Chapter 139: Xuan Cheng pardons Taihao's sin
When Tai Hao heard this, he wondered, "Why do those twenty ministers of the DPRK and China want to harm me? ”
Xuan Cheng said: "I don't know, but there must be a conspiracy in it!" Now that I have found out that you have not collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, let alone deceived the king, I will immediately issue an edict to stop the censorship of you. However, you have violated the official's prohibition on riding in a sedan chair, and you cannot stay in the court, I have already thought about sending you to Wenchuan City to serve as the city lord, and you can leave tomorrow, and you cannot refuse. ”
"Thank Your Majesty for not killing, but where is this Wenchuan City?" Taihao asked.
Xuan Cheng said: "You go home first and have a good rest, tomorrow morning you go to the political hall to find the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu and practice, he will tell you everything." ”
Tai Hao saluted: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”
Taihao was just about to leave, but Xuan Cheng said again: "You continue to live in that Chengwang Mansion, and when you take office in the local area, I will keep it for you." ”
Tai Hao turned around, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, no matter where I go, I will serve Your Majesty and the court loyally!" With that, he turned around and walked out.
When Taihao returned to Chengwang's mansion, he saw that the courtyard of the house was completely new and cleaned, and there were only two young girls playing in the courtyard. One of the girls asked Tai Hao, "Who are you, who are you looking for in our house?" ”
Taihao was puzzled: "Your family? What's your name? ”
A young girl said, "My name is Wei Wei. ”
Another girl said, "My name is Hanhan." ”
Taihao asked again, "Who is your grandfather and aunt?" ”
At this moment, Ying Yu walked out and said, "They are Bi Luojing's two daughters. ”
When Tai Hao saw Ying Yu, he was full of joy and greeted: "Ying Yu, how are you doing here during this time?" ”
Ying Yu replied with a happy face: "It's okay, why didn't you come back suddenly without saying a word, the battle is over?" ”
Tai Hao said: "The battle is not over yet, and I have encountered some trouble." We went into the house and said. ”
When he arrived at the house, Taihao told Yingyu about his false accusations. After hearing this, Ying Yu was very angry and scolded angrily: "Who harmed you, do you know? ”
Tai Hao nodded and said: "Of course I know, but I don't want to make a big deal about it now, after all, the emperor has pardoned my sins, and the emperor asked me to go to Wenchuan City to be the city lord." ”
Yingyu asked, "Where is Wenchuan City?" ”
"The emperor didn't tell me either, I will go to the political hall tomorrow, and Lord Shangshu Jianfang of the Ministry will tell me personally." Tai Hao continued: "How is Bi Luojing's family doing here? ”
Ying Yu said: "At that time, it was not only Bi Luojing's family that was brought in, but also the families of other officials who were beheaded with Bi Luojing, but the families of those officials said that they wanted to go back to their hometown after living here for a few days, and I didn't keep them, so I let them go back." After Bi Luojing's wife was picked up, she was depressed all day, and she disappeared after not staying long. I sent the housekeepers and maids in the house out to look for them, but they searched for three days and three nights but did not find them. Now one of Bi Luojing's concubines, his two daughters, and a son are still in the house. ”
Taihao said: "Baby Jade, it's really hard for you......"
Ying Yu smiled: "Just say that I work hard, don't you have anything else to say?" ”
Taihao suddenly became a little shy and didn't know what to say.
At this time, Jing Ye shouted outside the door, "Miss Yingyu, can I come in?" ”
Yingyu responded, "You come in!" ”
Jing Ye pushed the door in, and when he saw that Taihao was also here, he hurriedly kowtowed: "See Lord Taihao, my lord, when did you come back?" ”
Tai Hao said: "Please get up quickly, and don't make a big gift in the house in the future." ”
After Jing Ye got up, he continued to ask, "My lord, when did you come back?" Is the crusade against the rebels over? ”
Tai Hao said: "It's been several days since I returned to Thousand Winds City, but I haven't been able to return to the mansion, the battle hasn't been fought yet, and the emperor has changed to a new thief general." ”
Jing Ye said: "Replace it with a Shaoling horse." ”
Tai Hao had never heard who the new general was, but Jing Ye said that it had been replaced by Shaoling, and he hurriedly asked, "Who are you listening to?" ”
Jing Ye said: "Miss asked me to investigate the Shaoling Concubine, and I have been ......"
"Jing Ye!" Yingyu called him out and motioned for him to stop talking.
Tai Hao was surprised: "Ying Yu, what's going on, why do you want to investigate the Shaoling Concubine?" ”
Ying Yu said: "Since you want to know, I won't hide it from you." This is all said by the concubine in Biluojing, she said that the young spirit horse has always wanted to harm you, so I wanted to investigate him, so I arranged for Jing Ye to go. ”
Tai Hao asked, "How could Bi Luojing's concubine know about this, and where is she now?" ”
Ying Yu instructed Jing Ye, "Jing Ye, you go and call Miss Zilian over." ”
Jing Ye left in response, and after a short time, Jing Ye walked in with Bi Luojing's concubine. Tai Hao saw that her facial features were exquisite, her skin was fair, her figure was graceful, she was wearing a moon-white gauze dress, and she had a shallow smile on her face, looking very charming and charming, she couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and said secretly: "This woman is really captivating!" ”
Zilian made a blessing salute to Tai Hao and said, "The little girl Zilian sees Lord Tai Hao. ”
Tai Hao asked, "Miss Purple Lotus, please sit down, I called you over, just to ask you, where did you hear that the young spirit horse wanted to harm me?" ”
Zilian said: "I am ...... I learned it from the lord of the city. ”
Tai Hao asked, "You still have a relationship with the city lord of Zicai?" ”
Zilian nodded and said, "Yes, I...... I ......"
Seeing that she didn't want to say it, Ying Yu whispered a few words in Tai Hao's ear, and Tai Hao nodded and continued to ask, "What did the city lord tell you?" ”
It turned out that Zi Cai was extremely lustful by nature, especially fond of young women, and when he was ordered to put the rebels' family under house arrest, he found that Bi Luojing's concubine was as beautiful as a fairy. wanted to take it for himself, at first Zilian resolutely disagreed, but Bi Luojing was beheaded, and Zi Cai bought a lot of gold and silver jewelry for Zilian to show his sincerity. Zilian stays alone in the empty room all day long, and often feels a little lonely. Seeing that Zi Dish was so attentive to himself, he gradually became tempted, and he met with Zi Dish in private many times. Once Zi Chuan was drunk and asked where Zilian lived now, Zilian said that she lived in Chengwang's mansion. Zi Cai was still angry at the time, saying that it was not enough for Taihao to save Bi Luojing's wife and children, and he even brought a concubine who was as beautiful as Bi Luojing to his house. At that moment, Zi Cai told Zilian about Shaoling's harm to Taihao.
Zilian heard Tai Hao's question and replied: "He said that Shao Ling asked him to find a way to convict Lord Taihao, so he and a group of his subordinates let Lord Taihao ride the official sedan chair on the streets of Thousand Winds City to swagger through the city, so that the people in the city can see it, and let Lord Taihao violate the rule of 'prohibiting officials from riding in a sedan chair'." Shaoling also united with more than 20 ministers of the court and the central government to report the crimes of Lord Taihao to the emperor, and he also chose to fight when he was about to hit Pinghe City, so he recommended himself to the emperor Mao Sui to lead the troops to go out and replace Lord Taihao to become the new general of the thief. Pinghe City can also be taken back quickly, and the real hero of the crusade against the rebels will be Shaoling Horse. ”
Taihao had already guessed everything, but he just didn't believe it, why did Shaoling harm himself like this, and what was Shaoling's purpose?
Tai Hao asked lightly, "Did he say anything else?" ”
Zilian shook her head and responded, "No, I don't remember what I said later." ”
Tai Hao said: "You go down first, if you need anything here, you can bring it up at any time." ”
Zilian said, "Thank you, Lord Taihao." ”
After Zilian left, Ying Yu asked Jing Ye again, "Jing Ye, what did you find out from the Horse Mansion?" ”
Jing Ye said: "Lord Taihao, Miss Yingyu, now these days the Shaoling Horse is not in Thousand Winds City, so there are only a few family members and maids in his Horse Mansion. Princess Sangya has never been back to the Pony Mansion these days. ”
Tai Hao asked, "Is it because Shaoling is not in the Horse Mansion, so she doesn't go back?" ”
Jing Ye said: "When the Shaoling Horse was in Thousand Winds City, Princess Sangya rarely went back, almost only once a month. And I found that Shaoling Horse has many mansions in Thousand Winds City, and Shaoling Horse often spends the night in different mansions, among which the two mansions located in Pingkangfang and Xingdaofang are the most frequented. ”
Tai Hao said: "Do you know who lives in those two mansions?" ”
Jing Ye said: "In the courtyard of the Shaoling Horse in Pingkangfang, there are several soldiers guarding it day and night, I secretly climbed to the wall and looked at the courtyard, and found that there was a woman who often haunted. But she didn't seem to be able to get out of that yard, she was always watched, and the young spirit ponies always went there at night. The courtyard where he was in Xingdaofang was also guarded by soldiers day and night, and I also climbed up to the wall to look, and there was a little boy playing in that courtyard, and when the young spirit horse went, it was usually during the day. ”
"Little boy? Could it be that Shaoling has an illegitimate child? Taihao asked.
Jing Ye said: "I don't know about this, except for the Horse Mansion and his two mansions, he will go to the other mansions relatively rarely, anyway, the Horse Mansion is the most lively, when the Shaoling Horse is in Thousand Winds City, there are often officials there." ”
Tai Hao said: "You did a good job, continue to investigate, and help me investigate who lives in the two houses of his Pingkang Fang and Xingdao Fang." ”
Jing Ye responded, "Yes, Lord Taihao." ”
Taihao was a little uneasy at this time, because when he was in Hengchuan City, Daxi had told him that when Shaoling and Sonya left Pinghe City, they took Mao Ru and Nian Yu with them, and he said that Mao Ru also gave birth to a son for himself, are they the ones who live in those two houses? Nian Yu is good at martial arts, and if he is guarded by soldiers, he will definitely be able to escape. If I go to those two houses to find them now, it will be difficult for me to explain if they are not the ones who live.
Tai Hao pondered for a long time and continued to ask Jing Ye, "Do you know where Princess Sonya is now?" ”
Jing Ye said: "Princess Sangya is said to often live in the palace, saying that she wants to accompany her mother. ”
Taihao nodded and said, "Understood...... Jing Ye, you go down first. ”
Jing Ye retreated.
Ying Yu saw that Taihao's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Taihao said: "Yingyu, do you know, I have a son. ”
Ying Yu was surprised: "What? How do you have a son? ”
Taihao said: "I told you that I had already married a family, but when I was fighting on the front line, I met my fellow villager friend Onishi, and he told me that not long after I left Pinghe City, my mother found out that she was pregnant, and later gave birth to a son, but I don't know where their mother and son are now......"