Chapter 11 The General Embezzles Military Salaries
"Princess," Mei Wenjin frowned and looked at her seriously, "Someone in the court asked my father to play this morning, saying that the general was corrupt from military salaries. ”
"What?" Murong Nian hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Mei Wenjin's arm, "What about Brother Mu Huai?" ”
"The general is fine now, and my father only asked the general to return to the official mansion to stand by."
"How so? Someone must have framed Brother Mu Huai, why did they do this? ”
Murong Nian said this without thinking about it, she believed him to the core.
It's just that Mei Wenjin thinks so too.
When Murong Chun decided to go to the gate of the palace to welcome Mu Huai back to the palace, he faintly felt that something was wrong.
"Princess, the current situation in the DPRK and China is unstable, and the matter of you and me can only be put on hold for the time being, and when this matter is investigated clearly, and the general is cleared, our affairs will be talked about when the time comes, okay?"
Mei Wenjin is not without selfishness, he wants to keep her by his side for a few more days.
“……”
Murong Nian didn't expect things to be like this, but she didn't know why, when Mei Wenjin said that she would talk about it in a few days, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay."
As soon as she finished agreeing, she was about to leave, but before she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, remembering what Mei Wenjin asked her viciously last night.
"Colt, you...... Don't...... Be...... You? ”
The thoughts that flashed in Murong Nian's mind didn't hold back and wanted to say it, she said it so much, but it was about Mu Huai, and if she cared about it, she couldn't take care of it.
Thinking about how fiercely he treated her last night, he didn't stop himself from saying the idea.
Although she didn't say a complete sentence, Mei Wenjin immediately understood what she meant, and her heart fell from the cliff and fell into the boundless darkness.
He looked up at Murong Nian, so desperate that there was no wave in his eyes.
"What does the princess want to say?"
Murong Nian's thought was only born in a panic, but she was eager to save people, and the idea of grabbing the life-saving straw indiscriminately was unstoppable, and as soon as the words came out, she already regretted it.
But the water that was spilled out of the words was already hurting at the exit, and she couldn't save anything.
She stared at Mei Wenjin blankly, not knowing what to say for a while.
Mei Wenjin had been in the palace all day to investigate Mu Huai's matter, and when he returned to the house at night, he was not only given a book by Murong Nian, but even thought by Murong Nian that he was a hindrance and deliberately framed Mu Huai.
"Princess, in your heart, am I so unbearable?" The disappointment in Mei Wenjin's heart was about to drown him out, and his voice was haggard.
He is in the court, although he is protected by His Majesty, but he is often exhausted and exhausted, and the clouds and waves in the court are treacherous, which he can deal with at will as a scholar.
In the past two years, he has done a good job, but he also has his own perseverance.
He always remembered that his husband had warned him that a gentleman should be loyal in his words, respectful in his deeds, and wise in his mind.
He walked cautiously every step, but he never changed his integrity and mind because of fame and power.
Now, he was suspicious of the people he had been guarding all along.
It's so unbearable!
What is he?
Seeing that Mei Wenjin's eyes gradually changed from disappointment to indifference, Murong Nian's heart was also panicked.
"Pony ...... I'm not ......" Murong Nian wanted to say something, but looking at Mei Wenjin's dejected appearance, he couldn't speak.
"Princess, I won't slander the general because you want to go with me and leave, I won't do such a villainous act, princess don't worry." Mei Wenjin looked at Murong Nian, and after speaking, he turned around with lost eyes, "Once this matter is over, we will talk about reconciliation and separation." ”
"Don Ma, you said that you would help me protect Brother Mu Huai, he must have been wronged, can you ...... Can you ......?"
Murong Nian wanted to say that he wanted Mei Wenjin to help Mu Huai clear his name, but looking at Mei Wenjin's lonely back, he swallowed the remaining half of the sentence.
"This matter is very important, not only about the life and death of the general, but also about the safety of the Dayan border, even if the princess doesn't say it, I will do my best to investigate this matter."
Mei Wenjin knew how important Mu Huai was in her heart, and knew how much she cared, but Mei Wenjin was different, he not only had to take care of her emotions, but also helped Murong Chun stabilize the situation in the DPRK and China.
Although he does not have an official title, he must abide by his principles.
Murong Nian was still standing at the door, and his heart was very confused. She knew that Mei Wenjin would definitely resent her now, but she couldn't help but want to care about Mu Huai's situation.
Murong Chun has always admired Mei Wenjin and trusted him, if he can find out that Mu Huai was wronged, then Mu Huai will not be in danger.
The crime of embezzlement of military salaries is not small, how much Murong Chun cares about the national defense of the army, Murong Nian is very clear, and now she can only beg Mei Wenjin.
But it was when she proposed to leave that Mu Huai had an accident, so she had the idea of doubting Mei Wenjin.
However, Mei Wenjin still promised to investigate the matter, and Murong Nian suddenly ran out of ideas in his heart.
A voice kept telling her that she would regret hurting Mei Wenjin, but she had liked Mu Huai for so many years, and it seemed to be a habit to care about him.
She didn't know what to say for a while, she couldn't even say thank you, her heart was so sad, but she couldn't tell why she was sad.
"The princess should rest early." Mei Wenjin's voice was full of exhaustion and helplessness, and he stood in the middle of the study, as if he was standing in a wild place, which made him feel desolate and desperate.
Murong Nian opened his mouth, wanting to say words of comfort, but finally gave up.
She felt that there was no such deep affection between them, and she didn't know how she was going to comfort him.
Mei Wenjin heard Murong Nian's footsteps leaving, so he slowly walked to the desk and sat down abruptly.
On this day, he was too tired.
Today, in the court, many ministers have questioned the expenditure of the army, and finally pointed the finger at Mu Huai's lax management of the army and his greed for pleasure in the army.
Others don't know, but he and Murong Chun have seen Mu Huai quickly send over to ask for an excerpt.
Mu Huai mentioned in the excerpt of the last performance last year that the Qiang people outside the Saiwai often had troops come to test the garrison of the Dayan border fortress, and Mu Huai led the army to suppress it, but they did not get a profit, and they had to give up after a few tests.
Now that Mu Huai has returned to Beijing with an elite army, if the Qiang leader knows, no one knows whether he will rashly attack the border.
Although Mu Huai left the left and right deputy generals to guard, but now the ministers of the court and the central government suspect that Mu Huai and Dayan's army on the edge of the town is simply pouring cold water on those soldiers who are struggling to defend the north.
They suffered unimaginably from ordinary people, but they were suspected of enjoying themselves in the army by the ministers who lived so comfortably in the capital.
If this matter can be suppressed by His Majesty, it is fine, but if it becomes more and more intense and spreads to the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to say whether the soldiers can still share the same hatred for the enemy.
However, looking at the morning of this day, the way those ministers said a word to me did not mean to stop at all.
In the early dynasty, Murong Chun left him and Song Yun, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Tang Huaikang, the prime minister, and Zhang Qiyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Mei Wenjin has been silent, and the other three have been-for-tat, unable to say a result.
In the end, His Majesty invited him and Song Yun to the imperial study.
Song Yun has been investigating cases in Dali Temple for many years, he is cautious in judging cases, and he never speaks falsely about things that he is not sure of, and he has a high prestige in the court.
Murong Chun left the two of them behind, not only showing his trust in Mu Huai, but also showing that he must give Mu Huai a clean slate, otherwise Dayan's army is likely to suffer a fatal blow and the consequences will be unimaginable.
This time, the incident came suddenly, and there were many strange things, Mei Wenjin and Song Yun went to Dali Temple to discuss for a long time.
At present, there are only suspicious places, but there are no people who can directly suspect them, and the people who have questioned the court early are all old ministers, and they can't think of a reason for a while.
I thought that when I came back today to see Murong Nian, his fatigue from a busy day could be relieved a little, but I didn't expect this gentle township to personally send him a cup of poisonous wine.
Mei Wenjin sat for a long time and remembered a lot of things.
remembered the first time he saw Murong Nian, remembered the innocent appearance she had smiled without scruples in front of him in the past, remembered her habitually pulling his sleeves, and remembered the way she looked at Mu Huai at the banquet last night, and finally uncontrollably remembered the sentence she asked when she doubted him just now.
Along the way, he had no guidance from a famous teacher, no relatives to take care of, he grew up from a hundred family meals, and his life with his husband was also very hard.
After becoming a concubine, the battle in the court made him timid, but with Murong Nian by his side, he comforted himself, this is the price he should pay for getting Murong Nian, but he didn't want to, these are all jokes that God played with him.
Murong Nian mentioned peace and separation to him, without any worries, and he never cared about it, if their peace and separation really made trouble in front of the emperor, what would happen to him.
The person he loved, regardless of his life and death, was full of eyes and only that General Mu.
He Mei Wenjin was originally a hard life, and he should be content when he won the champion, but now all this is the retribution he deserves for his greed.
That's it, since she cares about Mu Huai so much, then he will fulfill her, and he also said this on the day he got married, helping her protect Mu Huai, how could he not have imagined that there would be today.
Help Mu Huai clear his suspicions, and then reconcile with Murong Nian, and even give Murong Nian to him before his eyes.
He always thinks about Murong Nian, and doesn't want to wronged her, so it's strange that Wu Zhuangyuan will say something today, "Don't be confused by the princess!"
Hehe...... Really......
Mei Wenjin thought about it, and a light suddenly flashed in his eyes, Wu Zhuangyuan?