"Yes, my lord, we really saw those fire dragons flying through the air!"

Cao Shunhe couldn't help but sneer after listening to the excuses made by these errand servants in front of him in order to escape criminal responsibility, and his eyes were full of banter when he looked at those errand soldiers.

Immediately, I saw Cao Shunhe retract his gaze and command his subordinates on the side.

"Escort these servants to this official and serve them with great punishment!"

"Yes, Governor!"

As soon as Cao Shunhe's words fell, the guards on the side immediately stepped forward, like dragging a dead dog, dragging these servants down, and what awaited them next would be an extremely harsh punishment.

"My lord, spare our lives, we really saw the fire dragon!"

"My beg, my lord, spare us, this matter is not the business of the brothers at all!"

When Cao Shunhe heard this, his brows frowned slightly, and he immediately waved his hand, and when those guards saw this, they quickly stopped what they were doing.

Seeing this, those messengers thought that Cao Shunhe had changed his mind and planned to let himself go, and their faces were full of joy for the rest of their lives, and they immediately knelt on the ground and slammed their heads 'thump'.

"Thank you, sir, spare our lives, thank you, thank you, sir!"

Who knew that after listening to their pleas for mercy, Cao Shunhe smiled, showed a mouthful of calm teeth, and said unhurriedly: "When did this official say that he would spare you?" ”

Hearing Cao Shunhe's words, those servants were like falling into an ice cellar, and the blood on their bodies seemed to be frozen in an instant!

The expression on their faces that had survived the catastrophe disappeared in an instant, replaced by a thick look of despair.

The desire to survive in his heart was also completely extinguished at this moment!

Cao Shunhe took in the expressions on the faces of these messengers, turned his gaze to the guards on the side, and ordered quite casually: "Since these messengers are so sharp-tongued and trying to fool their own officials, then pull out their teeth one by one!" ”

When the guards on the side heard this, they immediately responded in a deep voice.

"Yes, Governor!"

When the servants heard this, they immediately panicked, and hurriedly kowtowed on the ground, begging for Cao Shunhe's forgiveness in the most humble gesture they could think of.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and they were soon escorted down by the guards, screaming and begging for mercy, and gradually disappeared.

After this, Cao Shunhe casually withdrew his gaze from the bodies of those errand soldiers, and then looked not far away, the ship that had long been turned into wreckage, his face was full of gloom, and he muttered to himself silently.

"These damn insects, this official will never spare you!"

In Cao Shunhe's opinion, the only people who have the ability and motivation to do so are the people on Qingliu's side!

At present, the two sides are fighting in the thick of the battle, if they let themselves transport the grain to Zhejiang smoothly, at that time, with enough grain as support, the change from rice to mulberry will be successful, and the Qingliu side will also usher in the Yan Party's crazy counterattack.

In fact, Cao Shunhe doesn't care, Yan Dang and Qingliu, who wins and who loses, in his opinion, Yan Dang and Qingliu are both raccoon dogs, don't say anyone!

The Yan Party is greedy for ink and fish for the common people, but on the Qingliu side, it is not much better.

The so-called clear stream is a group of people who gather because they are like-minded, or hold the same political views.

Because of this, the members of the clear stream do not have a clear relationship with each other, and there is a sense of fighting for each other.

Although Xu Jie was the leader of the Qingliu faction, in fact, he was not able to restrain the behavior of other Qingliu members enough.

And Xu Jie is naturally aware of this problem, and since he became the deputy assistant of the cabinet, he has been committed to integrating the forces of the entire Qingliu in order to better deal with the Yan Party.

And, judging from the current situation, Xu Jie has done a good job, he has successfully integrated most of Qingliu's forces and has the capital to confront the Yan Party head-on!

I don't know how long it has been, but I saw Cao Shunhe come back to his senses, turned his gaze to his subordinates on the side, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Convey the order of the official to immediately mobilize ships carrying grain from everywhere!"

"In addition, thoroughly investigate tonight's incident, if there is a suspicious person, you can take it down directly without asking the reason, and if there is resistance, there will be no mercy!"

When Cao Shunhe said this, he immediately added.

"In addition, let the soldiers of the guard station be dispatched, from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, near the river, wherever people can be hidden, they will be carefully searched by the official, and those with suspicious deeds will be killed!"

The subordinates on the side heard the cold killing intent contained in Cao Shunhe's words, and immediately looked awe-inspired, and said respectfully.

"Yes, Governor!"

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

Although the night was already very late, there were still coughing sounds one after another from Yan Song's room.

Then, I saw the light in Yan Song's room come back on, and the maid who had been waiting outside the door saw this situation, and hurriedly and carefully pushed the door in, came to Yan Song's side, and asked softly.

"Elder Yan Ge, do you need someone to fry another pair of medicine for you?"

"Hmm."

Faced with the maid's inquiry, Yan Song only answered imperceptibly, and then stopped speaking.

After receiving the exact instructions, the maid did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately left Yan Song's room with eager steps.

After the maid left the room, Yan Song slowly sat up from the bed, looking at the night outside the window, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a while, Yan Song began to cough violently again, and when Yan Song took off the handkerchief, the red blood stains on it looked particularly eye-catching under the light of the candlelight!

Yan Song seemed to have been accustomed to this for a long time, and saw him put the handkerchief back away, his eyes were full of loneliness, and he muttered to himself silently.

"Looks like there's not much time left!"

Previously, after Yan Shifan noticed that Yan Song's body was sick, he personally came to the door and invited Imperial Doctor Li from Tai Hospital to Yan's Mansion to treat Yan Song.

However, due to his busy affairs, Yan Shifan did not care too much about the results of diagnosis and treatment, in his opinion, Yan Song was just an occasional cold, and he only needed to ask Imperial Doctor Li to prescribe a few pairs of medicines, and then take care of it, and he would be able to recover soon.

But as everyone knows, after Imperial Physician Li came to check Yan Song's pulse that day, his face changed in an instant.

Yan Song couldn't remember exactly what Imperial Doctor Li had told him that day, but the only thing he could be sure of was that his body was collapsing day by day, and his time was running out!

After this, I saw Yan Song gradually come back to his senses, holding a brush, and sitting calmly beside the bookcase.

He wanted to leave something for Yan Shifan while he could still afford a brush.

But Yan Song picked up the brush several times, put it down again, and struggled for a long time, without writing a word.

"Alas!"

Yan Song sighed helplessly and put the brush back in place.

At this moment, the maid from before walked in with the freshly fried decoction and said respectfully.

"Yan Ge Lao, the decoction is ready, do you need ......?"

Before the maid finished speaking, she was coldly interrupted by Yan Song.

"Put it there, I'll drink it myself, if it's okay, you can leave!"

"Yes, Elder Yan Ge, don't let the decoction cold!"

When the maid heard this, she placed the freshly fried hot decoction on the table beside her, and then turned and left.

Yan Song looked at the back of the maid leaving, and couldn't help but flash back to his mind, not long ago, Imperial Doctor Li personally came to the door to treat himself.

After perceiving that Yan Song's physical condition was very bad, Imperial Physician Li immediately planned to inform Yan Shifan of the news, but later, under Yan Song's repeated requests, he gave up.

Not only that, Yan Song also asked Imperial Doctor Li to swear in front of him that he would not reveal his physical condition to anyone!

At that time, in the room, only the maid from Fang Cai was present, Yan Song saw this, and simply asked her to be responsible for decocting medicine for herself.

Except for the maid, no one in the Yan Mansion knew about it!

Time passed slowly in Yan Song's memories, and when Yan Song came back to his senses, the bowl of decoction on the table was no longer as hot as before.

Then, I saw Yan Song pick up the bowl, tilt his neck, and drink all the decoction in it.

"It's so bitter!"

The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the next morning, Yan Shifan got up early.

Recently, Yan Shifan has been paying close attention to the movements on Qingliu's side, and he didn't dare to relax at all, and just as Yan Shifan passed by the room where Yan Song was, he still vaguely heard a cough from the room.

"Why is my father's cough getting worse and worse, didn't you just come to Dr. Li for diagnosis and treatment not long ago?"

Without much hesitation, I saw Yan Shifan pause, and then went straight to Yan Song's door and knocked on the door.

With a knock on the door, the coughing sound in the room also disappeared, and then Yan Song's voice came from the room.

"Who?"

"Father, it's me."

Next, after getting Yan Song's permission, Yan Shifan pushed the door straight in.

After Yan Shifan entered the room, he looked at Yan Song, who was sitting next to the bookcase, looking as usual, his face was full of concern, and after carefully considering the language in his mind, he asked in words.

"Father, your body ......"

When Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, he waved his hand indifferently, and immediately spoke.

"It's okay, it's just that I didn't have a good rest last night!"

"I have already taken the prescriptions prescribed to me by Imperial Doctor Li before, and the effect is very good, and I should be able to heal soon!"

Seeing that Yan Shifan's face was still a little worried, Yan Song coughed lightly twice and changed the topic.

"By the way, has there been any abnormality on Xu Jie's side recently?"

Yan Shifan heard Yan Song's words, and after thinking for a while, he responded.

"The people sent by the child haven't found any useful news yet!"

When Yan Shifan said this, he immediately changed his words and continued: "But what is certain at present is that Xu Jie must have a back hand in Jiangxi, and he will never let the grain from Jiangxi easily arrive in Zhejiang!" ”

After listening to Yan Shifan's analysis, Yan Song also frowned, the look in his eyes dimmed a little, and he immediately spoke.

"It seems that Jiangxi can't be counted on at the moment, he Xu Jie, before this, he has been fully prepared, he is digging a pit, waiting for me to jump in, causing me to waste so much precious time in vain!"

"He Xu Jie, now, just need to wait quietly for the grain stock in Zhejiang to run out, and then he can declare victory!"

After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan suddenly panicked, and hurriedly asked Yan Song about the next countermeasures.

"So, father, what are we going to do?"

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face, sighed helplessly, and continued.

"So far, I can only go to His Majesty's side to try my luck!"

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Early in the morning, Jiajing was sitting in front of the bookcase, looking at the notes delivered by the celebrant supervisor, while Lu Fang waited respectfully beside Jiajing as usual.

I saw Jiajing frown slightly, put aside the note that he had seen half of in his hand, turned around, pointed to the note on the table, and asked Lu Fang.

"Who approved this note, and how could it be sent to me like this?"

Lu Fang looked in the direction Jiajing pointed, but because the distance was too far, Lu Fang didn't see the content of the recital too clearly, but vaguely saw the words "auspicious from the sky", "Qilin in the world" and so on.

Jiajing didn't wait for Lu Fang to answer, and continued: "This group of guys is fooling me as a fool, where do they get so many auspicious clouds from the sky, they are obviously playing a little trick!" ”

Seeing this, Lu Fang immediately asked Jiajing: "Your Majesty, can you show the song to the slave?" ”

"Well, see for yourself!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he picked up the song and handed it to Lu Fang.

Lu Fang carefully took the song from Jiajing's hand and turned to browse the contents on it.

The content in the recital is very similar to what Jiajing said before, but Lu Fang's focus is not on the content, but on the criticism of the recital.

Lu Fang looked at the red on the letter, and after thinking for a moment, he responded cautiously.

"Your Majesty, this is the approval of the eunuch Feng Bao!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he put the song back in its original position, and then stepped aside, observing the expression on Jiajing's face without a trace.

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing supported his chin with his hand and said slowly.

"Feng Bao?"

Instead, Jiajing seemed to suddenly remember, turned his gaze to Lu Fang again, and asked.

"By the way, how long has Feng Bao been the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, is there a month?"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang responded without thinking.

"Your Majesty, Feng Bao has served as the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of Bingbi for less than a month!"

After listening to Lu Fang's explanation, Jiajing's whole person suddenly understood, and immediately commanded.

"Since Feng Bao has served as a eunuch for less than a month, it is understandable to make such a mistake, and I will not pursue it this time!"

Jiajing paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued to add.

"In addition, let him learn more from Huang Jin, don't be frizzy all day long, there will be a next time, I will never be spared!"

When Lu Fang heard this, a look of gratitude suddenly appeared on his face, and he responded respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will definitely bring your words!"

(End of chapter)