The snow became more and more intense outside the house, and the cold air drilled through the cracks, and the two of them sat opposite each other and even breathed white smoke, but they didn't feel the slightest chill.

Especially Ma Zhongcheng, dressed in a thin dark green linen coat, a pair of ordinary black socks-style cloth shoes, this kind of dress, in this ice and snow, even a strong young man in his early twenties, has to freeze his nose, and this person is middle-aged, delicate, and malnourished, and the uncle actually sits firmly on Mount Tai, which is really unbelievable.

Looking at Ma Zhongcheng's sad expression, Tuoba Hao personally poured wine for Ma Zhongcheng and talked solemnly, "The country is gone, the situation has changed greatly, looking back on the past is the behavior of the weak, and looking forward to the future is what the strong should do." ”

Ma Jiguang looked at the wine in the bowl, and said bitterly after drinking it, "Future!! It's a pity that I'm weak, even if I'm looking forward to the future, I'm afraid I can't do it alone. ”

Tuoba Hao's eyes lit up, and he continued to pour wine for him, "Brother Jiguang, don't mourn, this future is in the palm of your hand!" ”

Zhongcheng pretended to show goodwill, toasted and was lower than his bowl of wine, and smiled slightly, "I want to hear it."

Tuoba Hao picked up the wine bowl and swore and said, "In the eyes of outsiders, the demon queen controls the world, oil, salt, rice, vinegar, tea, cloth, the six economic lifelines, Yu Hou holds hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and the two are rumored to be embarrassed, so that most of the uncertain ministers tend to be inflammatory, and secretly curry favor, yes and no"

"Yes!"

"The emperor claims to be sick to the outside world, but in fact he is a fish and meat, slaughtered by others, restricted by others, famous but not substantial, yes and no"

"Yes!"

"The crown prince has been deposed, Yu Hou will announce the position of Xiangguo tomorrow, and from then on take the opportunity to assist the young and ignorant His Royal Highness King Ming (King Ming is the emperor who used means to occupy Qi Zhanying's body, and the child born is now only five years old), and staged the matter of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, yes or no."

"Hey~ Yes! Since the captain has seen it so thoroughly, why should he be a lackey and look at people's eyebrows! ”

"Do you want me to learn from Sikong Xiangguo and destroy my future in order to save this great prosperity who is really alive?"

"Shouldn't it? You are the minister of Daxing, and I am also the minister of Daxing, as a courtier with Daxing's money, I should eliminate the worries of the king, eradicate the ministers of chaos, and make the court bright and bright. Captain Yu Qing holds the power of the army, and there are many strong soldiers and good generals around him, they love you, and follow Yu You in the hope of getting ahead and saving his hometown from fire and water, rather than being forced to go to the end of the road in a panic. ”

"Haha~~, Ma Zhongcheng, you are smart, why are you so confused now, this great rejuvenation country has long been exhausted, we should follow the general trend of the world, and the strong live in it."

Tuoba Hao rose up and said, "Brother Jiguang, come and join us, I believe that with your support, all the talents in the world will not have to worry." ”

"Rebels and thieves!" At this moment, Ma Jiguang couldn't bear it anymore, he was so angry that his face turned tendons, and he slammed the bowl and scolded rudely.

"When the country is in trouble, the husband is responsible. At this juncture is the time for us to unite as one and promote righteousness, how can we give up our country for the sake of the powerful, how dare we tamper with the court for our own desires, you are different from those tyrants and bad criminals, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not all of them are the same as animals, and there is no behavior for people at all. ”

"Bastard, you stupid reckless man, isn't the lesson of the commonplace not enough? Has the disgrace of the prince not yet been poured out on you? This Daxing country is no longer the Daxing of the past, and anyone who understands should know why you are so ignorant. ”

"I don't understand the reason, it's you who reverses black and white, if Sikong Xiangguo and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince don't have a group of ill-intentioned courtiers to get in the way, how can they be defeated."

"I'm bah~~ I can't blame others for their failures, I can only say that they are too stupid and underestimate Qi Zhanying, but I don't know that this woman has long been eyeing the prince and Xiangguo, in this case, if she doesn't honestly follow the trend, she has to be a moth to the fire, and no one will be saved."

"You need to know this, so why don't you remind it."

"Enough, I can come here because I was grateful for your life-saving grace and wanted to give you a way out, since you don't appreciate it, then don't blame Captain Ben for not thinking about his classmates for many years"

After speaking, Tuoba Hao stood tall and walked away!

Ma Zhongcheng looked at Tuoba Hao's figure in the wind and snow at this moment, and shouted, "Stop!" Since you read the previous life-saving grace, then let me ask you one thing, have you interfered with the affairs of the prince and Xiangguo. ”

Tuoba Hao thought he was connected, but he didn't expect to ask such a non-trivial question, which was really disappointing, and he angrily refused, "This is the first thing to give back to you, the plan of the prince and Xiangguo, I Tuoba Hao didn't get in the way." ”

Then he slowly disappeared into the wind and snow, without looking back.

With Ma Zhongcheng's understanding of Tuoba Hao, what he said was true, but he didn't seem to be happy with the truth, but even more serious loss, thinking of this court with wolves in front and tigers in the back, he directly picked up the wine jug and drank it with a grunt.

"It's a pity that the wine is not a confidant, and the Taoism is different."

Ma Zhongcheng only wrote three sentences on the stone table, and then he had no choice but to leave slowly drunk on the snowy night.

……

The next day, the wind and snow have not stopped, after Gonggong Wu announced the holy decree step by step, he immediately announced his retreat from the court, which did not see Queen Qi, which made Yu Xiangguo, who had just taken office, worried, and did not even accept the holy decree, and swaggered straight to the bedroom of the queen of the harem.

"It turns out that Queen Qi has occasionally felt cold since she went to court yesterday."

Yu Xiangguo was distressed, and scolded the servants and maids around him, "How did you take care of the queen, didn't you even invite the imperial doctor when you were sick?" What use do you want, get out of here and get a hundred kills. ”

Even a tough guy with a hundred kills would have to lose his entire life, not to mention these powerless palace maids and eunuchs."

They were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "Please spare your life, please spare your life!" ”

It wasn't until the half-asleep Empress Qi was completely woken up that Yu Xiangguo's move was stopped.

"Wait, they're innocent, Yu Xiangguo, I'm okay, I let them do this."

When Yu Xiangguo saw Qi Zhanying wake up, he immediately broke into the tent, held his wrist and whispered, "It's okay to say that your face is pale." ”

Empress Qi smiled kindly, "You all go down!" ”

"Thank you Niangniang, thank you Xiangguo"

After all the people around them were gone, they didn't have so much to worry about, and quickly resumed their previous situation.

Yu Guohou went to the bed of Feng, hugged Zhan Ying and carefully comforted him, but said with mixed feelings in his heart, "You are naughty again, and you don't see the doctor when you are sick, are you disgusted with medicine?" ”

Although Empress Qi was unwell and weak, she was full of joy, she relied on Yu Xiangguo and said, "Xiao Lang, I'm not naughty? I'm doing this for you and for our family of three. ”

Yu Xiangguo is a little puzzled? What is a family of three!!

Empress Qi patted him gently, "Stupid, I'm pregnant with your child." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Xiangguo was shocked on the spot, and then he was overjoyed, happily, going around, we, we ~~ have a child! We have children.

Both of them were happy and shed tears, and Queen Qi didn't expect that she could give birth to a small life for Xiao Lang in this life.

Yu Xiao feels that it is like a dream, and the moment this dream comes true, perhaps only those who have really experienced it will understand!

Their laughter echoed throughout the palace, and even the guards outside were a little curious, but for the sake of safety, they didn't snoop on it, and even if they heard laughter, they pretended not to hear it.

Yu Xiao happily hugged Qi Zhanying in a circle in the hall, looking at everything about her, guarding everything about her, cherishing everything about her, the whole world is everything to hers, without reservation. ”

It wasn't until Qi Zhanying couldn't help but sneeze that Yu Xiao stopped.

"No, you have to make a noise about the Imperial Doctor immediately."

"Don't be impulsive, there are many people in the palace, and the imperial doctor can't use it."

"Hmph~ I don't think anyone dares to pass on me."

Empress Qi turned her head and ignored it, and Yu Xiangguo immediately coaxed down, "Ying'er, don't be angry, listen to you, listen to you today, we won't make a fuss about the imperial doctor." ”

"Let's use Xiao Lang's military doctor first! After a few days, the new crown prince King Ming ascended the throne, and at that time, it would be safer to invite the imperial doctor in the palace to come for consultation. ”

"The military doctor is too rough, it's okay to treat us men, but the women's family is too careless."

Zhan Ying said playfully, "Hmph~ Did you just say that you listened to me?" It's changed so quickly, and I'm ignoring you. ”

Yu Xiao was very helpless to look at her coquettishness, he really couldn't resist it, so he had to bow down.

"Okay, just use a military doctor, but if the military doctor doesn't work, you have to listen to me."

Empress Qi snuggled in Yu Xiao's arms and said obediently, "Xiao Lang, we have come to this point with great difficulty, and we must not end up in the end, after all, the heroic spirit of Sikong Xiangguo is still there, and some ministers who still have a little backbone in their hearts worship him, so they can't be too casual." ”

"Yu Xiao hugged Zhan Ying, you! It's just a little hearty. ”

While they were thinking about their affection, a wounded woman hurriedly asked to see the queen with a token.

The queen's palace maid said, "The queen of enlightenment, Bian has an urgent report." ”

~~

Yu Xiao was a little angry, but Empress Qi was secretly happy, and quickly restored the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

"Come in, all of you!"

At this moment, it is no one else, this person is known to Queen Qi, she is a female guard who has followed the master for more than 20 years, her kung fu is definitely first-class, and there are only a handful of people in the world who can hurt her, and now that her appearance appeared in front of Empress Qi, she instantly became anxious in her heart. ”

"Senior Sister Huanshui, who hurt you like this."

Huan Shui took a sip of tea, sat on the chair and rested for a while, and then said directly with tears in his eyes: "Master, her old man was killed. ”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Zhanying almost didn't stand on her feet, if it weren't for Yu Xiao's most of her energy, I'm afraid she would have fallen to the ground in horror.

Qi Zhanying was stunned on the spot, the two most important people in this world for her are Xiao Lang and her master. Without Master's unsung dedication and support over the past few years, she would not have today's achievements and brilliance.

She gritted her teeth and said resentfully, "Who is Senior Sister, who is it, I want to listen to the whole process, word for word." ”

Huan Shui said with a pessimistic face: "That starts from half a year ago. ”

……

Half a year ago, the Shenlong Dart Bureau, which specially escorted goods for us, was suddenly attacked by bandits and was wiped out, so Chaofeng Firm lost a lot of money, which made the master and her old man particularly angry, so they sent the Tiger and Wolf Army to investigate the matter thoroughly.

~~

"How did I not know this? Besides, what kind of bandit has such great strength that even the Shenlong Dart Bureau dares to be strong. The queen frowned.

Master, her old man's strong character, isn't it clear to the junior sister? No matter what happens, she likes to solve it first and tell us, not to mention this kind of face-hurting thing, if I hadn't been there and happened to hear it, I might not have known.

~~

After this incident, the master was also restless, the merchant paid attention to the word "credit", although this batch of goods was not urgently needed, but it was also promised in advance to the merchants of various city gates, how could they smash the signboard because of this.

So the master felt that on the one hand, let the Tiger Wolf Army investigate first, and on the other hand, she would set up her own dart bureau to escort the materials of Chaofeng Merchants.

After this news was implemented, the talented people and martial arts masters in the streets and alleys of Bian Ducheng came to sign up, and a martial arts competition was held to select the best.

In the end, two knights with strange postures and excellent martial arts were finally selected, one named Luo Ye and the other named Xiao Nai.

~~

Empress Qi thought about it, was this Luo Ye the commander of the guards guarding the imperial city who resigned in the capital three years ago.

Do you know?

Not to mention knowing, this person has not been a bad thing for me, if it weren't for his early resignation and retirement, I couldn't find it, he would have died a long time ago.

We also investigated these two people, but due to the urgency of time, we didn't ask carefully, if we asked Niangniang at that time, we wouldn't use this Luo Ye for anything.

The queen was furious and said, "Why is it that this Luo Ye killed the master?" ”

Huan Shui shook his head.

~~

After simply determining whether they were spies or not, we deliberately made it difficult for them to send a lot of worthless things, and after a hundred days of review, they were still the most suitable after all.

Seeing that the true date of the materials was approaching, the Tiger Wolf Army had not solved the case, so the master and her old man had to take the risk of using the two of them, although the goods were delivered to each city gate on time one by one, it also allowed Luo Ye to find out a detailed clue of tax evasion and tax evasion. (Tax evasion by merchants in the Xing Dynasty was a very serious law.) ）

At that time, we didn't know that they had joined forces to steal the ledgers that Master and her old man had stored in the secret room that night.

There are thirteen volumes in total, each of which records in detail the sources and channels of freight in the current year.

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