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Gu Xiaowu: If you don't take over as Shangshu of the Ministry of War as soon as possible, then you won't be able to deal with Bai Xiangying.

"It seems that the commander's trip went well." When Gu Xiaowu saw the two of them, he was like old friends who had met for a long time, without any extra politeness.

Yijing pulled Changming to sit down, took the teacup from Lu Yichuan, handed it to Changming, and said with a smile: "Whether it goes well or not is under the control of the adults. It seems that the brothers of the Gan family and Xingzhu recently The prince has a close relationship and is very proud of himself."

Chang Ming drank his tea slowly and listened quietly to the two of them talking.

"It's easy to say that money is a good thing. If you take more bribes, you can't help but take it for granted. This official is just a lot of flattery, and they are paralyzed. But Gan Yi is sophisticated and scheming after all. It took a full year to achieve recent results. When Gu Xiaowu mentioned this matter, he was filled with emotion.

Chang Ming hadn't asked about the situation in the court for a long time, so he was curious: "My lord, you mean that the brothers of the Gan family took a lot of bribes, so they thought it was the right way to support Prince Xingzhu? The emperor was still young, and he launched a coup to rob him As for the throne, isn’t it just another demolition of the emperor?”

Gu Xiaowu just smiled and said: "It's been a long time since I saw you, not only your martial arts skills have not diminished, but your intelligence is even better than before."

Chang Ming blinked, but Yi Jing was not half proud, so Gu Xiaowu continued to talk about business: "Chang Ming, Xing Sheng brought He Suifeng back to Hu Mang, the situation should be more stable now, I know how to send you It's really not good to go back and forth, but right now you are indeed the most suitable person to take over Xing Sheng's reckless affairs."

"My lord orders me, the grassroots should serve me..." Before Chang Ming could say half of his words, he asked Yijing to stop him from interrupting.

"My lord, there is nothing wrong with letting Chang Ming return to Hu Mang, but I hope you think twice about the Minister of War."

"What do you mean?" Chang Ming didn't know why.

Gu Xiaowu said to Chang Ming: "As Yijing said, the Minister of the Ministry of War is old and should return to his hometown. This official intends to let Yijing take over his post. In this case, Xingsheng should sit in the county. Valley."

Yijing said: "The war is about to break out, and Xingsheng has only been a Zhongjun for only one year. I have entrusted the Ningwu army to him with full power. Bow your head and obey orders, and dare not disobey."

This time even Lu Yichuan was quite surprised: "The commander of the army is much more aware of whether he is in the palace than the people in the palace. The emperor did reveal his intention a few days ago, that he wanted to promote Mr. Gu to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Even the Prime Minister of Shangshu Province."

"This is as it should be. Although the emperor won't say anything about the arrogance of several Xingzhu, he will definitely find someone who can replace him."

This person is naturally Gu Xiaowu.

"I understand your concerns, but after careful consideration, this officer has no choice. If you don't take over as Minister of the Ministry of War as soon as possible, then you will have no way to deal with Bai Xiangying."

"boom--"

Chang Ming slipped his hand and dropped the teacup on the table. The tea scalded the back of Yijing's hand, and there seemed to be the sound of flesh and blood being ripped out. He hurriedly took a cloth towel to wipe it in panic, but Yijing got up suddenly. It's like hearing the news that Gu Xiaowu is going to seek power and usurp the throne—although it's like a bolt from the blue, but after thinking about it, it's not impossible.

Gu Xiaowu looked at Junqing and Junqing calmly, unlike Yijing who turned pale with shock, she was as calm as water.

"It's not easy to pull out a tooth, but the brothers of the Gan family are no longer what they used to be. After eradicating Bai Xiangying, they will lose the support of military officers, and the emperor will hate them..."

"In the past few years, there has never been a large-scale war in northern Xinjiang. It is all thanks to Bai Xiangying's meritorious service in protecting the area. Now, there are still constant small battles. Wouldn't it be..."

"I know!" Gu Xiaowu yelled at Yijing in a stern voice, "So Ling Xingcheng will take over as commander of the Ningwu Army, and you will take over as Shangshu of the Ministry of War to handle military affairs in northern Xinjiang!"

"Xingsheng is still young! Meng Qianzao died early, if Bai Xiangying is gone, how can we take care of both the northwest and northeast directions!"

Gu Xiaowu was not moved by Yijing's nervousness, but said coldly: "If we don't kill Bai Xiangying, when will we get rid of the brothers from the Gan family?"

"At least you shouldn't wait here!"

"Then when will it be!" Gu Xiaowu finally roared, "I have waited for 13 years, and seeing that my lifespan is approaching, time is running out, Prime Minister Su can entrust it to me, but I cannot entrust it to Chai Jinli!"

What Gu Xiaowu said is not unreasonable. At present, there are very few Jiangyuan officials in the court. Even if Xingzhu gradually declines, it is always where the power is concentrated. But she didn't pick up, and she couldn't help but not be eager.

Just like the throne passed down to Xingzhu from generation to generation, she also firmly believes that Jiang Yuan's affairs can only be dealt with by Jiang Yuan, and entrusting others is nothing but empty talk.

Lu Yichuan's eyes wandered between Yijing and Gu Xiaowu, seeing that neither of them had any intention of retreating, he could only wink at Chang Ming, signaling him to stop Yijing, don't disobey Gu Xiaowu .

But when Lu Yichuan met Lu Yichuan's eyes, Chang Ming turned his eyes away.

Gu Xiaowu wanted to kill Bai Xiangying, even if killing the general again would hurt the country, she would still act like this - just like Gan Yi did to Gu Laiqiu back then.

He sighed softly, this officialdom seems to be the way it should be.

Yijing also understood the whole story, so he could only cover up his anger with a wry smile: "It seems that my lord must do it, and it's useless for me to say more."

Gu Xiaowu didn't answer.

Yijing said again: "If there is another way to make Bai Xiangying no longer participate in the battle between your lord and Gan Yi, can your lord show your respect?"

Gu Xiaowu picked up the teacup, took half a sip of the bitter tea, and said in a low voice: "Since there is no problem, why bother me?"

Yi Jing nodded and took Chang Ming back to Jianhe Valley.

In the carriage on the road, Chang Ming once asked him: "According to your intention, do you want Bai Xiangying to give up Gan Yi and join Gu Xiaowu's sect? No matter what, to keep her is to keep several cities in northern Xinjiang..."

"That's true." Yijing seemed to be fiddling with the tassel on the Changming horizontal knife boredly, "But Bai Xiangying is a high-minded person after all, and she doesn't think she will nod to betray such a thing, so she can only use other means to make her helpless." .”

"Can it be done?" Chang Ming was somewhat skeptical, "According to Mr. Gu, the court has come to a decisive battle of life and death. It may not be so easy for Bai Xiangying to get out of it. Besides, although Mr. Gu promised you Yes, but in case she wants to kill the weeds..."

Yijing smiled lightly: "It doesn't matter, Gan Yi will always be willing to save Bai Xiangying. Although he is at odds with Gu Xiaowu, he is at least a reasonable prime minister. If he hadn't assisted him back then, how could the war in the southwest be easily put down?"

When the two returned to Jianhe Valley, they heard that the sergeant rushed to report that the Sifuluo family had sent a newcomer to be the teacher of the prince, and they came to pay a visit to Yijing first.

"Teacher Wang?" Chang Ming looked at Yijing.

"Several princes have already left the court to study, so someone suggested to continue to select outstanding people from the Sifuluo family as the prince's teacher to teach martial arts-this is also a court tradition. The second brother Huajing is the current emperor's teacher, but unfortunately tracked..."

"I vaguely heard about this half a year ago. I thought that Sifuluo's talents were withered after experiencing the battle in Northern Xinjiang. Unexpectedly... I guess it was because he was on his way earlier and was delayed for a while."

"No matter how fast you travel, there will be no news for half a year." Yijing's expression was a little heavy, "Anyway, let's meet someone first and then talk about it."

The person who came was a young man from the Sifuluo clan of the Xi generation, but he was not enthusiastic when he saw Yijing, but he said coldly with his fists in his hands: "The younger generation came here on orders to pay a visit to the commander of the army."

Yijing was not polite, but asked: "Whose order?"

The young man slowly lowered his hands, ignoring Yijing's question.

Seeing this, Chang Ming frowned slightly, and was about to step forward to reason, but was stopped by Yi Jing's hand.

"What's your name?"

"Junior Lianxi."

"It's time for you to take office in the palace." Yijing turned his back and walked towards the residence without any intention of entertaining this nephew young man. "It doesn't matter what appointment you have in the clan. But don't tie up with Mr. Gu just to fight against me."

Chang Ming looked the young man up and down again, then shook his head, and followed Yijing back.

"But what happened to the Sifuluo clan?"

Lian Xi didn't show any respect to the suzerain's brothers. Thinking about it, he didn't show any kindness to Cheng Jing in Huailie Mountain Villa in the past. Chang Ming was not stupid, and he could guess that something important happened in the Sifuluo clan with just a turn of his mind. ——Cheng Jing has always advanced and retreated properly, but this incident made him have to retreat.

Although Yijing never asked about the affairs of the clan, he had heard about it to some extent.

"Some people in the clan have long been dissatisfied with their current shelter, and they always want to return to the northern Xinjiang grasslands and restore their former glory. The Sifuluo clan has long since withered talents, and my eldest brother is afraid that he is also on the verge of death in order to prevent the clan from killing each other."

Chang Ming walked slowly with him, and couldn't help sighing: "Every family has scriptures that are hard to recite."

After returning to the residence, Zhang Ming just pushed open the gate of the courtyard and missed his daughter very much. He didn't wait for Yijing to lock the gate, and went into the room first.

Yijing turned his head and was about to tease Chang Ming when he heard someone shouting in the backyard, the two couldn't help but look at each other, and went straight to the source of the sound.

"Put Chunxi down!"

"Who are you?"

When the two arrived, Shuya and Shuze had already caught the man in front of him, leaving him nowhere to go, but the man was holding the still young Chunxi in his arms, which made the two brothers and sisters jealous.

Yijing recognized the man's back at a glance, and hurriedly called to stop.

"Wangxi, don't hurt them!"

"Ah?" Wang Xi turned around, Shuze and Shuya were taken aback for a moment.

"But they want to take Chunxi away." Wang Xi dragged Chunxi up so that she could sleep more peacefully.

Shuze was very annoyed when she heard this: "Where did the rude lunatic come from, who broke into other people's courtyard and called the owner a robber!"

Chang Ming stepped forward, bypassed Shuya, took Chun Xi from Wang Xi, and explained to Wang Xi: "It was you who broke in suddenly and scared them."

Just as he was saying this, a group of sergeants suddenly rushed into the commander's courtyard, presumably they heard Shuya's shouts and rushed to the rescue, fearing that the commander's youngest daughter would have an accident, and they would turn around and wait to be thrown into the frying pan.

Yijing waved his hand, making them all retreat.

"Really?" Wang Xi was also taken aback by this battle, and realized in a trance that he seemed to have really done something extraordinary. Right now, he looked at Yijing inexplicably, until his uncle nodded dumbfoundedly. He apologized obediently, and then muttered: "Master let me play as I please, and didn't tell me that I would scare others."

"Master? Where did you come from, Master?" Yijing had never heard of this in Chengjing's family letter.

Wang Xi tilted his head and replied, "Don't you know him? He said it was very kind of you to call him Senior Brother."

Yijing turned his head and explained to Changming: "Your dear brother, Nangong Yuqi."

Chang Ming suddenly realized.

"What about others?"

"He seems to have noticed someone, chased him out, and asked me to wait here for him to come back."

"Then why are you here?"

"Ah", Wang Xi seemed to think of something, and said: "Father said that he wanted to find someone to secretly escort Lian Xi all the way here, and Master just said that he wanted to see you, so I followed Master to escort Lian Xi here.

"Is the trip safe and sound?"

"Someone wanted to kill him, so I stopped him," Wang Xi said, "The person who killed him was of the same clan as me after all. Since no one died, I put him back."

Even Shuze and Shuya were aware of how many twists and turns hidden in these few words, but Wang Xi was calm, like a child who never knew the truth.

Yijing sighed, sent the brother and sister to rest early, picked up the lantern by himself, and went to arrange a place for Wang Xiqie.

"Clap!"

Yijing went out the door, and as soon as he raised his head, the lantern in his hand fell to the ground, the flame struggled twice, and finally there was only a wisp of green smoke left, making the person in front of him look like a ghost.

The broad robe and wide sleeves are magnificent, and he is still holding the iron-cut sword in his hand. The corners of his clothes seem to still have the scent of flowers from the general's mansion that year, his long hair is half loose, and he wears a dragon crown on his head. Years later, his eyebrows and eyes are more and more clearly reflected in Yijing's heart.

"Sir General?" Yijing murmured in a low voice, took a step forward slowly, and then stretched out his palm because he was afraid that the person in front of him would be like smoke and would not be able to withstand his temptations.

The man Kuai Yijing took one step to support him.

"Yijing, long time no see."

Chang Ming rushed over when he heard the sound, and when he saw the man, he also froze in place in a daze.

"Master... Senior Brother?"

Seeing this, Nangong Yuqi on the side sighed and said, "Go to the room and talk, after all these years, you should also talk about it and not start over."

PS: The young man of the Xi generation (Lianxi) who appeared on the stage is related to the sequel of Yunjuan Shanhe. The appearance of this character also means some changes within the Sifuluo tribe, and even relates to Sifuluo's actions in the next few decades. (Speaking as if I could write in my lifetime)