"He's still useful, not now. ”

"I thought the concubine was soft-hearted. ”

The concubine sneered, "Hmph, his mother taught me that everything has to be earned, what is soft-heartedness?"

"This matter, we will help the mother to do it beautifully, in the future, the mother's wish will be fulfilled, but don't forget to wait for me. ”

"It depends on whether our cooperation goes smoothly or not. ”

The man clenched his fists and said, "There is nothing else, so I will take my leave." ”

"Wait, there's one more thing, the Xie family doesn't know whether it's friend or foe, pay attention. ”

"We've been deploying for so long, what can they do, but they're just overwhelmed by the Binzhou incident, and I'll send someone to keep an eye on it." ”

"Don't be careless. ”

The man nodded, looked around, and disappeared into the night, and the concubine opened the window, stood quietly for a while, called back her confidants, and changed her clothes and went to bed.

Binzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion

In a dark room, a man frowned, and the man looked in his forties, with a pale face and beard, pacing back and forth. In the corner stood a scribe in gray clothes with an ordinary face.

The scribe persuaded, "Don't panic, my lord, this matter has its own Ling King's pocket, we don't need to worry, don't mess with the Xie family." ”

It turned out that the person who was pacing back and forth was the Binzhou Prefecture Pastor Qingzheng, "How can I not be in a hurry, when I went back to Beijing to report on my work, who knew that His Majesty had no intention of transferring me back at all, I am in my forties, what can I do if I don't transfer back, my heirs are not as good as those from the capital family, and my Jiang family is difficult to get ahead." After listening to your persuasion, I took refuge in His Royal Highness King Ling, and we had a chance, but who knew that this time I wanted to do something for King Ling but caused trouble, and the Xie family's nosy affairs were too lenient. “

"So the adults sent someone to catch Xie Yun's child and prepare to make him throw a rat trap?"

Jiang Qingzheng was annoyed, "I'm also anxious for a while, I'm afraid of troublesome King Ling." “

"The adults were anxious about this matter, not only did they not catch anyone, but they were also caught. ”

"I didn't expect the Nine Emperor Princes to intervene in the air, so that my people failed, and the person who was arrested didn't know what he said, and he was released, but before he could ask, he was killed. We are too passive these days. ”

The scribe leaned over and whispered, "Now that the people of Dali Temple and the Xie family are all active in Binzhou openly and secretly, adults should prepare early." ”

"What do you mean?"

"The speed at which this matter was discovered was too fast, most of what we prepared in advance was useless, who knew that I happened to meet Xie Sister Yan and Dusk Tian to be nosy, Xie Yun is also the head of the household, the Xie family will not watch him be implicated, the speed of fermentation is far beyond our expectations, I am afraid that King Ling will abandon the pawn and protect the car and abandon us." “

Find a chair and sit down, "You mean we can't all count on His Royal Highness the King of Ling now, we have to find our own way out?"

"That's right, King Ling is domineering and ruthless, his subordinates are ruthless, if he feels threatened, he will definitely eradicate the threat, we must protect ourselves. ”

"If it makes His Highness feel that we have two hearts, won't we die faster?"

"As long as we can make it difficult for him to protect himself, so that he has no time to separate, we can naturally save his life, at least the life of his family. ”

"Where do we find our way, then?"

"If you believe in me, you will choose to thank your family. ”

"Xie family, isn't this self-defeating?"

"According to the news from Beijing, Xie Ling has no ability, but he relies on other people in Dali Temple, and then sits back and enjoys his success, let's cooperate with him, just to help him clear the suspicion for Xie Yun, and let him make a great contribution, and the Xie family is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and the results found out can win the trust of His Majesty, the Xie family has a grudge against King Ling because of this matter, and will definitely exert efforts to suppress King Ling, and our goal will be achieved." “

"Is this feasible? Will the Xie family really follow our plan?"

The scribe seemed to be very confident, "Who doesn't want the credit of sending it to the door?" At that time, His Majesty will definitely let people bring adults into Beijing for questioning, and your Majesty will put the responsibility on King Ling, with His Majesty's trust in His Majesty and the merits of His Majesty's many years of fighting in Binzhou, His Majesty will surely be lightly punished, as long as Your Majesty spares you, and then find an opportunity to return to Beijing in the future. ”

After a long time, Jiang Qing Zhengcai hesitated, "I can only gamble on luck, I can only contact secretly, we must not be known by the King of Ling, our plans must not be known by the King of Ling. ”

A hint of joy flashed in the scribe's eyes, "If the lord can trust it, send me to do it, after all, I shouldn't have persuaded the lord to accept the Lingwang's overture, and I didn't stop the lord from agreeing to the Lingwang's request." ”

Jiang Qingzheng looked at him, "What do you say, believe it or not, don't you believe that I will discuss with you alone now?" Since you have chosen, you can't regret it, no one complains, as long as you survive this catastrophe, there will be you to make plans for me later, we will definitely have a chance." I don't worry if you go to handle this matter, our net worth and life are all entrusted to you. ”

"My subordinates will do their best to do a good job and live up to the trust. ”

"Don't tell anyone else in advance, contact the Xie family secretly, and if it's as you expected, we'll act according to your plan. ”

"The subordinates understand, but we still need the adults to stabilize the Ling King first, so that we can have enough time to create opportunities. ”

"So, let's go back first. ”

"Don't worry, I'll go back first. After saying this, I don't know what mechanism was pressed on the wall, and a secret door appeared, and the scribe lifted the lantern by the door, took out a fire fold, lit it, and went out through the secret door.

Jiang Qing walked out of the two-wide corridor next to him, went up the steps, opened a mechanism, and walked into the study. The study was brightly lit, and when he came out of the darkness, the person behind the bookcase turned his head, and the person was exactly like him.

"Your Excellency is back?"

"Well, you go down first. ”

"Yes"

Jiang Qing is sitting behind the bookcase and continues to work. The candle in front of the desk shed a lot of candle tears, and before I knew it, it was approaching.

The window creaked, the candles in the room flickered, and a black figure with a mask stood in front of the bookcase, "Lord Jiang is still working so late, what a good official." ”

Hurriedly stood up, "Your Excellency teased, I've been waiting for a long time, I don't know what instructions His Royal Highness King Ling has?"

"Your Highness hopes that you can take the initiative to admit your mistakes, corruption and bribery are your personal decision, Your Highness can protect you from death for the sake of your hard work, and you can also protect your descendants in the future to fulfill your long-cherished wishes. ”

Jiang Qingzheng smiled bitterly: "Do I have any other choice?"

"There are other options that adults don't want to know. ”

"I understand, please tell Your Highness that I know how to do it, and I hope Your Highness can rest assured that you will complete the great cause in the future and be able to shelter one or two. ”

"Lord Jiang is a smart person, but three days ago he made a small mistake, and was actually caught by the Xie family, I don't know what he said, I hope that the adult will admit his mistake thoroughly, don't give others a chance to associate with it, the adult's family, we will help you protect it, and it will be fine." ”

sat down dejectedly, "I understand, when I admit my guilt when I arrive, I will commit suicide in fear of sin, and I will not affect Your Highness, and please don't forget your promise in the future." ”

"It's good if you understand, when King Ling is successful, the capital family will not lose generals in the future. ”

Jiang Qingzheng gave up his hand, his face was dead, and he did not speak.

When the man saw this, he had already said "farewell"

The candlelight flickered again, and the man departed through the window.

Fear of crime and suicide? This official is not so stupid, the dead Taoist friend is not dead and poor, the king of Ling can do it, why can't I do it.

"Someone Coming"

The person guarding the door opened the door and walked in quickly, "Master"

"The people sent by Beijing to investigate the case sent someone to keep an eye on me, and report it at any time, I want to know their whereabouts. ”

"My subordinates will do it. ”

When they were out, he sat down again, took out a piece of paper and wrote something, dried it carefully, folded it, put it in the mezzanine under the bookcase, put the official documents in order, called for a lantern, and sent him to the courtyard of his aunt in Xinna.

The scribe left but did not go back to the house directly, but went to a green building, and the old bustard saw that it was a regular customer, and immediately greeted him, "Master Zhang, you are here, you haven't been here for some days, who do you want to accompany you today?"

"Miss Liuxi, let her come to accompany me, I haven't seen her for a long time, and today I brought her some gadgets. ”

"Oh, it's really unfortunate, Lord Li and they came today, and invited Liu Xi to play the piano for them. ”

"Oh, Lord Li, they're there too, then you can take me directly to them, just to borrow the light to listen to Miss Liuxi's piano." He took out a silver ticket and handed it to the bustard.

"Okay" called a small servant, "Take Master Zhang to Master Li, where are they going." ”

Knock knock

"Who?"

"Master Li, it's me, I didn't expect a few people to take the lead today, so Zhang Xu had to borrow a few lights. ”

Although Zhang Xu does not have any official position, he is just a businessman, and he is secretly a guest of the state pastor, and officials of all sizes give some face, "Mr. Zhang, come in, the piano of the old girl is becoming more and more beautiful." ”

Mr. Zhang threw a piece of silver to the servant as a reward, "Go and order to bring hot wine and food, and I will drink with a few adults." ”

The little guy hurriedly took the silver and nodded in response.

As soon as I entered the room, I went around the screen, there were several adults sitting around a table of wine and food, and there was a piano two steps away, and a girl in red sat behind the piano, and when she raised her eyes, her beauty hit her eyes.

He said softly, "Mr. Zhang hasn't been here for some days. ”

Mr. Zhang sat on the vacant seat, "Yes, there are a lot of things these days, this is not a special day to come to relieve lovesickness." ”

"The little woman played a song for the adults first, and it was in vain for Mr. 's love. ”

"Please"

The sound of the piano is flowing, and it is indeed wonderful.

However, several people did not appreciate the sound of the piano, but talked quietly under the sound of the piano.

Mr. Zhang hugged his fist at Liuxi and said, "The matter is done, Jiang Qingzheng has already agreed to show favor to the Xie family and betray King Ling in exchange for self-preservation." ”

"Do a good job, so that you can avoid a deep investigation by the imperial court, preserve our plan, and hit King Ling hard, and divert the attention of the Xie family. The voice is soft, and his hands play the beautiful piano sound, but his face is serious.

"It's the girl who is smart and adaptable, I'm just deceiving the powerful general, but I'm greedy for life and afraid of death. ”