261, half a month later

In fact, the moment the right minister said this, Jin Lan looked at the right prime minister and hid a little smile in his sight.

If she guessed correctly, the left phase should have deliberately contradicted the right phase just now.

As the old opponent of the court that has not changed for tens of thousands of years, the ranks of the left and right phases are obviously much higher.

They have been fighting for too many years, and they know each other very well, and they know very well which conveniences can better deal a fatal blow to each other.

In this matter, the right minister thought that he was the first to strike, but he didn't expect that it was all the left minister's bureau.

Sure enough, in order to deepen the effect of his contradiction, Zuo Xiang also opened his mouth.

"Right Prime Minister, you still don't have to be stubborn, it's not appropriate to send troops at this time."

"King Ding'an's fief is already rich, he still has military power in his hands, and the goddess was also kidnapped by him, if the king of Ding'an counterattacks, I'm afraid that we will be in turmoil, and it will be difficult to be stable."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

The left minister didn't listen to much of the right minister's words, but the emperor's face turned black when he heard it.

It's just that he doesn't completely agree with Zuo Xiang's opinion, on the contrary, he feels that he should use more harsh means to suppress King Ding'an.

"Bingbu Shangshu, what do you think of the comparison between the left and right ministers?"

This secretary of the military department is old and rarely asks about the affairs of the military department, and only hangs on as an idle post, and now he is even more proficient in the way of mud.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that King Ding'an is the heir of His Majesty, and there must be a lot of misunderstandings among them, so it is better for Your Majesty to summon King Ding'an back to Beijing, and the father and son will have a good chat."

As soon as he said this, the emperor felt that there was no need to ask any further.

"What do Song Shilang and Quan Shilang think?"

Kwon Shilang used to be a princeling, but now he has thrown himself under the right prime minister even earlier.

As a loyal lackey, of course, he wants to support the right minister at this time.

"The minister thinks that the right minister is very right."

It's even simpler when it comes to Song Shilang.

His son Song Jin'an has a close relationship with the goddess, and he has long formed a faction with the eldest princess.

"The minister thinks that Lord Zuo is reasonable."

Good guy, it's okay that the emperor doesn't ask, but his head is big after asking.

He originally thought that these ministers would give him some advice.

Now the opinion is out, but there are two.

It is true that he is more inclined to the view of the right minister, but the suspicion of being an emperor always makes him feel that something is missing in the plan.

Now there are two distinct factions in the imperial study, and he doesn't know what to do.

The emperor was having a headache, but he caught a glimpse of Jinlan's slender jade hands that were still pinching his shoulders.

"Lan'er, who do you think is more reasonable, the left or the right?"

As soon as the emperor's words were asked, Jinlan unexpectedly received the eye knife from the right minister.

Tut-tut, look at his anxious appearance.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is a woman in the end, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to speak about such a national event."

Jin Lan said this tactfully and softly, and he immediately grasped the softness in the dog emperor's heart.

What he lacks now is someone who understands himself and can help him with advice.

It's just that before he could say anything, the right minister opened his mouth first.

If Concubine Chen spoke out against it, then his future plan would be in vain.

He would not allow any factor to influence his plans for the future.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Concubine Chen is reasonable."

"This is the first thing I want to do, if a woman who has lived in the deep palace for a long time participates in it, it will inevitably fall into the mouth, so please think twice."

Think twice.

The emperor didn't expect that what Jin Lan said when he resigned his holy decree would be fulfilled so quickly.

"I have given Concubine Chen the right to participate in political affairs, and there is no need to say much about it."

"I just want to listen to Concubine Chen's thoughts today!"

The latter sentence was said loudly by the emperor, and after finishing speaking, he threw a knife at the right side.

The right minister is completely shut up now.

Jinlan sees it in his eyes and is happy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, don't say that."

"The concubine is just a favor from you, and she is lucky to get this right to participate in political affairs, but the concubine really doesn't know how to exercise it."

"As for the idea of political affairs, the concubine doesn't know anything about it."

"But there is only one thing: the concubine has met with the goddess several times, and has received a lot of kindness from the lord, and she is very grateful in her heart."

"Right now, the goddess is trapped in the fief of King Ding'an, and the concubine begs Your Majesty to find a way to rescue the goddess and return to Beijing."

Jin Lan said that the tears were like beads with broken threads, and they fell down big and big with it.

The tears of the beauty are already distressing, not to mention that her words really reminded the emperor.

Not only her, but the emperor himself also suffered a lot of kindness from Acha.

If it weren't for Ah Cha's solution for himself, and for setting up an altar for himself, maybe he would have been absorbed by King Ding'an.

And now Ah Cha is trapped in the fiefdom, which is also a threat to the lives of the people of King Ding'an.

Whether it was out of gratitude for Ah Cha or whatever, it seemed that he should come to the rescue.

The emperor who wanted to understand this did not hesitate at all, and immediately made a decision in his heart.

"Lan'er is really reasonable, the goddess is the pillar of my great prosperity and Dingguo, and now the king of Ding'an dares to detain her, it is simply a violation of heavenly principles!"

"I have decided that in two days, I will send an army of 100,000 mobilized from near the capital to the fief of King Ding'an to encircle and suppress the thieves and rescue the goddess!"

"Zuo Xiang is old, so he stayed in Beijing to preside over the overall situation, and Song Shilang and the military department Shangshu were responsible for assisting Zuo Xiang in Beijing."

"The right minister is also the marshal of the army, and he is in charge of everything in the army, and the right squire is in charge of supervising the army, and if there is any situation in the army, he will report to me at any time."

"Do you have any objections?"

These are all expected by Zuo Xiang, and of course he has no objections.

"The old minister has no objection."

Song Shilang was with him, so he naturally followed him back to the emperor first.

"The minister has no objection."

But the right minister was stunned in place, and he didn't react.

No, how did it come to the point where the emperor asked himself if he had no objections?

Since what Jin Lan said just now, it has already set off a lot of waves in his heart.

Years of intuition gave him a vague feeling that something wasn't right, but he couldn't think of a reason for it.

But when his expression fell in the eyes of the emperor, it turned into dissatisfaction with himself.

"What? Does the right minister think that my decision is inappropriate? ”

This time, the right minister finally reacted.

"The old minister doesn't dare."

"The old minister just thinks that His Majesty is holy and has made such a wise decision in a short period of time, and the old minister really admires it."

The sudden sycophant made the dog emperor's heart feel a little more relaxed.

"It's good that the right minister thinks so."

"Ladies and gentlemen, follow my orders today."

"I'm tired, let's all retreat."

The emperor has already issued an order to expel guests, and it is naturally difficult for these ministers to stay.

But the right minister was a little embarrassed.

For nothing else, he took a small step forward, thinking that he could stay and ask Uncle Jiang for a favor, but he ran into the emperor's eviction order.

At this time, he had to swallow the words of intercession in his abdomen, and bowed to the other ministers to leave.

"The minister retired."

They were all gone, and the emperor finally relaxed a little, rubbed his eyebrows, and pulled her into his arms along Jinlan's jade hand, and his whole head was buried in her chest.

"Lan'er, I'm so tired."

Being held by the Dog Emperor in such a posture, Jinlan felt that his whole person was about to explode.

He's too tired, obviously he's the most tired!

The body is tired, and the mind is tired.

If it weren't for the fact that she would be able to send the Dog Emperor back to the West in a short time, she wouldn't want to endure it for a day.

But now she still has to endure it, and she has to endure it.

After doing some psychological construction for himself, Jinlan reluctantly squeezed out a gentle and empathetic smile, lifted the dog emperor's head, and then let him meet his tender eyes.

"Your Majesty, you work day and night for state affairs, and your concubines are also very distressed."

Xu is her words were too gentle, and the only remaining fragility in the dog emperor's heart was called out, and driven by the desire to talk, he looked at Jinlan and poured out his innermost thoughts.

"Lan'er, it's not just state affairs, I'm also worried about the increasingly serious partisan disputes in the court."

"I have already seen that what the left minister said is not unreasonable, but the right minister is really strange, and he completely denied the left minister's thoughts, and sang and harmonized in front of me with the right servant."

Yo, the Dog Emperor is still not blind.

"But doesn't Your Majesty also approve of the Right Minister? He also sent the right minister and the right servant to lead the troops to encircle and suppress the king of Ding'an. ”

Jinlan is pretending to be naΓ―ve and unaware of the question.

And the dog emperor is serious about answering.

"Lan'er, if I don't send the right minister and the right servant to go out together, I'm afraid that even the people who will lead the troops to encircle and suppress the king of Ding'an will be uneven."

"Over the years, I have been too conniving with the right minister, so he is so arrogant, it seems that I still have to find a chance to beat him well."

Jinlan raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not say a word.

But she had already calculated it in her heart.

When she finds a suitable opportunity, she can just give the emperor some new eye medicine and let him make a move on the right minister.

The sky in the capital is quietly changing, and the sky in the fiefdom is completely dark.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Tuoba Jun, who had changed his appearance, pulled Ah Cha and walked towards the city.

There are no pedestrians on the streets anymore, and the lights are on in every room.

In the dark night, a bright light seems to bring infinite warmth to people, making everyone want to approach from the bottom of their hearts.

Tuoba Jun stopped in the street for a long time, and remained silent.

But Ah Cha still saw the clue in his lonely eyes.

The fireworks in the world are the most soothing to the hearts of mortals.

Since he was a child, Tuoba Jun has fantasized about the harmony of his parents and the possibility of having a happy family.

But in the end, he had nothing, and he still had to walk alone in this world.

It is said that what people lack makes up for what they lack.

Ah Cha never thought that it was the last moment of Tuoba Jun's life, and he still wanted to feel the warmth of some ordinary people.

She sighed deeply.

If Tuoba Jun hadn't been born in the emperor's family, maybe his current life would have been smooth.

She kept following her and didn't speak, but suddenly, Tuoba Jun seemed to have a convulsion, pulling her and running towards the bamboo forest outside the city.

The more he was like this, the more Ah Cha felt that something was wrong.

She really couldn't think of what kind of attraction an ordinary bamboo forest outside the city had to Tuoba Jun.

"Tuoba Jun, you're not in good health, so let's walk slowly."

All that could be answered was Tuoba Jun's handsome wave of his hand and quicken his pace.

"Time is money, you can go to the bamboo forest with me to know."

Even though Ah Cha had thousands of doubts in her heart, she still let her honestly follow Tuoba Jun and go to the bamboo forest.

But when she arrived at the bamboo forest, the thousands of doubts seemed to have taken root, which made her even more puzzled.

In her eyes, the current Tuoba Jun knows that his life is coming to the final countdown, and his cherishing of time makes him give up his sleep time.

"This bamboo forest is no different from what we've seen before, so why do you have to come and see it?"

Hearing her ask, Tuoba Jun just stopped his steps into the depths of the bamboo forest and looked up at the sky.

"Ah Cha, you can look up too."

According to his words, Ah Cha did look up.

But she saw a different world.

A bright moon shines brightly in the night.

The afterglow of the moonlight swayed down equally, falling on everyone's side, reflecting the mottled bamboo forest.

In the quiet bamboo forest at this moment, Ah Cha can only hear the sound of their breathing and the rustle of bamboo leaves being blown by the wind.

Ah Cha was a little fascinated by it, and he didn't even pay attention to when Tuoba Jun walked to his side.

"Ah Cha, you see, you like it here, too."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Yes, I do love it. ”

Ah Cha didn't deny it, but looked at him after saying those words.

"But can you tell me now, why did you come to this bamboo forest when you said you wanted to indulge once?"

"Whoaβ€”"

Tuoba Jun jerked out the short sword he was carrying, and slashed at the bamboo at his side with all his strength.

The sharp dagger made the bamboo fall to the ground in an instant.

Ah Cha was dumbfounded, but still couldn't understand his intention to do so.

"Tuoba Jun, you ......"

Tuoba Jun clapped his hands dryly, and put the short sword back in its scabbard.

"I brought you here to help me do a small but meaningful thing."

"You can help me split this bamboo into bamboo chips."

"Huh? What are you trying to do? ”

Tuoba Jun smiled faintly, "You'll know in a moment." ”

As he spoke, he took the first step and moved his hand to the bamboo.

Ah Cha had great doubts like this, but did as he was told.

A thick piece of bamboo was split into long pieces.

And Tuoba Jun was very skillful in dividing the long pieces into different lengths and starting to weave.

"Ah Cha, you can watch it."

"Look at what?"

"Look at how I weave my urn."

What?

Urn?

It took a lot of effort for Ah Cha to get his mind running again, thinking about the true meaning of his words.

It was a long time before she asked again with trembling hands, uncertainly.

"You say...... What are you going to knit? ”

This time, Tuoba Jun put down the bamboo strip in his hand, and his cold eyes were full of seriousness.

"I said I'm going to weave my urn."

"I brought you here for nothing other than to ask you to do me one more thing."

Ah Cha's brain was so mushy that he didn't dare to look at him directly, let alone listen to him.

"You...... Why do you want me to help with so many things? ”

"Isn't it already the last thing to indulge with you?"

"It's me who is not good, I lied to you for the time being."

As he spoke, he got up and walked to her side, turning her around so that she had to look directly at herself.

"Ah Cha, I promise this will definitely be the last thing."

"Can't you bear to reject me?"

This was said by Tuoba Jun in a brisk tone, but this did not affect Ah Cha's ability to hear that something was wrong.

"No, I can't bear it."

If it were normal, she might think it was a joke between friends.

But now, the bad premonition in her heart that was more and more amplified made her subconsciously not want to listen to Tuoba Jun's words anymore.

"Okay, I know you're not going to turn me down, are you?"

Tuoba Jun was not angry, knowing that she could hear his words, so he continued to fiddle with the bamboo sticks.

"Ah Cha, I just want you to help me burn my ashes after I go, and then put me in this urn that I knitted with bamboo strips."

"The bamboo strips are still a little sparse, and my ashes may be spilled, but don't be afraid, I won't deliberately scare you."

"When you succeed in gathering the men sent by the Emperor, before the flood breaks out, you can scatter my ashes in various places in the fiefdom."

"Finally, this urn that I knitted with my own hands, you can burn it to ashes."

He said this paragraph lightly, but Ah Cha was terrified when he heard it.

It was hard for her to imagine what kind of mentality Tuoba Jun had to explain his future so calmly.

She couldn't understand what he was doing with it.

Her gaze was too dazzling, and Tuoba Jun answered her doubts in the next second.

"Ah Cha, don't look at my time now, but my brain is rare to be sober these days."

"I know very well what I'm doing, people are dying, and it is right to calm down."

"Now I'll explain my future to you, I'm afraid that you will be in a hurry in the future, and if you make some moves, you will be noticed by the right minister's hands."

"As for my ashes, I don't know if you have ever heard a saying: 'This is the beginning of the Yuan to know that everything is empty.'" I thought so too. ”

"I came here alone, and I know that this fiefdom is about to flood, and I also want to do something for the people here."

"I don't have much hope, I just hope that I can stay on this land in the future, and look at everyone again, maybe I can bless everyone with the flood to recede quickly."

The latter sentence he uttered in a half-joking tone.

But Ah Cha couldn't stop crying.

Tuoba Jun loves this land and the people here more than she thought.

He has already said it so sincerely, can he still refuse him?

"Okay, then I promise you."

"But you have to be assured that this will be the last time."

"Okay, I promise."

It's just four words, but it's heavier than a thousand pounds.

God knows how strong Ah Cha held on so that he didn't let his tears burst, and even restrained his emotions, standing quietly on the sidelines and watching him weave his urn.

I don't know if it's the psychological effect or what, she always feels that this time has passed in the blink of an eye.

The sky has been slightly white, and the night has passed.

In his hand, he also held a box made of bamboo.

"Let's go, we've indulged all night, and it's time to go back to the city and put on another big show for the people."

If the scene of the previous day was not well known, then on this day, according to Tuoba Jun's instructions, Zhu Shun and Zuo Qiuge arranged it from early in the morning.

The castle tower has been decorated with various props to look like a purgatory on earth.

And the first thing Tuoba Jun and Ah Cha did when they returned to the house was to remove the makeup of the disguise and add a new makeup.

Tuoba Jun's face was deliberately embellished with gloom and fierceness.

Khat is haggard and fragile.

When they walked out of the meeting, they all looked at each other and laughed.

"Ah Cha, your makeup is really chic, I've never seen you like this."

At this moment, Ah Cha's mood was too heavy, but she still cleaned up her mood and reluctantly said: "Each other, King Ding'an really opened my eyes." ”

Of course, Takubajun knew what she was referring to.

"Ah Cha, I'm also taking precautions."

"We have to do a full set of plays, and we still can't let people with intentions see the clues."

Is that really all there is to it?

Tuoba Jun always worried too much, but as a result, he still didn't think about himself when he counted down to his life for a few hours.

An indescribable sense of anger welled up in Acha's heart.

When she walked in front of Zhu Shun in silence, she nodded and motioned for him to tie her hands.

Tuoba Jun sighed silently, turned around and stepped out of the mansion door first.

Ah Cha was taken to the prison car.

Different from the experience of riding in the prisoner car the day before, she could clearly feel the comfort of the prisoner car.

She gently kicked away some of the weeds with her foot, and sure enough, she saw the white cotton wool inside.

If she guessed correctly, this should have been specially prepared by Tuoba Jun.

He will always be like this.

Meticulous and able to consider all aspects for everyone.

"The demon girl brought disaster to the country and the people, and she dared to predict that there would be a flood after half a month, and the king of Ding'an captured the demon girl and paraded it in the streets!"

Along the way, there were onlookers from the people, but none of the people threw rotten vegetable leaves or rotten eggs at them.

Ah Cha knew that there must be Tuoba Jun's handiwork in this.

Not only that, presumably Tuoba Jun also wanted to take the opportunity of parading the streets to spread the news of the flood to the people.

When the prisoner cart staggered to the bottom of the castle tower, Tuoba Jun arrived.

"Demon girl, this king will execute you today in front of the people of the whole city!"

"In the next half month, this king will execute your demon girl on the top of the city tower every day, and this king wants to see if there will be a flood after half a month!"