Volume 1: The Tenth Year of Shomu Chapter 142 Shogunate Deliberations
Jail.
Qian Shan looked at the booklet in his hand, and his already dirty face was gloomy and about to drip water.
"Dad, what is this?"
Qian Duoduo came over, he couldn't eat or sleep well in the prison for more than ten days, his fat face was completely gone, boxy, thick eyebrows and thick lips, almost carved out of the same mold as Qian Shan.
He took the booklet, looked at it roughly, and said strangely, "This is the ledger?" How is it only half? β
Qian Shan was silent, a rare heaviness in his heart, he never expected that there would be this account book.
The account books record that from the 36th year of Ying Yuan to the present, in these 12 years, he conspired with the old cigarette stick to embezzle the elixir and many belongings of Baozhitang.
He can't wait to drag the old cigarette stick out and break the corpse into thousands of pieces now, why does this bastard write down these things?
Want to threaten him with this thing when you turn your face in the future?
He really underestimated this guy, and an assassin could have such a scheming!
At this time, Qian Duoduo also saw some cattiness from the small half of the account book, and said: "Dad, I remember that this account book is all the property and herbs that our family lost before, why did I give it to you?" Could it be that the lost things have something to do with you? β
Qian Shan looked at Qian Duoduo and shook his head secretly: It's really a stupid big boy in his own family, and he still hasn't figured it out, with the little monthly money that the Qian family sends every month, is it enough for you to squander a lot? If your dad doesn't secretly make the hour, you will sleep a fart drunk red mansion top card!
If it weren't for this one son, he really wanted to slap him to death, but who would let himself be this one son?
Even if he is not successful and is doing nonsense, he is the son of Qianshan after all!
"That's it! It's none of your business! β
Qian Shan snatched the small half of the account book, looked at it and sighed: "What a good means!" β
There is only a small half of the account book, and the remaining part is naturally in the hands of the other party. Giving him this little thing is a warning to him: you don't have to worry about those belongings anymore, they have nothing to do with you at all!
Because once this account book is made public, or known by the Qian family, he will definitely die without a place to be buried!
Collusion with outsiders to embezzle family property is intolerable to any force or family.
"Is it an old cigarette stick?"
Qian Shan's first suspicion was the old cigarette stick, because he was locked up in this prison, he only heard that the Ichthyosaurus Gang was destroyed, and it was not clear whether the old cigarette pole was destroyed.
He is one of the few people who knows that the old cigarette pole is not the leader of the Ichthyosaurus gang, so he subconsciously thinks that the old cigarette pole is not dead, but that guy has a deep concealment technique!
"Humph! Something that can't be put on the table! Do you think I'll never get out of here if I'm locked up here? It is beyond one's self-esteem to try to embezzle those possessions! β
But then he was depressed, so long time has passed, why hasn't the Qian family sent someone over?
How did he know that since the news of the Mirage Dragon Ball in Qian Shan's hands was released, there were many masters on the rivers and lakes who were chasing and killing them, hiding in Tibet every day, and they had no chance to return to the Qian family to explain the specific situation.
So much so that the Qian family thought that their father and son were dead, and his Green Willow Villa was now taken over by the Qian family.
As for the true situation of their father and son's arrest, it will definitely be exposed in the end, but it is unknown when it will be exposed, at least not until the four elders of the Wen family return to the Qian family.
It's just that why did Ning Hou ignore him for so long? Did you reach any agreement with the Qian family?
All kinds of doubts were trapped in his heart, he felt that he had to go out, and staying here was no different from being blind, and he couldn't tell when he was drugged.
"That's it! I can only save myself! β
As soon as he thought of this, he walked to the small window and shouted, "Someone! I want to see Master Hou! β
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Dawn.
Wang Cheng was dressed in a black robe, his long black hair was tied up by a jade ring, and he was wearing the black sword left by the teacher at his waist, with a tall posture and firm steps.
He came to Ninghou Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he met the middle-aged man in the secretary's room.
The middle-aged man saluted first: "Lord Wang! β
Wang Cheng didn't dare to be respectful, and returned the courtesy: "Lord Hu." β
Before he came, he had already inquired about the composition of the shogunate, and this person was actually the secretary of the shogunate, that is, the former secretary of the office, and the rank was the same as that of the shogunate, with the same rank of 600 stones.
The two walked and chatted, and soon came to a hall.
The two of them arrived relatively early, and when they entered, there were only five people in the hall.
One of them stood on the left, burly, nearly two meters tall, dressed in black armor, standing there motionless, like a sculpture.
The remaining four people are Cao Peng, who is in charge of the soldiers and households, and the two Ling Shi under his jurisdiction.
Master Hu led Wang Cheng to greet the four of them separately, but he turned a blind eye to the person standing at the front on the left.
"Lord Hu, that Lord ......" Wang Cheng glanced at Lord Hu.
Lord Hu whispered in Wang Cheng's ear: "Lord Wang is the Captain of Xuanwei, doesn't even Lord Baihu recognize it?" β
Wang Cheng was taken aback, it turned out that this person was the guardian of the divine dragon, the White Tiger!
The four guardian envoys under Ning Hou's command, Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, have all intersected, but Baihu has never seen it, and none of his acquaintances knows the details of this person.
However, this did not prevent him from being jealous of the white tiger. The White Tiger is the main killer, and this person's force is absolutely extraordinary.
"Could it be that Lord Baihu is the Sima of the General's Mansion?" Wang Cheng suddenly thought.
Master Hu shook his head and said, "The four guardian envoys have not received the position of Sima. β
Wang Cheng frowned, without Sima, how could the General's Mansion use troops externally?
Master Hu then explained: "Although the four adults did not receive the post of Sima, they performed the post of Sima at the time of each mission. β
"Why is that?"
Wang Cheng was puzzled, with Ninghou's character, he shouldn't be stingy with Sima's position of a thousand stones.
"Once you receive the position of Sima, the imperial court will have the right to conquer." Master Hu said meaningfully.
Wang Cheng immediately understood the meaning of Master Hu's words.
You know, these four are all martial arts masters, and they have been sharpened from the army, and they are rare battlefield generals, if King Zhou orders them to be conquered into the court, will Ning Hou let them go or not?
If you don't let it go, you will have a bad relationship with the imperial court, and if you let it go, won't the talents that Ning Hou has worked so hard to cultivate be cheap to the imperial court?
People are selfish, let alone Ninghou?
After a while, Cao Peng and Ling Shi of the four Caos, the officials, rites, punishments, and workers, also arrived, and the guardian Xuanwu also arrived, but there was no one in the general.
In fact, the position of hussar general is only a little lower than that of the general, but it is the same in terms of the strength of the commander and the commander, so there are also generals, captains and other military attachΓ©s under the hussar general's palace.
It's just that Ning Hou's military power has now been reduced, so naturally he can no longer retain the positions of general and captain, but he retains the most basic functional structure of the Hussar General's Mansion.
Wang Cheng also noticed that the personnel were basically all there, but Ning Hou and Changshi never appeared.
At this moment, a person walked from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.
Young, very young, about twenty years old, wearing a white robe, his face was as white as jade, his eyebrows were slender, his eyes were like water, and his posture stood straight in front of everyone.
"Meet Changshi!"
Except for Wang Cheng, everyone bowed to this young man, even the two guardian envoys of White Tiger and Xuanwu.
"It's her! How could it be her?. β
Wang Cheng stood in place stunned, although this person was dressed as a man, how could he hide his eyes?
This person turned out to be Pan Meng!
The long history is actually Pan Meng!
No wonder Qinglong, Zhu Family, and General Zhu all saluted when they saw her.
However, how could a woman, or a young woman, be in such an important position as Changshi?
Choshi, which was the most important official position in the shogunate, could act on behalf of the shogun or alone. Don't look at the high status of the four guardians, the Tao must also listen to the orders of Changshi.
To put it simply, Nagasaki was the head of the shogunate!
Pan Meng nodded, and deliberately glanced at Wang Cheng, who was glazed-eyed, but did not point at him alone, and said bluntly: "Master Hou is sick, there is no need to mention this matter." β
When everyone heard the news, they all looked solemn, but Wang Cheng was happy in his heart.
Previously, he thought that the dragon blood essence of the dragon blood pool had healed Ning Hou's injuries, but now it seems that it is not.
If he wanted to rescue his master Zhang Shenyi, if Ning Hou was safe and sound, he wouldn't even think about it.
Pan Meng continued: "Today's discussion, there is only one topic - the Valley of the Dead!" β
Everyone was in a daze, and even Wang Cheng was in a heartbeat.
The Valley of the Dead, an evil place that devoured many lives, was listed as a forbidden place by the Great Zhou.
No one knows when it appeared, and since humans have been able to dictate accounts, the Valley of the Dead has been considered a forbidden place ever since.
"Could it be that those two things are in the Valley of the Dead?" Xuanwu was the first to speak.
Pan Meng nodded and said, "Not bad!" The news has come from Qinglong that the thing is indeed there! β
Everyone was overjoyed, but then a bad premonition flashed through their minds.
Sure enough, I heard Pan Meng say: "The two guardian envoys of Qinglong and Vermilion Bird brought a hundred good hands, and now there are only about a dozen people left, so ......"
She paused, and then said in a heavy tone, "So we need to send reinforcements!" β
"Are you really going to that hell place? From ancient times to the present, I don't know how many forces in the rivers and lakes have gone to investigate, but in the end, basically no one came out alive! β
"It's so wicked! Even if the martial king is strong, he may not be able to retreat with his whole body. β
Everyone talked about it, and their words were full of deep fear of the Valley of the Dead.
"That's it!"
Pan Meng interrupted everyone's discussion at this time, and said in a deep voice: "The top priority is not to argue whether to go or not, but how to go!" β
Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, she said calmly, "Your Excellency, you may have forgotten that there is a force that came out of the Valley of the Dead alive and is still exploring there!" β
"What force?"