Gu Qingci

If you want to ask me how to get along with her now... if it's not what it should be, it's what it is.

Sha Yu sneaking into the palace to disrupt the situation is an extremely serious matter.Liu Yueying did not go online with me, but the eunuch in charge of the new maids of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was executed with a cane. It turned out that the patrols of the guards in the palace changed from fifty steps one by one to thirty steps one by one.She silently reminded me that it is impossible for Sha Yu to sneak into the palace a second time.

In any case, I ended up staying in the Palace, that's a fact.Therefore, Liu Yueying sealed the mouths of the guards and maids in the inner palace, and she and I each gave way.

It wasn't long before she resumed my morning routine.Although there are discussions in the court, no one is stupid enough to directly ask me why I haven't seen me for a long time.

Everything seems to be back to normal, the only difference is that we are no longer inseparable from each other every day.

I insisted on going out of the palace, although she was very reluctant, she would occasionally compromise and let me go back to Yangfu to rest; even if I stayed overnight in Chaofeng Palace, I didn't always go to her main hall to sleep, I often slept in the side hall.In short, it has been a long time since I had any physical contact with her.

I don't know where the time flowed away, and it was autumn in a blink of an eye.The autumn of the seventh year of Tianjia.

The sweet osmanthus trees in Rongcheng this year are as sweet as in previous years, and the fragrance wafts through the tall city walls and into the deep palace.

I was busy reviewing the second line of the canal for several days in a row, so I didn't leave the palace.It's rare for Yang Zhi to come to the palace to look for me.Seeing her walking in with a limp, I quickly asked her to sit down.

Yan Xi went to Daiwan County as an imperial envoy to handle local affairs. She hadn't heard from her for several months.

"Xiaozhi, if you feel uncomfortable, relax. You don't have to hold on in front of your sister."

Yangzhi squeezed out a wry smile and nodded.She has suffered a lot in these years, and her old illness is not good. She is no longer like before, with a bright and agile aura all over her body.

"Sister, this is... a letter from Master." She took out the letterhead in her arms with both hands, and it was tightly wrapped, "Be prepared mentally."

The hand that received the letter trembled.

"Master, something happened?"

Yang Zhi shook his head: "No, it's more serious than this."

Unfolding the letter paper, Master's handwriting of different shades blurred on the paper: "Xiao Lu, Xiao Zhi, please."

……

His eyes swayed, and his heart also swayed.

"Master, he dismissed all Dongshan Xiaodongfu?"

"Sister, we don't have a home anymore." Xiaozhi's eyes were red, and I quickly stroked her back and comforted her: "No, we have. Dongshan is our hometown and will always be. But now, your home is in Rongcheng is in the Yan Mansion."

Biting his lips, he turned his head away.I could comfort her, but not myself.

The small Dongfu in Dongshan, I have lived there with Yang Zhi since I can remember. During the past 20 years in spring, summer, autumn and winter, there are so many brothers and sisters, and there are hundreds of years of peach blossom trees in the master’s backyard. Now the master has just a few words, Then the hanging shadow is divided into thousands of geese, and the roots of the words are scattered into nine autumn pengs.

Swallowing the bitter water back into her stomach, she slowly asked: "Master, did Liu Yueying mean to do this? Did she hint to him before releasing Master from the palace?"

Yang Zhi's downcast eyes instantly shifted to look at me, with a bit of surprise.

"Sister thinks of the emperor like this?" She was stunned for a while before continuing, "I think it's the master's intention. He will do anything for us. I trust him."

Fingers rubbed the last line of the letter paper: "Fate is also fate, and fate is also fate. As a teacher, I want to be the wind on the river, and the gathering and parting are more unpredictable than the wind, so I don't say goodbye."

"He didn't even say hello, so he sent Dongshan away to wander around the world. He just let us know when he arrived."

"That's not true." Yangzhi smiled helplessly, "Master wants to be the wind, and his destination is to travel around the world. It's unknown whether we can find him in the future; but we are left here with our hands tied."

Seeing that Yang Zhi's mood became more and more depressed, she quickly said: "When my sister is free, I will go horseback riding with you!" Yang Zhi used to like to compete with others in sword and horse racing. Every time she went out to make friends, she would compete with them.

Unexpectedly, Yangzhi didn't feel happy when he heard this, but the luster in his eyes dimmed instead.

"Okay, I'm free to go." She raised the corners of her mouth, and her hands on her legs touched her knees tightly.

Damn, I forgot, because of her leg and waist injuries, Yang Zhi couldn’t even ride a horse, let alone ride a horse——I forgot.

Suddenly realized, she said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Xiaozhi...I'm not a good sister."

"How could it be? I used to be so self-willed, but my sister let me bully me and never lost my temper with me once." She stood up slowly while holding the arm of the chair, looked at me seriously and said, "Yang Hui, you are a good man." Elder sister. Yangzhi is extremely contented to have a sister like you in his life."

The corners of his eyes were a little wet, and he murmured to her: "What are you talking about, you are so serious all of a sudden, it doesn't look like you at all."

"Yeah, not at all like me."

What Master did was not like him either.Originally, he was tired of wandering, so he built a small cave in Dongshan, and lived a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

I implicated the master, let him destroy everything with his own hands, and return to the rivers and lakes.But this time, even Yangzhi and I didn't know where he went.

There are only six characters at the end of the letterhead.

"The whole world is home, don't read it."

==

After a few days, there was a memorial for thousands of miles when he went to court.This memorial was written by the magistrate of Daiwan County, and was brought back to the capital by the censor.

The book said that the work of the imperial envoy in Daiwan County was not going well, and several policies implemented one after another could not be issued to the county, and he asked the emperor to make a decision.

The imperial envoy is naturally Yan Xi, and I'm not surprised that she can't handle this matter well.Yan Xi has been on duty in the palace since he became an official, and he doesn't even care much about the affairs of the imperial city, let alone the local affairs.

The local government is actually more cumbersome than the central government. The so-called strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, and there are townships, pavilions, and villages under the county.The smaller the administrative scope, the more trivial things there are. The most troublesome part of Daiwan County is a very remote place, closed to the outside world, and many people can't reason with them.

Having said that, why did Liu Yueying send Yan Xi there?Looking up at her, she was so high that people couldn't see her expression clearly, and naturally she couldn't see through any thoughts.

Liu Yueying quickly noticed that I was looking at her, and straightened her back before my eyes averted.

"The decree issued by the imperial envoy in Daiwan County can't be carried out, what do you think?" Liu Yueying said in a casual tone as if she was chatting.

Xu Wei immediately stood up and said: "The imperial envoy represents His Majesty and the imperial court. To be so despised by the residents of Daiwan County shows that they really don't take the emperor seriously. The destruction of the imperial court project before was also harboring evil intentions."

"You can't say that," Zhongshu Shizhong replied, "As far as I know, the hometown of the right minister is in Daiwan County. According to what you said, the right minister is also with those who disrespect the imperial power. gone?"

... The chief of the Ministry of Education, if you can't speak, you should shut up.

"Your Majesty, it's not such a trouble. I lead an army there, and those who don't obey will be sent to the army. If they don't obey, they will be beheaded for public display! Let's see who dares to disobey the words of the imperial envoy!" A lieutenant under General Nangong said.

The civil servants would naturally be disgusted by this kind of beating and killing at every turn, and no one responded.

"Your Prime Minister." Liu Yueying still called me, "What do you think about this matter?"

Taking a deep breath, he said slowly: "I feel that there is a reason why the imperial envoy couldn't handle this matter. The reason why the imperial court built a water conservancy project there a while ago was to coordinate the route of the canal. , can be a support. But the Ministry of Industry did not understand the local people's conditions when planning."

Zhang Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, turned his head and looked at me. I knew I was sorry for him, so I could only continue to say: "The most important part of the project is to build a dam, but the site happens to be on the ancestral hall of the local residents. According to the people, the ancestral hall is the residence of their local immortal, and the blessings have lasted for generations, protecting the water, soil and people here. Now they want to move it, so the people naturally don’t agree."

"Before they gathered a crowd and smashed the half-built water conservancy, in order to protect the downstream ancestral hall. Otherwise, the downstream ancestral hall would be demolished or washed away directly after the upstream was built. ——The previous problem stemmed from the negotiation. At that time, the imperial court didn't pay much attention to this matter, and just suppressed it forcefully, so it caused growing resentment among the people."

Xu Wei's mustache twitched, and I continued before Prime Minister Zuo could speak: "I think that if we can send people to negotiate with the local people in the first place, there are two ways to solve it. Either the court makes concessions and diverts to water conservancy; or To appease the people and make them agree to give up the ancestral hall. But these two points have not been achieved, and the current situation of confrontation between the government and the people will appear. It is far-fetched to say that this is rebellion.”

"But we sent an imperial envoy, why is it still useless?" the deputy general said loudly.

"When Mrs. Yan passed, the situation was already very passive. In addition, she stayed in the capital for a long time and worked as a cabinet official, so she didn't know much about the place. That's why no one responded to this decree."

"You mean, the imperial envoy is not capable enough, so he can't solve this problem?" Liu Yuehua asked me in front.

"It can be said that." It is much better for Yan Xi to assume the reputation of being incompetent than the reputation of collaborating with unruly people and gathering people to rebel.

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels that this matter is still open to discussion. The right minister is from Daiwan County, so he will naturally speak to the people there."

Xu Wei ignored my reasoning at all, and insisted on his original idea: "The troublemakers there smashed the court's projects first, and abandoned the imperial envoy's decree. If they have no intention of treason, how dare they make such a provocation Matters of imperial power. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

I just felt itchy at the root of my teeth. This leftist, I thought he would change his temper to be able to work with me friendly, but he turned into this picky look again.

He raised his head angrily, wanting the emperor to make a fair decision.

Liu Yueying and I just looked at each other.I could see a trace of unknown emotion in her eyes.

Before I could figure it out, I heard the person in the seat say: "The Prime Minister Zuo is right. How dare a group of villagers disregard my wishes, despise the imperial envoy's decree, and gather crowds to destroy the imperial project. This project is more related to the great prosperity of the country. In fact, his heart can be punished!"

Liu Yueying threw the ground with a loud sound, piercing the sonorous words one by one, with the thorns on her back.I know that those villagers will not escape bad luck, and it will damage the reputation of Daiwan County.