Seduction

The birdsong in the morning is especially crisp.

Wu Zheng knocked on the door and asked softly, "A Li, are you up?"

Zhan Xingruo rubbed his eyes and sat up in a daze. He slept in the wrong position last night and his hair was messy.Wu Zheng waited at the door for a while, and when Zhan Xingruo came out, he had finished grooming, and his body seemed to be shining.

"It's a good thing I don't go to court today, or I won't be able to catch up." Wu Zheng said with a smile, as the sun came in, Zhan Xingruo narrowed his eyes, "I didn't sleep well last night." Zhan Xingruo explained.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zheng asked.

Of course, Zhan Xingruo would not tell him, but shook his head.

"When will the emperor next go to court?" he asked.

"I want a box of elixir, please finish it. Last time, I didn't come out until I finished eating it." Wuwu replied.

"About seven days?"

"That's why I went to help eat." Wuwu replied.

"Yes, I forgot. Then do you think this elixir is really useful?" Zhan Xingruo asked again.

The two looked at each other, and smiled without dispute, "What do you think?"

Zhan Xingruo shook his head helplessly.

"A Li, you mentioned this reform at the beginning to distract Zhang Jiyao's energy. Now that the food and grass have been delivered and the city is full of disturbances, let's accept the reform." Wu Zheng sat down and discussed Zhan Xingruo when he saw that Zhan Xingruo was about to write again.

"I want to accept it too." Zhan Xingruo said, "It's not that easy. We must continue to change, and we can't let Zhang Jiyao have time to breathe."

"I think you are not letting yourself breathe." Wu Zheng said, "There are so many eyes staring at you, it will be over if you are not careful."

"When it was about to start, I was ready. There is one more thing, I didn't tell you."

"What?" Wu Zheng looked up at him.

"Zhang Jiyao is a barbarian." Zhan Xingruo said.

Wu Zheng was taken aback.

"Ok?"

"Zhang Jiyao is a barbarian." Zhan Xingruo repeated, "Gu Qing and I have confirmed it."

"He, he, he is," Wu Zheng couldn't accept it for a while, after all, Zhang Jiyao had been in the court since he started to understand the government, and he was actually a barbarian for more than ten years.

"Hu man." Zhan Xingruo confirmed it for him again.

"How did you know?"

"It's a long story. His daughter is a barbarian. Do you think he is?"

"This……"

"Zhang Jiyao doesn't care whether the land is given to the gentry or the clan. If his army comes in, the whole country will be his. Now we just transport the food and grass, it's not enough. Once Zhang Jiyao devotes his energy, he will Find a way to interfere with the Northwest." Zhan Xingruo said, "Here, do you still remember the silver loss case that started many years ago?"

"I remember." Wu Zheng said, "We've been following for so many years, I definitely remember."

"I checked the recent accounts yesterday, and silver stopped fluctuating half a year ago. That is to say, Zhang Jiyao has been pulling cocoons from the treasury for more than ten years. Just imagine, for more than ten years, every month, How much silver can be taken away."

"It stopped half a year ago..."

"Yes. It has lasted for more than ten years, and it actually stopped. This is terrible. I am afraid that Zhang Jiyao wants to take this opportunity to directly take away Yuezhu. He should be ready to fight. So I guess the defense of the Northwest may be a long-lasting one this time." war."

"So that's the case, then it seems that a batch of food and grass must not be enough, and we will have to send it later." Wu Zheng pondered.

"Well. And Zhang Jiyao has always acted cautiously. He has been preparing for so long, and he will definitely not act rashly. As long as he has not torn his face, the nobles in the court are his henchmen, and he will win over them. As long as those nobles are disturbed, they will naturally Someone to disturb him. It's not much safer than us going directly to Zhang Jiyao."

"That makes sense." Wu Zheng nodded.

"And I think that although the reforms are aimed at the gentry, they are not completely unreasonable, such as tax reform and government reform. If you become the new emperor, you might as well implement it." Zhan Xingruo said in a casual manner, but Wu Zheng remembered it in his heart. Knowing that he is the prince, the prince will be the emperor in the future, but in Wu Zheng's heart, the word "emperor" has always been far away from him. At some point, Zhan Xingruo has frequently discussed this issue with him.

"Then what are you writing now?" Wuzheng changed the subject, stretched his head to look at Zhan Xingruo's pen and paper, but unexpectedly, Zhan Xingruo blocked him.

There is no dispute.

Zhan Xingruo turned his head away, stood up and tied the letter to the pigeon's leg in the cage, then opened the door and let it fly away.

"I'll give it to Gu Qing." Zhan Xingruo said.

Wuzheng took a bite.It's hard to imagine what made Zhan Xingruo open his eyes and start writing. Could it be that he was phrasing all night.

"Just report that you are safe." Zhan Xingruo saw Wu Zheng's strange expression, added a sentence, and sat down next to Wu Zheng.Seeing that the two had a good chat, the maid made tea with interest.

"Thank you." Wu Zheng said.

"Why does the prince always say thank you to me? This is what a servant should do." The maid smiled like a flower.

The sun was shining warmly, and the tea leaves stretched wantonly in the cup. Just as Zhan Xingruo picked up the tea, he suddenly called an emergency call.

"Report to the prince! The thirteenth prince raised his flag to rebel, and the emperor summoned the two to go to court immediately!"

Zhan Xingruo's fingers suddenly turned cold, "Prince, are you rebelling at this time?"

The two stood up at the same time, both of them were shocked.

"The big thing is not good." Zhan Xingruo sighed and said to himself.

"Why did the thirteen princes suddenly rebel?" Kong Fuyi followed Zhang Jiyao on the way to court.

"It wasn't all of a sudden." Zhang Jiyao smiled confidently, "This little prince really won't let me down."

When Zhang Jiyao first became a Taiwei, he went around various places, and he paid special attention to the Thirteen Princes far away in the northeast. The Thirteen Princes were the youngest, but the emperor left such a large piece of land for him alone.

Zhang Jiyao is very good at reading other people's minds, which is easy to understand. What the little prince can do with such a small piece of fiefdom is nothing more than a big space. His older brothers, who are in their prime, only have space the size of a palm.There is no place to hide if you want to station troops.

He went to the thirteenth prince's fief for a while, and Zhang Jiyao carefully recalled that the thirteenth prince at that time was only seven or eight years old without accident, and he was already an adult in his twenties in a blink of an eye.The old emperor must have thought that he had put a large piece of land in the hands of the children in the past ten years when he first took the throne, and then redistributed it after his brothers' arrogance passed.

But he ignored a problem. The clan has been oppressed all these years, the power of the gentry is getting bigger and bigger every year, the thirteen princes have to pay more and more taxes, and the number of times they have to go to Beijing every year is also constant. Increase, dissatisfaction has already overflowed.

These are going to be divided into other people's land again, Zhang Jiyao shook his head, it was all the root of the disaster bought by this stupid emperor, he just poured some water, and sent someone to the thirteen princes to lobby for a few words.

"Taiwei, the thirteen princes are the emperor's younger brother. Zhan Xing was struggling to help the clan, but the clan got up and committed a crime. God helped me." Kong Fu said excitedly.

Zhang Jiyao snorted, "It's not just the right time, but also the right location and people. Zhan Xingruo must have never thought that such an accident could happen at this juncture. Fight with me."

Ascending to the main hall, all civil and military officials have arrived.

"Who do you think I should send?" the emperor asked.

Wuzheng took a step forward, "Father, my son please order me."

The old emperor nodded, remembering that Wu Zheng also led troops to quell the rebellion a few years ago.

"I don't think it's right." Zhang Jiyao suddenly stepped forward, his gaze skipped over Zhan Xingruo, and the short meeting of their eyes already made Zhan Xingruo feel a chill.

"Oh?" Seeing Zhang Jiyao coming up, the old emperor asked with great interest, "What does Ai Qing think is wrong?"

"The crown prince has a heavy responsibility to reform, and it is really inappropriate to involve more." Zhang Jiyao said.

"Then do you have anyone available?" the emperor asked.

"Let General Kong go. General Kong has been stationed in the Northeast all year round, and he knows better about the terrain and the weather." Zhang Jiyao said, and there was a echo in the hall.

"Father!" Wu Zheng wanted to win, but the old emperor waved his hand, "You'd better not go to such a dangerous thing. Just follow Zhang Aiqing's arrangements." The emperor stood up, dusted his clothes, and turned down.

Zhan Xingruo stepped forward to pull Wuzheng up, and Wuzheng could feel the coldness of Zhan Xingruo's fingertips through his clothes.Zhang Jiyao walked over leisurely, sneered, looked away from Wuzheng, and met Zhan Xingruo leisurely.

"I'm the best at dressing up as a rebel. Military division Zhan might as well, look forward to it." He smiled, and all the officials surrounded him, and he left with the crowd, leaving only Zhan Xingruo and Wuzheng in the empty hall.

"It happened so suddenly, I didn't think about anything, and Zhang Jiyao gave it to me so easily..." Wu Zheng punched the ground.

"He is so calm, it must have been planned a long time ago. The thirteen princes suddenly rebelled at this time. I'm afraid it has something to do with Zhang Jiyao. This situation has already encircled you and me. This battle is difficult for us." Zhan Xingruo Saying that, Wu Zheng raised his head, and Zhan Xingruo forced a smile to Wu Zheng.

"If Zhang Jiyao was easily defeated by me, I would have been a captain long ago." Zhan Xingruo laughed.

Wuzheng shook his head helplessly, and smiled wryly, "Yeah. It's not so aggressive. It's a fierce fight."

The summer wind blows, and even the wind carries heat.

Gu Qing frowned. At this time of summer, when the weather gets hot, he is prone to lung disease and coughs non-stop.

This time, there was no cough, but a dull pain in the lungs. This kind of pain that seems to be there is the most disturbing.Gu Qing couldn't lie down, so she stood up and paced back and forth.

"Master Gu, why are you down again?" Piao Yao came in with medicine.

"It's boring." Gu Qing said.

"Uncle Wang asked me to bring this to you. He said he was going to visit the saltworks." Piaoyao said, and handed the small paper tube to Gu Qing.

"It's still a pigeon?" Gu Qing looked at the small paper tube and smiled, "Who has such free time to raise a pigeon that comes to Gu's mansion? Why haven't I received such a pigeon before?" Gu Qing didn't finish her words , opened the note, and it was written by Zhan Xingruo.Gu Qing read it down word by word, and read it several times over and over again. Immediately, Zhan Xingruo's slightly red face under the moonlight appeared in her mind, with her head turned away, her watery eyes secretly looking at him shyly, and the tight kisses when kissing. Closed tightly, there are always teardrops on the eyelashes, which is very tempting.

"What did you write?" Piaoyao asked casually, thinking that if she had something to do, she would help Gu Qing with her work, but seeing that Gu Qing's ears were slightly red, she took a deep breath.

"Secret." He said as he hid the little note in his clothes.

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Regarding the references, I forgot to mark them as I wrote them. I will sort out a copy and post it in Zuohua when I am done.I will pay attention to mark it in time for the next book.

I want to sigh that the wisdom of the ancients is really infinite~

Thank you again for chasing here, you are the motivation for me to write down, thank you~