Behind the tulle screen, a woman holds a book and looks at it carefully, if anyone who knows the knowledge enters this room, he will definitely find that the incense in the house is an ancient recipe of the court of the previous dynasty. The woman behind the tulle looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and she was still wearing a delicate hanging bun, which showed that she was not yet an adult.

"Pavilion Master, Mrs. Xiang has gone." A woman walked into the house, and after a closer look, it turned out to be the maid who persuaded Mrs. Xiang in the mourning hall that day! At this time, she changed her dress, and the neckline of her clothes was embroidered with gorgeous phoenix tail feathers. When she had finished speaking, she stood silent in the doorway, and did not dare to step half a step over the screen.

The girl behind the screen listened to it and sighed, "It's also a poor person." ”

When the maid heard this, she couldn't help but speak: "Pavilion master, the slave doesn't understand, why can't Mrs. Xiang spare her life?" ”

When the pavilion master heard the maid's words, he put the book down and said with interest, "Oh? With a sigh, as if questioning, as if sighing, the maid didn't know why, so she had to speak: "Mrs. Xiang will not have the slightest impact on the overall situation...... but the pavilion master no longer replied, the atmosphere in the room instantly condensed, the maid's face was full of cold sweat, and finally knelt on the ground: "The slave and maid should die, the slave and maid are ...... mouthful"

The pavilion master smiled "hehe", "It's no wonder that she fell in love with Yaoguo." ”

Chen Bozhan soon took the official to Xiang's mansion, at this time in Xiang's mansion, the maid and the maid knelt all the way, everyone wiped their tears from time to time, and the maid headed by Mrs. Xiang was Mrs. Xiang's personal attendant, she lay on Mrs. Xiang's body and cried bitterly, holding a letter in her hand. The maid saw Chen Bozhan striding close from the gate, took off the hairpin on her head like crazy, and rushed towards Chen Bozhan fiercely. The slave maid has followed his wife since he was a child, and he has been to Xiangfu with his wife for three years. When the maid heard this, they cried even more, "The slave and maid are soft-spoken, and I also ask you to be a witness today." After she finished speaking, she picked up the letter and an account book in her hand, and continued: "This letter is my wife's deathbed suicide note, and this is the evidence that my lord found out that Jiang Lin was greedy for military salaries. My wife is a pampered woman, and I am afraid that I will be disheartened because I think that Lord Chen can't get justice for my lord! She raised her hand holding the hairpin suddenly, "Today, all the officials and masters have a witness, in order to repay the kindness of the old lady and my wife, I would rather die than ask the emperor to give my old lady justice!" After that, Xiao Cui fiercely pierced the hairpin into his neck, and blood gushed out, Chen Bozhan saw this and hurriedly said: "Go and bring the account book and letter to the official!" When the official heard this, he immediately rushed over, and when the maid saw this, he surrounded Xiaocui to death, and everyone shouted: "Help, help!" "The gate of Xiang's mansion was not closed, and with the death of Mrs. Xiang, a group of people had already gathered at the door.

Jiang Lin was still sitting in the hall, Jiang Kun and Jiang Peng sat down and didn't dare to speak, Mrs. Jiang was putting the tea made by the next person on the coffee table, and she heard the voice of the third aunt: "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Jiang Kun was born to Mrs. Jiang, although Jiang Peng was born to the second aunt, but the second aunt was Mrs. Jiang's maid, and died early, and then handed over to Mrs. Jiang to raise. The two of them were already disgusted with this coy third aunt, and when they saw that the third aunt was still twisting and fabricating as before, no one answered. The third aunt saw that no one answered, but she was not annoyed, "I think I have to blame my sister for this!" ”

Although Jiang Lin was angry, he still said: "Don't talk nonsense! ”

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she didn't answer, only picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea, revealing a bit of everyone's demeanor in her gestures. Jiang Kun and Jiang Peng looked at the third aunt angrily, but the third aunt didn't seem to hear it, "If my sister had told the lord earlier, the lord would not have been so angry that he would have spoken against the saint and left Grandpa An angry!" ”

Jiang Lin didn't say anything this time, and Mrs. Jiang frowned slightly. The third aunt saw that Jiang Lin was afraid that she was also annoyed by her wife, so she added fuel and vinegar and said: "Although the emperor didn't say that he asked our lord to lead the troops to the expedition this time, he didn't appoint other generals, the army will go out on the same day, is it possible that there are no generals?" This time, the lord spoke out like this to contradict the saint, and the lady did not stop him! In case the long-lived lord is really annoyed by our master......" The third aunt didn't continue, just looked at Mrs. Jiang coldly, although Jiang Lin has some ability to lead troops to fight, he is always a straight intestine, and the twists and turns of these ways of being a minister are always not very clear, at this time, listening to the third aunt, but also feel a little reasonable. I couldn't help but say: "Why didn't Madame stop me!" ”

Although Mrs. Jiang was born in the countryside, she was quite proficient in poetry and the art of war, and she was a very talented woman, and her temperament and cultivation were even better than those of the women of the family, and her scheming and scheming were not even inferior to some men. In addition, a few years ago, when the army entered the customs, she followed Jiang Lin to the southern expedition to the north, and when she was pregnant with her second son, she was still in the military camp to give advice to her, and finally she was tired and miscarried and could no longer have children, Jiang Lin respected her very much. The two-room concubine was also asked by Mrs. Jiang to marry Jiang Lin herself, and now "why doesn't Mrs. stop me" is already a very heavy sentence.

Jiang Peng's temperament is the same as Jiang Lin's, and when he heard the words of the third aunt, he said angrily: "The third aunt must not lose her dignity!" ”

Mrs. Jiang coughed lightly, Jiang Peng looked at Mrs. Jiang, and had to retreat angrily. The third aunt saw that Mrs. Jiang didn't say anything, and couldn't help but be a little presumptuous, "This time, the lord might as well submit to the emperor and admit his mistake, with the lord's past military exploits, the emperor will not be too angry, and he will definitely let the lord lead the troops to the battle." ”

Madame Jiang finally spoke, and snorted coldly: "Woman's opinion! The third aunt smiled and bowed to Mrs. Jiang, "What does that sister think?" ”

Madame Jiang looked at Jiang Lin and only said: "The master is still temporarily avoiding the edge, this time the Holy Lord appointed Peng'er as the Captain of the Zuo Capital......"

The third aunt didn't wait for Mrs. Jiang to finish speaking, so she said loudly: "Sister, the second young master is just worthy of the Zuo Du Lieutenant, if the old master is still a general, the second young master even deserves the Zuo general!" ”

Jiang Lin thought about it for a while, then got up and said coldly: "I'll go to the palace." "Get up and go out. Seeing that she couldn't stop Jiang Lin, Mrs. Jiang just sighed lowly, and the third aunt glanced at her defiantly, and walked out of the front hall without looking back.

When Jiang Lin entered the palace, Chen Bozhan was already kneeling outside the imperial study. The door of the imperial study was closed, Jiang Lin walked to Chen Bozhan's side, "Uncle, go back, the emperor ......" Jiang Lin glanced at him with a calm gaze, and said loudly: "Minister Jiang Lin asks to see!" ”

The door of the imperial study was still closed, but no one passed on the guards and eunuchs outside the door. At this time, it has passed the middle yuan, and the autumn wind is blowing a little chill. Chen Bozhan still knelt straight, he guessed that the matter of Xiangfu was big, and Jiang Lin would only enter the palace when he got the news, but he thought that Jiang Lin had a countermeasure, so he stopped talking.

"The criminal minister Jiang Lin asks to see the emperor!" Jiang Lin shouted again, the door of the imperial study suddenly opened, and Father-in-law An walked out, seeing Chen Bozhan kneeling at the door, he didn't say anything, but said to Jiang Lin: "Lord Jiang, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't want to see you at this time......"

Jiang Lin was slightly stunned, "Please make it clear to my father-in-law." ”

"I'm afraid Lord Chen is better than the miscellaneous family, Master Jiang should ask Lord Chen." After saying that, he opened the door and returned to the imperial study, and closed the door of the imperial study again. Jiang Lin didn't know why, so he had to look at Chen Bozhan, Chen Bozhan saw Jiang Lin's dazed face, and knew in his heart that he didn't know anything about Xiangfu, so he only whispered: "Xiang Zuo's account book that recorded his uncle's greed for military salaries was handed over to the emperor, and the emperor is afraid that he will be ......angry."

When Jiang Lin heard this, he quickly knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister is wronged......" Jiang Lin kept shouting, the door of the imperial study suddenly opened, and he heard Huizong shout angrily: "Let me go home and think about it behind closed doors!" ”

Jiang Lin hurriedly stopped talking, and crawled out of the palace, and when he stepped into the carriage, he found that he was soaked in cold sweat.

Jiang Lin's carriage soon arrived at Jiang's mansion, Jiang Lin walked off the carriage quickly, and after entering the mansion, he asked someone to close the door, no one was seen, Mrs. Jiang and others learned that Jiang Lin had returned to the house, so they came out of the backyard to greet him, at this time the third aunt still looked like a villain, twisted the waist of the water snake, and walked to Jiang Lin's side, "Old man......"

Before the third aunt's words could be spoken, she listened to the porter lead a group of eunuch guards into the front hall, only to hear the eunuch chanting all the way, "The holy decree has arrived-"

Jiang Lin and the others knelt down, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, today remove Jiang Lin from the post of general, think about it behind closed doors, and you will not be allowed to enter the palace unless you are edicted, so you can do this." ”

Jiang Lin and the others thanked him, and the eunuchs and guards walked out before Jiang Lin could speak. Jiang Lin wanted to go out to stop the eunuch who was announcing the decree for questioning, but was stopped by the guards outside the gate. The third aunt walked over with a frightened face, "Master, what's the matter......

Jiang Lin immediately remembered that he had listened to the words of the third aunt and entered the palace to ask for guilt, so he hit the muzzle of the gun, which caused the emperor to be more angry, and turned around and stuck the third aunt's neck with one hand, "Slut! If it weren't for your talking, the emperor would definitely not remove me from my position as a general! ”

Mrs. Jiang also took Jiang Kun and Jiang Peng to the gate at this time, and saw that the third aunt's face was already blue, so she persuaded her: "Master, if you have something to say, go back and talk about it, don't let outsiders see the joke here." Jiang Lin saw that Mrs. Jiang's face was indifferent, and the anxiety in his heart couldn't help but drop a little, only to look at the third aunt snorted coldly, threw the third aunt to the ground fiercely, turned his head to the porter and said, "Lock this slut back to the room!" If she dares to make noise, she will kill you! With that, he went back to the front hall with Madame Jiang.

"Madame, save me!" Jiang Lin saw that only Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Kun and Jiang Peng were left in the front hall, so he couldn't care so much, "Before I entered the palace, I saw Silk Zhan kneeling outside the hall, according to what he said, the saint has obtained Xiang Zuo's account book, and Xiang Zuo has recorded all my private deductions from military salaries before, if it is really investigated, don't say that it is me Jiang Lin alone, that is, our Jiang Mansion will suffer this crime of extermination!" ”

Mrs. Jiang sat down and didn't answer, her hand kept twisting a string of jasper bracelets, Jiang Kun looked at Mrs. Jiang's still calm appearance and gradually calmed down, but Jiang Peng couldn't hold his breath, "Mother, the Holy Lord just ordered me to be the captain of the left capital, and now in this scene, I still have to go with the army?" ”

Jiang Lin saw that Mrs. Jiang still didn't answer, so he impatiently walked back and forth in the room, and then listened to what Jiang Peng said, he also stopped and looked at Mrs. Jiang, "Madame, don't be angry, is it...... Is it for the husband or not, if there is any way to say it quickly, I know that my wife will quickly come and hate me for gambling, if this calamity passes, I will respect my wife in everything......"

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she was silent for a moment, and only the breathing of a few people could be heard in the silence in the room, and finally Mrs. Jiang slowly raised her head, "At this time, the Yue country is attacking, and the border has lost a city, and my Jiang family has been a general for three generations, and I have a high reputation in the army. ”

Jiang Peng and Madame Jiang have been together for 20 years, and when they saw Madame Jiang speak, they knew that Madame Jiang was angry, so she said again: "If it wasn't for me Jiang Lin guarding the capital for him that day, the first emperor died, and several princes had secretly gathered troops, how could he take the throne without blood?" ”

Madame Jiang only sneered: "Why doesn't the general say this to the saint?" If it weren't for your pampering and loss of proportion, why would my Jiang family suffer such a catastrophe? Jiang Lin didn't care, but he knew that this was not the time to argue with Mrs. Jiang for a short time, so he didn't make a sound.

"Do you know who the Holy Lord will order to lead the troops for the general this time?"

Jiang Lin thought for a moment and said: "I have a lot of talented generals, but there are only five people who have the qualifications of generals and those who are credible to the emperor, General Li is old, and the three sons in the family have all sacrificed their lives for the country, although the grandchildren have grown up, they are not the same age as Kun'er." General Sun is the general of Zhenxi, if he goes to the south, I am afraid that the Western Regions will also make trouble...... General Meng sits in Beijing, the emperor has just ascended the throne for only a few years, the foundation is unstable, if he leaves, Beijing is in danger. There is only one person, but ...... Everyone knows that Chen Bozhan's mother is the sister of my mother's compatriot......"

Mrs. Jiang smiled: "There is another person you haven't said." Jiang Lin thought about it, and had to look at Mrs. Jiang. Holy. ”

At night, Huizong stood on the high stargazing tower and watched the lights of the capital, and Gonggong An stood not far behind him.

"Xiao Anzi." Huizong didn't speak for a long time, and his voice became low and hoarse. Gonggong An stepped forward and bowed down, "This capital is a lot more lively now. Huizong muttered as if he sighed and confirmed.

Father-in-law An still bent over and said in a low voice: "Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the people have surplus food, and everyone in Kyoto is grateful to the emperor for governing the country." ”

Huizong smiled self-deprecatingly: "Xiao Anzi has been with me for more than ten years, when did he learn to talk as flattering nonsense as them?" Father-in-law An hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

"I remember that my father had not led troops into the customs before he led his troops, and he often galloped on the grassland with me. In the winter of that year, the father returned to the camp, met a family on the way, the man was in the army, the old and weak women and children in the family had no food, the winter in the north of Japan was unbearable, the father led the troops to wander around the border of the Yue country all the year round, snatching food and supplies, that day I saw that the old woman with gray hair, still taught the youngest boy in the family to learn martial arts, and in the future I could go to the country with my father to grab more food. My father took me to see that house for a long time. I asked my father, since we have to go to Yue every year to grab food, why don't we take those cities as well! ”

Gonggong An knelt on the ground, leaned down, and said in a loud voice: "The emperor often praised His Majesty for his courage to expand his territory. ”

Huizong smiled, "You get up." Huizong turned to face the streets of Kyoto, "My father and the emperor said to me that he only had three wishes in his life, brothers, friends and brothers, the country and the people, and the unification of the north and the south. When I was a teenager, my father laid down this country, and my brothers had long forgotten what it was to be a brother and a friend in order to take over this mountain and river. However, I got this mountain and river, but I can't keep his country for my father, and I have lost a city in the south. ”

Gonggong An raised his head at this time, looking at the lonely back of the young son of heaven, although he had followed him for nearly 20 years, he had not only seen the confusion of this son of heaven once, but he also knew that after this night, the powerless young man in front of him was still the decisive emperor in the court, he only said: "Your Majesty, this is the country laid down by the emperor, but it is also your country." ”

Above the tall building, there was silence for a moment, and at this time the night was getting deeper, and a few Kong Ming lanterns quietly floated to the sky, and the bright lights gradually disappeared in the inky sky, and after all, it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a star or a lamp. Huizong suddenly smiled as relieved, the laughter echoed on the high stargazing tower, and there was an echo in the imperial city, he turned his head and saw Gonggong An still standing behind him respectfully, "Yes, this is my country!" ”