Not far away, Xue Yuxiao grabbed the reins and looked at the pillar of blood that spurted up in the middle of the house. The carotid artery of the person ruptured, and the amount of blood that came out was huge, like a small fountain that exploded on the spot. The corners of her mouth twitched, she pointed in the direction, and said, "Qingchou, this blood-stained farmhouse seems to be your family." ”

Li Qingchou came with her, and the corners of his forehead jumped: "...... Okay, okay, Li Furong, okay, good, the hand is too fast! ”

Xue Yuxiao said simply: "Let's wait for a while, and talk to her on the way to the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

Li Qingchou sighed and had to nod.

Sure enough, not long after the group of Jingwei left in a panic, about two quarters of an hour - the efficiency of Jingwei has never been so high, and a group of people handcuffed Li Furong and escorted him away on the charge of "killing the prosecutor Qin Cha without permission".

The three of them met on a narrow road on this field.

Xue Yuxiao held the reins of the snow treading black horse, walked slowly next to Jingwei, raised his hand and said, "Don't worry about me, you will take yours." ”

Jing Wei looked at each other, stared at each other, nodded cautiously, and let the Marquis of Triumph and the Uncle of Dingzhan follow the team.

She and Li Qingchou were left and right, sandwiching Furong Niang in the middle, and said cross talk.

"I said that you have a big temperament and want to have an accident, and you really have an accident." Xue Yuxiao shook his head and said, "You really give me face." ”

Li Qingchou said: "If you commit this crime and go in, who knows if you will sit together and implicate other people and Master Si Nong, why can't you endure it for the time being?" ”

Their faces were not good, Li Furong's face was darker than theirs, and she gritted her teeth and said, "What are you two doing!" ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "Oh, I wanted to save you from this prison sentence, who would have thought that you were happy, I didn't arrive at this fast horse, you have already let Qincha's head take off in the air, amazing, amazing." ”

"There's something wrong with you." Li Furong was a little furious, "She's damned!" ”

"Tsk." Li Qingchou added, "It's different to suppress bandits and pioneers, and anyone dares to kill them." Everyone in the Jing Sergeant clan is worried, but it's better for you to go down with a knife, but it will make everyone in the palace worry...... By the way, did Ma Changshi's head pick up? We have to give it back to Your Majesty! ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "Yes, Furong Niang, why don't you go and return it yourself, and find a way to bring back Qincha's head for Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will be less angry." ”

Li Furong said angrily: "Xue Yuxiao!! ”

Xue Yuxiao raised his hand and pressed it, and said regretfully: "Even if you shout so loudly, I can't plead with you, I can't save it, just wait for death." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to Li Qingchou, and added to Furong Niang with a smile: "For the sake of us fighting bandits together, I will help you collect the body." ”

Li Furong almost wanted to curse.

Xue Yuxiao stopped the horse, saw that Jingwei escorted her in the direction of the prison, really turned around, went to the scene of the crime, picked up the head of Ma Changshi, and wrapped it in a cloth towel. Li Qingchou next to him couldn't figure out the door and said, "What do you mean by this, really give it back to Your Majesty?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said calmly: "It's really okay." What kind of expression do you have, if Xie Fu sees this, he can't be happy to think that I am considerate? ”

Li Qingchou: "...... I said don't deceive people too much, what kind of jokes, the emperor will be angry with you. ”

Xue Yuxiao smiled and said: "How can it be, I am a loyal and capable minister available by the emperor's side, you can rest assured, the matter of land can be clearly examined and taxed, which is a good measure to temporarily help the national strength, not only will I not stop it, but I will also make Xie Fulongyan happy." ”

Li Qingchou didn't ask questions in his head, but Xue Yuxiao waved his hand and didn't say anything in detail.

She carried her head wrapped in a cloth towel and bought a wooden box at the street market to put it on. Xue Yuxiao said goodbye to Li Qingchou alone, but did not return to Ruyi Garden, but walked slowly towards the imperial city.

The sunset and twilight stretched her lonely shadow very long. Xue Yuxiao took off the waist card and handed it to the official guarding the palace gate, the other party first checked his identity, and when Xue Yuxiao removed the armor and blade with one hand, he suddenly asked: "The lord of the Hou came here to intercede for the Li family's lady?" ”

Xue Yuxiao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Someone has already come?" ”

The official couldn't help but remind: "When Da Si Nong heard the news, he immediately entered the palace to face the saint and was waiting in the Mingchen Palace...... His Majesty was furious and refused to see her. ”

Xue Yuxiao had already expected it, and she said, "Thank you for telling me, but it's okay, I have a way to see Your Majesty." ”

Officials suspiciously moved out of the way.

After entering the palace, the vassals were not allowed to ride horses. Xue Yuxiao walked to the Mingchen Hall and vaguely saw Li Jingyao waiting inside. Si Nongqing had just passed the honor of being a two-earl, and soon she was on the edge of her seat because her concubine had committed a serious crime, she lowered her eyes and didn't know what to think, one hand stroked the teacup, and the other kept tapping on the armrest.

If it were in the past, Xie Fu would never have despised Dasi Nong so much. This is one of the nine secretaries of the main agricultural policy, and she herself also serves as the secretary of the household department, and is the third person in addition to Wang Xiu and Xue Zeshu, in charge of the country's financial support and cangli tribute.

It can be said that if Xie Fu did not appoint an inner servant as a messenger, then the "inspection of the territory" must be in Li Jingyao's grasp. And as the head of the household, whether it is the evidence of the news or the actual number of hidden households in her hands, she is the largest, and every time she breaks off the land in previous years, she will receive gifts from the major nobles - in this way, she is even less likely to hurt the interests of the aristocratic group.

Xue Yuxiao looked at her back for a while, and didn't follow the palace attendant who led the way in, but said: "Si Nongqing only has such a concubine, and she has just made war exploits, will Your Majesty really kill her?" ”

The palace attendant was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, and he didn't dare to answer when he heard the words.

Xue Yuxiao also knew that his question was meaningless, so he said, "Please take me to the Coral Palace." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment and said, "His Royal Highness has a strange temper, he drinks heavily all day long, and his speech is strong. In the past, there were also people who wanted to see His Majesty through the Four Palaces, whether they were loyal patriots or opportunistic people, all of them were humiliated by him, and the lord still chose another way. ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "It's okay, you can take me over if you have a job." ”

The palace attendant didn't say much, and the heart said that the Marquis of Triumph might as well go and beg his eldest brother, Feng Jun would be better to talk there. While slandering, he took Xue Yuxiao to the outside of the Coral Palace.

The Coral Palace is near the water, and there is a carp pond outside the courtyard. The water in the pond was cold, and even the fish were too lazy to come out, and there was a man sitting in the pavilion, wearing a vermilion cloak, and the bells on his body collided and jingled.

He turned his back to the road, and the servant next to him made a fire in the pavilion and warmed the wine, and he drank it cup by cup. Xie Budo almost formed a dependence on the drink, and he didn't move when he heard the footsteps behind him, lying on the stone table casually, fiddling with a book of poems in his hand.

The palace people brought it and saluted: "Fourth Highness, someone is here to see you." It's Lord Xue. ”

Xie Budo was drunk and sleepy, his eyes were slightly closed, and his voice was cold and mean: "An incompetent person who has no way out of the government will ask me for a deep palace man, who do you say, Xue ......" His words froze, and he suddenly opened his phoenix eyes, and turned his head against the stone table with his arm.

Xue Yuxiao stood a few steps away, not wearing a public uniform, dressed in a neat black riding uniform, and his waist was pinched by a leather belt two fingers wide, outlining a thin and smooth waist. She wore a string of jade pendants on her belt, and the wind struck her with a staggered sound.

Xie Budo's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

His expression changed suddenly, and such an expression was something that the surrounding palace attendants had never seen. Xie Budo stood up, dusted off the folds on the vermilion cloak, staggered another step to block the wine stove next to him, and asked, "...... You, how did you get into the palace? ”

Xue Yuxiao walked over, put the wooden box on the table, and said seriously: "Of course I came for state affairs, my eldest brother has a tense relationship with Your Majesty, and I don't want to entrust him, so I have to borrow your door to meet Your Majesty and say a few words to her." ”

Xie Budo was immediately unhappy again: "You won't enter the palace if you're fine, and you won't look for me." I know that Lord Xue's heart is full of family affairs and state affairs in the world, how can he take me to heart as a mere child. ”

Xue Yuxiao didn't expect to be asked such a sentence, he was speechless for a while, and felt that he had asked someone to do something, and his attitude was still better, so he hesitated: "That...... How are you? ”

Xie Budo stared at her for a long time, he didn't sit down, but lowered his head and leaned over, put his hands on the wooden box, and looked at Xue Yuxiao and said, "Thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, he is still alive." He knocked on the box, "What is this?" A gift for me? ”

Xue Yuxiao: "...... Gift? Uh, a gift for His Majesty. ”

Xie Budo said: "Do you really want her?" He raised his hand to open the wooden box, "I'll see what ...... is."

Xue Yuxiao didn't stop any of them, and the other party had already seen the things inside.

Xie Budo closed his eyes abruptly and snapped the lid shut. In Xue Yuxiao's sight, he felt that the souls of the four highnesses were flying out of his body for a moment, and after a while, he held back his three souls and seven spirits, grabbed Xue Yuxiao's hand and bit it fiercely-it was so ruthless that it was imposing, in fact, even the tooth marks were shallow, and they didn't bite it at all.

Xue Yuxiao said: "...... You have to see it. ”

Xie Budo looked at her face, both love and hate, both loved so much that he wanted to be closer to her, and he couldn't wait to strangle her now, but even if he was so angry that his face turned red, he just threw her hand back, sat opposite, turned his head and said to the servant: "Take my token and invite the imperial sister, saying that I have something important to discuss." ”

The servant took the order and departed.

Xue Yuxiao added: "Don't worry, I washed my hands carefully after wrapping the head." It's clean when you bite into it......"

"Don't say anything!" Xie Budo said, "Xue Yuxiao, you are really ...... You ......" he looked at the face, couldn't scold, only pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, "...... Enemy. ”

Kyushu Angry Wind and Thunder (2)

Chapter 54

He still has the mellow aroma of boiling wine and smoke, sweet and strong.

The distance between the two was acceptable, which belonged to the scope of normal and safe dialogue, Xue Yuxiao asked, "You don't want to ask me what I came here for?" If I provoke Xie Fu into a big rage, won't I implicate you? ”

Xie Budo said, "I want you to implicate me, so that you will feel guilty about me...... If you are ashamed of an upright man, you should be able to indulge me a lot, right? ”

Xue Yuxiao didn't expect him to respond like this, his thoughts froze, and at this moment, the emperor's ceremonial canopy came from afar, and Xie Fu's imperial chariot appeared in front of him from far and near.

Xue Yuxiao stood up and saluted her.

Xie Fu was just stunned, and saw Xue Yuxiao head-on, her eyes flickered slightly, she glanced at Xie Budo, and smiled: "Why is the fourth brother still so close to Xue Hou, you have always been stubborn and squeamish, I didn't know that someone could go through Shiro's door?" ”

Xie Budo casually made a salute, drank by himself, slightly reluctantly added a glass of wine to Xie Fu, and replied lazily: "Xue Sanniang has a gift for you." ”

He already knew what the gift was.

"Oh?" Xie Fu was quite interested, and approached the two of them, "I thought Xue Aiqing was also here to intercede, although your comrade-in-arms is brave, but he is arrogant, if he does not punish the law, I am afraid that the national constitution will not be peaceful, and will be regarded as child's play by others." ”

She stretched out her hand to open the wooden box, and Xue Yuxiao did not stop her. The emperor's pampered fingers lifted the lid of the box, revealing the blood-soaked cloth towel inside, as well as the face of Ma Changshou, who was exposed in the scattered cloth towels. Xie Fu's complexion changed rapidly, the smile on his lips stiffened on his face, and his eyes were immediately covered with gloom.

She covered the wooden box, and the words condensed like ice: "Xue Qing, what does this mean?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said calmly: "How can the head of the minister of the Qin Mission be abandoned. ”

Xie Fu licked his back molars, staring at her beautiful and dignified face, almost wanting to tear a piece of flesh off her. She worked extremely hard to maintain the emperor's dignity and dignity, and felt so angry that blood gushed up her throat layer by layer: "It seems that you and the daughter of the Li family are mortal enemies, let me relive the anger of the Qi Shi clan for contempt for the imperial power...... Xue Hou, aren't you afraid of being punished by me? ”

Xue Yuxiao looked at her and said: "Your Majesty, the minister returned the head of the permanent servant to tell Your Majesty that although she is dead, it is okay, and the minister is willing to accept the order of the Qin Messenger who is the subject of the judgment." ”

Xie Fu's face was a little sluggish, and she couldn't believe Xue Yuxiao's words—just as Li Qingchou thought in his mind. She Xue Yuxiao is the daughter of the Jingzhao family and the Xue family, and there are a lot of good farms under her hands, and naturally there are not a few white households. Let her own territory be cut off, isn't that a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return?

She took two steps closer, and the two faced each other. Xie Fu is of the same height as her, but slightly plumper than Xue Yuxiao, plus the dark golden emperor's regular clothes on his body and the white fox scarf on his shoulders, the momentum is even more overwhelming: "You? Xue Aiqing, tell me, what are you planning? ”

The fragrance on her body was dyed with that on Xue Yuxiao's body. Xue's habitual Rui Brain Incense Tablets were long and long, but they were not strong, and they were pressed by the ambergris between Xie Fu's sleeves for a while. Xie Fu's gaze fell on Xue Yuxiao's face, and he met a pair of deep, calm eyes.

Xue Yuxiao's gaze was extremely calm, like a majestic mountain peak that has not changed for eternity: "Your Majesty has too much prejudice against me, if it is not for the Shi clan, the position must be contrary to you." ”

Xie Fu sneered and asked, "Then what are you going to do?" Break with the Shi clan as the concubine of the Xue family? That Xue Aiqing is really my most loyal minister, so pure. Or maybe your so-called 'order to lead the Qincha' is just to help the scholars better steal the yellow books and fill their pockets. ”

Every question she asked was filled with extreme distrust. Xue Yuxiao had expected this, and said: "Your Majesty, don't you believe that there are people in the world who only live for the world, not for gold, silver, and wealth?" ”

"Aiqing is the kind of saint who has lofty aspirations?" Xie Fu paced slowly beside her, his tone thoughtful, "What is the heart of a saint, I haven't seen it yet. ”

Xie Budo next to him frowned slightly, he was obviously not very willing to see Xie Fu's attitude towards Xue Yuxiao...... But after all, he is an inner curtain man, and he can't intervene in state affairs.

Xue Yuxiao let her scrutinizing gaze fall on her body, and said, "If Your Majesty wants to push the earth break, you can't take a clear position and get into a stalemate with the family. Although the world is the world of the Xie family, the Shi clan has annexed too much land, and they also have their own soldiers, and the distance of the imperial power is no different from the princes. If you want to soften their attitude, you must first leave room for it, and the so-called water is clear, and there are no fish, which is the reason. ”

Xie Fu's footsteps stopped, she stood behind Xue Yuxiao, rubbed the jade wrench on her finger, and said, "You go on." ”

"You might as well set aside a part of the quota for the Shi clan first, so that these white shady households can be turned into the shady households of the Shi clan in a bright and bright way, and they don't have to move to the edge of Qiaozhi Prefecture and County, so that those Shu Han men who only have a few hidden households attached to them can leave their hidden households in the rich land without resisting the decree, and no longer worry about improper status - as long as this is done, most of the Shu Han families will compromise one after another, not to fight against the prosecution policy, and should be obedient."

When Xie Fu heard this, he already knew that Xue Yuxiao really wanted to implement this matter, and it was by no means the perfunctory attitude of the officials of the Shi clan in the past. She was stunned for a long time, almost not believing her ears, and after reacting, she took a few steps forward and pulled her to sit down, her eyes like torches: "Aiqing continued." ”

Xue Yuxiao's expression remained unchanged, and after a pause, he straightened his sleeves, and the emperor was not half dissatisfied, so he waited quietly for her to finish.

She retracted her finger and continued, "Most of the Qiaozhi counties are remote, and those places are deserted and uninhabited, and they need to be cultivated urgently. After these displaced people have been transferred to the cultivation of the land, it will be difficult for two years, so please ask Your Majesty to exempt them from military service and conscription, so as to appease the people and recuperate, so that the people's hearts can be stable, and they will be grateful for the grace of heaven; As for the big families, His Majesty should also take out a part of the land and farmers of the Qiao County and hand them over to manage, so that the big families will also have sweetness to taste, and they can make up for the loss of the outflow of hidden households, and there will be no reason to resist the decree. ”

Xie Fu thought for a moment and asked, "Qiaozhou counties and counties have limited land, and I want to bring them under my command and directly under the imperial power, so it is impossible to give up too much land to the family. ”

Xue Yuxiao glanced at her and said lightly: "Your Majesty only needs to give up a small part and promise it to the scholars who have cooperated with meritorious service in the inspection of the territory." Those who don't get it will only secretly scold other big clans for flattering and insulting, but will not insult His Majesty's shortcomings. Buying, dividing, transferring contradictions to others, and the passage of natural decrees is unimpeded. ”

Xie Fu was silent for a long time. She could actually hear how useful Xue Yuxiao's words were, but it was precisely because of this usefulness that she re-examined the person in front of her - under the courage and good fighting, there was still an extremely meticulous heart. This not only made Xie Fu overjoyed to meet a good talent, but also gave birth to a strange worry in her abdomen.

Xue Yuxiao's words paused slightly, looked at her and said, "Your Majesty." ”

Xie Fu raised his hand against his chin, looked at her dark eyes, and suddenly said, "Does Aiqing have anything to ask for?" ”

Xue Yuxiao smiled, she knew that if she didn't ask for anything, Xie Fu would probably be so worried that her hair would fall out. She herself is not the kind of person who believes that 'there is no profit in the heart, only for the people', so she must ask for something: "First, please ask Your Majesty to reduce the taxes of the people of Qiaozhou and build roads within two years." Second, please look at the lost land in the north, and when the national strength allows, allow the military government to conquer the north and return to the old capital. ”

Xie Fu did not answer.