The rebirth of the son-in-law

On February [-]th of the ninth year of Chen Zhengping, Princess Chu He of Xianning withdrew from Yingchuan and returned to Xianning.The next day, the northern rebels invaded Yingchuan, and Yingchuan, which had no strength to resist the rebels, was quickly breached. The rebels massacred the people in Yingchuan to avenge being blocked for many days.

On April [-]rd of the ninth year of Zhengping, Princess Chu He of Xianning met with King Chu Lang of Jing who led the Northern Expedition. Chu He entrusted all his subjects to Chu Lang.Since then, the influence of Xianning was merged into Jingchu, and the sphere of influence of King Chulang of Jing expanded rapidly, and half of the territory of the Chen Dynasty belonged to Chulang.

On April [-]th of the ninth year of Zhengping, Jing Wang Chu Lang wrote a letter to ask the emperor Chu Shu to grant the seal to Princess Chu He of Xianning.Chu Sui conspired with Taifu Song Xu, and agreed to confer the title of Princess Xianning as Changping Princess, and Yingchuan County, the south of Chenliu, and Chenxian County, belonged to Changping Princess, who only enjoyed the feudal tax and had no control.

On April 21, the ninth year of Zhengping, when Chu Shu's envoys arrived in Xianning, they were told that Princess Changping was missing.

King Jing couldn't find it everywhere, so he was furious, and ordered the censor to investigate thoroughly.However, Princess Changping was nowhere to be seen, and even Dou Tu, Yu Du, Bai Liu, and other confidantes were in confusion.There are gradually rumors among the people that King Jing, disregarding family affection, assassinated Princess Changping and tried to seize power in her hands.

The king of Jing was anxious, and issued twelve orders a day, but if there was news of the princess, he would be awarded ten thousand gold as a marquis.At that time, people were in an uproar, rushing to tell each other, and for a while, the wind of pursuit rose.

January passed without news of the princess.Jing Wang Chu Lang and Prince Chu Shu joined forces to attack Prince Xiu.Dou Tu continued to search for news about Chu He and Song Zhi with the order in white.

royal palace.

Chu Yan wiped the sword in her hand, and the candlelight illuminated her night-like pupils.The long sword is sharp, with a thin blade, and the candlelight shines on the sword.

Zhang He knelt in front of her, and Qing Nu stood behind Chu Yan.The room was quiet.

After a while, Feng Ma came in with small steps and saluted Chu Yan: "Princess, the king has ordered, you can be free."

Chu Yan was not surprised, not very surprised.She just turned her head to look at Zhang He, the corners of her lips curled up and said sarcastically: "My aunt has disappeared, and there has been no news for a month. Is your Tingwei Mansion to blame?"

Zhang He knelt down motionless and said, "I still say the same thing. The princess leaves, this is the best result for the king and the princess. I really don't know the whereabouts of the princess. If I know, I will definitely not replace the princess. Concealing it," he had a self-deprecating expression on his face, "the princess is unpredictable, she disappeared out of thin air, if she hadn't left by herself, I really can't think of anyone who would rob the princess. If you want to rob the princess, you must not only avoid the hundreds of thousands of people stationed The Jingzhou Army in Wancheng must be able to break through the three layers of defense of the Habayashi Army, Baiyi Order, and Wu Jiwei." He paused, then regained his composure, "The princess voluntarily handed over all her powers, but she only made an agreement with the king. Do not restrict the freedom of Dou Tu, Yu Du, Bai Liu and others. After Bai Liu handed over the Xianning army to Shen Yan, Yu Du offered a surprise attack plan, and within a month at most, Shuzhong will be pacified."

"Zhang Shuque!" Chu Yan called him in a deep voice, "You'd better not lie to me. You should know how important my aunt is to me...we are. Rumors and rumors are flying all over the sky outside, how much influence did this have on the king?!"

Zhang He looked directly at Chu Yan, and sneered: "Princess, the minister and the princess have never dealt with each other. When the son-in-law was still there, the minister framed the son-in-law, and the princess wanted to tear the minister's body into thousands of pieces. Different ways do not agree with each other." Mou, how could the princess doubt the minister?"

Chu Yan pondered for a moment, the doubts on his face dissipated, and he put on a smile: "I believe in you. However, you still have to do your best for the whereabouts of my aunt. I don't want others to think that the king is really such a ruthless person. .”

Zhang He arched his hands: "Here."

When Zhang He got up and retreated, only Qing Nu and Feng Ma were left in the room, Chu Yan changed his smile, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, and he turned to Qing Nu and said: "The recent rumors that Shu Que said yes They came from those aristocratic families. It seems that they are really crazy, and they are not afraid of death. It’s just that the king is going to fight, and the rear must be stable. If you don’t kill them this time, when the world is unified, it will be the day to settle accounts! You let Wu Ji Wei watch Those who spread rumors, once caught, let Shu Que take them to the city and show them to the public."

"Here!" Qing Nu took the order.

"Also," Chu Yan stood up, held a sword flower with the sword in his hand, and handed it to Qing Nu, "Captain Wu Ji broke my big business, the king is too busy to deal with her, you go .”

Qing Nu was startled, and wanted to plead for Captain Wu Ji, but seeing Chu Yan's cold eyes, he could only give up the idea, took the sharp sword with both hands, bowed and retreated.

Feng Ma saw Chu Yan's behavior, but lowered his head and ignored it.

"Feng Ma." Chu Yan brushed off his clothes.

Feng Ma lowered his head even lower, cupped his hands and said, "Princess."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in the land of Jingchu, with me and the Prime Minister sitting in charge, there will be absolutely no troubles, so let him rest assured about the Northern Expedition."

Feng Ma raised his head and saw that Chu Yan's face faded away, leaving only the deepness that had experienced the storm, he bowed and retreated.

In the huge palace, only Chu Yan was left standing on the steps, condescending, standing alone in the empty hall.

With her hands behind her back, her eyebrows slightly closed, she sighed softly.The sigh floated leisurely in the hall, and soon disappeared without a sound.

When Zhang He came out of the palace, he met the scouts running wildly.The scouts carried an urgent flag order, and rushed all the way to the palace without any hindrance. The dust was flying, and Zhang He choked.

"Ahem." Zhang He covered his mouth and nose, and frowned.

When the scouts disappeared and the dust settled, Zhang He waved his sleeves and prepared to climb into the carriage.

However, there was a person sitting firmly in the carriage.As soon as he got in, he saw Dou Tu, who was dressed as a student in white robe, was looking at him with a smile.

Zhang He was startled, and was about to speak, but Dou Tu took his hand, signaling him not to stay here.He swallowed what he wanted to ask, shouted to the royal hand, and the carriage quickly left the palace gate.

There were two people crowded in the narrow carriage, and Zhang He could smell the alcohol on Dou Tu's body.He frowned, feeling a little disgusted with Dou Tu, and avoided it a little, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few strands of white hair on Dou Tu's temple.

Thinking back to the days when the princess disappeared, Dou Tu was struggling and tossing and turning.Zhang He felt a little sympathetic to him, and couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart.

"Why is Mr. Dou here?" He sat up straight and asked solemnly.

Dou Tu smiled, and his pale face was warmed by his smile: "I have a fortune, and I want to give it to Zhang Tingwei. I don't know if Zhang Tingwei dares to take it?"

Zhang He asked in bewilderment: "Oh? I don't know, what good gift does Brother Dou have for you?" He changed his words at this moment, and called Dou Tu a brother and brother.

Ordinarily, Zhang He and Dou Tu had known each other for several years, and they had different personalities. Dou Tu looked down on Zhang He, and Zhang He also disdained Dou Tu. Unexpectedly, Dou Tu would come and say that he would give him a chance, so Zhang He couldn't help being curious.

"Three things." Dou Tu narrowed his eyes and raised three fingers.

"All ears." Zhang He shook his sleeves and raised his spirits.

Dou Tu smiled slightly: "First, you take people to Chishui Village, Wu County, Yangzhou, and dig auspicious signs under a mountain temple in the north of the village."

"Xiangrui?" Zhang He trembled, looking at Dou Tu in disbelief.Auspicious things are usually produced for emperors, and they often appear only when there is peace and prosperity, or when the dynasty changes.The auspiciousness that Dou Tu talked about was by no means the kind that appeared by himself, it was clearly something buried by people like Dou Tu.Once it was dug out, needless to say, King Jing's reputation rose sharply immediately, and he had the rightful name of "accepting the heaven and accepting the order".

No matter how upset Zhang He was, Dou Tu leaned back and said to himself: "After digging out the auspiciousness, you immediately declare that King Jing was ordered by the sky. The virtuous people in the world live there, and then Bai Liu and the others will naturally help you." You create momentum."

Zhang He blushed, and his whole body was in shock and ecstasy.It is absolutely impossible for Dou Tu to do such a thing. This must have been arranged by Princess Changping early in the morning. In this way, the rumors of King Jing's murder and seizure of power will be self-defeating.

"Secondly, once someone writes a letter asking King Jing to become the Son of Heaven, you will go to Jiangling alone. The magistrate of Jiangling will take you to see Jiayi..."

Zhang He was even more surprised: "Didn't Jiayi join the prince?"

Dou Tu paused and smiled: "Yes. Jiayi obeyed the arrangement of the princess and went to seek refuge with the prince as a death sentence. But I didn't expect that some people in the white clothes order thought that Jiayi really took refuge in the prince, so the white clothes There are some traitors out there. Fortunately, I discovered the matter early, and I have cleaned it up. To tell you the truth, the princess not only arranged for A Yi to join the crown prince, but also arranged for B Er to secretly join the general. Waiting for you to go to Jiangling , you will get a big gift."

Zhang He was completely taken aback by Princess Changping's tactics, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"What about the third thing?"

Dou Tu's face turned cold, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He lowered his voice and said, "The first two things will make you a celebrity in Jingchu, but the last one will ruin your reputation. How dare you listen?"

Not to mention the first two things that made Zhang Hegong famous, at least he couldn't do without the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, high-ranking officials and rich salary.And Dou Tushen mysteriously stated that the third matter might cost him his reputation, which made Zhang He hesitate.

But he hesitated for only a moment, and he immediately became firm.If he doesn't agree, let alone whether those two things can be done in his turn, even his life may not be saved.After all, Dou Tu, in order to achieve the goal of Princess Changping, will never be merciless.

Zhang He waved his hesitation, cupped his hands and said firmly: "Thanks to Brother Dou for looking up to me, since he has given me a bright future, I should do my best for Brother Dou."

Dou Tu glanced at him, saw that he was serious, but sneered, changed his lazy and frivolous expression, leaned against the car window, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, uncle. In fact, the third thing may not be a bad thing. If you do the first two things, your Majesty may feel jealous. It is not a good thing to be a master of merit. The third thing will make Shu Que a lone minister and be reused by His Majesty from now on. Is it okay to say it?"

Zhang He nodded: "Exactly."

"Then—" Dou Tu approached him, and whispered with a smile, "The third thing is to get rid of the Shen family."

The Shen family is related to Song Xu, if you get rid of the Shen family, you will offend the aristocratic family, and if you offend the aristocratic family, Zhang He will become a lonely minister in the court.Dou Tu is right, as long as Zhang He dares to attack the Shen family, it means that he will bear the danger of confronting the aristocratic family.

Zhang He pondered for a moment, and immediately stopped hesitating: "Okay! I have done these three things!"

A faint smile escaped from the corner of Dou Tu's lips, but his eyes gradually dimmed.

Princess, what you ask me to do, I will definitely do it... Please don't blame me for being reckless, I made this decision for you.If there is an afterlife, I will be like a cow and a horse to apologize to the princess!