King Ning's sharp eyes saw Xue Ji propping up the bed to get up, stretched out his hand and pressed him back again, frowning and said, "Are you still going to go after you are injured like this?" Can you hold it?"

Xue Ji really took a breath of cool air, and he didn't dare to move anymore because of the knife wound on his arm, but he didn't let King Ning personally deal with such trivial matters.

"I'd better go for a trip, this kind of thing can't bother the prince."

Before King Ning let go of his hand, he turned his head and commanded Wang Qu: "Bring people over, do you still have to ask the prefect to come over for such a trivial matter?" After that, he looked at Xue Ji again, and opened his mouth with a bit of preaching: "You are still not used to high positions."

Xue Ji's heart warmed when he heard it, but he was a little funny, how could he be considered a high position? is just a small prefect, a third-rank life official, has been squeezed out to this kind of place, how can he get used to a high position?

Wang Qu listened to the order and went down to take people, and after a long time, the two of them were not sent to Xue Ji's room, the two knelt side by side, and their shoulders couldn't stop trembling, showing that the two of them were panicking at this time.

Xue Ji ignored King Ning's sharp gaze, barely stood up and looked at the two in front of him.

"Why the dispute? Who's going to talk about it?"

Both of them buried their heads, Xue Ji couldn't see their faces clearly, but the younger soldier's figure always made him feel a little familiar, and he couldn't remember where he had seen it. Just as he was frowning and recalling, he saw him raise his head and argue stubbornly with a stubborn face.

"Your Excellency, Lord Wang, the reason for the incident is that today's Lord has spoken first, and the person who kills the owner of Qiying Village will offer a reward of 100 gold......

Halfway through the words, Xue Ji was suspicious, raised his hand and interrupted him: "Wait a while, I have already given the bounty to your general, who made the merit, and who belongs to whom, what is there to fight for?"

The young man's face was even more angry when he mentioned this, and he said loudly: "Yes, it was he who killed the owner of Qiying Village, but if it weren't for my indiscriminate sword, how could he have made such a great achievement? If it is true that the first credit for slaying the thief should not be in me?"

Xue Ji had some impressions at this time, yes, there was a young soldier with a long knife in front of the battle today, and the knife confused people's eyes to teach the mountain bandit to be overwhelmed, it turned out to be this person! No wonder he felt a little familiar from the moment he entered the room.

But if it is really as he said, it is really difficult to determine who will take the credit, if he rewards the soldier who kills the owner of Qiying Village with a knife, this young man will definitely be angry, and it is not a good thing to spread it, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no one willing to plan for the overall situation in the future. But if this young soldier is rewarded, the other must say that the government has no faith in what he says, and it will not sound good to spread it......

Xue Ji set his eyes on the other person, and his tone remained unchanged, as if he was not shocked. "Do you agree with what he said?"

The man suddenly became angry, raised his head and said indignantly, "Don't admit it! The adult's original words are that whoever kills will get a bounty, and the thief obviously lost his life at my hands, so why should the credit go to this hairy child? According to him, there were so many brothers who cut down the mountain bandits with knives at that time, didn't they all have to be counted as a head merit?"

This person thought that he was just an ordinary soldier, and in his eyes, this young officer and soldier's sword skills were no different from those of others, but with a little vision, he could see that there were so many officers and soldiers who were slashing with knives at that time, and only this young man really messed up the eyes of the mountain bandits.

Xue Ji also knew in his heart that it was extremely difficult to reason with a ruffian, so he pondered for a long time, and then looked the young man up and down.

"Whoever kills will be rewarded, this order cannot be changed, what should you do when you go to receive the reward."

As soon as these words came out, the officer and soldier listened happily, kowtowed and thanked him and retreated, leaving the young man on the side with surprise written on his face, staring at Xue Ji's face and wanting to see through it.

Xue Ji knew that he was unhappy in his heart, so he said, "I know you are angry, but I have something I want to ask you."

The young man obviously didn't understand what this meant, and was confused by Xue Ji, and his face was confused.

"What?"

Xue Ji was still a little worried in his heart, and secretly glanced at King Ning beside him, and finally settled down and said bluntly, "Why do you want this hundred gold?"

The young man frowned: "That's a hundred gold, how many people in the southwest have never seen a hundred gold in their lives, shouldn't I want it?"

Xue Ji had been carefully observing his expression, and seeing that he was just frowning, not showing a look of disdain like an ordinary person, he had a higher evaluation of this person in his heart.

"A hundred gold is a lot, but if you are blinded by this hundred gold, squander, and content with the status quo, it is just a matter of a month to have all your pockets."

"You didn't think about the future?"

A glimmer of light flashed in the young man's eyes, this did not escape Xue Ji's eyes, it seems that he is not mistaken, this person is a little capable.

The young man said, "What do you mean? What happens when someone robs you of your merits?"

Xue Ji smiled and said, "If you want to say that the merit is yours, it's not impossible, but if you want to say that it's that person, it's indisputable, if you are motivated, the position of the officers and soldiers of Shu County can't frame you."

After listening to it for a long time, King Ning naturally noticed that Xue Ji had a heart for talent, but he had many more worries than Xue Ji, and he had already frowned after listening to a few words, and he still didn't say a word at this time, which was regarded as respecting Xue Ji's decision.

Xue Ji talked with this young man a few more words, and he made a decision, and was ready to let General Tang take him with him, and leave this person in Qianzhou first, and it will always be useful to bring him with him in the future.

As soon as he gave the order, he was stunned, as if he had forgotten to ask this person's name from beginning to end.

"By the way, you wait."

The young man stopped, turned his head and looked at Xue Ji with a slight puzzlement.

Xue Ji asked, "What's your name?"

The young man understood and said, "Qi Hui."

I all know that Huang Sheng has been serving by His Majesty's side for some years, and His Majesty can trust him, and he will leave everything to him to do, and all the officials in the court have more or less given him benefits, and His Majesty has always turned a blind eye.

But today, the direction of the wind has changed.

The impeachment of Huang Sheng within one day was enough to build a hill, and Prime Minister Zhang Fu pointed out openly and secretly in front of the saint several times that Huang Sheng's hand was too long, and when Qin Heng, the son of heaven, accepted all the orders, he approved a 'I have read' and sent it back, but he didn't deal with it.

Huang Sheng, as Qin Heng's cronie, how could he not know that he was in a whirlpool, Qin Heng pressed and did not deal with it to save face for him, but in his heart, he became a presumptuous capital, tossing and turning for a long time and then stretched out his hand.

But he didn't know that his secret letter had been targeted from the moment it was sent, and it was delivered to Qin Heng's royal table that night.

The next morning, Huang Sheng was not completely awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw his little apprentice coming in with a basin of water, and there was a towel in the basin, as usual. Huang Sheng didn't notice the hidden difference in the expressions of the two, and just freshened up as usual and started a normal day.

But the next moment when the little apprentice should attach the towel to his forehead, he was covered with his mouth and nose, and the little apprentice's other hand was on the back of his neck, teaching him not to move at all.

"Hmm!"

Huang Sheng let out an exclamation, and the next moment his eyes were black and he fell unconscious.

The two glanced at each other, and the little apprentice picked up the basin and went out again as if nothing had happened. The other person tied Huang Sheng's hands and feet, carried it on his shoulders, and went out of the door to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, someone brought it."

What Qin Heng was holding tightly in his hand was the letter sent last night, and he looked fiercely at the unconscious person on the ground, the trust in him over the years had taught him to be difficult to accept for a while.

"Drag it down! Wait for me to dispose of it."

Huang Sheng's little apprentice trembled, but he didn't retreat in a hurry, and asked again: "The adults outside...... How so?"

Qin Heng sneered coldly, "You don't have to tell them, how loyal are you to them? Who is not for their own benefit. Don't make a noise, just say that Huang Sheng is bedridden and no one is allowed to see him."

The impeachment of the courtiers is still like flowing water, and at this moment, the most flustered person in the court except for Huang Sheng is King An.

If Qin Heng was really determined to clean up Huang Sheng, then a search of his family's account books, letters, etc., would reveal that he had a close relationship with King An. What is the most taboo for emperors from ancient times to the present? One is for the concubines to interfere in politics, and the other is for the prince to form a party,

The most fatal thing in this alliance is to collude with the imperial eunuchs and the cronies of the saint.

King Ann had always been cautious, and how could he not know what a calamity it would be for him if this matter were stabbed out?

Chen Yu ran to King An's Mansion for several days in a row, and even took Rong Che, who was busy and couldn't pull away, and several people deliberately avoided the eyes and ears outside, thinking of countermeasures in private, and they were anxious every night.

Although King An was far away in Qianzhou, his subordinate ministers did not eat dry food, and the situation in the court and China was meticulous and sent to the southwest in a secret letter, and it was in the hands of King Ning within ten days.

"The prince is in a hurry to leave?"

Xue Ji was freshening up and walking out of the door in the early morning when he heard Wang Qu hurriedly report that King Ning was coming. When I heard what King Ning said, I was even more surprised, now that the mountain bandits have not been completely wiped out, and the academy has just been established, why does this person just leave?

King Ning's face was a little solemn, and he pondered for a long time, and spread out all the letters from the capital in front of him.

"This matter is by no means a trivial matter, Huang Sheng has been serving in front of his father for twenty years, and I don't know what will happen to this round of wind and rain in Beijing, I am far away in Qianzhou to get communication from Beijing for ten days, and this is still unhindered...... After a while, I don't know what to do, and I must go back to guard."

Xue Ji roughly scanned the contents of the letter, and honestly said that he did not have a deep impression of Huang Sheng, perhaps because his status was still low when he was in Beijing, and he could not come into contact with such characters.

After carefully calculating that King Ning had been in Qianzhou for nearly half a year, although the mountain bandits had not been eliminated, there was only such a little head and tail left, that is, the tiger leader did not know where he went...... There will be no major changes in the short term. As long as the officers and soldiers stay, it is not impossible for King Ning to go back.

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