Chapter 51: Quick Return and Beijing Change (4)
Wei Chong's eyes also narrowed into a line, trying to look into the distance from the dazzling sunlight.
Buzz –
The long horn sounded again, but the two archers looked hesitant and shook their heads.
"How?" Wei Chong was keenly aware of the strangeness beside him.
"My lord, I hear that thing seems to have come from the east, far from the path of Donkey Skin Alley......," the archer wiped his sweat.
"I don't believe you can hear this," Wei Chong was also a little worried, but still pretended to be calm, "It's so hot that it's also dizzy." You tell the brother on the other side not to make a fuss. ”
"Yes." He nodded, and then motioned to the archers opposite, though his suspicions were not dispelled.
"It's coming, it's coming!" One of Wei Chong's henchmen pointed ahead, and everyone's eyes looked at him in unison.
First, a soldier riding a tall horse came out, as if beckoning the people behind him to follow, and Wei Chong hurriedly bowed down.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute......"
Then I saw a group of people marching in front of the line, holding trumpets or gongs and drums, and playing happily.
Seeing their expressions, the two archers looked at each other, and the hands holding the bows could not help but tremble slightly.
Then several groups of people left, and the queue was very long, but they couldn't see where Qi Shi was. The archer's hair was covered with beads of sweat.
At this moment, a man in armor came out from behind, and the army gathered him in the middle, his face covered by armor on this side, and he could not see clearly.
The two archers could not wait any longer, and almost recognized the appearance of Qi Zhi, and prepared to draw their bows to the fullest, only to hear the creaking and creaking.
"This is Lu Fangxuan!" I don't know who shouted in secret, but fortunately the two archers were quick and collected their bows in time.
The man's beard and hair were all white, and behind him, a slightly young officer, made a familiar voice: "Brother Lu, how did Qi Shi know that there was such a clever calculation in this!" ”
Lu Fangxuan laughed and said, "Wan Dang can't wait to take you away immediately and go to testify with Counselor Chen." Believe it or not, on this street, there are people with bows and crossbows, aiming at you! ”
As soon as he finished saying this, the archers standing opposite Wei Chong threw down their things in a panic and ran into the alley.
"Stop! ......" Wei Chong blurted out in a hurry, but shouted loudly, and covered his mouth. The soldiers playing music on the street stopped for a moment, and Qi Shi and Lu Fangxuan hurriedly reined in their horses, pressed their swords and asked, "Who!" ”
Wei Chong was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, this happened to be a dead alley, and there was nowhere to hide, so he had to take a deep breath and venture out.
"Congratulations to General Qi for settling the matter of Donkey Skin Lane for the imperial court, and now that he has returned, he should celebrate." Wei Chong made three moves in a row.
Qi Shi looked at Lu Fangxuan again, and a smile flashed on his face: "Wei Shuban, we can return so quickly, Wei Shuban has a lot of credit." ”
"How dare you, how dare you." Wei Chong said in a low voice.
"Now that the first major matter has been resolved, as for the case you have found out about Counselor Chen, I will give justice to the world. You can go back and teach King Wanjun not to worry. Lu Fangxuan took over the conversation and said coldly.
"Now is the time for everyone to rejoice," Qi Shi pressed Lu Fangxuan's arm, "these things should not be mentioned first." Treat me to a feast for a drunken day, and then I have the strength to go to court! Brothers, in such a hot weather, why don't you go to have a cold wine with Qi Ye! ”
After that, the streets were cheering, and the soldiers spread their legs one after another and marched towards Yuefu, leaving Wei Chong, who was a little embarrassed, standing there in a daze.
Wan Heshun's strategy to profit from the fishermen failed, and Nanjing finally returned to its original pattern, and the Liu Party seemed to stand on a high platform, overlooking the situation of party contention. Although it failed to hit the strength of either side, the focus is no longer here, and the changes in the capital quietly determine everything.
I don't know if it was the result of Yan Wen's benevolent government in the court, not only the tense atmosphere was eased, but even the royal nobles such as King Xu began to settle with him, which played a very good leading role.
Yan Wen was enjoying the cool in the corridor, thinking about this, when he suddenly saw Sun Weigao, who was usually quite flattering, coming to pay respects, he was overjoyed, and he stepped forward excitedly to shake hands.
"Si Yong, I told the prime minister, the next day you will be guaranteed to enter the province, and the public should be with Wen to assist the government, and Kuang Fu Sheji!" Yan Wen hurriedly pulled him into the hall and sat down.
Sun Weigao disagreed, and said with a smile on his face: "Xie Engong has been promoted day by day, but Gao Fang has today's field." ”
"Si Yong and I are both famous teachers in Beijing, and we should take the world as our own responsibility. Although you treat me as a benevolent prince, I believe that you are different from those courtiers who are stammering with Liu Gong, and you will speak bluntly, and the country must be handed over to people like you, so I can rest assured. Yan Wen looked at him expectantly.
'This guy is so brazen, since he is attached to the willow thief, he has to talk about big things! He wanted to cut him down on the spot, but he was still patient and said yes in a daze.
"I have a good thing here," Yan Wen walked into the inner room and took out a jade pendant, "It was given to me by my mother before she died, saying that she wanted me to wear this pendant for self-warning, you can see the words written on it." ”
Sun Weigao took it cautiously, and saw that the front was engraved with 'honest and loyal', and the back was engraved with 'with the world in mind', a total of eight characters.
"This is my grandfather's admiration when he was an official, it fell into the hands of my father, and now it is in my hands...... It's been twenty-seven or eight years. Yan Wen couldn't help but hide his face and sigh, "I've always remembered these two sentences. Si Yong is one of the few who understands me, and I hope you will take it and wear it. ”
Sun Weigao's color changed suddenly: "This is your family's heirloom, but Gao took it, and his heart was really uneasy." ”
"I let you wear it because it's rare to have someone like you, so don't shirk it." Yan Wen said as he put it in his palm, forced his fingers, and asked Sun Hanlin to accept it.
Sun Hanlin took his admiration, said a few more irrelevant words, and then resigned.
He walked straight to a garden, leaned against the stone railing, looked back at Yan Wen's official office, took out the jade pendant, and wiped it with his hands, emitting an oily green luster.
Sun Weigao frowned, he couldn't understand what Yan Wen was thinking. Although he bears the trust of the crown prince, Yan Wen is not bad for himself. Thinking of how he entered the imperial court in the first place, he couldn't help but sigh and look back for a long time. And faintly, I feel that Yan Wen seems to be really practicing the so-called 'benevolent government'......
He shook his head, Huo Ran remembered how those sacrificed warriors were killed by Yan Wen's design, and he hated it again. He looked at the calm lake and was about to throw down this hateful jade pendant, but he hesitated for a long time: "It's always the ancestral heirloom of the Yan family, and it has nothing to do with Yan Wen. This is to be regarded as my retribution of his kindness...... and he will take Pei back into his bosom.