Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Undercurrent Is Turbulent
In the summer and July of the sixteenth year, Emperor Chongming returned to Beijing on a southern tour. The country of Longxi Northwest presents the princess Re Yihan, Re Yihan's appearance is overwhelming, she can sing and dance, and the harem sings day and night.
The emperor was negligent in the government, Qin Xiaoze was autocratic, colluded with the eunuch Xu Ci, wantonly squeezed out the loyal and good, and the government and the opposition all sighed that once the prosperity was no more, a generation of Ming monarchs sank.
Natural disasters and floods in the Dongting and Poyang areas were frequent; locusts flew in a town in Taiyuan; and Tatar and Liaoguo iron cavalry invaded the border cities from time to time. Great Xia was starving everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living, and there were many complaints.
Xue Ning Yazhai, a piece of paper turned into powder in Xia Xuehan's hand, and a pair of eyes became sharp. Zi Mo walked over with a cup of tea, gently put it on a few cases, and chuckled: "Childe, what makes you so angry!"
Qin Xiaoze impeached Lu Yuanfang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Liang Tianshun, the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, and Fan Yi, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, for corruption and fraud. Hmph, Xu Ci slandered on the side, and the emperor ordered his family to be exiled. Xia Xuehan took a sip of the purple jade cup on the table, and said lightly, "Zi Mo, this bright moon is a little light, next time put three more tea leaves!"
Zi Mo nodded, stepped forward to take the purple jade cup handed by Xia Xuehan, stood aside, and said, "Childe, there are some things that we can't control, as for Qin Xiaoze, the wicked have their own wicked grinding, so Childe doesn't have to worry." ”
Xia Xuehan brushed his sleeves away, walked to the window, the lotus flowers have bloomed, the breeze is blowing, the lotus pond is microwaved, the lotus leaves and flowers are also gently swaying, as if dancing, attracting a few dragonflies to fly over the lotus pond, elegant and pure.
The scenery in the autumn of Jingbei is different, the sky is high and the clouds are faint, the geese are blurred; there is no place to find the iron ridge, and the empty water relics of the lotus pond are searched; there is no choice but to fall asleep in autumn, and the fairy clothes are better than the snow; why sigh and have no chance to see, the summer breeze is ten miles and a pool of blue.
"Yes, the wicked have their own wicked grinding, relatively speaking, there are far more contradictions between the bad guys than the good guys. Xia Xuehan looked back and said, "Justice is a thing, the more people there are, the stronger it will be, and the more people who divide it, the less everyone will get." ”
Zi Mo looked at Xia Xuehan with a smile and said, "I think that the son has thought of a way to deal with Qin Xiangye, and then the maid will thank the son for the people of the world and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty!" Zi Mo bowed and made a dignified and virtuous move.
Xia Xuehan stepped forward, gently scratched Zi Mo's nose, and said with a smile: "Sharp teeth, okay, go and call Yifeng!"
Zi Mo felt a little sweet in his heart, picked up the tea tray and walked out, Xia Xuehan walked to the table, thought for a while, dipped the pen in ink, wrote a letter, and sealed it. As soon as he put down the pen, Yifeng walked in and arched his hand: "Childe, are you looking for me?"
Xia Xuehan pushed the letter on the table towards Yifeng and said, "The crown prince Han Xuezhou has always had a political disagreement with Qin Xiaoze, so you will give this letter to Han Xuezhou personally." ”
"Does Childe want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Yifeng received the letter in his arms, and couldn't help but ask, but after asking, he secretly blamed himself for talking too much, where was his turn to ask about the master's affairs.
Xia Xuehan smiled slightly and said, "Others may think that the prince is weak and incompetent, but I know that this person is unfathomable. If Qin Xiaoze moves his teacher, presumably he will also make a move, no matter who wins or loses, he will be except for a scum for the imperial court, isn't it?"
Yifeng bowed and retreated, and when he left, he couldn't help but glance up at the person sitting on him, this young man could play with the world even if he sat at the desk.
In Ciqing Palace, Prince Xia Lang looked at a secret report, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer, and his joy was undoubtedly revealed. In the darkness, a hoarse voice sounded, "What can make you so happy, this kind of thing is rare!"
The prince put the secret report on the table and said with a smile: "On August 15, the Shaolin Temple gathered all the heroes of the world to try Xia Xuehan in public!
The man in the darkness: "If this matter is used well, it can be regarded as a good thing, if the situation is reversed by Xia Xuehan, it will be a catastrophe for us!"
"Oh, do you have any suggestions?" asked Sharon.
After a long time, no sound came, Xia Lang seemed to have been used to this atmosphere, and he didn't rush him, picking up a cup of Enshi Yulu and tasting it carefully.
"Your life is a greedy wolf, the weakest one among the three stars, if you want to have one side in the troubled times, you must make good use of the words 'treacherous' and 'treacherous' in the star's words. There are some things you don't have to do yourself!"
The hoarse voice of the man in the darkness was creepy and uncomfortable, but Xia Lang didn't mind at all, put down the teacup, and said, "You mean to take advantage of the situation, but who else is comparable to Xia Xuehan?"
"Ghost Valley Gate, Twins Vertically and Horizontally, Xia Xuehan, he is just a junior brother!" The man in the dark said this, and suddenly stopped, back then, wasn't he also a junior disciple, this sect can only allow the winner to survive.
Xia Lang didn't speak, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he listened quietly, "I think the old man of Guigu is also happy to see his two apprentices fighting! Hmph, what kind of winner survives, I just want him to be the last in this line, Shaolin, hehe, just turn it into a Shura field!"
"Oh, that sounds pretty good!" Xia Lang played with the jade cup in his hand, and seemed to have seen the scene of Xia Xuehan's corpse in Shaolin, and suddenly asked again, "By the way, how is that thing, has there been any progress?"
"Not yet, a hundred miles of long song generation of ghost talents, what he made is not so easy to open, and now that the public has been killed, this matter is a bit tricky. "The man in the dark seems to be saying something insignificant, and although it is tricky, there is endless confidence in the words.
Xia Lang sighed, the wrench in his hand lightly hit the jade cup, made a pleasant sound, and said lightly: "I have always believed that it is not foreign objects that dominate the world, but people, and it doesn't matter if it can be opened or not, but just a little more certain." ”
"Back then, I also had your confidence, but now I have become this person who is not a ghost or a ghost. In this troubled world, it is not so much a group of heroes competing for the world, but a Guigu sect competing, and the apprentices selected by the senior brother will be very interesting to come and be enemies with them!"
Xia Lang didn't care about the sudden departure of the man, and muttered to himself: "Qin Xiaoze, I have made my world into a miasma, and it is as hateful as Xia Xuehan!" There was a trace of murder in his eyes, and a treacherous and treacherous smile flashed on his face.
On the second watch that night, the crown prince Han Xuezhou looked at the letter in front of him, his brows were furrowed, and the housekeeper Lao Wu wanted to remind him to rest several times, but he was frightened back by his appearance. The old man has been staring at this letter for an hour, his brows have been locked, and he has not said a word, which is very tricky to think about!
Seeing that the old man was still sitting at the table staring at the letter, Lao Wu finally had the courage to step forward and remind: "Master, it's late at night, rest early! ”
"Old Wu, how do you know the difficulties of being in officialdom!" Han Xuezhou's gaze finally moved away from the letter and said, "People in this world form a net, no matter how powerful you are, you are just a small shrimp in the net." ”
Lao Wu bowed down and said: "Master, although I don't know what the net is, but there is a prince behind you, master, he is the master of the world in the future, and you will be the incomparably respected emperor at that time, and even in the net, you will be a giant shark that dominates the life and death of tens of millions of people!"
Han Xuezhou waved his hand, gently stroked his gray beard, and said, "Will there be a day?" Old Wu, some things are not as calm as you see, just like a sea, even if the wind and waves are calm, you will never see the darkness at the bottom of the sea, the weak in the dark. ”
He rubbed his somewhat sore forehead, asked Lao Wu to retreat, and said to himself: "I am still reluctant to give up all this with the whole family like Lu Xi!"
Chang'an City, seemingly quiet night, is actually turbulent, in this Chang'an, I don't know if anyone can have a beautiful dream, a Chang'an dream.
At three o'clock in the morning, hundreds of officials in the Daqing Hall worshipped, and Xu Ci Hall shouted "Hundreds of officials have something to play, and nothing to retreat!"
Han Xuezhou hesitated for a long time, and then went out of the class with a wat board and said: "Weichen has a book, impeach the prime minister and the right privy envoy Qin Xiaoze, there are seven deadly sins here, beg Your Majesty to investigate!"
Xu Ci glanced at where Qin Xiaoze was standing, and saw that Qin Xiaoze was still calm and relaxed, and he was not at all worried about the impeachment note presented by Han Xuezhou.
Xu Ci quickly took the fold and handed it to the emperor, and on the condescending Kowloon golden chair, the emperor's face was a little gloomy. Since ancient times, the Nine Dragons Golden Chair is much higher than the main hall, one is to show the emperor's supreme status in the world, and the other is to allow the emperor to better see the looks of His Royal Highness's officials.
The emperor snorted coldly, and the bone-chilling chill made the ministers of the Daqing Hall tremble, and with a wave of his hand, the seal was thrown in front of Qin Xiaoze.
"What else do you have to say?"
The emperor was furious, and the corpses were ambushed, bleeding and drifting. Countless people want to sit in that position all their lives, not because they have the heart to make the people of the world live a better life, but because that position can control the life and death of hundreds of millions of living beings.
Qin Xiaoze knelt down tremblingly, glanced at the twists and turns on the ground out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help kowtowing: "Your Majesty is angry, Han Taibao's words are really nonsense, please Your Majesty will check it clearly!"
The emperor stood up, and even his long eyebrows couldn't help shaking because of his anger, and the crown on his head jumped up and down, expounding the anger of a generation of emperors. "Qin Xiaoze, how do you explain these seven deadly sins?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen also has a chapter here, and he is guilty of Han Taibao! Your Majesty will not be too late to listen to the minister's explanation after reading it. Qin Xiaoze was unhurried and took out a copy of the fold from his sleeve.
Xu Ci hurriedly stepped forward to take the fold and handed it to the emperor, the emperor endured the fury of thunder, took the fold and looked at it, only a few glances, and his brows were locked.
Suddenly, the emperor took a few steps back, held on to the dragon chair, his body staggered, his face changed greatly, his whole body trembled, and suddenly his throat was slightly sweet, and with a "wow" sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The red blood stained the bright yellow dragon robe, and a ruddy face turned pale in an instant, Xu Ci hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and shouted screaming: "Hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!"
His Royal Highness's ministers knelt down in unison, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body!"
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