The Golden Bough and the Dog Verse 73
At a glance, the green tendons on the back of his hands protruded, and his face was ugly and scary.
"Childe?"
Yun Zhu threw the letter to him, ordered the guards to prepare the horses, and at the same time ordered someone to summon Bai Taishi and others to enter the palace as soon as possible.
After Zhuang Lian finished reading the letter, he had already walked out of the study, Zhuang Lian didn't have time to be shocked, and hurriedly followed.
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In the council hall, several old ministers were furious.
"Qingzhou rained heavily for seven days, the embankment was washed out, and the town was flooded...... The DPRK and China have already issued warnings about water hazards and ground movements, and heavy rain has been ...... for seven days In the past few days, the Qingzhou prefect did not mention a word! ”
"The disaster is serious, and in several neighboring state capitals that have been implicated, bandits have burned, killed, looted, and assembled to revolt, and there are suspected foreign spies instigating ......."
In order to prevent disasters, the imperial court reminded local officials several times to report abnormal situations in a timely manner, and specially sent additional post station personnel to convey information from various places in a timely manner.
Unexpectedly, in the first disaster area, there was a dog official like the Qingzhou prefect, who concealed it and did not report it, until the flood occurred, the people rioted, and they were still trying to lock up the news.
Yun stopped at night and told Tang Xian that if there was a disturbance that could not be suppressed in time, within half a year, the country would be turbulent and full of smoke.
This is not alarmist.
He didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
The situation was serious, the candles in the council hall were lit all night, and when the sky was about to dawn, Yun stopped and ordered: "Pass the decree, Lu Qin of the Ministry of Industry, Chu Minyi will count the grain, grass, medicine and other materials, take 500 soldiers, and set off for Qingzhou as soon as possible for disaster relief." ”
"Bai Taishi and General Xuanwei assisted Yun'an to stabilize the government."
"Zhuang Lian controls the capital, and some people dare to take the opportunity to make trouble, and they will be killed."
“……”
Several people should be rigorous one by one.
After the rest of the things were ordered, there was still one last matter left about the uprising of the mountain bandits, and Bai Taishi cautiously asked: "Where does the son want to go?" ”
Yun stopped spinning his wrist, a hint of murderous intent on his lips, "Go and see who is so bold as to dare to cause trouble for me at this time." ”
If you don't deal with the first deliberate traitor, the rest will spring up quickly.
The decision was made quickly, and when he left the palace, the sky was slightly bright.
Outside, the torrential rain poured down, the thunder roared, and when you looked into the distance, except for the rain that gathered into a beaded curtain, it was a dark cloud with no end in sight.
Zhuang Lian followed the cloud and asked, "Doesn't Childe wait for the dawn to talk to Mao Mao and Miss before leaving?" ”
Yun Zhu sat on horseback, and behind him was a column of golden-armored guards like him.
He looked at the blurred road ahead of the rain curtain, slowly stroked his lower lip, and shook his head, "Can't wait." ”
"You like them." When the rain fell on the bridge of his nose, he stretched out his hand to wipe it away, and said, "Again, after dawn, Mao Mao will tell where the two agates came from, and wait until I come back to make a decision." ”
After finishing speaking, he led people to gallop in the direction of Qingzhou.
Chapter 60: Filial Piety
Before Yun stopped leaving, there were two other small things that Zhuang Lian commanded.
One of them is to let the dumb man enter the palace and guard the cloud bank with the crazy three.
The second is to ask someone to send a message to Meng Lan to warn him that he is optimistic about Bai Xiangxiang.
After Zhuang Lian did so one by one, he went to meet with Jing Zhaoyin, the commander of the Yulin Army and others, so as to strengthen the patrol in Beijing and prevent chaos after the Qingzhou incident was transmitted to the capital.
Braving the wind and rain for a busy night, thinking about the origin of the blood jade agate, he returned to the mansion to see Tang Xian in the morning.
Fuzhong was also uneasy, because Yun Yuan and Tang Xian both had fever.
"If it's not in the way, you can be cured by drinking a few pills." The old doctor prescribed medicine for the two of them, and when he put away the pulse pillow, he said to Tang Xian, "The fever is easy to retreat, and the heart disease is difficult to treat, so be careful, girl." ”
Tang Xian was able to cope with the past.
She had listened to the wind and rain for half the night last night, and after struggling to sleep, it seemed as if she had relived the months in her dreams, and when she woke up, she was tired and her mind was in chaos, and she wished that she would never wake up like this.
According to Tang Xian's original plan, Yun stopped and let her go after learning that she had become married, and easily let her go.
It backfired, not only did it not work out, but the two went further.
It's all like this, and then thinking about slipping away, she really looks like a wicked person who plays with other people's feelings.
This relationship, her parents, and the treasures of the imperial tomb, the entanglement of love and righteousness, each of which is pulling her.
No matter what she did, she couldn't give an answer that would satisfy everyone, including herself.
Tang Xian didn't know how to face Yun Zhu, her heart was in turmoil, she covered her head and tossed and turned on the couch for a long time, until she found that Yun Yuan on the inner side was awakened by thunder, whimpering and crying, and then she cheered up.
After coaxing Yun Xuan for a while, Tang Xian found that her body was extremely hot.
called the maid in, and the maid exclaimed, and Tang Xian realized that she was also sick.
After listening to the doctor's pulse, Zhuang Lian asked with concern: "Why do you still have something on your mind?" What's on your mind? Talk to your uncle. ”
Knowing that Yun Zhu was not in the mansion, Tang Xian temporarily let go of the burden in her heart. At this time, he snuggled up to the head of the bed, raised his eyes weakly, and said, "What is on your mind, uncle, can you not know?" ”
Saying that she is timid, she often stabs people secretly, and always makes people's hearts itch.
Zhuang Lian thought she was funny from the beginning.
After laughing a few times, he said, "I can guess some, I'm not sure if it's right." It's hard to guess what the girl's mind is...... My daughter too, the road is still unstable, and she has a lot of thoughts, but I can't make her angry......"
As he spoke, he saw two lines of tears on Tang Xian's face.
Zhuang Lian was shocked, "What's the matter?" I didn't say anything, did I? ”
"I ......" Tang Xian smiled reluctantly, pretending to be fine, "...... I miss my mom and dad......"
If her father and mother were here, she would not have been so embarrassed.
After speaking, the sudden sadness could no longer be stopped, and she flattened her mouth, covered her face and began to cry loudly.
Zhuang Lian was frightened, reviewed the conversation between the two, and guessed that it was because he mentioned his daughter, which made Tang Xian burst into suppressed emotions.
-- When the little girl in his family missed him, she also ignored the eyes of others and cried aggrievedly.
For other things, he can still question whether it is pretending or not, which involves the sadness of his parents' affection, and he feels it and cannot speak.
Zhuang Lian felt remorseful and sat aside and did not dare to say anything more.
"Do you think I'm distorted, liar, and scheming?" Tang Xian cried bitterly and said, "I bullied her young, I didn't treat her as a lady in the house at all, deceived her trust, and then stopped ...... through her."
"I always used various reasons to delay the matter of Yun Zhu, and I refused to tell him where the treasure was, and I refused to respond to his emotional ......."
"Do you think I'm a liar?"
"I take advantage of their brother and sister's feelings, I am inferior and despicable, I am not worthy, am I?"
Under the double attack of depression and illness accumulated in her heart, Tang Xian threw away her armor and confided in herself.
Zhuang Lian hesitated and did not answer, she had already said a lot one after another, all of which were self-deprecating remarks.
Zhuang Lian waited for her to finish venting, and said kindly: "How can it be? How are you, everyone knows what ......."
"I know you all think this way, you don't have to lie to me, because that's how I am!" Tang Xian wiped her tears heavily with her palms, and her strength was so strong that she wiped her cheeks red.
As soon as the tears were wiped away, new ones overflowed, and there was an endless stream.
It was Zhuang Lian who reminded her of her parents, and it was he who was ordered to watch Tang Xian and not allowed to leave.
In this situation, Zhuang Lian is inevitably embarrassed.
wanted to shout to the maid waiting outside the curtain to hand Tang Xian a handkerchief, but she was afraid that she would lose face, and her emotions were even more broken. Zhuang Lian hesitated and kept silent.
The unbearable cry of sorrow echoed in the house, mixed with the sound of wind and rain outside, and it was heart-wrenching to hear.
The emotions that were not vented last night were expressed by Tang Xian at this moment.
It wasn't until a bolt of lightning struck the window firmly, followed by thunder, that Tang Xian's heart was shaken, and she looked out with tears in her eyes, and her grief finally subsided.
She gradually stopped crying, sobbed a few times, and asked with red eyes, "When will Yun stop coming back?" ”
Zhuang Lian was afraid of making her cry again, so he whispered: "Say less for half a month, more for a month or two, or even longer." ”
Tang Xian's teardropping face showed a look of surprise.
What did it take him to leave for so long?
It's been too long, she can't wait for the clouds to come back.
Tang Xian wiped the embarrassment off her face, coughed a few times, and said in a hoarse voice that forcibly suppressed her sadness: "I said that I want to tell him the origin of those two agants." ”
Patting her cheek to make herself more steady, she said word by word: "It was obtained from the filial piety tomb, and in the main tomb, there are countless gold and silver treasures. ”
With that, her tears flowed again, and not wanting to be seen, she curled up her legs, hugged her knees and buried her face.
There are endless gold and silver treasures hidden in the filial piety tomb. -- This news shocked Zhuang Lian so much that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Yun stopped checking the funeral lists of the emperors of previous dynasties, and found that there was some treasure in the imperial tomb, but it was far from enough to fill the treasury.
He personally went to the imperial mausoleum, but it was only for the purpose of transferring troops, and he did not go deep into it.
How could the tomb of Emperor Rongxiao have so many treasures for no reason?
After Zhuang Lian's brief questioning, he quickly believed Tang Xian's statement.
The treasure of the King of Quyang was quietly emptied more than a decade ago, and they all agreed that it was done by someone in the royal family.
More than ten years ago, it was the reign of Emperor Rongxiao, who carried the treasure to his tomb without telling everyone...... This guess is completely justified !
Zhuang Lian figured out the reason, guessed Tang Xian's identity in combination with this matter, and asked in surprise: "...... How do you know? ”
He was puzzled from the bottom of his heart, a minister like Bai Taishi, who had been floating in the court for decades, didn't know that this young girl could know about this?
Did she know a tomb robber? Or did she go to the tomb herself?
It shouldn't be.
The funeral system has been abolished for a hundred years, and the imperial tomb is strictly guarded, whether it is a tomb robber or a girl, it should not appear in the imperial tomb.
Zhuang Lian remembered the haunting of the imperial tomb in confusion, and felt that it was necessary to clarify this matter, and then saw Tang Xian covering his face and crying in a low voice, his shoulders shrugged slightly, looking very pitiful, he couldn't bear to continue to ask.
Anyway, the time is still long, first confirm the location of the treasure, and then ask Bai Taishi if there is another hidden situation in the mausoleum of Emperor Rongxiao, take your time.