Chapter 141: Remnant
Hearing this voice, the guests present were stunned.
I still remember that not long ago, there was a rumor among officials that His Majesty and the Prime Minister were not in harmony, why did His Majesty Cheng Dashou come in person today?
Xue Ji was more worried than surprised, just His Majesty's body bones, now that the spring is cold, he rashly ran out of the palace, if something happened, wouldn't he become the culprit.
There was no room for everyone present to think about it, Qin Xu's figure had already appeared at the door, and he saw that he was wearing a Xuanhu fur and a pair of gold-rimmed deerskin boots under his feet. Just looking up again, his face was pale, and he still looked a little weak.
"Greetings to Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty."
Since Xue Ji's voice sounded, the guests present all came back to their senses, and the black pressure was pressed to bow and salute, and the mountain shouted long live.
"Flat, today's birthday, I'm here to beg for a glass of wine to eat." Qin Xu waved his hand and walked forward.
Xue Ji gave up the main seat in a playful manner, raised his eyebrows and motioned for Wang Qu to change into a set of clean cups, dishes and chopsticks, and stretched out his hand to help Qin Xu sit down before he dared to sit down on the side. "Your Majesty wants to drink and summon your ministers into the palace to accompany you, why do you come here in person, the climate is humid and cold in this spring, and Your Majesty still needs to take care of the dragon's body."
Qin Xu didn't listen to it at all, he was complacent with a glass of wine, and joked, "The prime minister is really getting older, and he is getting more and more wordy."
Xue Ji was choked by him like this, and laughed dumbly: "Then Your Majesty is getting younger and younger, and he is still such a childish temper."
Hearing his joke, Qin Xu was very happy in his heart, chuckled, didn't answer again, but raised the wine glass towards him, and then leaned his neck and drank the wine in the cup.
The atmosphere of the banquet was full of joy, and at this moment, Wang Qu walked up to him with a brocade gift box, and said in a low voice: "Master, this is sent by Lord Xu Chengzhu, saying that it is the return of things to the original owner, and I wish you happiness such as the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan."
It is not uncommon for officials to give gifts, but the words "things return to their original owners" attracted Xue Ji's attention, not only him, but even Qin Xu looked at it with interest.
"Open it and take a look." Xue Jidao.
Wang Qu was ordered to open the box, revealing a dagger with a golden dragon carved on the sheath, and the lines were clear and lifelike.
This thing looks a little familiar, and the memories that have been sealed for more than ten years gradually return to the minds of the two.
At that time, Shen Changqing handed over the dagger to Xue Ji's hands and asked him to bring it into the capital and return it to Qin Xu, the king of Ning at that time, and later, Qin Xu transferred the dagger to him. In the fourth year of Changning, he went out on patrol with the micro-suit, and on the way back to Beijing, on the mountain road outside Xucheng, the dagger was not lost in the fight.
Indeed, it is the return of things to their original owners.
Qin Xu naturally remembered this, his eyes stopped on the dagger in the box, and for a moment his heart was full of emotion, and he couldn't help but think of the old things in his early years. He suddenly reached out and took the dagger out of the gift box, put this thing on Xue Ji's waist, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a smile.
"Wear it, don't lose it again."
The news of the Holy Lord's visit to the Prime Minister's birthday banquet soon spread throughout the capital, and the rumors about the discord between His Majesty and the Prime Minister were self-defeating.
In the study of Chen's mansion, I only heard a crisp sound of "poof" coming from the room, and there was a broken porcelain piece on the ground, which was already a broken tea bowl this morning.
After smashing the tea bowl, he was still angry, and Chen Shao smashed another punch on the table, which made his fist hurt, and he still clenched it tightly. He really couldn't bear this breath, he had worked hard for so many years, and he was deliberately trying to provoke the relationship between the two of them, so he broke the dagger and turned it into nothing!
He squeezed the anger in his belly, gritted his teeth and muttered, "It's time to make a move, Xue Qingzhi, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Chen Shao's eyes drifted to the side, only to see a family tree on the shelf, and an old letter pressed under the family tree.
"Someone!" Chen Shao shouted outside the door.
Soon, someone from the palace hurriedly came and asked respectfully, "Master, what's wrong?"
Chen Shao sneered, "Prepare your horse and go to the Imperial History Tower."
In less than half an hour, there was one more rare guest in the Yushi Terrace, and Liu Yushi on duty was
Cheng Bujing's high apprentice was not inferior to Cheng Bujing, and when he saw Chen Shao coming in at this time, he was slightly surprised.
"Master Chen, why did you remember to be here?"
Chen Shao didn't regard himself as an outsider at all, walked to the chair on the side and sat down, took the opportunity to put the things he was holding on the tea table beside him, and said with a smile: "How is Lord Liu lately, are you free?"
Liu Yushi saw all his actions, although he didn't know what he brought, but after thinking about it for a while, he had a guess in his heart.
It's time for work.
"Master Chen, Ming people don't say secret words, who are you going to participate in?"
Chen Shao looked confident, knocked on the table one after another, his eyes fell on the ground and paused for a while, before he raised his eyebrows and looked at him and said, "Prime Minister Xue Ji."
Liu Yushi's hand trembled slightly, and the hot tea in the tea bowl almost spilled. After relieving himself, he asked again as if he didn't hear clearly, "Who do you say?"
Chen Shao took the trouble to repeat word by word: "Prime Minister Xue Ji."
"This is not a small matter, we dare to take it, but it's just ......" Liu Yushi said half a sentence, suddenly paused, turned his hand and put down the tea bowl, raised his head and looked at the person in front of him with a serious expression: "You have to make it clear first, what is the matter, true or false."
"It's true!" Chen Shao got up, picked up the letter of the genealogy he had just brought over, stepped forward and handed it to Liu Yushi, and said in a deep voice: "Xue Ji is the remnant of the criminal Jiang family."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yushi's eyes were stunned, and the hand raised in the air trembled, and he didn't dare to answer it for a long time.
The guilty minister of this dynasty, Jiang Shi, is only the Jiang family, the founding general of the Ming Emperor...... This case was the case of Sheji's struggle for the heir back then, and after so many years, no one dared to easily turn over the old accounts.
"Lord Liu, don't you dare to make a move?"
Chen Shao's laughter was mixed with a hint of mockery, which instantly aroused Liu Yushi's temper.
I saw him sneer with disdain on his face, and swore solemnly: "As long as it is true, there is no Yushitai who will not dare to participate."
These words finally fit Chen Shao's intentions, he smiled even more, and bowed his hand towards Liu Yushi, if there was a deep meaning, he said, "Then there is Lord Lao Liu."
In mid-March, the weather gradually warmed up, and Qin Xu was already able to get up and walk around, so naturally he had to go to the imperial study every day to see the excerpts and cook government affairs.
Just after evening today, the sky gradually darkened, Qin Xu finished his dinner, and not long after he entered the imperial study and sat down, he was so angry that he coughed up blood by a song sent by the imperial history platform.
Qin Xu originally thought that there would be no disasters in Kyushu in the past half a year, and the people would be happy and Haiyan would be peaceful, but he was secretly happy in his heart. Who knew that as soon as I opened the folds, what I saw was this shocking case, which was related to an old case, and it was very difficult to handle.
"Zhang Yu!" Qin Xu forced himself to cough a few times, and then shouted to the chief eunuch outside the door, and ordered, "You go and pass the decree, my dragon is in poor health, and the dynasty will be suspended tomorrow."
Chen Shao had already talked to Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu naturally guessed a few points in his heart about this matter, how could he let him press the matter like this, so he pretended to be puzzled and said: "If Your Majesty is unwell, you can ask Lord Xu to act as an ordinary court meeting......
Unexpectedly, Qin Xu's face changed as soon as he said it, and he pointed at him and scolded angrily: "When, when will I go to court, when will I go to court, who will go to court, it's your turn to point fingers!"
Zhang Yu was shocked in his heart, he couldn't figure out what the temper of this master was, so he knelt on the ground in fright, and confessed again and again: "Slaves, slaves don't dare, long live the anger!"
"I'll say it again, I'll do it now!" As soon as Qin Xu's words fell, he couldn't stop coughing fiercely, he covered his mouth and leaned back slightly, leaned against the dragon chair and closed his eyes, suppressed a mouthful of blood in his throat, and slowly gasped for a moment.
Zhang Yu had just received the order and left the imperial study, and the next moment Qin Xu's eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted again outside the door.
"Someone!"
This time, a little eunuch walked in tremblingly, only to see him lower his head and lean over and ask, "What do you command?"
Qin Xu finally got his breath, pointed to the door, and said in a deep voice, "Go, invite the prime minister, quickly!"