Chapter 335: King Yan (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

The military report received by the military department was from the northwest, and of course this news could not be concealed from Pei Zhan, the general of Pingxi.

When I arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the military department Shangshu and Liang Chen had already arrived. The emperor sat on the couch with his legs bent, wearing a loose regular robe, and his face was a little thinner, but his spirit had recovered a little, and at least he no longer had to lie in bed today.

On the kang table beside the emperor was a few military newspapers, and it looked like they had been talking about it for a while.

"The generals stationed in the northwest heard about a conflict when they were patrolling outside the customs a few days ago, the officers and soldiers of the Great Moon Kingdom fought with another group of people, the other side did not play the flag, the origin is unknown, but it was very brave, this military newspaper said, judging from their weapons and clothing, some of them look like people from the Dongzi Kingdom.

"Hasn't this Dongzi country been quite peaceful and self-respecting over the years? Why did you pair up with Otsuki again? ”

The emperor took his heel and handed over the military report.

Dongzi also borders with the Great Zhou and does not harass other countries. In the years when Da Yue and Da Zhou were at war, Dongzi was provoked to participate in the war by Da Yue's vain attempts several times, and they were never hit.

Therefore, after the tide of the battle was reversed, Da Zhou did not hurt Dongzi in the slightest.

It is equivalent to saying that Dongzi has not had any presence in the war between the two countries over the years.

At this time, why are they fighting against the people of the current government in the territory of the Great Moon?

Da Zhou has just calmed down, and he can't afford any turmoil, so he naturally has to pay attention to this situation.

Pei Zhan took the military report and read it carefully, and then looked up: "The Dongzi royal family and Da Yue had a marriage, and Princess Yilan, the sister of Jin Xu, the king of Dongzi, married the Yiwang Wang. Princess Yilan was the original princess of the Wing King, but she died less than a year after marriage. ”

"Oh?" The Emperor wondered, "Then did she leave any children?" ”

"No, I didn't. All of the children of the Wing King were born of the continuation, including Duan Mian, who was sent out. ”

The emperor nodded and motioned to the military department: "Send an order to the generals in the northwest border to pay more attention to the relationship between Dongzi and Dayue." ”

The military department received the order and withdrew from the palace.

Liang Chen and Pei Zhan were also left in the store, and when they saw the emperor go down to the ground, the two stepped forward to support them left and right. The Emperor swept them away: "Not yet. My crown prince of the Great Zhou has not yet been canonized, how can I fall? ”

Pei Zhan and the others immediately bowed their heads and retreated.

"The people who went to Tanzhou to escort the remaining prisoners will arrive in Beijing in a few days, and after the trial is completed, the case of the prince's murder of his brother will be settled. What are your thoughts on this case? ”

Pei Liang and the others glanced at each other, and then Pei Zhan took a step forward: "Xu Yin deserves to be punished for his crime, the evidence is conclusive, and the ministers have no objections." ”

"What about the crown prince instructing King Rong's father and son to kill the emperor's eldest son?"

The Emperor paced slowly, and though he was well-dressed and unarmed, the slow movement revealed his weakness.

Pei Zhan said: "The crime committed by the prince has also been confessed by him personally, and there is no mistake." If no new evidence emerges, there should be no turning point in the case. ”

Since the queen found Fu Zhen and inquired about Ning Bochi in front of the emperor, then about the suspicions of the deceased in Baiyu Hutong, the emperor and queen must have passed the qi and there was already a consensus.

But this is not so easy to accept, in the absence of any evidence to prove that Yang Yu killed the wrong person, it is untenable to say that the deceased is not like the eldest son of the emperor.

Besides, if the emperor and queen still have their own thoughts, it is about the eldest son of the emperor, and it is even more impossible to talk nonsense.

"yes." The Emperor took a deep breath and said to himself, "What else is possible? ”

Pei Zhan and the others were inconvenient to answer, so they looked at the ground with their eyes and noses.

At this time, the emperor said again: "I heard that the henchman surnamed Lian next to Xu Yin escaped through a loophole, I don't know why, I always feel that Da Yue's side has not really been peaceful.

"Especially now that it is involved in a Dongzi country.

"You two are the commanders of the relay to break through the big moon, and no one has a more comprehensive grasp of the situation in the northwest and the approximate situation than you, from now on, you will first divide some energy to pay attention. Check out the grievances of the big moon royal family of the Yiwang Mansion and Lian Yang. ”

"Your Ministers obey."

The two of them took the order, and the emperor planned to make them retreat.

Pei Zhan took over the task in front of Fu Zhen last night, to find out if the emperor and queen really had their own thoughts, and when he saw this, he rushed to say before the emperor spoke: "Earlier, because I heard the emperor say that for so many years, people have been sent to look for the traces of the emperor's eldest son in the north and south of the river, and after the truth of Bai Yuhu's classmate case was revealed, I don't know if these people who were sent out have ever returned?"

"If you have already arrived in Beijing, there are still some things you want to know about the conviction of Xu Yin, please ask the emperor to allow the ministers to find them and meet them."

The emperor looked at him: "You go to the Praetorian Guard Department to find Zhang Yuan, the commander of the guards, he is responsible for this matter." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Pei Zhan thanked him and withdrew.

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Liang Chen couldn't help but pull him down: "What else do you want to find out about the guards?" Haven't all Xu Yin's affairs been investigated? ”

When Pei Zhan saw him, he remembered that he brought a group of people to block him the day before yesterday, and he had a cold face: "You don't understand what you said." ”

Liang Chen snorted and stopped his way: "Aren't you still eating Xu Yin's vinegar in your heart?" Are you an old man? Just a little bit of eye-catching? It's not like you don't know that he had a marriage contract with his little aunt in the past, and you didn't mind until this time, isn't it too late? What did you do earlier? Just because of a Xu Yin, you are angry with your little aunt and want to reconcile, and you will do it at a loss! ”

Pei Zhan looked at him: "Who told you that I was eating his vinegar?" ”

"Does that need to be said?" Liang Chen snorted in his nose, and his eyes were slanted, "We have been born and died together for so many years, and you haven't even let me see that you have not married for so many years, but because you are worried about my aunt, it can be seen how persistent you are?"

"Other people and things really can't respond to you, but Xu Yin, who has been with her aunt for so long, and the little aunt is bent on revenge, and she doesn't have that heart for you, so you can't think nonsense? Do you dare to say no? ”

Pei Zhan squinted at the glazed tiles opposite, and his waist was straight: "What is the surname Xu?" I'm not going to take him seriously. ”

Liang Chen's cold snort was as loud as a cannon battle. "You just have a hard mouth!"

With that, he threw the man down and strode forward.

Pei Zhan shouted: "You don't go to the Praetorian Guard with me?" ”

Liang Chen didn't reply: "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!" ”

Pei Zhan said: "You go with me, and I'll tell you a secret when I turn back." ”

Liang Chen still ignored him.

Pei Zhan turned around and walked in the direction of the Praetorian Guard.

He hadn't taken a few steps before a gust of wind swept behind him, and then like an arrow in the early morning, it flashed in front of his eyes:

"What's the secret?"

Pei Zhan smiled: "Just follow me and you'll know!" ”

……

The Praetorian Guard is on the west side of the palace.

Commander Zhang happened to be practicing archery with people. He enthusiastically came up and served tea to Pei Liang and the others, and then invited them to carry bows and demonstrate to the guards.

Pei Zhan was as good as a stream, picked up the bow and arrow, and then said casually: "When did Commander Zhang come back?" Did you go back to your mother? ”

Zhang Yuan held back his expression: "The two generals are from the emperor?" ”

Liang Chen smiled and said: "Ask you kid, you are still twisting and turning, without the emperor's permission, the two of us dare to ask you this?" ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "The subordinates are stupid and offended. Then he said: "We returned to the capital three days ago, and we went to the emperor to recover our lives as soon as possible." At that time, Niangniang was also there, so she didn't report to Niangniang again. ”

Pei Zhan drew his bow to the fullest, shot an arrow right in the bull's-eye, and then asked in the exclamation of the guards: "Then you have been going back and forth many times over the years, and you have only returned to the emperor?" ”

Zhang Yuan personally refilled an arrow for him: "That's not it, after giving the emperor a lifetime in the early years, I have to go to Kunning Palace to repay my mother." In the years that followed, Niangniang said that every time I heard it, I was more disappointed, so we didn't have to go until there was definite news to tell us. So I don't go there anymore these years. ”

Pei Zhan looked at him: "What do the guards of Kunning Palace usually do?" Do you go out often? ”

"Niangniang has not been out of the palace for many years, and the guards of Kunning Palace are naturally only used in the palace for protection."

Pei Zhan shot another arrow and handed the bow back to the guards beside him: "In addition to the guards around the emperor, who else in the Praetorian Guard Department needs to go out often?" ”

Zhang Yuan thought for a while: "Basically, I just obey the emperor's arrangement." In addition, only the people in the palace of King Yan need to go out often to buy medicinal herbs and the like. ”

"King Yan?" Pei Zhan took a cup of tea and glanced at him again halfway.

Zhang Yuan nodded: "The few flavors of medicine that King Yan takes all year round are rare things, and there are not many stores in the Tai Hospital. Therefore, I need to go out several times a year, and I usually go to Yunnan, Guichuan and other places to wait for the new pick.

"Often, as soon as the herb picker gets it, the brothers in the Yanwang Palace will immediately send it back to the palace."

Pei Zhan frowned.

At this time, Liang Chen had already finished shooting three arrows and walked back.

Pei Zhan put the cup back: "Speaking of which, I haven't been to ask His Royal Highness King Yan for a long time, so I'll go sit with the general." ”

He glanced at Liang Chen, and Liang Chen talked about the two paintings that King Yan had recently painted, and left the Praetorian Guard Department.

When he got outside, Liang Chen couldn't help it: "What the hell are you doing?" What did you suddenly go to see King Yan for? ”

Pei Zhan crossed his waist and looked at the overlapping palace, tightened his eyebrows and said, "A few days ago, when I went to the prison to ask King Rong's father and son about some news about my grandfather's life, I heard something from Yang Zhan's mouth.

He said that the palace had sent two groups of people to find the emperor's eldest son, one was the emperor's, and the other was the mother's. However, the group of people sent by the emperor didn't know that Niangniang also sent people out. ”

Liang Chen paused: "Why did Niang Niang do this?" ”

"If I knew, would I need to bring you here?" Pei Zhan snorted, "The only people Niangniang can mobilize are the guards in the palace, but the people in the Praetorian Guard Department say that the guards of Kunning Palace have never been far from the palace. ”

Liang Chen realized: "You mean, the guards in the Yan Palace, who have to go out several times a year to collect medicinal herbs, are actually the ones who secretly go to find the emperor's eldest son?" ”

"It can only be them." Pei Zhan looked at him, "Now in the harem, except for the people of the emperor and queen, only King Yan's guards can be sent out of the palace alone.

"The prince sent people from the Rongwang Mansion, and it is impossible for this group of people to hide from Yang Yu, so the East Palace can be excluded.

"The concubines in the harem are far less powerful, and they will not put their hands on the head of the emperor's eldest son.

"It's just that it is not known whether these people were sent by King Yan or sent by the queen."

Liang Chen nodded: "I know." So we should indeed go and visit King Yan. ”

Pei Zhan raised his steps: "Let's go." ”

……

King Yan lived in Jingren Palace, not far from Kunning Palace.

When Pei Liang and the others arrived outside Jingren Palace, the eunuch beside King Yan happened to walk out of the door. Pei Zhan asked him to report, and the eunuch said, "His Royal Highness King Yan is in the Imperial Garden." ”

The two of them then went to the Imperial Garden.

Yan Wang's illness was not brought by the womb, he was also very lively when he was a child, and after being infected halfway, he spent most of the year in his Jingren Palace and could not go out, only from the end of spring and early summer to the end of summer and early autumn, he would come out and walk around.

There is already the fragrance of osmanthus in the imperial garden, and in the octagonal pavilion surrounded by chrysanthemums of various colors, King Yan is stroking the qin, but the queen is also there, sitting on the side and looking at the strings.

After the eunuch stepped forward to report, the mother and son both cast their eyes at the pavilion.

King Yan stood up: "General, General Pei." ”

The young man's face was pale, but his dark eyes were extremely clear, and because he had been by his parents' side since he was a child, his voice was also a little well-behaved.

"See the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness King Yan."

Pei Liang and the others saluted, and the queen also stood up, and said softly: "How did you find here?" But what happened? ”

There was still a residual trance on her face, and no one knew what she was thinking when the piano sounded.

"The emperor sent the two of us into the palace to discuss the military report, and after receiving the case of the emperor's eldest son, we went to the Janissary Office to find Commander Zhang, thinking that we had not come to ask His Royal Highness King Yan for a long time, so we came over again."

King Yan said: "The two generals are busy with military affairs, how dare Xiao Wang delay?" You two may be seated. ”

The queen also said, "Sit down." It's okay. ”

The two sat down on the stool brought by the eunuch, and Pei Zhan looked at Jiao Weiqin: "Your Highness is brilliant, which is a blessing for the court and the people." ”

King Yan replied shyly: "I have been fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and I am not good at learning, which is simply a loss of face for the Taifu, and it also makes the general laugh." ”

"What can he laugh at? In addition to dancing with guns and sticks, he can't understand poetry and painting, and he can't complete the five tones, can he laugh at Your Highness? Of course, the minister doesn't understand, the minister is worse than him! ”

Liang Chen ha.

The queen looked at him with a smile: "How are your mother and second aunt?" When I heard that I was back, I didn't come into the palace to see me. ”

"When you go back, bring the oracle!"

"It's all a father, and you're still so skinny!" The queen scolded with a smile, and turned to Pei Zhan again, "I only saw your daughter-in-law yesterday, you came today, you have a good eye, that Nizi is generous, calm and calm, but on par with you." ”

Pei Zhan also smiled: "Thank you for your praise." However, this time he can get a big case, and Neiko can indeed be the first credit. ”

The queen nodded, and said with a straight face: "So I also rewarded the Ning family." It's a pity that Ningbo Pond left earlier.

"—Let's have tea."

Pei Zhan picked up the tea and said quietly: "The minister's mother-in-law took over the Ning family's business, there are shops in the north and south of the river, and they also do medicinal material trading, and they have served as an imperial merchant in the previous dynasty.

"I don't know if His Royal Highness King Yan has enough medicinal materials recently? Is there anything you can do? ”