Chapter 245: Above the Court
(Cat flutter Chinese) The incident happened suddenly, coupled with the anger of getting up, Qin Zhuo was extremely impatient and roared: "! The man outside the courtyard shrunk his neck, for fear that he would not anger his second master, so he swallowed his mouth and spitted and whispered: "Fang Cailan's family sent someone to report that Mrs. Liu was in distress in the middle of the road, and now the life and death of people, cars and escort thugs are uncertain." As soon as the news came out, Qin Yang was stunned, and the first reaction with the servants behind him was: "Second master, do you want to report to the young lady?" Qin Yang raised his hand and signaled that he didn't need to: "Don't be surprised until the matter is clear." Then, he looked at the man and said suspiciously: "The city gate is closed at three o'clock, and now it's almost three watches, how can the Lan family get the news?" ”
"This ......" guy was a little annoyed, and he was in a hurry to explain the situation just now, and forgot to ask clearly. The servant was older, much calmer, and arched his hand: "Second master, the old slave has been to Ximen Street, and I heard that the Lan family has some unwritten rules, I don't know if it's true." Qin Yang: "Speak." The servant gave the servant a look, hurriedly withdrew, and the servant said: "The Lan family has also protected tricky people, for the sake of prudence, the escort is divided into two teams, one team is bright and the other team is dark, and secretly there must be a messenger in that team to prevent the messenger from being killed, and they are all selected after going on the road." In case of accidents, the messenger hid in the shadows and did not show up or make a move. This time, the Lan family reported at night that the situation must be urgent, and they released signals such as arrows or fireworks outside the city. "There are many rules in the black market, Qin Yang has heard of it for a long time, but the Lan family stipulates that the first time he heard it, it was not surprising, he estimated the time, and he would know a thing or two when he went to the city tower to ask the night guard tomorrow.
The servant looked at his face, pondered his thoughts, and asked, "Second master, what is the matter of Mrs. Liu ...... right now?"
"I have my own arrangements." finished, Qin Yang turned around and went back to the house. He took off his coat and lay down in the dark, with a warm, soft arm on his side.
"Awake?" Qin Yang hugged the people around him into his arms, and exhaled a sigh-like heavy breath in his nose.
Wen Wanrong did wake up, from Qin Yang going out just now to opening the courtyard door, the whole movement was heard clearly, but what was going on outside the courtyard, it didn't really matter, it seemed that something had happened, and listening to Qin Yang's tone again, it didn't seem to be very good.
"What's going on? In the middle of the night. She felt faintly uneasy in her heart and couldn't help but ask. Qin Yang didn't want to, and coaxed her: "It's nothing, sleep." He closed his eyes.
The more the other party is not, the more it arouses Wen Wanrong's vigilance, she withdraws from her arms, borrows the night, gets out of bed, lights the fire folds, and glances at the missing moment, near the end of the time.
When she climbed back into the cot, she hesitated and asked him, "Did you sleep?" Qin Yang was silent for a long time, she thought he was pretending to be asleep, and when she was about to ask for the second time, she found that she was really asleep.
But early in the morning, before dawn, Qin Yang got up, and he rarely got up earlier than Wen Wanrong. Wen Wanrong was woken up by the clanging sound of the leather belt and the jade buckle colliding together, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she heard Qin Yang explain to her subordinates in the hall to go to the forward camp to spread the word, and pull a few wolf green for him to spare.
She was strange, got out of bed with her clothes on, and followed the man who walked in: "Good look, what are you doing pulling a dog?" What the hell happened last night? "Wen Wanrong has seen wolves bite people to death in Jiangrong, and she has lingering palpitations for the big dog.
Qin Yang saw her worries, sat at the Eight Immortals table, patted the empty space next to him, and motioned to accompany him to breakfast.
Wen Wanrong came after washing, and quickly got behind the screen, thinking that Qin Yang was going to chat while eating, but he suddenly said, "The Lan family came last night." "Lan family?
Wen Wanrong was stunned for a moment, then reacted, spit out the tea in her mouth, wiped her mouth and asked, "Why are the Lan family looking for us in the middle of the night?" We are only one side of the same day with Mrs. Lan. Qin Yang snorted and said lightly: "It is estimated that Mrs. Lan thought that the two families of Qin Dan had dealings, and told us overnight that something had happened to the escort." "Something happened to Liu Yiyi?
! Wen Wanrong was stunned, didn't bother to wash her face, ran out, sat next to Qin Yang, frowned, and said, "Why didn't you tell me at night?" ”
"It's the middle of the night, and it's useless." Qin Yang poured a cup of hot tea, and said without squinting,
"Three watches, others, even rats can't go out of the city, what are you going to do? Night? Wen Wanrong was anxious: "At least we should send someone to Dan Mansion and inform Dan Ze!" Qin Yang asked her to put her heart in her stomach: "The Lan family asked someone to inform the Qin Mansion, so why don't you go to Xibogou?" After a pause, he said in his heart: "Wen Wanrong, the Black Market Lan family cannot be ignored, dare to attack them, it is not idle, I make it clear, now except for the imperial court, there is no other force to compete with it." In the imperial court, Wen Wanrong first thought of the emperor: "What do you mean, is the imperial uncle wanting to do something to the Lan family?" Qin Yang don't say goodbye: "It's not good, Qi You is the most suspicious at the moment, he and Xibo Dog are incompatible, the group of ** people in charge of the Yandu case and Dali Temple are running on each other, and the rumors spread to the Privy Council, and the bastards of the calamity are watching the fire from the other side, gloating." "The virtue of the Privy Council's calamity, Wen Wanrong doesn't look at others, she knows one or two when she looks at Qin Yang, but this is not the point, the point is that if Qi You really starts, as long as it is found out that Dan Ze has private dealings with the Xibo people, the Qin family will definitely suffer.
can deal with Qi You, simple and simple, difficult and difficult. Wen Wanrong pondered for a while and said, "We have to do something, and helping Danze is also helping ourselves." Qin Yang said without hesitation: "This is nature." ”
"How do you think of a cope?"
"Nope." Qin Yang's index finger tapped on the edge of the table, making a knocking sound, his expression changed slightly, and he asked rhetorically,
"The Qin family is a close friend, and everyone in the government and the opposition knows it, and now they suddenly help an alien element, are you stupid for the Qi family?" Wen Wanrong was also confused by this question: "Shall we help or not?" ”
"Help must help," Qin Yang thought to himself, if it wasn't Qin Yu's trouble, whose woman was caught and shut down his, he didn't have a clue how to help without being conspicuous for a while, and only told Wen Wanrong,
"Xibogou and the Qi family have me over there, you go into the palace today to find an opportunity to tell Peony, and ask her to keep to herself, so that she can do it herself." Wen Wanrong nodded, knowing.
Then the red calyx brought the food box, set the meal, the two of them ate halfway, and the wolf was ready, and asked how to place it?
Qin Yang put down his chopsticks and explained that he would leash the dog to the backyard, and no one was allowed to approach without his permission. Fight for your life.
Qin Yang had something in his heart, and there was still half a bowl of porridge left, so he wiped his mouth and stopped eating, got up and put on his coat. He didn't eat, Wen Wanrong followed off the table, waited for dressing, looked at the missing moment, and said with concern: "Are you going out?" It's still early, isn't it? Qin Yang sat in the house and was depressed, so it was better to go out early.
Jiuqing Hall is a side hall for officials to rest and wait before the early dynasty, the eunuch on duty thought about it a lot, but he didn't expect that General Qin, who had always stepped on the court, came so early, and the tea came out to look at the slightly bright east, thinking that the sun would come out in the west today.
Qin Yang ignored the palace people's momentary surprised gaze, walked with his robe up, stepped straight into Jiuqing Hall with his back, stood firm on one foot, glanced at the huge hall, and was slightly stunned.
With the same straight back, he stood in front of the half-open window with his hands in his hands, staring outward, his honey-colored hair conspicuous in the bright firelight.
Qin Yang raised his eyebrows, and understood that he didn't sleep well and was not the only one who got up early. Think about it, if your woman has an accident, she can eat and sleep soundly, she is either stupid or wasted...... Coming back to his senses, he sat down in the closest position to the door, and after a while, the eunuch brought a cup of hot tea, placed it firmly on the square tea table on Qin Yang's right hand, and then withdrew.
Dan Ze was actually at the moment when the person entered the door, listening to the footsteps to argue who it was, he turned his eyes slightly, and caught a glimpse of the crow blue official robe, confirming the guess, his expression was solemn, and his thoughts returned to worry.
Jiuqingtang returned to the silence of the needle. Two men, one sitting and drinking tea, the other standing and watching, even if they were thinking the same thing in their hearts, neither of them paid attention to anyone, I don't know if they disdained to talk to them, or they didn't bother to speak.
"General Qin, did you sleep peacefully last night?" I don't know when, Dan Ze sat diagonally opposite Qin Yang, looked at him for a moment, and asked very vaguely.
Qin Yang raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a sarcastic smile, which had the meaning of knowing that he was deliberate. He doesn't like Danze, and Danze doesn't have a good impression of him, if he wasn't tied to a rope now, one wouldn't condescend, and the other wouldn't force himself to take care of the other party.
Dan Ze listened to the movement outside, and said cautiously: "Today I will go to Ximen Street to find the Lan family to find someone together, and the general is here ......."
"I can't come forward." Qin Yang knew what he was going to ask, and he was blunt,
"The striker has nourished wolf green, borrow a few from you, remember to pay it back." Dan Ze is an understanding person, get up and arch your hand, thank you.
In a few words, the two of them knew it well, and there was no need to say much. With the passage of time in the early dynasties, there were more and more officials in Jiuqingtang, and the most discussed was the relationship between the two countries of the Great Zhou and Xibo.
The civil officials and the civil officials discussed with each other, and most of the military generals gave disdainful looks, and mentioned the current situation in Yanmen Pass more, and burst into laughter from time to time.
For a while, Jiuqing Hall was not lively. When it was almost time to go to the upper court, a group of people walked out in groups of three or five. Song Zhi pulled Qin Yang to deliberately slow down, walked to the end, and said in a low voice: "You went crazy with your asshole this morning, and if you went out so early, it would cause me to pounce." Qin Yang raised his eyebrows, resisted the urge to beat people, and snorted: "Lao Tzu will take care of your sooner or later when he goes out." Song Zhi continued to make cheap mistakes and learned his tone: "It's rare for Lao Tzu to be kind to you, and you can't be a bird if you change someone." Qin Yang stiffened his face, gave an expression of believing it or not, and signaled to shut up.
"Early in the morning, it's not good for the liver to be hot." Song Zhi saw that he was unhappy, gloated and smiled, lowered his voice, changed his words, and asked with deep meaning,
"You're very unusual this morning, what happened during the night?" Qin Yang glanced at him deeply, his chin tilted towards Fengdian, and diverted the topic: "It's time, don't be idle." Song Zhi raised his eyebrows, and a hint of meaning flashed in his eyes.
On the palace, the early dynasty was on time. The emperor has always treated everyone equally in the court, but now it is rare to see it, in front of a courtier, he named and said with a caring smile: "Dan Siqing, I heard that you were unwell the day before yesterday, but you are better?" Dan Ze was full of thoughts about how to find Liu Yiyi, was suddenly named, stunned, and quickly reacted, and replied with a salute: "Weichen is grateful to the emperor for his compassion, and he has zero tears, only to take care of his body, do his best for the court, and live up to the emperor's favor." Xiao Jing loves to listen to the words of loyalty.
His voice was slightly deep, with a smile in his eyes, and he pushed the boat down the river and said, "Dan Siqing, regarding the matter of Xibo Peace, I will hand over the heavy responsibility to you. "Could it be that the emperor changed his mind and decided to make peace?
Dan Ze lowered his eyes, secretly surprised for a moment, bent over, and said calmly: "Weichen has worked hard to live up to the emperor's expectations." With that, he took a few steps back and returned to the ranks of the courtiers.
After Xiao Jing finished one thing, he negotiated peace and continued: "In order to show his sincerity, Xibo Khan is willing to retreat twenty miles and rebuild the trade road between the two countries, but put forward one condition...... " He glanced at the courtiers in the hall, and saw that everyone bowed their heads and lowered their hands, as if waiting for the announcement of the following.
Xiao Jing said loudly: "The Xibo envoy requested that the place where the peace book was signed should be near the Heishui River, five miles away from Yankou Guancheng. As soon as the words fell, the entire court boiled.
The first to open their mouths turned out to be two idle princes who don't ask about court affairs on weekdays. The prince was indignant and resolutely opposed: "Your Majesty, why is it the old man Xibo who signed the book?" Bully me Da Zhou has no soldiers! Not to mention the 100,000 troops stationed in the border defense of Yankou Pass, the Qin, Song, Xu, and Deng generals who followed the emperor Taizu at the beginning have produced many talents, and they will fight if they want to fight. "A speech is inflammatory, but the emperor understands that it is one thing for several ministers and brothers to be indignant and unsettled, and it is another thing to go to war and negotiate peace.
"What do you think of Qin Aiqing?" After Xiao Jing listened, his eyes turned to the column of generals and officials. Qin Yang was not surprised that he was named, but when he heard the three words of Heishui River, he was a little distracted, before his father died in battle, he had been to Heishui River twice, and the area was low-lying, and a large area of weeds was overgrown on the high soil slopes on both sides, which was very easy to ambush.
After coming back to his senses, after a brief description of the topography of the Heishui River, he carefully said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that the conditions for peace negotiation are acceptable, but the place of signing the book needs to be discussed. "If you are a minister, you have to have the humility of a courtier, usually ghosts roar and scream, and at critical moments, you can't be like those princes who have nothing to do with birds, concubines, and amusements, chop your mouth up and down, and think about anything.
"Where does Aiqing think it's appropriate?" The emperor asked.
"I think it's okay to swallow it." Qin Yang thought about answering again and again, not because of Qin Yu's lack of heart, or because the Lan family was suddenly attacked, he always felt that the emperor's eyes looked at him with a bit of interrogation and suspicion.
It was also this interrogation and suspicion that made him realize that the emperor took care of the relationship between the monarch and the minister, balanced the forces of all parties, and as long as there was no fault on the face, it was safest for their family to stay under the emperor's nose.
It's just that the place where the book is signed must be back to Yandu, and it is even more difficult for Xibo to get out. In addition, Liu Yiyi didn't know where to go, and he delayed it for a few more days, but he was afraid that the proposal and the book had not been signed, and all the handles would fall into the hands of others.
The thought swirled around in his mind, Qin Yang hesitated for a moment, and then: "Dan Siqing, as the envoy of the Great Zhou, should negotiate with the Xibo envoy on behalf of the emperor's will, if Xibo refuses, he has to go to Heihe to talk, and he can send Dan Siqing alone, and then the minister will urgently inform Commander Xu that he will personally lead a team of people to protect him secretly." On the surface, he gave the emperor an idea, but in fact, he told Dan Ze to let him go.
How could Dan Ze not be able to hear, he lowered his head and lowered his eyes, as if he was listening carefully, but the hand hidden in the wide sleeve was clenched into a fist, revealing his inner struggle.
He knew that Heishui River was the best chance to get out, even if Liu Yiyi made a move, once he got out of the border line of Yankou Pass, with the Dan family to respond, no one would be able to get him.
But when I think of Liu Yiyi, I think of the crying in the carriage of the Nalan family, I think of the lingering sorrow of the night, I think of the unfulfilled promise, and I think of her cold birth...... Cat flutter Chinese