Wolf Dysprosium

Chapter 146 Forcing the Palace

Now Cen Jin has to think a little more about everything, especially when facing Cen Rong.He realized that this was Cen Rong's temptation. After Cen Rong stopped talking, he thought for a while and replied seriously: "I did meet General Xi when I returned to the official's house. At that time, the commander of the Northwest Army was Zhang Yue. Unexpectedly, the Qiang camp was captured by Lei Shizhi, who was on guard." He smiled helplessly: "I remember that Zhang Yue also read a copy of me because of this, saying that I have no military discipline."

Cen Rong glanced at him, nodded and said, "It's true."

"If I really had anything to do with Jin Qiang, how could I kill Lei Shizhi and cut off his head?" Cen Ning laughed loudly, "I don't know who chewed his tongue and sent him to Fenghu City Go and have a look, if I can really find any tall horse in the racecourse, I will give him the position of general."

Cen Jin took a sip of tea, and quickly said, "The official..."

Cen Rong smiled slightly: "It's time for birth, just call me third brother as before."

"Then Cheng, third brother, do you still have horses?" Cen Jin asked with the same smile on his face as before on the topic of Cen Rong, "I heard that King Guangren's army bought a lot of horses from Chiyan in southern Xinjiang. Horses, the relationship between the Northern Army and the Beirong has eased, and they can also buy horses, but the Northwest Army is facing the Jinqiang, and there is no way to buy horses. If the third brother has horses, give me more? Especially Mangyun Riding requires good horses and fine horses, but now they are all old horses that have served in the Northwest Army for many years, so they won’t work.”

He said that after Bai Ni returned to the Northwest Army, seeing those old and weak horses, she caught him and scolded him almost every day.Said that he was incompetent, and he couldn't even get a better horse back for the Northwest Army.When it comes to emotion, Cen Jin can't help but sigh and feel depressed.

And the more he doesn't hide his emotions, the more real he says and does.In Cen Rong's impression, Cen Zin has always been such a fifth younger brother, with no serious thoughts, let alone any scheming.

Cen Rong thought to himself, such a fool, why should I guard against him?

After the tea was finished and the matter was finished, Cen Rong asked Cen Jin to stay for dinner, but Cen Jin said that his wife was unwell and had to go home to take care of her.After saying goodbye to Cen Rong and leaving the palace, Cen Zin heaved a long sigh of relief.A personal attendant asked in a low voice: "Are you going to Mr. Xie's house today?"

"Not going." Cen Jin said, "Go home."

The twilight infiltrated Liang Jing's houses, and the surroundings were brilliant, like a fire burning secretly, and the sky and the ground were covered with gold and red.Cen Zin rode slowly, wiping the cold sweat from his palms on the horse.

He chose to believe Yang Zhiyuan's words, but Cen Rong's murderous intentions today still made his hair stand on end.

At this time, when Xie Yuan arrived at home, the Yin family and the boy prepared meals.Le Tai and others had a long talk with Xie Yuanzhi, everyone looked solemn, unwilling to stay for dinner, and left one after another.Jin Yan misses He Lansone who is alone at home, and bids farewell to Xie Yuanzhi.Before leaving, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Deng, Shen Deng said goodbye to Yin Shi with a smile, he could see a trace of residual tears from Yin Shi's eyes, but he couldn't see any details of the past.

It seemed that he knew that his heart was full of curiosity, halfway through, Shen Deng sighed: "Why do you always look at me? Want to ask about my relationship with your teacher's wife?"

As expected by Jin Yan, the Yin family really was the one who had kindness to Shen Deng.

Yin's boudoir name is Yin Xiaoyuan, both of her parents died, she traveled around the rivers and lakes with her father's old friend Yin Gu since she was a child, and learned some beautiful kung fu.When Shen Deng was young, he behaved recklessly and provoked many enemies. Once he was hunted down by his enemies, outnumbered, and was hacked several times, which was fatal.Seeing that he was dying, the Chou family threw him on the road and left.If Yin Xiaoyuan hadn't come back from the market to see Shen Deng lying in the rain, there would have been no such person in the world long ago.

Shen Deng said it was a kindness of tea and food, but it was actually a kindness of saving lives.Yin Xiaoyuan carried him home, and his adoptive father, Yin Gu, was unwilling to save Shen Deng at first, but changed his mind when he found out that the Ming Ye hall mark on Shen Deng recognized him.

Jin Yan wondered, "Then the Great Xia Yin is also from Mingyetang?"

"...Hero Yin...?" Shen Deng smiled suddenly, nodded and said, "Yes, he is also a member of the Mingye Hall. Seeing that I am only half breathed, naturally he will uphold the friendship of the same family and save my life."

He lived in the Yin family's small courtyard for three months.The Yin family was poor and had no spare beds, so he lived in the sheepfold with the sheep.Yin Gu knows medical skills and often prescribes some strange medicines for him. Sometimes he sees and hears and asks the doctor carefully, but sometimes he just lights Shen Deng's forehead and mutters words.

Jin Yan recalled his experience in Chiwangyuan: "...the sorcerer also does the same to dispel evil spirits from sick lambs and ponies."

"In short, I survived. Miss Yuan treated me very well. I was grateful to her, so I told her that from now on, Shen Deng will die for everything that happens to her." Shen Deng turned to look at Jin Yan, "...why? , Chen Shuang said something else?"

Jin Yan suppressed a smile: "Yeah."

Shen Deng didn't hide anything: "Yes, I like her."

Shen Deng acts straightforwardly, likes Yin Xiaoyuan, so he goes to see her every day, talks to her, sends some small things to her, writes acid poems, and tries his best to make her happy.At that time, he was a young knight praised by everyone in the rivers and lakes. He was handsome and graceful, but for some reason, he just couldn't capture Yin Xiaoyuan's heart.He went there so many times that even the girls next door to the Yin family started embroidering belts for him, but Yin Xiaoyuan was unmoved.

He thought over and over again, and attributed the problem to Yin Gu.Yin Gu didn't like him very much, and often reminded Yin Xiaoyuan in front of him: People in the Jianghu are all doing things with their heads and waistbands, don't marry such a person.

Shen Deng was furious, but there was nothing he could do.Yin Gu saved his life after all, and he is the senior of Mingyetang, so he had to swallow his anger.

At that time, he was already in charge of punishment and discipline in Ming Ye Hall, and the management was strict, and the people in Ming Ye Hall were extremely afraid of him.Knowing his identity, Yin Gu emphasized his badness in front of Yin Xiaoyuan more and more.Shen Deng became annoyed, and became curious about the relationship between Yin Gu and Yin Xiaoyuan, and began to secretly investigate Yin Gu's past.

Although Yin Gu joined Ming Ye Hall, he is not familiar with most of the people in Ming Ye Hall.Shen Deng has never seen anyone from Ming Yetang visit Yin Gu, and he has not been able to get any impression of Yin Gu from the old man.After searching all the files, Shen Deng finally found Yin Gu's records in a small volume.

"He was enrolled in the branch of Mingye Hall in Pingzhou City."

Pingzhou City is the city closest to Beirong among the twelve cities in Jiangbei. Jin Mingzhao stayed in Pingzhou City for a while when he served in the Northern Army.Jin Yan even remembered that Helan Jinying's acquaintance with his father also happened in Pingzhou City.When Yin Gu joined Mingyetang, Pingzhou City was still the land of Dayu, Jin Yan wondered, "So what about Pingzhou City?"

Shen Deng waved his hand, skipped the topic, and continued: "I continued to investigate, and found that this person came to Da Yu and then went all the way south. I was injured in Xianmen City at that time, and he was injured at that time. I have lived in Xianmen for many years. There is a characteristic of Xianmen, there are so many strange sects, and people who pretend to be gods and ghosts are easy to make a living, just like the witches in Beirong."

Jin Yan smiled and said, "Do you have any dissatisfaction with the Beirong witches?"

"I don't like the witches in Beirong. That Yin Gu is also good at pretending to be a ghost." Shen Deng paused, and then said, "Then a big event happened. Yin Gu got into a dispute with someone and killed him by mistake. That man He is the only son of a certain hero in Jianghu, that hero came to Mingye Hall and asked us to hand him over. I was ordered to find Yin Gu, but I found that he ran away with Miss Yuan."

Shen Deng finally found the trace of Yin Gu in Yanghe City beside the Liexing River.He took Yin Xiaoyuan all the way northward, as if he wanted to escape back to the north of Lie Xingjiang.After being intercepted by Shen Deng, the two fought in a daze. Shen Deng cared about his identity and didn't dare to hit hard, for fear that Yin Xiaoyuan would be upset.But the age difference between the two is more than [-] years. Even though Yin Gu is very skilled, he cannot defeat the younger Shen Deng in the end.

After Yin Gu was severely injured by Shen Deng, Shen Deng wanted to take him back to Mingye Hall, but Yin Xiaoyuan knelt down and begged, asking Shen Deng to spare Yin Gu's life.She has depended on Yin Gu since she was a child, and has regarded Yin Gu as her father. She reminded Shen Deng that she had made a promise to herself.

Shen Deng confronted Yin Gu's father and daughter, hesitated for several days, and finally put away the knife.

"But Yin Gu had to flee back to Beirong. He killed someone, and he didn't admit his fault or guilt. Mingyetang can't keep such a person. The hero issued a reward order. If he stays in Dayu, he won't live for three days. According to the gang's criminal rules, if he leaves Mingyetang, I will destroy all Yin Gu's ability to transform into spring and six transformations." Shen Deng sighed, "But Miss Yuan stopped me again."

Yin Gu's journey back to Beirong from Yanghe City was full of difficulties and dangers.It was late autumn at that time, and calculating the time, it should be deep winter when he crossed the Beirong border.It's freezing cold, if he destroys his whole body's internal strength and turns into a useless person, he might not be able to survive this cold journey at all.

Yin Xiaoyuan knelt down and begged, even saying "I can sell myself as a slave and become a concubine".Shen Deng felt great grief: Why does he want a slave or a concubine?And these words made Shen Deng understand more and more that the person he loves and loves dearly has never been tempted by him from the beginning to the end.

That was the first time he did something he didn't want to do after he entered Mingye Hall: instead of destroying Yin Gu's internal strength, he escorted him all the way until Yin Gu entered Pingzhou City, and finally crossed the sideline and returned to Beirong.

Jin Yan was fascinated by the sound. Standing in the moonlight, he suddenly became suspicious: "Back to Beirong? Yin Gu...is he from Beirong?"

"Yeah, it's a coincidence that you still recognize him." The corner of Shen Deng's lips twitched, "His Beirong name is Akula."

Jin Yan immediately stood still.

"Bei Rong people know how to transform spring and six changes, know medical skills, and are witches. As soon as Yue Lianlou and Ruan Buqi mentioned this person, I knew it must be him." Da Yu, who was rejected by Rong Dawu, came because he couldn't stay in Yetai. Girl Yuan's parents were businessmen and brought him to Pingzhou City. He had a deep friendship with the Yin family. A child of five or six years old. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed."

Shen Deng looked at the fruit on the treetop, narrowed his eyes, and took a deep breath.The cool breeze at night carried the heat of early autumn and passed by.

"I sent him to the sideline that day, and he knelt down to thank me. He was older than me, and his seniority was higher than me. I pulled him up. He said I was a good person, but Ming Yetang didn't know right from wrong, and he was clearly justified in killing people. There is evidence. I thought he was wordy, and urged him to leave. He crossed the line there, turned around and knelt down on me again. He thanked me for not killing him because he was from Beirong, and promised me that if he saw Dayu people in the future, He must be treated well."

Shen Deng turned to look at Jin Yan: "Do you think he did it?"

Jin Yan's throat was full of surging emotions, and he couldn't even utter a single word.The fate that he never believed in has woven a vast web of thousands of threads, covering everything in the world and human relationships.He was unfortunately one of them.He is fortunate to be one of them.

"Grandpa Akula... Both He Lansone and I feel that he has a chivalry that is rarely seen in Beirong people." Jin Yan murmured, "So...so..."

Shen Deng walked with him for a while, turned back and said with a smile: "It was indeed something I was reluctant to let Akula go at the beginning."

He returned to Dayu, but he couldn't find Yin Xiaoyuan again.A few years later, I found out that it was the Jianghu hero who took him away, imprisoned him in the mansion and tortured him severely. When Yin Xiaoyuan became seriously ill, he threw him into Huajie and Liuxiang, selling him at a low price.Shen Deng went to kill the people in Banfu with a knife, Zhang Mo's father took him to the martial arts conference, and told the dirty and scandalous things behind the hero's fame, and used Ming Yetang as Shen Deng's guarantee, and the matter was considered to be over.

After that, Ming Yetang tried his best to find Yin Xiaoyuan, but Shen Deng found that he seemed to be entangled by fate, and still passed by the girl he loved.

"Do you know why your husband resigned from the post of Taifu?"

Jin Yan: "Because he...he went to Ji'er Lane to have fun, but he refused to pay, and even smashed the store. Someone accused him in the court, but he didn't make any excuses, so he just resigned." He suddenly I remembered that Xie Yuanzhi married the Yin family shortly after he resigned.

"He can't justify it, because he didn't go to Ji'er Lane to have fun at all." Shen Deng said, "When Ming Yetang found Miss Yuan, I was not in Liangjing. I didn't know until I came back that Mrs. Jin had no intention Knowing this from the hall master's wife, she was very sympathetic to what happened to Miss Yuan. She didn't dare to ask others for help, so she planned to use the money to redeem it herself. When she took people to Ji'er Lane, she happened to meet Xie Yuan on the street. Yuan Zhi. Xie Yuanzhi asked about the reason, thinking that it was inconvenient for Mrs. Jin to show her face in Ji'er Lane, so she volunteered to take her place."

Xie Yuanzhi naturally couldn't argue.He redeemed Yin Xiaoyuan, sympathized with her poor background, and had no intention of stating Yin Xiaoyuan's affairs above the court.After taking the opportunity to resign from office, Xie Yuanzhi took Yin Xiaoyuan to see Cen Jingshu.Cen Jingshu observed the words and expressions, and found that the two people's words and expressions showed mutual kindness, so she took advantage of the situation and pulled the red line.

When Shen Deng returned to Beijing, it was the day when Xie Yuanzhi and Yin Xiaoyuan got married.Zhang Mo's father and young Zhang Mo accompany him to drink all night.When he was done drinking, he finally let go.

Jin Yanwan didn't expect such a connection, so he was stunned on the spot.

"I didn't know what happened in Beijing until Miss Yuan told me." Shen Deng said in a low voice, "Little General, Mr. Xie is a good person, and Mrs. Jin is also a good person. Miss Yuan's encounter today may be because of me that day. With a soft heart, I let go of Akula's life. It was the moment of kindness that pityed me on this day that designed Mrs. Jin and Mr. Xie to rescue her from the sea of ​​suffering."

He stared at Jin Yan's black eyes reflecting the lights and moonlight.

"Shen Deng keeps his word." He said in a low voice, "Little General, from now on, as long as the world is related to you and the Jin family, Shen Deng will die."

Thunder is brewing in the distant mountains, and lightning flashes.This year, Liang Jing ushered in a long period of heavy rain at the end of June.It rained continuously for more than half a month, reminiscent of the terrible flood that occurred in the lower reaches of Shenshui the year before last.There was a lot of discussion among the people, and some merchants from Xianmen and Youli who came to Liangjing hesitated to speak.The people in Liang Jing asked again and again. They floated corpses everywhere from the submerged water downstream, and they talked about the tragic situation of the sky and the earth changing color when the flood was released.

After coming and going, it is natural to talk about Cen Rong who was sitting guard in Youli City at that time.

With the wind and rain, rumors spread in Liangjing at an extremely fast speed: Dingshan Weir opened the gate, and 10,000+ people died in the lower reaches of the sinking water, because the third prince Cen Rong refused to open the Mu River flood outlet.He sacrificed 10,000+ human lives in submerged water to sacrifice to the evil gods, changed his destiny, overthrew Grand Master Liang and sat on the throne of emperor.

The people were in an uproar.And because the story is so strange, people, whether they believe it or not, can't help talking about it when they see it.

Rumors are half-truths and half-false, pervasive and permeating.The ministers of the DPRK and China had heard about this matter, but no one dared to mention it without authorization.Nowadays, after dinner and tea, the conversation is obscure, and they always ask each other intentionally or unintentionally, stripping the unbelievable part of the rumors, and the eyes of the officials flicker: Have you heard of it?But is it true?

It was Le Tai, the royal censor, who told Cen Rong the rumor.

As he expected, just after Le Tai finished speaking, Cen Rong immediately became furious and yelled, "It's nonsense! Who said it? Investigate it immediately!"

Le Tai immediately knelt down, frowning: "The official, there is a reason for it. This investigation... It's not something that can come out in a short time."

Cen Rong yelled: "Then we will do our best to investigate! No matter what is found, we will never tolerate it!"

Le Tai hesitated to speak.

It turns out that since Sheng Keliang resigned, several people have changed the position of Minister of Changlu Temple, and none of them lasted long. Only Shaoqing of Changlu Temple has been held by Wei Yan in the past few years, and he has made some achievements.If you want to investigate the place where the rumors happened and the person who spread the rumors in Beijing, you must rely on Changlu Temple, but the minister of Changlu Temple is now vacant, and even if Yushitai has the effort to investigate, it is not fast enough to do things effectively.

"Then promote Wei Yan." Cen Rong said, "I see him doing his best, which is very good."

"I also have this intention," Le Tai said again, "but Yushitai discussed several times, Wei Yan's family is in the capital, and they are inextricably linked with the officials of the DPRK and China, so it is really difficult to investigate. "

Cen Rong understood: "Who does Yu Shitai recommend?"

Le Tai looked up: "Xia Houxin."

Cen Rong frowned immediately: "He is from Liang Anchong's old department."

Le Tai replied: "Although this person is a student of Liang Anchong, he has never held a position in Beijing. He is an extremely marginal person. We have investigated Liang Anchong's case, but we have not found any involvement with Liang Anchong. Xia Houxin is a person in Changliang, When he served in the two cities of Xianmen, he was highly regarded by the people. Although this person is slippery and cunning, he does things impartially and impartially."

Cen Rong suddenly remembered that Jin Yan seemed to have said to himself that this person is a capable minister.He moved slightly in his heart: "Do you think he is credible?"

Le Tai: "Now is the time for the government to recruit talents everywhere. Why not take this opportunity to try Xia Houxin. Let him go back to Beijing and take up the post of Changlu Temple Minister for the time being, and make a special trip to investigate the rumors in Dingshanyan If it is not done well, then he will return to his fairy gate to be the city guard. If it is done well, the officials will be satisfied..."

He rambled on a lot, and Cen Rong listened to them one by one, and gradually realized that it made sense.As the censor, Le Tai was able to tell him the rumors, Cen Rong trusted him more and more, and nodded in agreement.

When Le Tai left, he reported: "I have reported to the officials before that Liang Jing's garrison is slack in military affairs. Please transfer General Jian Liangying of the Northern Army to rectify military affairs. I heard that General Jian will return to Beijing tomorrow."

Cen Rong said casually, "Okay, let's have a banquet. He is old, and this time he returns to Beijing to rectify his military affairs, so he won't have to go back to the Northern Army."

Le Tai walked out of the room and exchanged glances with the Minister of the Military Department who was waiting outside.The minister of the military department entered the palace, and after saluting, he detailed the various arrangements for rectifying the military affairs of the defenders.

The heavy rain in Liang Jing still did not stop. General Jian Liangying returned with his troops, left the troops outside the city, and entered Liang Jing lightly.

In the middle of the night on the second day he returned to Beijing, Jin Yan braved the heavy rain and knocked on the back door of Jianfu under the cover of night.

Years later, when people in Liangjing recalled the torrential rain in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, they always mentioned July [-]th.It was Bailu on this day, and there was a huge thunder rolling over Liang Jingcheng, and the heavy rain in late autumn was like an arrow, hitting the empty streets and alleys fiercely and heavily.

In the palace, Cen Jin braved the rain to see Cen Rong.After waiting outside the hall for half an hour, Cen Rong called him into the hall when his body was completely soaked.

The promenade of the harem sheltered the rain, but the skirts and shoe tips were still wet.Concubine Jin led the palace attendants through the corridor and arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace.Seeing that she had brought seasonal pastries, Queen Mother Hui invited people into the palace.Although she was full of hostility towards Concubine Jin before, but now that Cen Rong has become the supreme being in the world, she is in the position of empress dowager, so naturally it is not easy to argue with her.

Some pastries were brought by Cen Jin from outside the palace, and some were made by Concubine Jin herself.The Queen Mother smiled and said, "King Xuan really has a heart."

While talking and chatting, she suddenly saw a court lady behind Concubine Jin.The woman was thin and short, about sixteen or seventeen years old, the Empress Dowager pointed to it and asked, "Where did the face come from? Why haven't I seen it?"

Concubine Jin smiled and said, "It's a newcomer in my palace, surnamed Ruan. Haven't met the Queen Mother soon?"

The palace maid knelt on the ground, her shoulders trembling.The Queen Mother sneered, "What can you accomplish with such courage?"

Thunder suddenly rolled over, and the palace screamed, only the kneeling girl remained motionless.

The thunder also alarmed Cen Rong who was negotiating with Cen Jin.He was struggling to deal with Cen Jin, who wanted horses and people and money, and just when he was impatient, he was startled by the thunder.

Suddenly I heard the loud voice of the palace people outside the palace: "Censor Le Tai, ministers of various ministries, and ministers of Changlu Temple, please see me!"

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