Ignoring the identities of the two, just looking at the posture in the water, like a young lady and the housekeeper who led the way.

Tang Xian finally knew why Yun Zhu thought she was from a family.

"And how do you see that my family is down?" She asked.

Zhuang Lian pointed to her finger in the air and said, "The scratches and burns have been around for half a year, to say the least. ”

Tang Xian looked down.

The Imperial Tomb has a small number of people, but it covers a large area, and there are many things to do every day, such as cleaning up dead branches and leaves, wiping funeral treasures, terracotta figurines and murals, etc., and even more, preparing three meals, refreshments, melons and fruits for the emperor in the coffin, not to mention the songs and dances from time to time.

When the old eunuch was unwell, he had to send a maid to serve him.

Tang Xian went to guard the mausoleum, and her life was only bland, and there were only two maids, and she was often transferred to do things.

When the maid is away, she has to do many things herself.

Embroidery, tailoring, collecting firewood and boiling water, she groped for these, and gradually learned.

Over time, there were some scars on my hands.

Due to the lack of sunlight, her already fair complexion was a little more cold, and these scars were particularly conspicuous in the contrast of snow-colored skin.

Tang Xian never thought that these small details could reveal so much information, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, she pulled her sleeve to cover the back of her hand, and asked tentatively: "At least two years ago, how did you deduce it?" ”

Zhuang Lian was stunned for a moment, and then understood, she asked how Yun Zhu was sure that her family was defeated at least two years ago, and said with a smile: "This is what the girl said herself." ”

"What I said?" Tang Xian was at a loss.

"Emperor Yingguang raised two black and white bears who loved to eat bamboo, and felt that the bamboo in the temple was stained with incense, and the taste would be more delicious, so he ordered someone to cut down the bamboo in Foguang Temple."

The bamboos are all cut down, how did she meet the smoke in the bamboo forest?

Tang Xian felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, wanting to say that the emperor was ridiculous, but she felt that she was unlucky, and finally frowned and asked, "Who is Emperor Yingguang?" ”

Zhuang Lian smiled again: "The girl doesn't even know about Emperor Yingguang, has she been trapped in the deep house for the past few years and can't go out?" ”

Tang Xian was shocked, and once again regretted that she had inadvertently missed the horse's feet.

Fortunately, Zhuang Lian did not break the casserole and asked, and explained to her: "It is the grandson of Emperor Rongxiao, the second prince of the same line, who ascended the throne the year before last, reigned for six months, and fell off a horse and died." After careful calculation, the saint should call him a cousin today. ”

Unfilial descendants.

Tang Xian's heart was mixed, and she scolded this cheap grandson in her heart with the corners of her mouth.

After the explanation of the explanation was finished, Zhuang Lian's eyes smiled, and he said: "Yanxia stole the treasure in front, and it was not an exaggeration to be Ling Chi if he almost ruined the big thing of the son." Childe will not be too difficult for a girl, but if the girl insists on being polluted with Yanxia, then don't blame my son-in-law for being ruthless. ”

Tang Xian pursed her mouth, her heart was in turmoil.

In the past few days of being trapped, she has probably seen that the other party really wants to ask her, and there are many ways. But in the end, all that was used on her was verbal intimidation and some annoying methods, which were not coerced confessions at all.

But she couldn't say.

Silently walked to a side courtyard, Zhuang Lian stopped, smiled again, and said: "There are no idlers in the house, and the girl has to do some sweeping work if she has food and lodging." ”

He looked behind him, and the guard stepped forward and handed him a broom.

"The tired girl sweeps up the fallen leaves in the yard."

Tang Xian took it in a daze, hesitating whether to ask him more, but saw that Zhuang Lian didn't know where to move, only heard a "boom", and a stone door opened in the corner.

She subconsciously looked and saw that the inside of the stone gate was dark and bottomless.

Zhuang Lian took a lamp from the guard's hand, bent down to enter, and was soon swallowed up by the darkness.

The stone door was not closed, but it was opened so widely. Tang Xian looked at it from a distance of a few feet, and felt that it was like the wide open mouth of a beast, and it was also like the heavy tomb door of Emperor Rongxiao, clamoring to swallow her into it.

The sunlight falling on his body began to turn cold.

Tang Xian's palms clutching the broom began to sweat.

"Ahh

A terrible scream came from the stone door.

The sound was shrill and piercing, and the aftermath echoed above the courtyard like waves crashing against the walls.

Tang Xian suddenly felt the ripples of the voice rubbing her hands and feet, pushing her, making her tremble and take a step back.

She could hear it, it was Cen Wangxian's voice.

This is a demonstration.

Tang Xian understood, and when their patience ran out, she would be treated the same as Cen Wangxian.

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In the middle of the night, the clouds stopped and returned, washed up, and went to the study to deal with the letters and memoraries that had accumulated in the past two days.

Since he turned seventeen, the king of the southwest has not paid attention to the affairs of the fief, and now he is even more ineffective.

The cloud bank on the dragon chair has been taught by the words and deeds of the king of the southwest, and he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and he is also a waste with nothing to show for himself.

All decisions made inside and outside the palace and on the southwest border must be approved by Yunzhu.

The letter on the table was thick, he picked up the top one, flipped through it at a glance, frowned and threw it away, and said, "Send someone to pass the word to the crazy three, and if someone dares to test Yun'an, kill it directly." ”

The mess hasn't been solved yet, and the dishonest courtiers have begun to make trouble on the Yun'an side again, and it is difficult to dispel the anger in their hearts if they don't kill.

The mood is not smooth, and the clouds stop looking at anyone and are an eyesore.

gave the order, and seeing that Zhuang Lian still didn't go out, Yun stopped and swept away coldly, "It's okay to get out." ”

"Something, something, childe." Zhuang Lian hurriedly spoke, "The girl in the courtyard has been locked up for a few days, and there is no movement near the capital to find someone, it seems that she really returned to Beijing to look for relatives." ”

"Today's subordinates used Cen Wangxian to scare her, after all, she was a girl, and she was so frightened that her little face turned pale, and she couldn't stand anymore. Yuzhou has also sent someone over, and when the news comes back, she will be scared again, and she should have collapsed and revealed the traces and discernment of Yanxia. ”

Yun Zhu's mood improved slightly, and he let out a "hmm" and continued to watch the twists.

Zhuang Lian glanced at him and continued: "The subordinates interrogated Cen Wangxian again, and the confession was consistent with the previous one, it was Luo Chang who came over, and he secretly had some collusion with the general doctor Yin Chu...... Cen Wangxian deliberately approached Yanxia to find out about your movements, and the treasure map was purely accidental. ”

This matter has already been investigated, and Yun Zhu frowned: "You want to intercede for Yanxia again?" ”

Zhuang Lian said: "Yanxia doesn't know anything about the treasure map, and she will only steal when she is confused, and she doesn't even know what she stole from." ”

"But she is still measured, you see, Cen Wangxian has been pretending to be for half a year, and she has not even had any news out of her mouth."

Yun stopped giving him a cold look.

If you dare to reveal any news, Yanxia will have already died without a corpse.

Zhuang Lian said: "Yes, we don't leave traitors...... The subordinate means that Yanxia stole something, not to meet a silly girl, the corpse should have been cold a long time ago. She was stupid, and losing half her life was already a punishment, why don't you let her send her things back, and then send them to Guanwai to atone for her crimes? ”

Yun Zhu sneered: "Am I such a good talker?" ”

Zhuang Lian sneered.

He has been by Yun Zhu's side for so many years, and he has never seen Yun Zhu show mercy to the traitor's subordinates, and this proposal is like a joke.

But Yanxia is different from other traitors, she stole things purely because of anger, who knows that she was confused and caused a big disaster, angered Yun Zhu, and was almost killed.

Zhuang Lian thought about it, and continued to persuade bitterly: "The main thing is that the princess likes Yanxia very much, and if she really kills her, the princess should be sad." ”

Yun stopped and said: "Isn't she going to change her face?" ”

Zhuang Lian didn't understand, "What's wrong with Hui Yirong?" ”

"Caught her and forced her to make dozens of masks, which is enough for people to pretend to be her for a lifetime."

It means that if she should be killed, she will be killed, and someone will pretend to be her, but the princess of the southwest can't tell the truth from the fake.

Zhuang Lian choked, not knowing whether to praise him for his filial piety or praise him for being thoughtful.

Silently added tea and cut the candle heart for Yun Zhu on the side, watching Yun Zhu quickly deal with the twists and turns sent from the palace, Zhuang Lian finally came up with something else, and said: "The borders are all emperors and princes, and Yanxia is also counted......

"The people of the people, half of the children and half of the people, whose children make mistakes and don't teach and correct them first? How can there be a ...... who kills directly?"

Yun Zhu said meaninglessly: "There are too many children, one or two less is just quiet and quiet." ”

Zhuang Lian couldn't, so he had to say: "...... Childe, Qian Ning and others made a big mistake that endangered the country, and they killed them. The smoke is purely unintentional, and it cannot be discussed in the same way. Besides, the first article of the ancestral precept says that you must not kill indiscriminately......"

The clouds stopped and looked up, their eyes terrifying.

Zhuang Lian stubbornly continued: "Before leaving Beijing, the old lady said that there was chaos in Beijing, and her subordinates should always remind her son to remember the teachings of her ancestors, and to be a good emperor who loves the people like a son, and her subordinates dare not disobey." ”

Mrs. Baili, the biological mother of the princess of the southwest, was born in Jiangmen, and single-handedly slaughtered bandits when she was young, and she was a heroine.

After moving to the fiefdom with the princess of the southwest, she couldn't get used to the couple's parenting, so she took Yun Zhi, who was less than three years old, to her side and raised her for more than ten years.

There is no second person who can interfere with the decision-making of Yunzhu, except for her.

Zhuang Lian waited with bated breath for Yun to stop the punishment, waited for a long time, and listened to him: "It's okay." ”

Zhuang Lian was pleasantly surprised.

Yun Zhu said indifferently: "If she can fill the treasury for me, I will spare her life." ”

The smile on Zhuang Lian's face stiffened a little.

He was talking about filling up the treasury, not returning the treasure map of the King of Quyang.

Zhuang Lian was in charge of military quartermaster when he was in the southwest, and he was the general manager of the miscellaneous service, and after he stopped in Beijing with Yun, he also handled these, and he couldn't be clearer about the current treasury situation.

It was just the beginning of spring, and the southwest fiefdom had secretly prepared the grain and grass for the soldiers of the whole country in the cold winter, and the money spent was like flowing water, and every time he looked at the accounts, he felt that his heart was being stripped away by a sharp blade piece by piece.

On the imperial court's side, under the instruction of Yun Zhu, the population, land, etc. were re-examined, and the treasury was enriched through tax reform. It's just that this method increases the burden of the people, and it must be gently promoted.

Yun Zhu did not pin all his hopes on the treasure of King Quyang.

After all, this treasure cave has been separated for a hundred years, and no one has seen it with their own eyes, and even the so-called treasure map is now in Yanxia's hands, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

If it really exists, Yun Zhu's urgent need can be solved, and it doesn't matter if Yanxia is killed.

I'm afraid it's fake......

With the strength of the southwest and the whole country, it will not be able to fill the treasury in a short period of time, what can Yanxia do?

Zhuang Lian sighed and prayed in his heart that the so-called treasure cave was real.

Chapter 7: Agate

The days of detention are almost the same as those in the imperial tomb, the difference is that the maid has become an unsmiling guard, and the mean old eunuch has become a smiling Zhuang Lian.