prosperity

After another week of digging, the crowd finished sorting out all the corpses.

Not only did Si Nian'an fail to take Zhao Jiamin away, but he was dragged down by her and failed to do so, so he had to accompany Ju Jingyi to dig up the corpse every day.

Of course, watching others dig.

Maybe God just likes to joke with people, and insists on making something up when people are not expecting it, so as to see someone make a fool of himself.

Just as everyone finished sorting out all the corpses, a group of soldiers surrounded them.

The leader is none other than General Zhenyuan, Pei Xiaotang.

Before Ju Jingyi could wink, Si Nian'an had already dragged Zhao Jiamin back with a cold face, and hid among the townspeople.

No matter whether Pei Xiaotang can recognize Ye Huazhao or not, he must not make trouble at this time.

"Master Dazai, I haven't seen you in six years, don't come here without any problems."

After the regent passed away, Master Ouyang changed the year name, and once called the generals stationed in various places to return to Beijing to face the saint. At that time, Pei Xiaotang and Ju Jingyi met once.Compared to his elder brother Pei Xiaoquan, he looks more like Zhen Guo Gong Pei Huaiyuan, but he doesn't have Pei Huaiyuan's literati temperament. There is a long scar from the left forehead to the mouth, which adds to his vigor.

Ju Jingyi stood in front of his horse, with her hands behind her hands without changing her expression, "General Pei, please come here in good health."

"I didn't expect Master Dazai to give me such a big gift when we met for the second time." Pei Xiaotang smiled, as if teasing a kitten. period."

The soldiers behind him laughed loudly, the laughter was strong and oppressive, and the people present were a little timid and began to tremble.

"Really?" Ju Jingyi said calmly, "I'm still a little worried about the general, who hasn't wiped his butt clean, leaving marks everywhere."

Pei Xiaotang's face turned colder when a pretty girl could say such vulgar words without changing his face. The soldiers behind him hadn't reacted before, and when they did, they all showed angry expressions.

"presumptuous!"

One person behind Pei Xiaotang shot three arrows in a row, turning into black light and coming with the howling wind in the desert.

The townspeople screamed, and Ning He immediately wanted to step forward, but was held back by Sinian and Zhao Jiamin, "Don't help yourself."

Before she finished speaking, Ju Jingyi was still standing in place, with one hand still behind her back, and the other hand took out something from her pocket and quickly threw it into the air. With a clang, the three feathered arrows fell to the ground.

"Magnet?" Zhao Jiamin asked.

Si Nian'an nodded, "Well, don't worry, according to your Dazai-sama's aim, the other party will not be able to hurt us when they run out of arrows."

"The killing of officials above the third rank of the imperial court can be regarded as treason." Ju Jingyi glanced at the person who shot at her, but the look in her eyes obviously did not pay attention to the person, "It is not as good as the rumors that the general ruled the army." So strict."

"Master Dazai." Pei Xiaotang's face became even colder, "The skill is not bad."

Ju Jingyi took the sarcasm as a compliment without hesitation, "Thank you for the compliment."

"But they can't just shoot arrows at us." Zhao Jiamin said, "Surround us, and just threaten Dazai-sama with the villagers."

Si Nian'an was startled, "Don't be crowed."

Just after finishing speaking, Pei Xiaotang gave his subordinate a wink, and the man waved the flag in his hand at the command, and when he understood, the army was approaching the townspeople in an instant.Seeing this situation, Ju Jingyi didn't bother to hide her strength, she blew a long whistle, raised her hand above her head and clenched into a fist, swinging it from side to side.

Soon, more than a dozen masked men appeared not far away, their clothes resembled the official uniforms of Dali Temple, but they were not exactly the same.They firmly protected the townspeople, not holding swords in their hands, but long tripping ropes.

Pei Xiaotang just watched with cold eyes, "To raise private soldiers, Dazai-sama is more courageous than I imagined."

"The generals worry too much, they are not private soldiers."

Ju Jingyi's clenched fists had already been loosened, and she turned her head to the side quickly, mouthing someone.

Pei Xiaotang can vaguely see that it seems to be, do it?

But the masked man in the distance did not move, but stood still.

Sinian snorted extremely dissatisfied and very heavy, very reluctant, but still resigned to his fate and let go of the hands that held Zhao Jiamin and Ning He, and quickly ordered, "You guys pay attention to help protect the villagers."

Before Zhao Jiamin could react, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Heh." Pei Xiaotang glanced at Sinian who arrived with ease, full of disdain, "Master Dazai, what are you doing? Looking for help?"

Even so, the soldiers around him still surrounded him cautiously, and the leader was the one who shot Ju Jingyi coldly.

Ju Jingyi ignored them and looked at Sinian, "Want to help?"

Si Nian'an rolled his eyes, "You haven't practiced for so many years, I'm enough for myself."

"Then, are you here?"

"Ah."

Si Nian'an pulled out the jade flute around his waist with his left hand, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, it was as if he was a different person.

Pei Xiaotang looked at the two people who were talking about themselves as if no one was around, and inexplicably sensed a dangerous premonition.

After having this premonition last time, he had this scar on his face.

But before he could think about anything, Ju Jingyi suddenly turned around and just looked at him quietly.

Pei Xiaotang was surprised, and was about to watch their next move, but Ju Jingyi seemed to see something on the other side, and Ju Jingyi's pupils tightened, and she hurriedly shouted, "Little Uncle!" almost breaking his voice.

While Pei Xiaotang was still at a loss, a lazy voice suddenly sounded in his ear, "Okay, don't worry, I know how to measure."

Only then did he feel the biting coldness on the skin of his neck. The icy liquid emerged from the skin, flowed over his neck, and slid down his chest. There were also the surprised eyes and anxious eyes of the men in front of him. Shout, "General!"

Pei Xiaotang turned his head and looked, the man who was originally standing with Ju Jingyi appeared behind him at some point, not to mention the elite soldiers in front of him, even he didn't know when this man crossed his guard and approached him.He was playing with the shortened jade flute with his right hand, while his left hand held a cold black sharp blade on his neck. There was a murderous intent hidden under the man's lazy face, and there was a strong smell of blood. It wasn't that his neck was cut open. It's blood, but the smell that has accumulated over the years.

"Capture the thief first and capture the king first." Ju Jingyi said, "General, you must understand this truth better than me, but underestimating the enemy is really a big taboo for military strategists."

Pei Xiaotang sneered, unwilling to answer.

Ju Jingyi shrugged, and then said in a low voice, "20 years ago, you also made this mistake, which caused the Turks to break through the line of defense and killed so many innocent people."

"I really admire Dazai-sama's imagination. If I give you some clues, you can write thousands of stories."

Even with the sharp knife on his neck, Pei Xiaotang still had that cold and contemptuous expression, not paying attention to Ju Jingyi at all.

Here Pei Xiaotang was captured, and his subordinates quickly waved the flag to stop the soldiers, allowing the townspeople to breathe for a while.

Zhao Jiamin grabbed Ning He, who was so nervous that he fainted, and finally understood why Li Songyang didn't take him to the capital.She looked at Ju Jingyi worriedly, but Si Nian'an behind Pei Xiaotang gave her a comforting look and shook her head slightly.

She can't show up yet.

"No." Ju Jingyi slowly raised her head, looked at Pei Xiaotang, and said in a deep voice, "The story can be conceived at will, but the facts can't. The general has a knife in his hand, and he is bloody. His heart is only on the battlefield to establish achievements, as for life and death I have long been underestimated, and there are countless dead souls under my command, I am afraid that I have never thought about the weight of life."

She was still standing in front of the horse. She was already petite, but now she looked more like a carrot head, but the words she said sounded like an old man over half a century old.

"When the general realizes the weight of life, every time he kills a person, he will understand the weight of the burden on himself. If there is no reverence for life, even if he is a general, he is a murderer who is insensitive, not a murderer. The respected patron saint of Jin."

"Sure enough, he is a high-ranking apprentice of Taishi Ling, and he has a set of principles when it comes to great principles." Pei Xiaotang sneered, "It's enough for the general to know how to fight."

Ju Jingyi's expression turned cold, and she also sneered, "It's a pity that the general can't even fight a battle."

Pei Xiaotang's eyes were wide open, and he was about to start scolding, but was stopped by her light words, "What would have happened if Duke Zhen was there?"

"I said, why is it so deserted here? It turns out that the good show is over."

The sound came first, and camel bells came from far and near. Everyone looked for the sound. On the hillside in the distance, a woman in red came slowly leading a camel. She looked at Ju Jingyi with a smile, her whole body They are all as bright and insolent as the fiery red of the dress on her body, beautiful and lively.

In fact, the other party's appearance at this moment was also within the scope of Ju Jingyi's plan, but her first reaction at this time was not to be happy, but to look at Sinian in fear.Sure enough, Si Nian'an expressionless made a gesture of strangling her neck, which meant that she was waiting to be cleaned up by him.

Among the townspeople, Zhao Jiamin shrank her neck subconsciously.There is no way, the memory of childhood has almost become a shadow of childhood.

Following Ju Jingyi's line of sight, the woman in red saw Si Nian'an's stiff back, her smile was also a little stiff, but soon returned to normal.

"Princess Anping?" Pei Xiaotang recognized the woman, looked at Ju Jingyi again, and said coldly, "It seems that Mr. Dazai has been prepared for a long time."

"Uncle Master." Wei Zheng said to Si Nian'an, "Let him go. The emperor has decreed that the general of Zhenyuan is not strict in governing the army, and he will return to Beijing to report on his duties as soon as possible. For the time being, Wei Zheng, the princess of Anping County, will choose someone to take his place. As a general, Anxi Duhu Mansion is fully managed by the Longyou Taoist prefect, Dali Temple is suspended from office, Dali Temple cooperates with the Criminal Ministry to investigate the case, Dali Temple Minister Ju Jingyi's suspension is lifted, and the whole country must not have any obstacles." She took out The imperial decree unfolded before Pei Xiaotang's eyes.

Si Nian'an put away the sharp blade, put it into the jade flute, pointed his toes, passed through the soldiers as light as a swallow, and finally landed beside Ju Jingyi, without looking at Wei Zheng.

After ordering her subordinates to take Pei Xiaotang away and resettle the townspeople, Ju Jingyi's first reaction was to look for Zhao Jiamin.

"Are you OK?"

"No."

Ju Jingyi looked her up and down, and was relieved after confirming that it was all right.

Immediately afterwards, she asked secretly, "Well, my senior uncle and my senior sister, what are you doing now?" She didn't dare to look back, so she had to ask Zhao Jiamin to help investigate.

Just as Zhao Jiamin was about to say something, he quickly shut up, his eyes wandering, "Well, I didn't see anything."

"what?"

A cold hand rested on Ju Jingyi's right shoulder, "Master Dazai, where do you want to run? Do you want to run without paying if you ask my uncle?"

A soft hand rested on Ju Jingyi's left shoulder, "Junior Sister, why, why don't you introduce me to Senior Sister? This girl looks so much like Princess Zhaoyang, could it be that you've changed her position and become a charming girl in the golden house?"

It has to be said that the lethality of the senior sister is huge, Ju Jingyi's face turned red at a speed that the naked eye could not catch.

It is more red than the red dress of the senior sister.

"Well, no matter how you walk, there is no sound."

Ju Jingyi didn't dare to raise her head, she got short, and grabbed Zhao Jiamin's hand and wanted to escape, but unfortunately, the two people on the left and right clasped her shoulders firmly, and said in unison, "Don't think about leaving unless you make it clear."

Si Nian'an and Wei Zheng looked at each other, and then looked away, the two couldn't be more embarrassed.

By the time Ju Jingyi explained clearly what happened during this period from beginning to end, it was already night.Si Nian'an got in the way of Wei Zheng and went to help Ada settle down the townspeople, only Ju Jingyi, Zhao Jiamin and Wei Zheng were left in the house.

"This time, I still want to thank Senior Sister for arriving in time."

Gu Jingyi guessed that Pei Xiaotang would find out the consequences, so she wrote to Wei Zheng, asking her to find a reason to come to Northwest.Then lead Pei Xiaotang to attack him, with Wei Zheng as a witness, naturally no one in court would dare to question him.And it's not a big crime to leave the house at will, at most, she will be punished with salary, which is what she originally planned.

But unexpectedly, Wei Zheng would bring an imperial decree, which really helped her a lot.

"You begged me for the first time, how could I not answer? I wanted you to stay in Qingyang Mountain all your life. I am the princess, so I can protect you. Who knows that you just entered the court to become an official, and I am far away from you?" In Qianli." Weizheng shook his head, "Forget it. If I hadn't threatened that kid Ji Xingchen, I would have been kept in the dark by you."

Ju Jingyi smiled embarrassedly, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

"The imperial decree." Zhao Jiamin asked, "Who asked for it?"

In order to avoid trouble, when Ju Jingyi introduced Zhao Jiamin to Wei Zheng, she still used the identity of Ye Huazhao, the daughter of the Ministry of Officials.

"Ji Xingchen." Wei Zheng said, "Duke Zhen wanted Pei Yunyin to take control of Dali Temple. Ji Xingchen took the opportunity to lobby several other ministers and privately requested that Xiaoju's suspension be lifted. Xiaoju's suspension was originally because of Ji's affairs, and Ji's family did not pursue it. Master Ouyang won't do it anymore."

"But except for Ji Xiang's faction in the court, none of them know that Dazai Dazai has returned to his post." Zhao Jiamin looked at Ju Jingyi, "Ji's family is really good, I'm afraid that Lord Zhen will put all the blame on you. "

"There are very few people in the court who don't hate me." Ju Jingyi smiled, "There are not too few people who blame me."

Zhao Jiamin silently looked away, anyway, she was definitely not the one who blamed Ju Jingyi indiscriminately.

"By the way, senior sister." Ju Jingyi remembered something and said a little nervously, "Is it a marriage when you return to the capital this time?"

"Minghua's son."

Ju Jingyi pursed her lips, "Is it really decided?"

"Yeah." Wei Zheng smiled, with a sense of desolation in his smile, "I'm afraid senior sister won't be able to protect you in the future, and maybe even you will be needed to protect senior sister."

"Is it possible?"

Wei Zheng nodded silently.

"Master Ouyang is so impatient to take back power?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't care less about being afraid of Wei Zheng, and his expression turned cold in an instant, "Liang Guo has been coveting the minerals in the south of Lingnan. The second young master of the Hou family who has high eyes but low power."

Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows, but he didn't mind Zhao Jiamin calling the little emperor by his name. He thought that Ju Jingyi had told her all these things, so he smiled, "Don't worry, I've made arrangements before I left. He wanted to make fun of the border, and I Not yet."

"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't help asking, noticing that Ju Jingyi hadn't spoken and her expression was a little strange, "Your face is so ugly, is there something wrong?"

"No." Ju Jingyi quickly shook her head, "Maybe, I was thinking too much."

"Did you consume too much energy today?"

"Fortunately, maybe I didn't have a good rest last night."

"Then let's go to rest quickly, we have to hurry tomorrow."

Wei Zheng looked at the two of them and smiled slightly.

so good.

After the three-month confinement period, Dali Temple Minister Ju Jingyi stood on the Golden Luan Hall again, and all the ministers looked at her more cautiously.It was claimed that it was Wei Zheng who found out the problem in the military, and followed the clues to find out Pei Xiaotang, but everyone in the court knew that this time it was Dazai-sama who made great contributions secretly.

Ju Jingyi directly ignored everyone's gazes, and stood there quietly, watching her senior sister Wei Zheng hand over the military power, and the son Minghua asked for a marriage.

She finally understood that some people can't get what they want, and there is really only one person who can't get what they want.

"Princess Anping is finally married, and the pressure on the emperor can be reduced." Walking beside Ju Jingyi, Ji Xingchen seemed to be feeling something, and said in a low voice, "From now on, I will give you a lot of advice, Mr. Dazai."

"Stress, huh?"

"what?"

"The emperor regards Princess Anping as pressure, what about you and me?" Ju Jingyi glanced at him, "Is it really just a help?"

Ji Xingchen put away the half-smile on his face, and sighed softly, "There are some things, I want to be so clear about what to do."

"Master Ji."

"Ok?"

"Then what do you think I shouldn't think about clearly?"

Ji Xingchen paused, and said with a smile, "Master Dazai, you are overthinking."

But this time his smile was not as flawless as before.

"is it?"

Ji Xingchen let her look at it for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Do you know why Tai Shiling wrote a letter to Sinian, who is farthest away from him, but didn't give it to you?"

Ju Jingyi shrank her pupils sharply, "What did you say?"

"That letter was intercepted by me."

Ju Jingyi caught the key point in his words, "You?"

"Yes, only I know about this matter, neither the little emperor nor the Ji family know."

"why."

Before she could ask anything, Ji Xingchen interrupted her, "A letter will be delivered to your mansion tonight, please don't drive me away." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

Ju Jingyi looked at his back, unable to tell.

This letter may be very important to her.

Once the Zhen Guogong's mansion lost its power, it was almost deserted. Pei Yunyin avoided suspicion and couldn't even enter the gate of Dali Temple. Ji Xingchen said that no one was there.

Zhao Jiamin, who was not noticed, returned to Ye Mansion and immediately received the highest standard of treatment. Mrs. Ye looked her up and down dozens of times, and finally sighed that she had lost weight, and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook more good dishes. Ye Heng over there Since then, he kept asking her if she was injured, which made Zhao Jiamin feel guilty.

How worried they should be after leaving without saying goodbye for nearly three months.

Dazaifu, as Ji Xingchen said, a letter was delivered quietly after nightfall.

The next day Pingting knocked on the door, but saw Ju Jingyi sitting in the room without moving. She didn't open the envelope, but just sat there all night.

"grown ups."

Pingting's voice woke Ju Jingyi from her contemplation, she came back to her senses, and reached for the letter.

Pingting quickly said, "My lord, since you don't want to, don't force yourself."

When she received the letter last night, Ju Jingyi's expression made her a little startled.

Ju Jingyi smiled and shook her head, "It's not that I don't want to, but that I don't dare."

After finishing speaking, she unfolded the letter paper and read it carefully.