when the wind and cloud cry

Chapter 174 The Fish Jumping in the Abyss (45)

Mu Zizhen retreated from the guards, she walked up to Yuan Feili, and after a moment of silence, she said without any politeness: "I know that you people in Jianghu look down on hypocrisy in official circles, but being an official also has its own dangers. University asked, if a person is too strict with himself, and also with others, it will only make people stay away. This is the most basic principle of being a human being. You can’t even be a human being, and cats don’t want to be seen How do you become an official? How do you get things done?"

Having said this, Mu Zizhen brushed her hair very gracefully, then walked to the side of the bookshelf, took off the bracelet and put it on the bookshelf, she said meaningfully: "This red mutton fat jade is not from the Central Plains. Things are not suitable for the temperament of a woman from the Central Plains like me, where did the big son-in-law come from, let's go back to where!"

After finishing speaking, she gave a slight salute to Yuan Feili, then greeted the maid, and left with her guards.

Yuan Feiru was scolded by the princess, and her face turned pale and red. Recalling Mu Ziyan's words, "You can't even be a human being, and cats don't want to see you", it felt like a lonely feeling. , inadvertently welling up in his heart.

"Yuan Feili, don't look at the world with your eyes. You close your eyes and feel the world with the purest heart. You can feel me and everyone. So you are not alone, but you are tight Clenching your fists, you can't embrace the world"

Steward Zhou was quietly waiting on the side. In the study room, only the prince consort stood there alone. He stared at his injured right hand and repeated a movement, clenched his fist, then slowly released it, and then clenched it again.
Seeing that he didn't have any special orders, Housekeeper Zhou quietly retreated out and closed the door behind him.

In the study room, Yuan Feili walked to the bookshelf with complicated emotions, and was about to get the red jade ring, when the hand that was outstretched in mid-air suddenly paused, and groped for a roll of bamboo slips next to it.

Although the furnishings in this study are simple, everything is something he must use. Except for the four treasures of the study, he has never paid attention to this bamboo slip.

He took down the bamboo slips, untied the binding thread on them, and opened them slowly. Lines of ancient small characters came into view. The first paragraph of the opening sentence - "When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples."

Yuan Feilu held up the scroll of bamboo slips with both hands and read it patiently: ① Therefore, when a gentleman comes to the people, he cannot understand the nature of the people and understand their feelings; since he knows that they have their habits in life, then the people should obey their orders.
Note ①: From "Da Dai Li Ji".

In the early morning of the next day, when Yuan Feili was still lying on his desk and sleeping deeply, he heard a faint meow of a cat, and he slowly opened his eyes from his sleep. When he woke up, he saw the lion cat Sitting at the door and licking his paws, he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

And the lion cat seemed to be frightened again, its eyes wide open and motionless, staring vigilantly at the man who was gradually sitting upright, as if ready to escape at any time.

At this time, Steward Zhou pushed the door open, reached out and hugged the lion cat, and said to Yuan Fei with a smile on his face, "My son-in-law, you are awake!"

Yuan Fei was silent for a moment, then asked Butler Zhou: "Where did this cat come from?"

Butler Zhou replied: "It was sent by the Yanmen Branch of the Tonglian Escort Bureau!"

Yuan Feilu's heart moved, and he asked in low voice, "Yanmen Branch? What will they ask me for?"

Butler Zhou said: "The head of the escort wants to ask the son-in-law for a couplet, for good luck!"

Yuan Feilu had always been grateful to the Tonglian Escort Bureau, and without hesitation, said to the housekeeper:

"Pen and ink wait!"

Steward Zhou immediately spread paper and ink, Yuan Feili held a Langhao brush, pondered for a while, swiped the brush and wrote quickly, and wrote the upper line of "respecting faith and righteousness, fighting for thousands of miles", and the second line of "honesty and integrity" as the second line, horizontally criticizing: dart line world.

His style of writing is flamboyant and domineering, and he already has a somewhat majestic appearance. When Steward Zhou saw it, he was secretly surprised, and hurriedly praised by the side: "My son-in-law, you have a great word."

He threw away the pen and ordered Guan: "There are no mice in our mansion, send this cat to Prince Mu's mansion in a while!"

Then, he took out the bracelet and handed it to the butler and said: "In addition, I have already paid two gold for this item. Even if I give it away, there is no reason to take it back. Let's treat it as a so-called courtesy!" "

Butler Zhou quickly said: "Yes, I understand!"

After Yuan Feili explained these two things, he walked out of the study. Steward Zhou followed behind with the lion cat in his arms, and asked tentatively, "The 5 taels of filial piety."

Yuan Feili replied: "You can figure it out, come and ask me about everything, what do you want me to do as a housekeeper!"

Butler Zhou couldn't help showing a smile, and said repeatedly: "The villain understands, the villain understands!"

Yuan Feili knew that Steward Zhou would handle these matters impeccably, and some things that could not be done in his name needed to use the power of the Princess Mansion. Looking at the people Si Yu had arranged for him, he understood why Si Yu I can cover the sky with one hand in the ruling and opposition parties.

"Big consort... big consort..."

Hearing a call coming from far and near, Yuan Fei suddenly stopped and turned around to look. An old man in official robes ran towards him quickly, who seemed to be Li Yushi who was investigating the inside story of the Black Banner Navy.

Li Yushi came close to him, panting and said: "Report to the son-in-law, the officials have already found out that the missing warships of the Black Flag Navy were indeed caused by the failure of the bandit suppression. The fifth prince did not report to the court to save face. Report the damage and make up for it!"

Yuan Feili couldn't help being annoyed when he heard such a result, and said angrily: "It takes four months to build a warship, and the warship is not enough for crossing the army right now, where can I go to make up for it?" The holes in these two hundred warships are just for his own face, he dares to deceive the king, even if he is the prince, this matter must not be tolerated!"

After this night, Yuan Feili had a deeper understanding of the ways of the world. There are all kinds of people in the world, and the world is like a swamp and lake, full of dirt and turbidity. Those who want to achieve great things should not stick to small details, so as to be able to accommodate all rivers.

But this does not mean that he will tolerate without a bottom line. If a person's fault affects the overall situation, he will definitely not favoritism.

Qishan County, the Imperial Hall.

All civil and military officials have basically arrived, and there is a lot of discussion in the hall. Before the arrival of the sage, everyone was discussing freely, but with the appearance of the hall masters of the magic palace, the officials bowed their heads deeply, and the discussion became much quieter. .

After a while, a voice came from the main hall, "The Holy Lord has arrived——"

There was no sound in the main hall, all the officials fell to the ground, heard a few footsteps, and a gentle voice sounded: "Everyone is flattened.

Sitting on the dragon chair, the devil calmly watched the officials report the court affairs. In order to let the people of the Central Plains have more support and love for him, the devil, he even smiled kindly all the time.

After a while, the report of the court affairs was almost finished. What these officials played was the livelihood of the people. Although Marquis Qi planted and cultivated some henchmen, they were not reused by the demon king. The old ministers of the Tianshan Kingdom were still in charge of the six ministries. It's just that the candidate for the prime minister has not been ruled for a long time.

The court fell silent, and the Demon Lord only said one sentence: "All you love, you only need to remember one thing, wars are wars, and the people's livelihood and society cannot be destroyed!"

Everyone felt relieved, looked up at the demon king, only to see a smile on the lips, the spring breeze blew past, and there was a kind of gentleness that calmed people's hearts.

After all the officials of the six ministries had retreated, the demon king withdrew his smile, showing a faint calm and majesty. At this time, all the hall masters of the demon palace are left behind. iron horse.

The hall was silent again, and after a while, Cai Mier, the master of Jinyutang, came out and reported aloud: "I want to report to the Holy Monarch, the food requisition points set up by my subordinates in Tianze and Qishan counties have purchased and exchanged 120 million dans of military rations. It can meet the needs of the army in front, and the remaining food and grass can be purchased from Yanmen Prefecture County through Wuxian City, but the price is more expensive, please let the Holy King decide!"

The Demon Lord nodded and agreed to this approach. He said: "In the future, the war will be intense and all counties will have no one to look to. The price of food will definitely rise. By then, the price of food will not be what it is today. It is useless to spend more money now." Hurry up!"

The money fan smiled and said: "The holy king is wise!"

As soon as the money fan retreated, Mo Yin, the head of the hidden hall, said, "I want to report to the sage, my subordinates have already investigated, and the Qin army deployed on the west line of the Longcheng Pass has only 40 people. Among the righteous forces, except Yujianmen and Tianlong Temple, Yaochi Palace is not involved!"

The demon king was a little surprised when he heard the words, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he wondered: "The Sanqin Dynasty had more than 100 million troops at least except for the local states and counties. The remaining 70 troops have no movement. Is there any What mystery?"

Mo Yin continued: "In addition, Qin Jun's commander Princess Xiyue's tent is also set up in the camp outside the city. It is difficult to attack during the day, but at night she will go back to the tent to rest, and Ling Xin'er from Yaochi Palace is not here at this time. Daying, this is the best time for us to get rid of her!"

Mo Qing's heart tightened, and he couldn't help raising his head to look at the Demon Lord, only to see the Demon Lord ponder for a moment, and immediately issued an assassination order: "Xuanji, you can do this!"

The master of Xuanji Hall was about to accept the order when Mo Qing suddenly shouted: "Holy Lord, my subordinates are willing to go to the Qin camp to assassinate Princess Xiyue. Please give this opportunity to your subordinates!"

There was an uproar in the court hall, and all the hall masters looked at Mo Qing. The emperor had already appointed a candidate, so she shouldn't go to grab this errand, and Xuanji was the hall master who carried out the assassination, so Mo Qing's pleading was really unreasonable.

The Demon Lord fell silent. He was hesitating whether to give Mo Qing this chance. When it comes to assassination, no one can match Xuanji's trump card. However, Mo Qing was captured alive by Princess Xiyue. If he didn't let her suffer a heavy blow, Shameful, I'm afraid she won't be able to get over this knot in her heart.

Thinking of this, in order to take into account the feelings of his subordinates, Mojun still entrusted Moqing with a heavy responsibility, saying: "Moqing, I will leave this matter to you, don't let me down!"

Mo Qing said: "Yes, this subordinate obeys!"

After Mojun finished speaking, he said to Moyin: "Moyin, go and investigate further, you must find out the movement of the 70 troops in Sanqin!"

"Yes, this subordinate obeys!" Mo Yin said.

(End of this chapter)