prosperity

When people talk about Wei Zheng, the princess of Anping County, they are all civil and military heroes.

But if people around her talk about her, it's the terrible female hooligan leader.

Since she was a child, she has been a model of not being on the house for three days, and her name is famous in the whole capital, but her parents guard the border all the year round and rarely return to the capital. The education was handed over by the late emperor to Zhao Mingchen, King of Jin'an.But Zhao Mingchen is used to letting go, and he feels that as long as the general direction does not make mistakes, the small direction is up to you.

Therefore, most of the capital suffered.

It can almost be said that before the age of ten, Zhao Jiamin had been living in the shadow of Wei Zheng.

After Wei Zheng was sent to Qingyang Mountain to learn martial arts when she was about six years old, she had one more person to torment, Si Nian'an.Even if the other party occupies the title of a senior uncle, he is only three years older than her.

Every year when Wei Zheng returns to the capital, there will be chaos. It was not until she was 16 years old that she was defeated in the war with Liang Guo and both her parents died. The border between Jin and Liang became louder and louder.

"Don't mention your senior sister, can you?" Si Nian'an lay on the table, and the jasper earrings made a soft sound, "We can still talk."

Ju Jingyi took her gaze away from his jasper earrings, "Okay, let's not mention it, so about Jiawan, have you found anything?"

"It's late."

Zhao Jiamin and Ju Jingyi were taken aback, "Why is it so late?"

Si Nian'an was still lying on the table, his voice seemed to be covered by something, and it sounded muffled, "According to that person, Jiawan has been extinct for seven years, and there is no evidence. I went to the original site, and all It’s because of the wind and sand that there’s not even a root of grass, and if it wasn’t for my luck, I wouldn’t even be able to find the location.”

Also.

Zhao Jiamin thought, let alone seven years, five years is enough to forget a person's appearance.What's more, Mr. Zhen Guo has always been cautious in doing things, even without these seven years, they may not be able to find evidence.

She didn't feel too much regret or loss, because when she came, she didn't have much hope.

"No." Ju Jingyi's voice was firm, "As long as it exists, there will be evidence left."

"It's not necessary." Zhao Jiamin persuaded her, "Ji Yuandao knew that it would be difficult to catch Duke Zhen, so he deliberately tricked you in. You don't have to do so much for Wei Shuyu."

"I'm not just for him." Ju Jingyi shook her head, Zhao Jiamin's face was reflected in her clear eyes, "I don't want to give up anymore."

At this moment, Zhao Jiamin even had the illusion that in this person's heart, he couldn't hold anyone else except himself.

The unsightly Si Nian put in a sentence, breaking the delicate sentiment, "There will be gain only if there is something to give up."

Zhao Jiamin withdrew his gaze, no other sounds could enter his ears, he could only hear his own heart beating in his chest, thumping, thumping.

Ju Jingyi clenched her fists, "I always thought that I had to learn to give up because I was not capable enough." And she didn't want to let herself regret it again.

"I knew I couldn't tell you." Sinian raised his head and sighed, "I've already figured out Jiawan's old address, but I haven't seen any signs."

Ju Jingyi's complexion was slightly gloomy, but she still didn't say give up.

Si Nian'an knew her temperament, so he simply shut up.Because he knew that persuasion was useless.

The next day, the three of them took Ada to the former site of Jiawan.

This place has long been a place of quicksand, and it is in the wind. Everyone was blown to this side, and they had to wear veils to cover their mouths and noses, so they could barely find anything in it.

There was nothing but sand, and it didn't take long for Si Nian'an to lose his patience, and shouted loudly into Ju Jingyi's ear, "What are you looking for here?"

"do not know!"

"What?!" Si Nian'an's eyes widened, and he was immediately blindfolded by the sand, and quickly turned his back to pat him, his voice changed, "What did you say?!"

Ju Jingyi yelled back at him, "Your cheap apprentice didn't leave me any message except Jia Wan! Ji Yuandao didn't even mention a word, I don't even know what he asked me to do! I just figure out now Three things! Your cheap apprentice has an enmity with Zhen Guogong! The key word is Jiawan!"

Seeing your well-thought-out appearance, you thought you knew everything and didn't need to find evidence. Si Nian'an rolled his eyes, and was stupefied again, "Then what about the third one!"

Ju Jingyi's eyes exposed outside the veil curved, "Take half a step to the left!"

"what?"

Si Nian'an followed her words and took half a step to the left, and then, his feet were empty.

"what!"

In the quicksand, a ladder appeared.

When everyone came to the end of the stairs, they could no longer feel the influence of the wind and sand, and began to look at the surrounding environment.

Si Nian'an, who was still furious because of the collapse of his image, looked around, but forgot to be angry for a moment, and asked, "Where is this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be Jiawan's palace." Zhao Jiamin said, "The position you were standing just now is the center of the entire city."

It's just that she didn't expect that Ju Jingyi would find the entrance to the palace.

Sensing her gaze, Ju Jingyi was embarrassed, "I just wanted to tease my uncle, who knew he could really find this entrance."

Hearing this, Si Nian'an's face was very ugly, but he couldn't say anything because of his face.

It said it was a palace, but it looked like it was the size of a wealthy businessman's yard. They searched around and finally found a big box.

Si Nian'an stepped forward to open the box first and took a look, "Oh, it's all paperwork."

"Documents?" Zhao Jiamin asked, "Can you understand their writing?"

"Half of it is in Chinese."

Si Nianan shook open a copy, handed it to Zhao Jiamin to read, and heard a ripping sound.

The climate here is too dry, and the documents that have been stored for many years are too weak, and they can't even hold up with this strength, and were shredded into crumbs by Si Nian'an.

The three people in a circle stared at the debris on the ground and looked at each other. This picture was so beautiful that Ada, who was standing outside to let the wind out, couldn't bear to look directly at it.

"Little Uncle." Ju Jingyi's smile looked very scary, and the voice of gritting her teeth was very clear, "Are you here to help?"

Si Nian'an let go, and jumped back three steps like a monkey, raising his hands above his head, "Come here!"

Ju Jingyi carefully picked up the top layer of documents, opened them and began to read them.After all, Si Nian'an couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he came over to watch together.

The above Chinese language is eloquent, and Luo Li is talking about it. In short, it means that there is also a drought in the Anxi Dufu Mansion, and the water source is in short supply, so Jiawan cannot be helped.

The signature below was actually the old prime minister Ji Yuandao.

"Are you sure this matter has something to do with Lord Zhen Guo?" Si Nianan pointed to Ji Yuandao's name, "The signature of the representative of Jin Fang on it is Ji Yuandao. Maybe he is also willing to come in, in case he gets rid of the trouble when the time comes What about killing the donkey?"

Zhao Jiamin made an objection, "Ji Yuandao is not stupid. He knows that Lord Dazai will definitely announce the truth as long as he finds out the truth. If he is also involved, he should try his best to stop Lord Dazai instead of secretly promoting the development of things like he is doing now. "

"Tsk, it's too strange to add an adult even if you call him Dazai. Could it be a new way?" Si Nian'an complained, "I really don't understand you young people."

Both Zhao Jiamin and Ju Jingyi bowed their heads in silence, treating him like air, but their red ears seemed to reveal something.

I lowered my head and flipped through a few more books, except for normal diplomatic relations, it was basically trivial matters.

"Who!" Ada who was guarding the outside shouted suddenly.

Ju Jingyi asked, "What's wrong?"

"Just now, the subordinates noticed that there was an outsider's breath."

Ju Jingyi quickly closed the lid of the box, pushed it all over to Sinian, and said quickly, "Uncle, this box depends on you to transport it out."

After saying that, he pulled Zhao Jiamin to chase the direction pointed by Ada, regardless of his back.

"Ehhh!"

The other party had never practiced Kung Fu, and his breath was a little heavy, but relying on his familiarity with the surrounding environment, he managed to distance himself from Ju Jingyi and Zhao Jiamin, but they still caught up to him not long after.

"who are you?"

"I still want to ask who you are."

This person covered most of his face, but the only eyes that were exposed were evasive, lacking confidence, his voice sounded young, and he could speak Chinese.

Ju Jingyi noticed this, her eyes moved, "He asked me to come to you."

The young man was wary, "Who?"

"I don't know." Ju Jingyi said, "But he told me two words, Jiawan."

The young man swayed and almost stepped into the quicksand, "He, how is he?"

Seeing the other party's flustered reaction due to concern, Ju Jingyi realized that she had made the right bet. She looked at Zhao Jiamin and said slowly, "It's up to you what he will do."

The young man called himself Ning He, and the assassin who traveled all the way to the capital was his good friend, named Li Songyang.

"Actually." Sitting in the inn with an oil lamp on the middle table, Ning He, who had stripped off his veil, obviously hesitated, "Songyang left here very early, saying he wanted revenge."

"Even if the enemy doesn't know?"

Thinking of this Li Songyang who almost killed the wrong person and threw himself into prison, Zhao Jiamin didn't know how to feel.

"He said it could always be found out."

Ju Jingyi asked, "Are you from Jiawan?"

"It should be said, Jiawan, we are the only ones left."

"But you don't look like it."

Ju Jingyi has carefully observed Li Songyang, and it is obvious that he looks like a Han Chinese, and his face looks like it has been photographed by a pan, not the high nose and deep eyes that are common here.As for the young man named Ning He in front of him, although he has a straight nose, he looks more like a Han Chinese.

"We." Ning He's eyes accidentally collided with Ju Jingyi's, and he hurriedly avoided like a frightened rabbit, closing his eyes and resolutely as if thinking of something, "Actually, Jia Wan, as early as 20 years ago the country will be destroyed."

Zhao Jiamin was startled, and looked at Ju Jingyi suddenly, but saw that she was not surprised.

Sensing Zhao Jiamin's gaze, Ju Jingyi said, "The paper used for general documents is made of high-quality paper made in Ruyang Chengzhi County, Hanzhong. Even if the desert is dry, it will not be a problem to preserve it for at least ten years. Seven years That's all, it's impossible to let the little uncle shake it lightly, and it will be broken so easily. The entrance of the Jiawan Palace we entered just now was only covered by quicksand, and the flying sand and rocks in this desert are enough to cover the entire capital in seven years , it is impossible for us to find it so easily. Besides, the little uncle only found a general location when he came last time, but when we came, he even found the documents in the palace. Obviously someone has been maintaining this place and deliberately Wait till I come."

No matter how you think about it, it's weird.

Zhao Jiamin frowned, and quickly understood the meaning of Ju Jingyi's words, "Who made you do this?" trembling.

He suddenly remembered the man's weird smile, and finally understood why the man said that.

In that cold night seven years ago, after learning of his and Li Songyang's overall plan, a black shadow fell on the wall with a deep and hoarse voice.

"You'd better tell that Dazai-sama everything, otherwise, you won't lose money if you steal a chicken. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

"The Battle of Longbei 20 years ago." Ning He started, glanced at Ju and Zhao who were sitting opposite him, and smiled wryly, "At your age, you probably don't know about it."

"20 years ago, the Turks invaded on a large scale. They have always been looting and doing all kinds of crimes. In the past, many towns were destroyed. Fortunately, there was a general Zhenyuan, ah no, at that time, he was only a second-rank hussar general Pei Xiaotang guarding northern Xinjiang. , detected the opponent’s whereabouts in advance, withdrew the civilians in advance, and set up traps in the northern Longbei area to wipe out the Turkic people in one fell swoop. Not only did there not suffer any casualties, but also pushed our Dajin territory northward for more than [-] miles. The first emperor was very happy to hear that, and named Pei Xiaotang as General Zhenyuan didn't say anything, but also hosted a banquet in Weiyang Palace. It is said that the banquet lasted for three days and three nights, and within half a month, the water in the entire imperial city was filled with the smell of wine. Taishi Ling recorded it as Weiyang Banquet, calling it a move Luxurious and extravagant is not good for the common people, and he advised the late emperor, so the late emperor was angry and asked Tai Shiling to reflect behind closed doors."

After moving the box, Si Nian'an's hair was disheveled, his neckline was askew, and his long sleeves were loosely rolled up to his arms. This attire was no different from that of those young men from aristocratic families in the capital who had just come out of the red-sleeve stance, except that there was no confusion in those red phoenix eyes. His breath, on the contrary, was stained with a color called sadness.

Ju Jingyi raised her eyes and looked at him for a moment, then quickly looked away, with the same sadness as Sinian's in her eyes.

Zhao Jiamin didn't know why, but when he saw the brief interaction between the two, he suddenly thought of one person.

The right hand under the table was slightly raised, and moved a little to the left in the air. After thinking about it, it couldn't come down quickly.

Soon, Sinian sneered, "If I remember correctly, all Jin people know about this."

Zhao Jiamin was startled, quickly withdrew her hand, and carefully glanced at the few people. Seeing that no one noticed her small movements, she breathed a sigh of relief.

There were tears in Ning He's eyes, his hands on the table were already clenched into fists, trembling with his shoulders, "Yes, everyone knows that Pei Xiaotang is the general Zhenyuan who saved most of the northern border, he is the savior of the world."

"Pei Xiaotang." Zhao Jiamin turned the lid of the cup in his hand, and put his retracted right hand into a fist on his knee, saying solemnly, "Pei Huaiyuan, the second son of the Duke of Zhen, 27 years ago after Pei Huaiyuan was promoted by the Marquis of Zhenyuan to the Duke of Zhen, he took The eldest son and his family went to settle in the capital, where they spent their entire lives under the eyes of the first emperor. Most of the military power in their hands was dissipated and handed over to the imperial court. However, due to his outstanding military exploits 20 years ago, Pei Xiaotang was named General Zhenyuan, and he brought back Pei Huaiyuan in disguise. Hand over most of the military power for seven years."

Her eyes fell on Ning He, "Why, there is something wrong with this battle achievement?"

"It's not just a problem!" Ning He slammed his fists on the table so hard that the oil lamp jumped, reflecting his pale and terrifying face.

Zhao Jiamin's heart turned cold, "Could it be that the Turkic invasion is fake?"

"That's not true." Ning He sneered, "It's just that the so-called Turks invaded the truth, and he was personally induced by Pei Xiaotang! At that time, the Turks kept attacking us on a small scale in order to compete for food and water sources, but it was not a big problem. The people evaded in time, and they would retreat as soon as they saw the Jin army. But he, Pei Xiaotang, deliberately exposed a gap in the border defense, luring the Turks to go deep. I don’t know anything yet, so I’m just being used as a bait by him! What a battle in Longbei! What a great general Zhenyuan! Trampling on lives, despising the people, these fifty miles of territory were taken by him stepping on the innocent lives of the people of Jin Dynasty! "

He turned his head, holding back the cold tears, and the room suddenly fell into silence.

Zhao Jiamin lowered her eyes.

She was only one year old 20 years ago, so she didn't have a deep impression of the Longbei Battle.She thought that Pei Xiaotang underreported the number of casualties and even pretended to be a Turkic war, but she didn't expect that he was so bold that he directly used the lives of innocent people as bait.

Moreover, "At that time, Pei Xiaotang reported [-] injuries and [-] dead, all soldiers with household registration records."

Ju Jingyi asked, "The dead, how many people are there?"

"There are less than a hundred innocent villagers who are used as bait." Ning He closed his eyes and said softly, "There were probably two or three soldiers and generals who strongly opposed after learning the truth, and of course several small countries in the Western Regions also suffered. For example, that Jiawan. I admit that he was very good at fighting. He was able to repel the Turks and dare not do it again for 20 years. He is indeed very good. But he ignored human life and had no compassion. One of our own." At the end, Ning He was unable to utter a sound, his lips trembling, with a depression in his chest.

Ju Jingyi sighed silently, "What about seven years ago?"

She estimated that Ji Yuandao discovered the evidence probably seven years ago, but due to the power of the Duke of Chaozhong, he kept it hidden until now.

Ning He raised his head and closed his eyes. After a long while, he continued, "God is short-sighted. In that drought, officials from all over the country inspected the damage, but Pei Xiaotang accidentally found the evidence left by luck and killed a few people. I His father was a local petty official. Although he knew the truth, he didn't dare to say anything. He just secretly rescued Li Songyang. He secretly recorded the situation at that time, but the evidence was not very useful. Besides, if it was seven years ago, there might still be physical evidence left. Then after the drought, it can be said that there is no physical evidence except those of us who survived by chance.”

"What about the soldiers who have experienced it?" Zhao Jiamin asked, "Can't they testify?"

"They also have a family, and this Longyou Dao is all the territory of the Pei family, who dares to stand out?"

"What message does that person have for me?" Ju Jingyi asked suddenly.

Ning He froze for a moment, "You, who are you talking about?" He really wasn't suitable for hiding secrets, and his nervousness was all written on his face.

"Let you wait for my people."

From the time Li Songyang uttered the word Jiawan, reunited with Sinian, and learned the whole truth from Ning Hekou, she felt like a puppet being manipulated every step of the way.

Neither Jiawan's glazed cup nor the correspondence documents are easily obtained. Since such a careful plan can be laid out behind the scenes, she really can't think of a second force besides the Jifu.

Ning He didn't know that much, looked at her face and thought she was angry, and said with trembling lips, "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have made so many devious ways to test you."

"It's okay." Ju Jingyi said, "We are all the same." Then she sighed softly as if thinking of something.

"The man said that the task of cleaning up the moths will be left to Dazai-sama."

"Oh." Si Nian'an, who had been silent all this time, mocked coldly, "I really want to tell the horse to run without feeding the horse."

Ju Jingyi shook her head, "At least I know a little bit, this time Ji Yuandao won't intervene at will."

Si Nian'an was laughed at by her, is this good news?

"Then how are you going to investigate?"

"Do you know where the destroyed villages are?"

Ning He had a bitter face, "I'm not sure."

"Where are your parents?"

"My father is dead, and my mother is alone."

"Well, let's visit your house tomorrow."

"Eh?!"