Bright Spring

Xiao Jien could no longer return to the peaceful life before, he just lived day by day.

Wang Gou'er is a hidden danger, once he confesses to Xiao Jien, everything will be revealed!However, Xiao Jien has no one to use at this time, and there is no way to kill another felon in the imperial city; I can only hope that Wang Gou'er will be more sensible and understand that if he commits a serious crime, he will die even worse!

Xiao Ji'en also persuaded the Xiao family brothers to return home and give up their official careers. The Xiao family's prosperity and wealth are of no use to them.But his nephew Xiao Wencai passed the Juren examination at a young age, and the family has always been unable to let go of fame and fortune; Xiao Jien has nothing to do about it.

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In the wing room in the backyard of the pharmacy, Xiao Jien happily told Zhang Sheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, about the past few years.Zhang Sheng hardly opened his mouth, and was busy writing and recording; for a long time, it was Xiao Jien who seemed to be talking to himself.

Xiao Jien finally finished talking, and Zhang Sheng also let out a long breath.

In fact, there is a key point in the whole incident: a person like Wang Gou'er is needed, who can win the emperor's trust and has the heart to kill the emperor; otherwise, it is impossible to kill the emperor.

The emperor holds great power and is under the protection and service of countless people; the only ones who can threaten the emperor are the most trusted people around him!Stab in the back|knife!

Zhang Sheng got too many things at once, and seemed to ignore this.He didn't continue to ask Xiao Jien and Wang Gou'er what was going on.

So Xiao Jien didn't bother to take the initiative to talk about it.

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Chapter 623 I'm Not Here

At this time, the capital, the palace has released the news that all the military officials will be named "Feng Tian's crimes and sincerity".

The emperor first revealed the matter of awarding rewards for meritorious service, precisely for the purpose of "discussing meritorious service".When everyone awards rewards, there is always a distinction between thick and thin, and the palace will first explore the opinions of the generals, and maybe they can convince the public.

In the past few days, some families are happy and some are sad...

At the Liu Mansion, white cloth and white banners are hanging at the moment, and even the couplets on the gate have been replaced with black and white characters.The Taoist priests in the middle hall were singing and singing scriptures to save the dead; paper money was scattered inside and outside the middle hall, and the joss sticks and paper money in the courtyard were smoky, like in a temple.The way for Taoist priests to save the undead is to open up the "Twelve Halls" and pay homage to the wharves in the underworld, probably in order to open up relationships and take care of the undead.

But the house was very bleak, only Liu Sheng held the spirit alone, and found some relatives from the same village to fill the scene.Because apart from Liu Sheng himself, the entire Liu family is dead!

Liu Sheng was tall and big, with fair skin; but at this moment his face was sallow and haggard, his eyes were swollen, and he looked very sad.

The colleagues who came to pay homage advised him: "Sorrow and change."

Zhang Fu came to the mourning hall, bowed to the spirit seat several times, and then turned around.Holding the spirit tablet, Liu Sheng kowtowed to Zhang Fu in return with tears in his eyes.

"Alas!" Zhang Fu sighed, "This is the end of the matter, General Liu, don't be too sad. You must die and leave another child for the Liu family."

Liu Sheng thanked him.Zhang Fu didn't say much, walked out of the mourning hall, and took a seat on the funeral table in the yard.

Zhang Fu quietly watched, observing the guests who came today.Except for Liu Sheng's relatives and friends from the same village, the guests who came were mainly military generals from the court, and most of the generals Zhang Fu knew; but not all the generals from the court came, and the identities of the visitors were very interesting.

Only one general from the direct descendants of the Han Palace of the original "Fighting Sin Army" came, and that was Wei Da.None of Qu Neng, Pingan, Sheng Yong, Wang Bin, Liu Ying who had just returned to Beijing, etc. came!Wei Da seemed to be a person who was elected by others, just for the sake of courtesy.

And now almost all the "Jing Nan Heroes" who have not yet been liquidated have come; even Qiu Fu, who has always supported Zhu Gaoxu, sent a gift and went to the mourning hall in person.

Qiu Fu and other generals who fought bloody together in the "Battle of Jingnan", no matter how many conflicts occurred between them later, they still seem to retain a friendship of blood and fire.Everyone saw Liu Sheng's misery, and they all came to mourn and give gifts.

Zhang Fu waited for a long time, but still did not see Wu Gao and He Fu.Naturally, Xu Huizu couldn't come, he couldn't even leave his mansion now; a few days ago, the new king ordered that Wei Guogong's title of duke be cut off for the reason of helping the tyrant!

Some things remain the same for thousands of years.Whenever red and white things are done, in addition to the excitement, the relationship between warmth and closeness can be roughly seen clearly in this kind of thing.come or not?How to send the gift?The difference is huge.

Zhang Fu observed it for a while, and felt that the grievances and conflicts between the "Founding Heroes" and "Jing Nan Heroes" still persist to this day, and it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet!

However, the upstart "heroes who conquer crimes" have a cold and distant attitude towards the above two nobles.Among them, Sheng Yong and others have left their status as "founding heroes" and re-emerged as the new emperor's confidantes and "criminal heroes"; but in their attitude towards the old generals, they are obviously still a little closer to He Fu, Wu Gao and others...

At this moment, someone suddenly whispered: "Someone is coming from the palace!"

Zhang Fu turned his head to look in the direction of the gate, and sure enough, he saw the eunuch Wang Gui bringing in a few eunuchs with black cloth tied around his arms.Those eunuchs were carrying heavy boxes, it seemed that the emperor had given him a generous pension.

"Eunuch Wang, Eunuch Wang..." Many generals stood up and greeted them very politely.

Wang Gui also cupped his fists in return and exchanged a few words of greeting.

Zhang Fu greeted Wang Gui, sat down on his seat, and watched Wang Gui enter the mourning hall.

At this moment, Zhang Fu suddenly realized a problem: Liu Sheng just looks miserable now, maybe he will end up well in the future!

Although Liu Sheng was an enemy of the King of Han Army in the Huguang Battle, and almost defeated the left wing of the King of Han Army on the main battlefield; but Liu Sheng voluntarily surrendered afterwards, and his family was killed by the people who abolished the prince. After a complete break, Liu Sheng became someone the new emperor could almost completely trust!

Liu Sheng's situation is similar to Xue Lu's back then!Xue Lu took the initiative to kill Qu|Neng's family and became a person who could not surrender to the King of Han's army; while Liu Sheng had his entire family killed by Donggong, he would no longer be willing to collude with those people in Donggong.

And Zhang Fu's current situation is much better than Liu Sheng's, but it may only be temporary; it's really hard to say who will end up better at the moment...

Zhang Fu sat at Liu Sheng's house for a while, and went home without eating.

As the head of the Zhang family, he first went to greet his mother and talked about the funeral of Liu Sheng's family.He returned to an upper room, and accepted the visit of his wife, concubine and son.

His son Zhang Bozhong was carried into the upper room while sitting on a chair!Zhang Bozhong's limbs have been deformed and paralyzed since he was a child, and it is difficult to move; it is useless for him to marry, and his wife is a widow who wants to live a good life.

Seeing his son, Zhang Fu's expression turned ugly, and he let out a long sigh.

He pondered: In the long run, is the situation of the Zhang family really better than that of the Liu family?

Zhang Fu is still a relative of the emperor.Even if Gao Chi became a "deposed prince" with serious crimes, Zhang Fu's grandson is still the clan... But at this time, the clan grandson may not only be a bad thing for the public, but also make Zhang Fu suspicious!

For thousands of years, people have often used marriage to bring the family closer, and of course there is a reason for it.Most of the time, it is really a prosperity and a loss!

Zhang Fu sent his son away, went straight to the study, and asked the servant girl to grind ink.

Amidst the sound of "rustle, rustle...", Zhang Fu paced around the room, contemplating and brewing a memorial.

Recently, the imperial court wanted to award meritorious officials, Zhang Fu decided: not only would he not ask for credit, but he would also take the initiative to write a letter asking him to cut him off!

...At first Zhang Fu led the main force of the navy to surrender and made great contributions; Zhu Gaoxu was very happy and promised to give Zhang Fu the title of "Duke Rongguo".Zhang Fu believed that Zhu Gaoxu was sincere at that moment, but he didn't believe that promise at all!

After the "Battle of Jingnan", those surrendered generals were slowly and gradually liquidated, and Zhang Fu saw a lot.If, like Li Jinglong, he surrendered and made meritorious deeds, but still complacently takes credit for it, it will not end well.

Zhang Fu has realized the grim reality.The previous dreams have come to nothing, now as long as the family can survive and become rich, it will be a very happy ending!

He looked out the window and sighed, and thought to himself: The moon waxes and wanes, and people also have their ups and downs. Fate is really unpredictable.

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(Xifeng wishes all book lovers a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.)

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Chapter 624 Chaoyang

In the orange-red morning glow, the sound of "dong dong dong" drums in the distance awakened the luxurious imperial city and the buildings in the grand capital.The sound of drums at Maoshi seems to remind people that a new day has arrived.

However, Zhu Gaoxu, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had already started his activities.