08 Persuasion
Jielan exhaled a long breath, thinking that she only had to contribute a few more efforts, so that she could pay for her mistakes, but I hoped that Tan Qi could find them, and I also hoped that Suqin and Qi Xue would be safe, so that she would feel less guilty in her heart.
After Tan Qi said goodbye to Qing Zhan, he took a few people from the Divine Beast Corps and left, while Qing Zhan and a few people walked directly towards Cheng Fu's mansion.
About a tea time,A few people arrived at the Chengfu Mansion in the east of the city.,It stands to reason that the sudden death of Chengfu's son.,There should be a funeral.,But this mansion doesn't have the slightest atmosphere of mourning.,It's just unusually cold and dull.。
And the door of the mansion was locked, and Split Bo walked up and buckled the knocker hard, and after a long time, a half-hundred-year-old man came out of it, opened a crack in the door, and said impatiently: "Our lord is not a guest, you can go!" As he spoke, he was about to close the door, but the old man couldn't close it, and looked at him angrily, and looked at him with his eyes and beard, as if he was about to scold him.
Split Bo only said coldly: "Go and inform your master, just say that the young monarch of Wangcheng came to mourn his son!" ”
Although this old man is only a servant, but following the city assistant, naturally he also knows who the young king of Wangcheng is, he was immediately very frightened, he looked out of the door, but saw the person standing at the foot of the steps is luxurious and handsome, the demeanor is extraordinary, at a glance, you can see that it is not an ordinary person, presumably he is the noble young king, this old man did not dare to say more, and promised again and again, immediately went back to report, and after a while, he saw that the gate was reopened, and the city assistant and all the servants came out.
Qing Zhan hurriedly walked up, he was afraid of attracting attention, so he only whispered to Chengsuke: "Lord Chengsuke, you don't have to salute, this is not the place to speak, let's go into the mansion and talk about it!" ”
Chengfu looked at Shaojun's expression, and he didn't know what he meant, but since he had this order, he couldn't disobey it, so he had to let them in, and then closed the gate.
When he arrived in the lobby, he saw a coffin parked there, and there was no mourning hall in the lobby, and no one wore linen and filial piety, which made Qing Zhan quite surprised, "Although I deeply regret the tragic death of Lord Josuke's beloved son, but after all, the person is dead, why not let him be buried in the ground?" ”
"The young gentleman also knows that my son died unjustly, the old minister has paid so much effort for this Qing Zhou City, but in the end he can't even keep his son, although my son is not more important, but he is finally diligent and effective, but he didn't expect that he would eventually die so unclear, the old minister can't wash away the grievances for my son, how can he be willing to turn a blind eye? And how can it be buried in the ground? As he spoke, he thought of the tragic death of his son, and his heart was filled with grief, and tears flowed down his sleeve to cover his face.
"Why don't you go to the city lord of Yuqing to ask for justice for Lingzi, you are the assistant of the city, how can you still suffer humiliation." Qing Zhan was both sympathetic to him and a little angry at his foolishness.
Chengfu suddenly sighed, and actually sneered bitterly: "The lord is reluctant to give up his sister, how can he put the old man's son in his heart, how can the old man's son be in the eyes of the lord, and his sister is regarded as a treasure by him, how can he easily punish him." His words were full of resentment and dissatisfaction with the city lord.
Qing Zhan saw that this matter was the right time, but it was inappropriate for so many subordinates after all, so he only said: "If Lord Josuke doesn't mind, why don't we take a step to speak!" ”
Cheng Fu was shocked, knowing that Shaojun must be going to say something important to himself, so he signaled himself to retreat, and he only said: "Then please ask Shaojun to go to the inner room to talk." ”
Josuke walked out of the side door of the lobby, and the old servant led the way, and after passing through the two moon gates, he arrived at the study, and the old man pushed the door of the study open, and let the young gentleman and a few of them in, and then Josuke entered the house, and the old man closed the door with interest, and guarded the door, so that no one would disturb him.
Seeing that there was no one else, Cheng Fu said, "If Shaojun has anything to say, just say it!" ”
Qing Zhan thought to himself that this Lord Chengfu had probably guessed a few points, so he didn't have to beat around the bush anymore, and said directly: "Lord Chengfu is wise and decisive, steady, and knowledgeable, according to Lord Chengfu, what is the current situation in Zhou City?" ”
When Cheng Fu heard this, he sighed and said, "The demons are revived and the people are displaced, I am afraid that the Qing Zhou City will be destroyed." ”
"Then can Chengfu know why this Qing Zhou City has become like this?" Qing Zhan continued to ask.
Chengfu suddenly groaned and didn't say anything, as if he already knew it in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything if he was afraid. Seeing him like this, Qing Zhan only said: "Cheng Fu clearly knows it in his heart, but he doesn't dare to say it directly, isn't this too sorry for the ancestor in your mouth?" ”
This sentence seemed to make him suddenly realize, he only sighed: "The will of the ancestors, how the old man does not know, the old man does all his efforts for the sake of this Qing Zhou City, and only hopes that he will become more and more prosperous, but now the demons are everywhere, the people are suffering, but the Lord does not take it to heart, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the Qing Zhou City will be destroyed in his hands." ”
"Then please ask Lord Chengfu to do his part to save this Qingzhou City!" The person who spoke was none other than Yu Ning.
Chengfu heard the sound of speaking, he was very puzzled, he looked at Yu Ning in surprise, he didn't know his identity, and Yu Ning took off the cloak he wore on his head, revealing his face, Chengfu saw him like this, he was so shocked that he took a step back, and when he was a little calmer, he leaned over and saluted: "The old minister sees the prince!" ”
Yu Ning helped Chengfu up and said, "Lord Chengfu doesn't need to be polite!" He paused, "Lord Josuke doesn't have to be afraid and panic when he sees me, I just escaped from my brother's sword, if it weren't for the young monarch to send someone to rescue, I'm afraid I would have died like Lord Josuke's beloved son." ”
Josuke was even more surprised, "This, how can this be?" The Lord is true to the Son..."
"Why should I deceive Josuke-sama? For many years, I have been able to keep safe thanks to Lord Josuke-sama for protecting me, if it wasn't for Lord Josuke-sama who advised me not to kill my brother in the city, how would I have lived to this day? Yu Ning remembered that when the city court changed, Yu Qing won and killed the ministers, and he usurped the city throne, and he planned to put himself to death so as to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but fortunately, Lord Chengfu said that he was afraid that the soul of the ancestor would be uneasy, and the people would not accept it, and God would see the responsibility, so Yu Ning was sentenced to lifelong solitary confinement, and he was only allowed to move freely in the special ceremony, so as to avoid the mouth of Youyou, so as not to say that he pardoned his father and killed his brother, which was despised by the people.
Chengfu now remembered the city change back then, and he was quite remorseful in his heart, and said: "Back then, I blamed the old man for being stupid, and he obeyed the prestige of His Royal Highness Yu Qing, which caused him to seek the city position, if the old man stopped it back then, I am afraid that the current reign is you, the son of the world, the old man knows that the son of the world is benevolent and righteous, and he will definitely become the city lord praised by the people, which is a pity." ”
"Lord Chengfu had to do this only because of Brother Cheng's coercion, but even if Lord Chengfu stopped it, according to the back then, I am afraid that I couldn't stop Brother Cheng's ambitions, even if I didn't become the city lord according to the city father's will, but I think that as long as Brother Cheng is dedicated to the people, then no matter who holds the position of the city lord, I won't care, but in five years, Brother Cheng's actions have made me unbearable, if I let Brother Cheng continue to act arbitrarily like this, I'm afraid that Qingzhou City will sooner or later come to the road of destruction, When the ancestor died, he entrusted the Qing Zhou City to you, Lord Chengfu, which shows the trust and reliance of the ancestor on Lord Chengfu, does Lord Chengfu want to see Qing Zhou City become like this? Yu Ning said bitterly, thinking of the fate of Qing Zhou City, how could he not be in a hurry, and how could he not be heartbroken?
Chengfu was very ashamed after hearing this, but he also understood the purpose of Shaojun and Shizi's coming, he as Chengfu, and assisted Yu Qing for five years, even if he was dissatisfied with him, but to rebel himself, I'm afraid he was still a little unwilling, he only wiped away his tears, and said: "The Lord is like this, it's all my fault as a courtier, even if the old man doesn't want this life, let the Lord stop the revival of the demons, and he will also persuade the Lord not to attack the Shizi, the old man thinks that you are brothers by blood after all, and there will definitely be a turnaround." ”
As soon as Qing Zhan and Yu Ning heard this, they knew that he didn't intend to work with them to overthrow Yu Qing at all, and when they were about to persuade them again, they heard Jielan behind him say angrily: "Chengfu, you are so pedantic, you are already self-defeating now, do you still think that Yu Qing will listen to you?" If the city lord of Yuqing could really be persuaded to do so, why did he order the killing of Yu Ning's son? And why should you not go to court again? Why disobey the order of the young monarch and kidnap the blue devil again? He really cherishes the people of Qing Zhou City, how could he force the Blue Devil to enter the Demon Path, so that the demons of the Qing Zhou land can be revived, so as to gather the evil power of the demons, all this even I, an ignorant little woman, understand, don't you understand? ”
It was the first time in his life to hear a woman scold himself like this, if it was in normal times, Josuke would have already held this woman guilty, but now that he had suffered so much humiliation, hearing these words woke him up from his unrealistic dream as if he had been slapping his head. Jielan was right, how could he not understand the ambition of the city lord of Yuqing, and how could he not understand that he had entered a road of no return, no matter who could persuade him to return, but he was not reconciled, unwilling to make a mistake five years ago, and it was so wrong, how could he face his mistake so easily?
Josuke was stunned, looking at this blue-haired woman, this woman who had almost become a city queen, he couldn't help but admire a little, no wonder the lord was quite fond of this woman, and no wonder Shaojun was full of affection for her, maybe it was her unique charm that conquered these two arrogant people!
"Jielan envoy said very much, the old man is just deceiving himself, after all, he just refuses to admit that he has committed a catastrophe, hey, the Lord has come to this point, the old man can be said to be guilty, but Qing Zhoucheng can't go on like this, after all, the old man is responsible for his own crimes back then, and he will obey the arrangements of the young monarch and the prince in the future, even if he redeems the old man's sins!" When he thought of his past, he was so ashamed that he couldn't raise his head.
Yu Ning and Qing Zhan were overjoyed to hear that he was willing to help, they didn't expect that they were indifferent to what they said so much, but Jielan's words had an effect, which was beyond their expectations.