As soon as Lin Haotian entered the palace, Peng Qian rushed over. invited him to the room, and the two of them sat down, Lin Haotian said straight to the point: "Peng Qian, I came to you this time, and I have two things for you to do." ”

"Yes!" Peng Qian was not ambiguous, and responded seriously.

"First of all, the queen has a younger brother named Yang Fan, who is now being arrested by the lieutenant's mansion for killing a businessman. Just now, the queen has personally begged me for this matter, I don't think it's a big deal, and I don't want to refute the queen's face because of this little thing, so I agreed. Peng Qian, you go to the Lieutenant's Mansion on my behalf and bring Yang Fan up, how to solve it, you can handle it as appropriate, but don't say that I asked you to do it. ”

Peng Qian was stunned, and then smiled, yes, it is really not appropriate for an adult to come forward in this matter, this kind of unreasonable thing, it is better to come forward by yourself.

He nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Wechen will do it properly." After a pause, he asked again: "The second thing that the Lord asked Weichen to do is ......"

"The second thing is a happy event!" Lin Haotian stood up, walked slowly in front of Peng Qian with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I helped you find a lady! Very beautiful, beautiful as a flower, outstanding temperament, good family background, noble birth, quite admired......"

"Wait, wait!" Peng Qian became more and more confused the more he listened, and asked uncertainly, "My lord said that I found a lady......?"

"I mean to marry you!" Lin Haotian said with a smile: "Peng Qian, I heard that you don't have a wife in the main room until now, this is not good, the woman I am looking for for you is named Liang Yan, and she is the daughter of Liang Yun, the great sect of You Guo, count it out." and you are also a good match, I think, you two are just right. ”

It turns out that the adult wants to marry Liang Yun by himself! Peng Qian is so smart, after listening to Lin Haotian's words, he also understood what he meant.

It is impossible to make accurate statistics on the number of people who have migrated to Jinguo. But on record alone, there are more than eight million. So many people suddenly came to the Kingdom of Jin, once there was chaos, the consequences would be unimaginable. As a great uncle, Liang Yun is highly respected among the Youren, and can be said to be the spiritual leader of the Youren, and his attitude towards the Jin State will also directly affect the attitude of the Youren towards the Jin State.

If the adult wants to marry Liang Yun himself, he will wait to tie him firmly to the side of the Jin Kingdom. As long as he is on the side of the Jin Kingdom, it will be impossible for millions of people to be in chaos again.

Intellectually speaking, Peng Qian doesn't think there's anything wrong with adults doing this, but from a personal emotional point of view, marriage matters are affected by others, and he will be more or less unhappy in his heart, he said with a wry smile: "When did adults start to like to be matchmakers?"

Lin Haotian raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "What's the matter, Peng Qian, are you not satisfied with my arrangement? I'm also doing this for your good." The daughter of the Liang family has the appearance of sinking fish and geese, and closing the moon and shy flowers. Do you think that people will not marry you? Do you think that I have to marry you? The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, I don't know how many people are eyeing Miss Liang, such as Wuya, Jin Cheng, Bufan, etc., there are many unmarried ministers, if you don't agree, I will find someone else in Lima. ”

Seeing that things have to be discussed, they can't get along. Tong Lei cleverly interjected on the side: "Lord Peng, my lord is not exaggerating, Miss Liang is indeed beautiful, she can be called one in a million, it is better to be like this." Don't be in a hurry to object, Master Peng, go and meet Miss Liang first, maybe Miss Liang may not be able to look down on Master Peng!"

"That's it!" Lin Haotian nodded his head and continued: "You are still martial, women have always liked Kong Wu's majestic men, Peng Qian, you talk about you, you can't lift your hands, you can't resist your shoulders, why can people look down on you? I think Tong Lei is right, I will arrange for you to meet first, see if you fit your eyes, and the matter of marriage can be said slowly!"

Listening to Lin Haotian and Tonglei singing and harmonizing, Peng Qian shook his head helplessly, it seemed that it was impossible for him to refuse, he was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay! ”

"Well, that's right!" Lin Haotian patted Peng Qian's shoulder with a smile.

Leaving the palace, Peng Qian went to the lieutenant's mansion to pick up people.

Although there is an army in the Lieutenant's Mansion, it is not under the control of Chu Lianyu, Peng Qian is the top boss of the Lieutenant's Mansion, and it is naturally easy for him to mention people, and it didn't take much to mention Yang Fan. However, he didn't leave immediately, and talked with Wang Yu for a long time to understand the ins and outs of the whole thing, and then returned to the palace and returned to Lin Haotian.

As for Yang Fan, after taking him out of the lieutenant's mansion, he went straight home.

When he arrived at the palace and met with Lin Haotian, Peng Qian roughly told Lin Haotian about Yang Fan's hurtful things.

The matter is very simple, that is, Yang Fan and the businessman who was beaten to death were eating in the same restaurant, and because of a trivial matter, there was a friction, and the words did not agree, and they got into a big fight. At that time, both of them had servants by their side, and the scene of the fight was also relatively chaotic, the merchant's domestic servants were not Yang Fan's servants' opponents, and they were all injured, as for the merchant, unfortunately, he suffered heavy blows to the head and internal organs in the brawl, and he died on the spot.

There are no twists and turns in the whole thing, it is clear at a glance, although there are mistakes on both sides, but after all, Yang Fan's side beat people to death, he cannot escape the blame, and it is natural for the Lieutenant's Mansion to arrest him.

After reporting everything to Lin Haotian, Peng Qian still wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lin Haotian smiled and asked, "Peng Qian, what else do you want to say?"

Peng Qian frowned and said, "When I talked to General Wang Yu, he mentioned that this matter seems to be nothing on the surface, but in fact there is something not quite right. ”

Lin Haotian blinked, picked up the dossier that Peng Qian brought, read it from beginning to end, and didn't feel anything wrong, he asked, "What did Wang Yu say?"

Peng Qian said: "General Wang Yu said that Yang Fan is the younger brother of the queen's mother, although he is a little pretentious on weekdays, but his nature is not bad, he has never done anything to bully others, hurt nature and reason, even if there have been fights and brawls before, but the other party is the son of a powerful person, and has never involved ordinary people, but this time, he beat a businessman to death because of a trivial and trivial matter. It's really unusual, and it makes people feel that something is wrong. ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Lin Haotian still knows Wang Yu very well, he is a native of Wancheng, and now he is the deputy commander of the Lieutenant's Mansion, so he knows the situation in the capital well. There was nothing he didn't know.

It sounds like he still has a high opinion of Yang Fan, but this is a little inconsistent with the queen's words, in Yang Yuyan's mouth, Yang Fan is simply useless, and he knows that he is causing trouble.

Compared with Yang Yuyan, Lin Haotian naturally believed Wang Yu's words more, but why did Yang Yuyan lie. Could it be that he deliberately belittled his younger brother and lowered his posture, so as to implore him to let Yang Fan go?

Lin Haotian was really incomprehensible about this, and he asked, "Has the identity of the merchant been clarified?"

"General Wang Yu has already found out. It is indeed a merchant who came to the capital from the wooden land to do business, his family is innocent, very wealthy, and he has been doing business for generations, and there is no problem. Moreover, it has nothing to do with Yang Fan and the Yang family. Peng Qian replied.

"That's weird. Lin Haotian snorted and couldn't help laughing. picked up the file again, and muttered while reading it: "According to Wang Yu's meaning, Yang Fan should have intentionally killed the other party, but the other party has an innocent family background, and he still lives in Mudi, so he is a wooden man." and Yang Fan can't fight with eight strokes at all...... Why do you want to kill each other on purpose?"

"Weichen also thinks it's strange!" Peng Qian said: "There is only one explanation, General Wang Yu overestimated Yang Fan too much, maybe this person is a gentleman, accustomed to bullying others, and thinks he is the queen's younger brother." It's the uncle of the country, and no one cares about it. ”

Lin Haotian shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "Maybe!"

As he spoke, he closed the file, handed it to Peng Qian, and said: "No matter what, this matter is over here, there is no need to investigate it again, as for the claim, you can hand it over to the Lieutenant's Mansion to deal with it, the Yang family is very rich, and the Lieutenant's Mansion can also take the opportunity to extort a sum of money!"

Peng Qian said: "Extortion comes and goes, in fact, it is all our own money. Most of the money of the Yang family is rewarded by the queen, and the queen's money comes from the palace, and the money in the palace is given by adults. ”

Lin Haotian picked up the cup, blew the tea foam on it, took a sip, and asked, "Are you complaining that I shouldn't pay tribute to the palace and cut off the palace's grain?"

Peng Qian said: "Our army's arsenal has always been difficult to be rich, just because the burden is too heavy, the huge palace, the ministers of the court, all have to pay us to support it, and it accumulates over time, and the cost is quite large. ”

Lin Haotian sighed lightly, took another sip of tea, and said, "This is also something that can't be helped. There is no free dinner in the world, and pies will not fall from the sky in vain, and if Zhao Yu can tolerate us, we will have to pay a considerable price! ”

Peng Qian smiled and said, "Adults can see it." ”

"Otherwise, what else can you do, you can't really let the king starve to death in the palace, right?!" Lin Haotian tapped the cup lightly with his fingers.

After a pause, Lin Haotian asked again: "How much silver is there in the treasury now?"

"This Weichen is not clear, I have to ask Lord Xiao. "The treasury has always been managed by Xiao Xuan, the imperial historian, and even Peng Qian, a civil official, has no right to intervene in this regard.

Lin Haotian said quietly: "The war against the Red is another huge expense, and now what I am most worried about is that once the war explodes, the treasury will be difficult to support. ”

Peng Qian smiled and said: "Lord Xiao's temperament has always been the most straightforward, as long as Lord Xiao has not complained bitterly, it means that the money in the treasury can cope with this war." ”

Lin Haotian stood up, walked back and forth, and said: "My country's central army has already exceeded one million, and this time there are 400,000 more people, just thinking about the monthly military salary to be paid, I feel scary, this is not counting the consumption of grain, grass and military funds." The war against the Red Army must be fast, and as time goes by, I am very worried that my country itself will be dragged by so many troops. ”

Peng Qian's face was straight, and he said busily: "What the adult said is exactly what Wechen is worried about, since the adult already knows the stakes, Wechen is also relieved." ”

Lin Haotian smiled, raised his head and said, "Okay, don't talk about this, I have to go to the palace and explain to the queen." I helped her this time, without expecting anything in return, but I also had to make her remember my kindness. ”

Peng Qian was also happy and reminded: "The identity of the queen's mother is extraordinary, if you go to the queen's bedroom, you should not stay too long, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble and misunderstanding." ”

"It's nature. Lin Haotian said with a sneer.

Peng Qian just said it casually, although Lin Haotian often acted in a perverse and unreasonable manner, but he was not so incomprehensible, not to mention that Lin Haotian himself was not such a lustful person.

He stood up and said, "I happened to go out of the house with my lordship." ”

On the way to the Royal Palace. Lin Haotian and Peng Qian took the same car, road, he hadn't forgotten Liang Yan's incident, and repeatedly reminded Peng Qian not to miss this opportunity, You Guo is dead. But the prestige of the great uncle in the eyes of the people is still there, it is very important to the Jin country, and marrying Liang Yan can also further consolidate Peng Qian's position in the court.

Lin Haotian's words are not unreasonable, in terms of Liang Yun's importance to the Jin Kingdom, no matter who marries his daughter, his status will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Peng Qian, who calmed down, naturally knew the stakes very well. Adults can think of themselves first in this matter, which just shows that adults value and trust themselves, even if Liang Yan looks like a dominatrix, he may have to grit his teeth and agree to this marriage. Not for himself, but for the long-term interests of the entire Peng family.

There are unpredictable golden clouds in the sky, and now he is Lin Haotian's mental adviser, and he can call the wind and rain. But who can guarantee that there will be no variables in the future?

Halfway through, Peng Qian said goodbye to Lin Haotian. got out of the car and returned home, and Lin Haotian continued to rush to the palace.

With Lin Haotian's identity, no one dared to stop him even if he directly entered the queen's bedroom, but the etiquette was inconsistent, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he still asked the guards to go to the queen to say hello.

It didn't take long. The guards returned, and bowed respectfully to Lin Haotian and said, "My lord, the queen is invited." ”

"En!" Lin Haotian responded, did not bring more entourage, and only brought Shao Lin and Tonglei into the palace.

It's evening. Yang Yuyan had already prepared wine and food in the dormitory, and compared with noon, the wine and food at this time were more sumptuous and formal.

After Lin Haotian came in, and before he could speak, Yang Yuyan got up and took the initiative to greet him, and said with a smile: "The palace has heard about it, and my brother has returned home safely. ”

Lin Haotian smiled slightly and said: "The queen is too polite, and the lady will naturally do her best to do what the mother explains." ”

"General Lin, please take a seat!" As she spoke, Yang Yuyan waved her hand sideways and personally gave up her seat for Lin Haotian.

Lin Haotian raised his eyes and was slightly stunned, in the main hall, there were only two tables of banquets, which was normal, after all, he was going to dine with the queen, but the two tables were not one in the main seat and one in the lower position, but side by side.

It is true that he is a general, but he is not qualified to be on an equal footing with the queen, and in the whole world, only the king can be equal to the queen.

He pondered for a moment, didn't walk over, turned around, took the initiative to sit down behind the table at hand, and then waved to the palace maids who were waiting around: "Come here, move all the wine and food to this table." ”

The palace maids were about to come forward, but Yang Yuyan waved her hand to them and said, "There's nothing to do with you here, it's all out of the way!"

"Yes, the queen mother, the slave and maid are retired!"

How dare the palace maids disobey the orders of their masters and withdraw from the main hall.

Lin Haotian frowned secretly, and was about to speak, when Yang Yuyan walked over, pulled his sleeve, and said, "General Lin doesn't have to see outside, sit closer, and talk a little more aspectly." ”

Lin Haotian has never been a person who likes to push back, since Yang Yuyan doesn't care, what does he care about? He said with a smile: "The queen mother is gracious, and this handsome person is rude." While speaking, he and Yang Yuyan sat side by side.

There are indeed a lot of dishes on the table, and they are also exquisitely made, with all the color, flavor and flavor.

Without waiting for Lin Haotian to move his chopsticks, Yang Yuyan had already picked up a few pieces of meat, put them in a small plate, and then handed them to Lin Haotian and said, "General Lin taste it, this is a bear's paw made by the imperial chef of the palace." ”

Hehe! Lin Haotian smiled secretly in his heart, it is estimated that Yang Yuyan is like this when she serves the king! She really eats other people's short mouths and takes other people's hands short, and she helped her by herself, and her attitude towards herself can change so much.

He took the plate and said with a smile: "The queen doesn't have to greet Ben Shuai, she is so polite, but it makes Ben Shuai a little like sitting on pins and needles." ”

Yang Yuyan giggled and said, "That palace should be very honored." ”

"Oh?" Lin Haotian looked at her puzzled.

"After all, there are not many people who can make General Lin sit on pins and needles!" Yang Yuyan blinked slightly and looked at him with a smile.

"Ha Lu, Ha-" Lin Haotian couldn't help but look up and laugh.

Shao Lin and Tong Lei, who were standing on the side, saw that the lord and the queen were talking happily, and automatically and consciously retreated, and did not stand until the door of the main hall, facing the palace door, with their backs to Lin Haotian and Yang Yuyan.

Lin Haotian lowered his head and took a bite of the bear paw that Yang Yuyan helped him clip, the taste was indeed excellent, and there was a faint milk fragrance in it, which just covered up the smell of the bear paw and made it more delicious.

"What does General Lin think?"

"It is worthy of being the queen's imperial chef, the cooking skills are really extraordinary, and I am afraid that I will not find a second such delicious bear paw when I travel all over the country. Lin Haotian praised it from the bottom of his heart.

Yang Yuyan smiled, and while pouring wine for Lin Haotian, she said softly: "General Lin has won the award." When she poured wine for Lin Haotian, her body was almost attached to Lin Haotian's arm, and the faint musky fragrance entered Lin Haotian's nose again, and she couldn't help but feel a swaying in her heart. It's a pity that he and Yang Yuyan are not familiar with each other, let alone friends, otherwise, he must ask her what spices she uses and why she smells so good.

didn't seem to notice Lin Haotian's strange appearance, Yang Yuyan picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Great grace is not thanks, this time, if this palace says thank you to General Lin, it will be too light, if there is an opportunity in the future, this palace will definitely repay General Lin's kindness, and this palace will give General Lin a glass first." ”

You can remember my benefits, that's the best!" Lin Haotian muttered in his heart, also picked up his wine glass, and said: "Niangniang is the queen, and in the future, this handsome will inevitably have things to trouble Niangniang, help each other, it will be good for everyone." ”

"What General Lin said is extremely true!"

"!"

The two clinked glasses to each other and drank each other. (To be continued......)