the grace of the saint, and after a little hesitation, he got up and left.
In the flickering of the red candle, the light and shadow were separated, Ye Shengji waited for him to go away, opened the letter again, there was a sneer on his lips, and he reached out and burned the letter by the candle flame.
"Teng-" sounded, and the flames flew very high, shining Jiang Zhige's face behind him, slightly dignified.
"Why did you burn it?"
Jiang Zhige asked.
She frowned.
In fact, she had already seen all the scenes in her eyes, and she had a vague answer in her heart. Ask Ye Shengji, but ask for a positive answer.
"Because. The letter is fake. And that's not all. The person who delivered the letter together. It's also fake. ”
The sneer on Ye Shengji's lips deepened, and the flames gradually extinguished at this time, and finally, burned into a pile of dark gray ashes.
"How did you find out? I just don't look like a little messenger at first glance, he knows the rules very well, as if he had rehearsed it in advance. ”
Jiang Zhige tilted her head and said, a pair of bright big eyes blinking.
"The concubine is observant, and it seems that she is a true heir to her husband."
Ye Shengji saw that her serious appearance was really cute, and he couldn't help pinching her face and teasing her, and continued with a doting smile -
"Actually, it is not surprising that a civilian official has a cocoon for practicing martial arts. Curiously, he claimed that his surname was Liu. And the Biancheng surname Liu was sentenced to the nine clans in the case of selling illegal salt ten years ago, so even if he is really surnamed Liu, he will definitely not say that his surname is Liu in front of me again. ”
"Besides, that letter is also very problematic. Not to mention that the origin of heaven and earth is now a plate of scattered sand, and the royal family is employing people, how can they be willing to let their young master have something. The mere expulsion of the Celestial Wolf from the family tree from the royal family is a ploy to stabilize me. They were afraid that once I found the Celestial Wolf, I would kill the Celestial Wolf first and then wipe out the Heavenly Plain. Therefore, the first to show weakness. I'm afraid that this time the letter is fake, and it is true to send someone to find the wolf. ”
Ye Shengji paced and analyzed, not noticing that Jiang Zhige's face on the side had changed slightly.
Her eyes were a little wandering, and her heart was drumming.
If this messenger really came to save the wolf as Ye Shengji said, then, as the only one in the palace besides Aunt Lan who knew where the wolf was, should she find a chance to tell this fake messenger? Now, Ye Shengji has become suspicious of this messenger, obviously, this is not a wise decision!
So, what should we do to save the wolf?
"Jiang Zhige, what are you thinking?"
Ye Shengji turned around, saw Jiang Zhige's unrelenting appearance, frowned and asked.
"Nope. I'm just thinking...... Today, the imperial dining room said that it was good to send me melon seeds, but how did it get it to this point, but it hasn't been delivered yet. ”
Jiang Zhige was stunned for a moment, and said with a haha.
didn't see it, a trace of disappointment flashed in Ye Shengji's eyes, and then he said softly: "The melon seeds have been prepared on the coffee table, you can see it as soon as you look down." ”
Jiang Zhige lowered her head, and sure enough, a large pot of melon seeds was placed in front of her.
It turned out that Ye Shengji had already prepared everything for her.
She bowed her head and said with some guilt, "I'm sorry." ”
I'm sorry, I lied to you too, Ye Shengji.