Rebellious Minister Part 1

"Hong'er, I have a letter from you." The old lady poked her head in through the crack of the door and said in a low voice. She thought that handsome young man was still in the house.

Because there were actually two guards standing at the door of the upper room, they were the young master's subordinates.

Although they didn't make things difficult for the old lady and let her in, they still stared ferociously.

"Letter? Mom, come in." Yunhong was packing up a package, and seeing the old lady came, he felt that he had to tell her that he was only going to avoid the limelight, so he didn't quit.

"Are you...?" Sure enough, the old lady showed a surprised expression, and Yanhong had to briefly explain the matter. Hearing that his life was at stake, the old lady agreed to let him go out and live for a while.

Because the special envoy of Garland is not a kind person no matter how you look at it.

"By the way, who is the letter from?" Yanhong asked, and it is not surprising that some guests will write love letters to him.

"It's over there."

"Oh." Hearing what the old lady said, Yan Hong rarely put away his usual smile in those years, and took the letter, or a letter from home.

After his parents sold him to Liulifang, they opened a small shop in the east of the city to do some small business, and they lived well.

But when he was short of money, he would ask Yan Hong to help him.

"Did your siblings ask for money?" the old lady asked.

"It's okay, I'll go out for a while." Yunhong's expression didn't change, but his finger holding the letter paper was shaking slightly.

"The people outside...?" The old lady pointed to the guard in green standing outside the door.

Yanhong thought for a while, leaned close to the old lady's ear and whispered a few words, the old lady nodded, and called a servant boy who was about the same size as Yunhong, and asked him to help pack the luggage.

The guard looked at it, but still didn't speak.

The old lady and the servant boy left with a lot of clothes to be changed. The guard turned around and saw that Yanhong was still in the house, so he closed the door for him.

"Huh..." Yanhong raised his head, and exposed his face from the pile of clothes. He got out smoothly, but he was a little sorry for the young master.

In the letter, the parents said that the younger brother and younger sister were forcibly taken away by a burly foreign man, and they left a message asking Hong'er to go to the inn outside the city alone to pick up his younger brother and sister home.

Yanhong suspected that it was the envoy Garland who did it, but he couldn't be sure that it was him. Speaking of being an oiran, although it was "glamorous", there were quite a few guests who offended him.

However, if he really quarrels with the guests, the other party can't do anything with him.

The oiran's benefactors are all famous figures in the city, so the so-called dog beating depends on the owner.

When Luhong got off the boat, he looked back at Liulifang, it would be great if the young master was there, he thought.

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In the afternoon, the rain fell gradually, as the saying goes, "One autumn rain and one cold, ten autumn rains put on cotton".Dayan's weather was already so cold that people stomped their feet.

However, Jing Tingrui didn't seem to feel the freezing rain blowing on his face at all. He rode a fast horse and left all his men behind.

According to the plan, at this time, he should receive Yanhong at Liulifang, and then send him to Prince Jing's mansion for resettlement.

However, when his subordinates reported that the oiran had been transferred, he immediately grabbed the old lady for questioning.

The old lady was frightened, and said in a panic, "Hong, Hong'er hastily left after receiving a letter from home, maybe his little brother and sister came to him for something..."

"Where is his family?" Jing Tingrui heard Yan Hong mention that his parents sold him to a brothel because there were too many children in the family and the plague.However, his family is still in Suiyang Imperial City, did they not return home?

"Yes, there is a grocery store opened in the east of the city." The old lady said with certainty. ,

Jing Tingrui immediately understood what was going on. Should Wen Lu be really cunning?He actually took advantage of this and tricked Yanhong out!

With no time to punish his negligent subordinates, Jing Tingrui flew to the east of the city like an arrow.

There were shops run by small traders, one next to the other, and it was hard to find Yan Hong's parents. They were illiterate, the letter was given by Du Rongcai, and the two children were also taken away by him. The older child was crying. Said that the two youngest brothers and sisters were taken to a post station in the suburbs.

"You don't have to worry!" Jing Tingrui thought so, and the horsewhip slapped. However, when he arrived at the post station, he saw Yan Hong being grabbed by Wen Lu like a chicken. The other party seemed to be yelling at something, Then he pushed it angrily, and threw him off the third floor!

Jing Tingrui tightened the reins, and the horse groaned and stood upright. He watched the gorgeous sleeves fly across the sky lightly, but fell heavily on the gravel road below, raising dust and smoke.

Jing Tingrui was stunned, but Wen Lu's eyes were red, he grabbed the other two children and threw them out. Jing Tingrui quickly got up, flew away from the horse, and caught the two frightened children from left to right. crying child.

"It's you?!" Seeing this, Wen Lu took the guard's knife, jumped downstairs with a loud shout, and hacked him to death.

Jing Tingrui nimbly dodged left and right, kicked up a piece of gravel with his toe, and hit Wen Lu hard on the forehead, forcing him to take three steps back. Those Jialan masters all surrounded him to protect his master.

At this time, the iron eagle knights also arrived, and the two sides fought together, and handed over the crying child to his subordinates. Jing Tingrui rushed to Yun Hong's side. He was still alive, but very weak.

"Hong'er!" Jing Tingrui supported his shoulder, Yanhong turned pale and wanted to say something, but spit out a mouthful of blood, his pulse was so weak that he could barely feel it.

"Shut up, I'll take you to the imperial physician." Jing Tingrui touched his acupuncture points and carefully picked him up.

"No..." Yanhong leaned his head on Jing Tingrui's shoulder, as if he was anxious to say something, "I..."

"What?" Jing Tingrui could only stop and look down at him.

"I want...to know...your...name..." Yan Hong slightly opened his eyes, fingers weakly grasping Jing Tingrui's skirt, and his nails were also covered in blood.

"I'll tell you when you're better." Jing Tingrui said, striding towards the horse again.

"No, right now... Hong'er just wants... to know..." Yan Hong insisted.

"My name is Jing Tingrui." Jing Tingrui said, next to the bloodless ear, he revealed his identity, "I am the prince's personal bodyguard."

"So... that person is the prince." Yanhong seemed a little surprised, and sighed as if he felt the same way.

As a male prostitute, I really can't climb up to the man in front of me. He is so excellent, but his heart has already fallen.

And what about Jing Tingrui?Also fell in love with an unattainable object.

Is this a trick of good fortune?They are destined not to get the person they like in this life.

A drop of crystal tears flowed down his wet cheeks, he wanted to take another look at Jing Tingrui and call his name, but the endless black mist covered him, and he no longer had the strength to hold on...

"Hong'er?" Jing Tingrui called out, but Yanhong didn't reply, he seemed to be asleep, lying quietly in Jing Tingrui's arms, but never woke up again.

Wen Lu was so powerful that four or five iron eagle knights couldn't hold him down. In the end, he was taken down by Jing Tingrui, and the masters around him were almost killed by Jing Tingrui. If the emperor didn't want to live, Wen Lu must have died. Also must die undoubtedly. ,

Du Rongcai wanted to escape in chaos, but was also captured. Jing Tingrui handed them over to Qing Yun, the leader of the Iron Eagle Knights, and the secret letter copied by Yan Hong, which made King Jialan want to assassinate Emperor Dayan. Conspiracy, fully exposed.

Then, under the imperial order of the emperor, Jing Tingrui led his troops to raid the house of King Tong's mansion, and took all the rest of King Tong's party into prison.

The funeral of Yan Hong was organized by the old lady, but the place of burial was chosen by Jing Tingrui. It was on a hill, next to a clear and winding stream.

This is also the meaning of Yanhong's name. Unlike other teenagers, after he was sold into Liulifang, he gave himself this name and was very happy.

The old lady burned the paper money and cried for a long time, saying that she treated him like a child.Yanhong's biological parents have never shown up, probably because he still has a grudge against his identity.

Jing Tingrui has been standing on the hillside, looking at the new tomb and the beautifully swirling stream without any expression, as if all of this is false.Just like the smile on Yan Hong's face, engraved in the bottom of my heart, it is unforgettable.

Gradually, the sky began to drizzle, and the old lady looked at Jing Tingrui who was kneeling on one knee, sighed, shook her head, packed her things and left.

When the thunder was rumbling and the sky was completely dark, Jing Tingrui got up and went back to the East Palace.

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"Ruirui!" Aiqing didn't hold an umbrella, and didn't take any maids with her. She just ran straight out of the palace gate, and threw herself into the arms of Jing Tingrui, who had just dismounted, panting.

"Your Highness." Smelling the familiar scent, Jing Tingrui stretched out his arms to hug Aiqing, and said in a low voice, "It's raining so heavily, why did you run out like this? You'll get sick."

"I don't care! You're finally back! I'm so worried about you, you know? They said...you went to hunt down traitors."

These days, Ai Qing is really anxious like an ant on a hot pot, having trouble sleeping and eating, but there is nothing she can do.

Because he heard his master Qingyun say that Jing Tingrui is doing something big.

After asking, I learned that he was investigating the special envoys of Jialan Kingdom, and they seemed to intend to assassinate the emperor.

"Your Highness, shouldn't you be worried about the emperor?" Qing Yun asked with a smile to Ai Qing who was about to cry.

"Father is protected by powerful imperial guards, but Ruarui has no one around! I'm going to protect him!" Aiqing was about to leave the palace with a sword in her hand, Qing Yun hurriedly stopped her, but nothing could stop her.

This matter also alarmed the emperor, who rarely punished Aiqing to stay in the East Palace until the matter was resolved.

"If something happens to me, will Your Highness be sad?" Jing Tingrui held Aiqing's face in one hand, and he hasn't seen her for several days. That round face has lost a lot of weight, and her chin is like a little lotus, with sharp corners. .

It's just that this kind of Aiqing is still delicate and cute. While looking at Jing Tingrui eagerly, he couldn't stop crying. Even though his face was soaked by the rain, he could still tell the difference, the big teardrops , rolled down the cheek with a flutter.

"Of course!" Aiqing hugged Jing Tingrui's neck, sobbing, "If something happens to you, I will die of grief! So, please don't worry!"

Jing Tingrui could feel how hard Aiqing's hug was, his petite and hot body was pressed tightly against his chest, trembling slightly because of fear.

"Yes, for you, I will live a good life." Jing Tingrui also held the body in his arms tightly, and said in his ear: "I will also protect you well and not let anyone hurt you."

"Ruirui, is something wrong?" Ai Qing noticed something strange, but she couldn't tell what it was, she just felt that Ruirui seemed to be very uncomfortable?

He couldn't help raising his head and looked at Jing Tingrui very worriedly.

Jing Tingrui just smiled lightly, and suddenly, he lowered his head and kissed the corners of Aiqing's eyes that were red from crying.

Afterwards, compared with Yusi, those extraordinarily hot lips landed on his cheeks and lips again... Aiqing's heartbeat was in a mess, her face became more and more red, she couldn't breathe, she had to struggle : "Rui...I...can't...breathe...well!"

Jing Tingrui just hugged Aiqing tighter, as if he was afraid that he would disappear, and his tongue penetrated deeper, sucking fiercely.

"Ruirui..." Aiqing was paralyzed, grabbing Jing Tingrui's shoulder as if drowning, as the kiss deepened, he gradually became selfless.

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After the first month of the lunar calendar, Chunyu Huangye decided to formally send troops to Jialan, and posted a yellow list to announce it to the world.

"Master Jialan pretended to form an alliance and sent special envoys to our capital, but in reality he assassinated Emperor Dayan densely. This despicable act is despised by the people of the world..."

The bulletin was a thousand characters long, listing Jialan's crimes over the past few years, and the people were filled with righteous indignation. Jialan repeatedly violated the border and plundered and killed border villagers.

Now, they dare to assassinate the emperor, knowing that Chunyu Huangye is loved by the people.As a result, the anger intensified, and with the momentum of starting a prairie fire, many passionate men gathered and asked to join the army to attack Jialan.

There is no need to worry about the popularity of the soldiers, the carriages, horses, food, grass, and swallows, but who will lead the troops?

Because Ke Weiqing contracted the cold and was in poor health, Huang Ye did not plan to travel far, and this matter fell on the heads of the generals.

In order to be the commander-in-chief of the Jialan Expedition, everyone fought to the death, and the colleagues who were good friends in the past also turned against each other because of this, and they almost drew their swords in the court.

Everyone wanted to make great contributions to Dayan, and they all wanted to show their determination to defend the emperor and the country to the death.

Only Jing Tingrui, who made the first contribution in solving the case of Jialan's special envoy, seemed to stay out of it. He only followed Prince Aiqing throughout the winter, and didn't care which general took up this important task.

For his indifference, there are also many gossips in the palace.

Some people say that as a man, how can he be satisfied with being the prince's personal bodyguard?Too short of ambition.

Some people also said that that is where Jing Tingrui is smart. As a bodyguard for the crown prince, he will be a bodyguard for the imperial court in the future. He can enjoy all the glory and wealth, so why risk his life to kill the enemy on the battlefield?If you lose the battle, wouldn't you ruin your own future?

Besides, the case of Special Envoy Garland is enough to make him famous and famous all over the country.

However, no matter what the people inside and outside the government and the public talked about, the East Palace was still as peaceful as ever.

After school, the prince, accompanied by Jing Tingrui, took a walk in the yard that was still covered with snow.

Today, His Royal Highnesses Yan, Tianyu, and Tianchen also came. The four laughed and had a snowball fight, built a snowman, and lay down on the snow one after another, printing four figures of different heights, but holding hands and connected to each other. Humanoid.

"Look! Our four brothers!" Aiqing was very proud of her creativity.

"Well, in comparison, the second emperor's brother is taller." Tian Chen said, pointing to the second slightly taller figure.

In the past, of course Aiqing was the tallest, but recently Yan's height has jumped up, surpassing her elder brother.

"Where, I just wear a thicker velvet hat." Yan explained sweetly, but Aiqing still puffed up her pink cheeks, leaving Yan at a loss as to what to do.

"No matter how tall you are, you can't be taller than Rurui." Aiqing suddenly had an idea, and looked back at Jing Tingrui, who was standing tall and straight like a pine tree, and smiled brilliantly.

Jing Tingrui didn't say anything, walked over, reached out and hugged Aiqing, and let him straddle his neck.

"Haha, it's really tall!" Aiqing looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "You've all become dwarfs, now no one is taller than me, right?"

"You're a rascal." Tianyu said with akimbo, very dissatisfied.Even his accompanying eunuch, Wencai, imitated his master's tone and said to Aiqing, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, this is cheating!"

"I don't have one!" Aiqing loudly defended, "This is called generals to follow my plan, use it to win!"

He brought up the art of war, which meant that he was his general, and he followed his orders, so he was able to win the height competition. ,

Tianyu wanted to follow suit, but none of his guards dared to carry him, for fear of accidentally falling him, Tianyu was so angry that he scolded them for being spineless and idiots.

Tian Chen smiled and said: "No one will get angry with a fool, unless he is also a fool himself."

"You, you, you!—Who are you helping?" Tianyu angrily threw a big snowball, hitting Tianchen's face directly.

"Okay, Tianyu, I won't spare you!" Tianchen immediately fought back, so "fire of war" broke out between the twins, and Aiqing hurriedly went to the ground to persuade the two younger brothers to reconcile.

The big snowball whizzed around and almost hit Aiqing a few times, but never missed it because Jing Tingrui stretched out his arm and blocked them all for him.

Yan didn't want to intervene at first, but Tianyu's snowball also hit him, so he mixed into the "battlefield".

If Ke Weiqing was here, he would definitely feel dizzy and hold his forehead. The noise of the princes really didn't stop for a moment.

"The emperor is here—your highnesses, please welcome me!" Li Deyi's high-pitched voice did not interrupt the enthusiasm of the princes throwing snowballs at each other. It was not until the emperor walked up to them that he threw snowballs. , The webbed ground knelt down to pick him up.

"Long live father, long live, long live!" Whether it was Aiqing or Yan, they all kicked vigorously.

The close eunuchs of Tianyu and Tianchen also joined the snowball fight, their faces turned pale with fright at this moment, and they knelt in the extremely muddy snow, not daring to move at all.

"What's the matter? Everyone is crazy like this? People who don't know think that the East Palace is disturbing." Although Huang Ye said that, he didn't mean to seriously blame him. He then called the mother to change the princes. Get wet clothes so you don't catch a cold.

He also sighed and said, "If Wei Qing sees you like this, his headache will get worse."

Xu thought of his sick father, and the princes who had put on new clothes restrained themselves a lot. Huang Ye looked at the eunuchs who participated in the battle and ordered them all to retreat.

Since then, the garden has become much cleaner.

With Huang Ye's approval, Li Deyi stepped forward and said, "The emperor has a decree..."

As soon as these words came out, the people who had been standing fell to their knees again.Aiqing knelt at the front, and Jing Tingrui was always behind the four princes.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor's edict said: I believe that we can govern the world with literature, and fight chaos with military force. Now the Jialan bandits are disturbing our Hebei province, and the crown prince's personal guard Jing Tingrui is both civil and military, resourceful and resourceful. In fact, he is the talent of the court general and the blessing of the Great Yan." Therefore, I was awarded the title of Great General of Iron Cavalry in the Northern Expedition, and his power shook all directions! I have benefited from Anrong, Hebei Province...announce it to all the envoys in the world to hear about it, and admire it!"

Li Deyi's voice seemed a bit feminine at first, but when reading this sacred decree in the garden of the East Palace, it was extraordinarily passionate and powerful. Everyone seemed to see the words one by one, as clearly as they were engraved on the cliff. ,clear and direct.

However, maybe it was too straightforward, and everyone was stunned, not knowing how to react.

It is unheard of for a prince from the third rank to be a close guard of the prince, so he jumps over the dragon's gate and becomes a general from the first rank. What's more, the emperor has always said that the emperor will appoint the iron eagle knight The leader, Prince Shi Qingyun, will be the commander-in-chief this time.He is more qualified.Besides, in addition to Qing Yun, there is also a general Zhang Huzi!

"Jing Tingrui, still not accepting the order?" Li Deyi said.

Jing Tingrui glanced at the bewildered prince and stood up. There was no surprise or surprise in his voice. As usual, he knelt down quite calmly and stretched out his hands, "The final general will obey the order."

"Wait!" Aiqing jumped out and asked impatiently, "Father, what are you doing? Dayan has so many generals, why did you choose my bodyguard?!"

"Because he is not something in the pond." Huang Ye looked at his son, and said persuasively: "Qing'er, the man is determined to be loyal to the country, but I am the only one. You are the prince, so you should understand this truth."

What Huang Ye said was very reasonable, even though Ai Qing opened her mouth wide, she couldn't argue.At this moment, it seems that the tear offensive has also lost its effect.

Because the royal father saw that his eye circles were red like a bunny, so he drove back to the palace in a hurry.

Aiqing turned her head and stared at Jing Tingrui, wanting to scold him, why did she obediently obey the order?

But disobedience would be the cause of death by decapitation. Although he is a prince and is very favored by his father, he also knows the truth that the emperor's order cannot be violated.

So, he was also speechless to Jing Tingrui.To fight a war is to win glory for the country, but in fact it is to die. He doesn't want Jing Tingrui to fight for the glory of the horse leather corpse.

However, if the enemy invades, how can we not fight?If it wasn't for his father's disapproval, he would also go to the battlefield.It's just that he didn't want Jing Tingrui to go, all kinds of contradictory psychology were about to torture Aiqing to death, he had a frowning face, his hands were down, and he was at a loss for what to do.

"Congratulations, General." Yan said nonchalantly, if not for his lack of age, the position of general would have been his.

"Thank you, Second Highness." Jing Tingrui's answer was also calm. It should be said that his attention was all on His Highness the Crown Prince, while Tianyu and Tianchen were indifferent to this, and the party ended quietly.

Aiqing went back to her bedroom with a heavy heart, and didn't speak to Jing Tingrui for a long time.