A fire broke out in the inner city, and the flames blazed into the sky, illuminating the night.

Because it is the farthest place from the imperial palace, the population is not densely populated, and it happened late at night. In addition, the weather was dry, the fire area was large, and the fire was not put out in time, so seven or eight families were burnt down, all of which were thatched huts of ordinary people. , and the biggest loss was a hospital.

Burnt black ruins, dust and mottled blood stains all over the floor, and the faint smell of burning can still be smelled by the wind.The copper plates scattered on the ground were almost deformed by the fire. One can imagine how serious the fire was at that time.

In this fire, all civilians died. After learning about the situation, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered people to bury the bodies properly, allocated a sum of money to comfort the families of the deceased, and grieved for them for a few days. pass.

But a fire caused by dry weather made Ke Jing feel threatened.

Qiu Tang came to report that the clinic was indeed run by Shui Sixin.Later, Qiutang took a few hidden guards to check on the incident in the dark and windy night, and brought something unexpected to Kejing.

A scorched torch.

She carefully hid the fire folder, planning to show it to Yang Su when he came over.It's just that things were delayed by a drought, which lasted nearly half a year.

"In September, Jiaxu, the Lord of the Sui Dynasty said that Guanzhong was hungry and traveled like Luoyang. 』

The drought caused Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and his wife and children to move their capital to Luoyang. By the time they returned to Chang'an, it had been five years since the founding emperor.

The only good news is that the drought did not last long, and water resources were available after the winter snow fell. However, there are still miserable phenomena of "starvation in the wild and frozen bones on the road".

The aftermath work alone made Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty have one head and two big heads. The situation of the victims was reported to the court every day. When he heard that any family did not receive the relief food in time, he was so angry that he broke down. No one dared to slack off.

Kejing led the servant girls of the East Palace to deliver bedding and clothes to the severely affected areas, and mobilized people to grind rice into flour and blend the ground corn flour to make rice paste, which saved many people's lives.Together with her servants, she personally cleaned the patients' wounds, found a place to live, sold Yang Yong's calligraphy and paintings, and used the copper coins to help the victims.

When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty knew about it, he was very moved, and the court praised the princess's actions.

All of a sudden, more people joined their ranks, including the family members of certain officials, causing an unprecedented upsurge in disaster relief throughout Chang'an, and restoring its former prosperity in the shortest possible time.

Because Kejing set an example, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty rewarded Yang Yong with a million dollars, a thousand pieces of brocade, and fifty horses for his righteousness.

It was late at night, and the servant who knocked on the bang yawned after finishing the bang on the second watch, and went back to his warm bed.

The candlelight in the East Palace Study Room was still on, and the fire folder was tossed and turned in Yang Su's hands for a long time, touching the fuzzy patterns on it for a while, and holding the fire folder under the candlelight for a closer look.

After a long time, he raised his head and said, "This is only available in the imperial palace."

Today he came to the Eastern Palace to discuss political affairs with Ke Jing, and before he even spoke, the other party gave him a dark object for him to identify.Although the thing was scorched black by smoke, he could vaguely recognize the pattern of auspicious clouds by touching the patterns on it.

At this moment, Yang Su has a little more respect when facing Ke Jing, and he is no longer as tentative as before.The reason is that in October last year, Ke Jinglean reminded him to beware of his wife and keep his mouth shut.At that time, he was a doctor of imperial history, but he didn't take Kejing's words to heart, until he quarreled with his wife that time.

Speaking of Yang Su's wife Zheng is a shrew, he quarreled with her and said, "If I become the emperor, you must not be the queen."Unexpectedly, this sentence was reported by the Zheng family and entered the ears of the emperor Yang Jian. Yang Jian was very angry, arrested him, convicted him, and dismissed him from office.

This experience almost ruined his bright future. If it wasn't for Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty's heart to crusade against the Chen Dynasty, if it wasn't for Kejing's secret help, he would be able to contribute in the name of cooperating with Prince Yang Yong to make a plan Chen Zhice, he has no chance of being reinstated.

For Yang Su, Ke Jing is the noble person in his life, if not for her, he would not be able to gain Yang Jian's trust.

In the process of getting along with Kejing, Yang Su gradually discovered that this woman had extraordinary courage and foresight, and their opinions coincided with each other about political affairs, and because of her suggestion, his strategy was more complete.In terms of attitude, she is more decisive than Yang Yong, and she has a broader and long-term vision.

Yang Su remembered that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty admired Yang Yong before, but now that he thinks about it, she also secretly helped Yang Yong when he was recuperating.

A woman does not give way to a man, this woman has a royal demeanor.

But she is a woman after all, if she is a man... Yang Su shook his head, getting rid of the ridiculous thoughts in his mind.

"Is that really the case..." Ke Jing nodded knowingly, his eyes brightened a little, as if he was relieved that the long-standing doubts had finally been confirmed.

Seeing that she seemed to have known it for a long time, Yang Sujin said: "I don't understand, how could your mother have such a fire?" And it was still dirty, obviously burned by a fire.

Ke Jing looked at him and said, "Master Yang, do you still remember the fire that happened in the inner city?"

Facing those bright eyes, Yang Su's expression froze: "What does your lady mean?"

"It seems that Master Yang has thought of it."

As soon as he caught a point, Yang Su fell into deep thought again, "They're just some commoners, why bother so much? And what's there to gain?" At the end, he couldn't help but raise his tone.

In the end, it was more than a dozen human lives, among them were five or six-year-old children and babies in swaddling clothes. Human lives were at stake. Even civilians, how could they regard human lives as worthless?

Ke Jing straightened his back, walked to the window, and opened the edge of the wooden window, "Before answering this question, I would like to ask Mr. Yang, what do you think of His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"The prince is easy to learn, and has a very kind personality. He is not effeminate, and has a rare true temperament." Yang Su answered truthfully.

"Then, have you ever thought about why such a prince has become a fool who hangs around the place of fireworks?"

This... Yang Su hesitated for a while, but answered Ke Jing's question from the bottom of his heart without saying anything.

Lust is a man's nature, which man does not love beautiful women?What's more, the women in the land of fireworks are proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they sell themselves instead of performing arts, which makes men scratch their heads and want to spend a long time with them in order to satisfy their inner desire to conquer.

"What do you think of the emperor?"

Yang Su's eyes widened.Talk about the Son of Heaven behind his back, but he will be punished by God!

"How about this palace?" Ke Jing turned around with a smile, "a villain, cruel, uncertain, suspicious, soft-eared and fearful, but such a person, for the sake of the country and the country, for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, set an example, be kind Yong Zhongliang, what do adults think?"

Shock can no longer be used to express his feelings at the moment, and she is the first person who dares to talk about the Son of Heaven so thoroughly.

He has seen a lot of sycophants. Those Confucianists who record history, for the needs of the times and to cater to the emperor's preferences, often praise and praise those emperors who have pioneered. As for those who are not optimistic, they will paint as much black as they can.

But, isn't she afraid that the wall has ears?Yang Su felt that his back was sweating from shock, and the slightest disturbance would make him feel frightened.

He has already been dismissed from office once, there can be no second time, and he absolutely does not want it to happen.

"Don't worry, my lord. It's very safe here. I don't think even flies can fly in."

Faced with Ke Jing's ridicule, Yang Su smiled half ashamed and half embarrassed.

"I want to ask you one last question. Has your lord ever thought about your angry words, why did your majesty get so angry and almost put you in prison?"

Yang Su became silent. It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, but he doesn't want to think about it.

Since ancient times, a king is like a tiger. A king can make you below one person and above ten thousand people, and can also make your prosperity and wealth disappear overnight, and even make you implicated in the nine clans because of one sentence.The power of your life and death is in the hands of the monarch's joy and anger. If he is happy, you will be promoted, and if he is angry, you will be unlucky.

However, some people sharpen their heads and want to occupy a high position, but they don't know that behind the glory and wealth, there is a knife that can be unsheathed at any time. A little carelessness will immediately lead to bloody disasters.But even so, there were still people rushing up one after another.

He is one of them.why?Because of rights.

Right, what a fascinating word, it is enough to make people go mad, and make courtiers with wolf ambitions do things like killing the king and usurping the throne.

So Yang Jian was wary of him, even though he didn't have such thoughts, even though they fought the world together and shared weal and woe, Yang Jian still had doubts about him.

In fact, he knew that Yang Jian himself was a suspicious person, otherwise, he would not have doubted himself, just as the woman in front of him commented.

"The emperor suspects that His Highness has the intention of proclaiming himself emperor as soon as possible, or that he doesn't want to abdicate at all. If possible, he wants to live a long life and proclaim himself emperor forever."

"Just look at the loosely guarded Eastern Palace. My lord, I believe you are a sensible person. You should know whether the crown prince has the ability to manage the government. If he is really just a fatuous person, then the emperor will not It may be so defensive against him, let alone always have reservations about his opinions."

"It's because I'm too capable, but I have concerns and fear that my position is in jeopardy. At this time, as long as someone wants to take advantage of it and tell him his loyalty, it will be difficult not to be distracted."

"Right is a ball of fire. How can you not burn your clothes in your arms? But even so, there are still many people who disregard brotherhood and turn against each other for it, and even kill each other because of it. As long as you get the right, sacrifice a part of it. Man comes to be himself, so what to him?"

The cold wind accompanied by sand blowing on the face, the pain was severe, as if the flesh on the face was going to be scraped off a layer of skin.

At the end of the conversation, Ke Jing gave him a chance to choose, let him choose the master he will serve in the future, it can be seen that she has already seen the wavering in his heart.As for the answer to the fire, he guessed a rough idea even if she didn't say anything.

This meeting was not a big negotiation. From now on, his relationship with her would be determined by his final choice.

Looking down at the intricate lines on his palm, it was the mark left by his battles when he was young, which recorded his bravery and fearlessness at that time, but now, his mind is gradually lost in the glory and wealth, so that he no longer has the enthusiasm of that time .

But tonight, he had to admit that the words of the Crown Princess made his heart, which had been silent for a long time, beat again. It was so strong and obvious, just like the excitement when drinking blood on the battlefield. It's hard to ignore.

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