Those years when I climbed the wall

Two light knocks on the door summoned the person sitting in front of the couch.

"What's the matter?" Lu Chongning looked indifferent.

"Your breakfast." Handing over the food box in his hand, the person outside the door did not forget to tell: "The doctor is next door, please call for something."

"I know! Talking too much..." Lu Chongning turned around muttering after taking the food box.

"Your Majesty is awake, come and call me immediately, so that I can order the kitchen to deliver meals and decoct medicine." That man took the trouble.

"I-know-know!" Looking back impatiently, "I don't dare to forget Shao Xianggong's instructions before leaving!" After closing the door angrily, Lu Chongning sat down in the hall, and he did not forget to slander while eating: No wonder even Li Qiaoer is like that. Compared with this Zeng Mumu, the person who is not likable is not so hateful in an instant! ... and a dumb girl, just like this, marrying a dumb girl is considered lucky in his life! ...

The bowl bottomed out, and there were two very light coughs from inside. The forehead of the person in front of the table twitched, he dropped the last piece of steamed bun, got up and strode inward.

"Lang Jun is awake, is it better?" Lu Chongning asked carefully to the blank-eyed person on the bed.

"Pour some water." Mu Yunqi's voice was hoarse.After drinking tea, I glanced at the flickering candlelight on the table, and was surprised for a moment: "It's not yet dawn?"

Lu Chongning replied: "It's almost the hour of the hour, and it's only snowing and the sky is dim, so I can hold the lamp." After saying this, he seemed to be drowsy, so he went out and called a doctor to take his pulse.

Mu Yun prayed and fell asleep again, and didn't wake up until noon. After eating some soup, he seemed to be in good spirits, so he put on his clothes and sat up.Lu Chongning knew that he had something to say to him, so he sent the doctor and servants to the bed.

"Last night..." Mu Yunqi rubbed his forehead, still looking confused.

Lu Chongning replied: "Your Majesty fainted last night. Fortunately, the doctor said that there is no serious problem. You only need to take some decoction for a while, and you will recover."

"Really?" The ears were slightly hot, and Mu Yunqi shielded his eyes with one hand as if he was afraid of the light.After a short pause, "Where is Shao Jingheng?"

"Shao Xianggong..." Before he could speak, he heard a light knock on the door.

It was Zeng Wuhua who came to deliver the medicine.

Seeing him open the food box and take out the medicine cup, Mu Yunqi frowned again and again: "Take the medicine every day, and now I feel sick when I smell it, can't I stop for two days?"

Lu Chongning persuaded: "The doctor said, this medicine cannot be stopped! You took those medicines for a long time before, and the residual poison has already cleared up, but yesterday..." The eyebrows were lightly locked, "Now the residual poison is lingering in the spleen, and you have to take it for a few more days. dissolve."

"How many days and how many days?" Mu Yunqi glanced away, showing irritability: "I said it was a few days before, but in fact it has not stopped after taking it! Now it is said for a few days, so repeated, but there is still a way to stop day?"

Lu Chongning was dumbfounded.

"Hi sir, you only need to take this medicine for half a month at most." Zeng Wuhua continued: "When the doctor explained to my family last night, we were all present to listen, there is absolutely no mistake!"

"That's right! We can all testify." Lu Chongning nodded hastily, "The doctor told Mr. Shao that if we go back this time, we only need to find the medicine that Ban Yue used."

"Looking for medicine?" Mu Yunqi was startled: "What kind of medicine are you looking for?"

"It's..." Lu Chongning said, but was interrupted by someone beside him.

"It's the main medicine in the medicine that Lang Jun has been using these days." He didn't seem to realize that he was impolite, and he had no words to say: "Although this medicine is not rare, but if it is to be effective immediately, you must use the top grade Just like ginseng, although it is not uncommon in the medicine market, it is not easy to get the thousand-year-old ginseng that prolongs life. The doctor said that the top grade of this medicine grows in the deep mountain depressions, and it is best to pick it ten days after snowfall. And it’s better to be two feet high! But there are almost no such high-grade medicines in ordinary medicine shops, so Xianggong went to the mountain to search for them himself.” Looking back at the table, “The medicine you are using now is after the first snow in Xingzhou. I thought it was enough to find it in the mountains, but unexpectedly..." There was a meaningful pause: "Fortunately, snow is not uncommon in winter in the north, and my husband took people out of the city to search for medicine before dawn today."

Mu Yun prayed for nothing.

The other one bowed: "If the gentleman has nothing else to do, the young one will leave first."

Hearing the sound of the door closing outside, Mu Yun Qicai seemed to wake up, and turned his blank eyes to the side of the couch: "Chongning, do you think you will be in danger when the sky turns into the mountains?"

Dazed, Lu Chongning hesitated: "The snowy road is slippery, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and it's such a cold weather..." Seeing that the person on the bed frowned, he hurriedly changed his words: "However, Mr. Shao is familiar with the terrain of the northern mountains. I have found the medicine safely, so I should be fine this time.”

Or thinking it made sense, Mu Yun prayed for some relief, but murmured to himself: "But why should he go there in person..."

"Thinking about it," Lu Chongning thought for a while, "Mr. Shao knows that the top grade is rare, and he is afraid that his subordinates will not give their best, and the medicine they find is inferior."

There was a moment of silence.

"The medicine is getting cold, bring it here." Mu Yunqi's tone was as calm as before.

After drinking the medicine, Lu Chongning put the medicine bowl back and went back to the bed, he was careful: "Your Majesty needs to rest now, and besides, it is difficult to travel due to the snow, will you reply to Zhao Duzhi, and Yujia will postpone returning to Beijing?"

Glancing at him, Mu Yunqi remained calm: "Listening to your words, do you agree with me staying?"

Lu Chongning bowed his head: "I think that if the fire in the Li Palace was not an accident, the mastermind would not let it go, so Xingzhou is probably safer than Jingzhong at the moment."

"That's true." Mu Yunqi nodded, and slowly supported his forehead: "Besides, my purpose of coming here has not yet been achieved..."

Lu Chongning hesitated a little, and hesitated: "Shao Xianggong doesn't seem to have any intention of disobeying your lord now, so I think... Your lord..." Carefully raised his eyes: "If... speak nicely to him, or..." At first glance, the corners of his mouth With a twitch, he hurriedly stopped talking.

The blade-like eyes flashed across it, and Mu Yun asked coldly: "Are you sorry for what you said?"

"No..." Lu Chongning was startled, and said incoherently: "I just said, last night...Your Majesty could have..." His mind was agitated, and he finally turned around: "I mean, Your Majesty should not get angry, so as not to hurt yourself .”

After snorting, Mu Yunqi withdrew his eyes and leaned on the pillow, and said calmly: "Last night was just a moment of righteous indignation." This look and tone, like swords facing each other, is already human nature.

With a sigh of relief, Lu Chongning didn't dare to linger, and turned the conversation: "Then, does your lord have an edict to pass on to Zhao Du?"

Seeing him, he shook his head: "Zhang Zhongyue and Ding Zhibai should know my whereabouts, and I will leave it to them to deal with the affairs of the court." Close your eyes and think for a while: "You have an appointment with Li Tong today, have you ever been there?"

Lu Chongning shook his head: "I made an appointment with him on Shen Shi, and there is still an hour left. Besides, it doesn't matter if you miss it, he has already told me how to find him: there is a small foot shop in the suburbs of Nancheng, I can leave the news there The time and place are agreed upon, and if he escapes, he will come to see him."

"In this way," Mu Yunqi opened his eyes, "he is really eager to save Qin Liu, it's a benefit." Knocking on the quilt with two fingers: "You must seize this opportunity, the first thing is to save Xun Miao, The second is to try our best to make Li Tongdao reveal the identity of the behind-the-scenes commander! Also," he turned his eyes and warned: "Don't let Li Qiaoer go out these few days. At present, she and Ah Nuan are two other than Qin Liuzhi. The most important thing is the pawn to blackmail Li Tong!"

Lu Chongning nodded: "Li Tong only proposed to exchange Qin Liuzhi with Xun Tong, but he didn't mention Li Qiaoer and Ah Nuan at all. It can be seen that he knows that they are safe here, but going out may cause trouble. And he is not afraid Our embarrassment for Li Qiaoer is due to the fact that I deeply believe in the character of the gentleman, and secondly, because Li Qiaoer has no secrets to dig out."

Mu Yunqi agreed: "Because, Li Tong is the key to this case after all."

Lu Chongning made up his own mind, quit and made some plans before going out to the restaurant.It was still a quarter of an hour before Shenshi, so he sat down in the elegant room, drank two cups of tea, suddenly heard footsteps outside, went to open the door, but saw a rickety old man standing in front of him, just about to tell him that he had gone to the wrong door, But the old man cupped his hands: "I'm old and old, walking hard, I'm a little late, I hope the officials will forgive me!" The voice was as old as the face full of gullies, but it was familiar to the ears of the listeners.

Lu Chongning moved in sideways: "It's okay, just come here."

The old man stood upright when he entered the door, he didn't see the old and weak state just now, but he looked around at Lu Chongning alone in the room, obviously disappointed.

Knowing what he was thinking, Lu Chongning already had a draft: "My lord is now under the surveillance of the Department of Economics and Appeasement, he will definitely reveal his whereabouts when he comes, which is not good for you, so he ordered me to contact you." Seeing his hesitation, Further: "Your Majesty has something to say, he will try his best to facilitate what you want, but you must also fulfill your promise. First, help me rescue Xun Tongjuan, and second, explain everything you know!"

Seeing his swearing, the visitor nodded: "I will do my best for Xun Tong's sentencing, and I am now looking into where he is being held, and I will let you know if there is any news." Taking two steps, "As for Shao Jingheng's treason case——"

Lu Chongning rushed to say: "My lord has said that this matter is big and involves many things. He can't report it to the court and he can't just say it's just hearsay, so you still have to report your identity and origin and how you got to know it!"

Those who heard it showed displeasure: "As long as Shao Jingheng's evil intentions are true, what does my origin and purpose matter?"

"Of course it matters!" Lu Chongning said seriously, "You are obviously hostile to Shao Jingheng. If I don't know the reason, how can I trust your words? If you have a personal grudge with him and deliberately framed him, then am I not a helper?"

"Shao Jingheng conspired against him and committed evil. It is well known to all. Why did he come to me and point him out? What's more, it's even more nonsense to frame him!" Tang Maoxiu argued.

"Really?" Lu Chongning snorted, "First, you followed Shao Jingheng to Xingzhou, and you were able to pretend to be so realistic. It was definitely not a one-day effort. If you didn't have the right intentions, who would make such efforts? ?Secondly, those medicine men are obviously under your command, but so far there are rumors everywhere that they were ordered by Shao Jingheng, so who would believe that they were not framed? Thirdly, when it comes to Qin Liuzhi, he deliberately You approached General Guo Kai Guo with obvious plots, but Xun Tong found out and wanted to kill him, but now you want to rescue him from prison, so dare to ask, if you only want to eradicate traitors and help the weak and uphold justice, why do you want to be with him? This person who has been guilty of many crimes has a deep friendship?"

"This..." His face flushed, and the man was dumbfounded.After a long while, he clenched his fists and hated: "In short, Shao Jingheng supported troops to seek rebellion, formed cliques for personal gain, and harmed loyal and virtuous people. These are all true, and they can be described as heinous crimes! Everything I do is to bring them to justice, and it is a substitute □ Dao, loyalty to the country, as for the means, compared with the purpose, it is not the same, so why do you stick to these small points and discard the basics for the last?"

"For the Tao?" Lu Chongning made no secret of his contempt: "He didn't say anything. It's that dry medicine man who did harm to the world. It doesn't count if he killed innocent people. He also went north to provoke Youguo and deliberately provoked military disasters. This is you. The one in your mouth is loyal to the country?"

These words suddenly seemed to hit the vital point of the person, and the whole body was shocked when he saw it, the shame in his eyes could no longer be concealed, he turned his back and sighed: "Although this matter is not what I wanted, it is ultimately related to me. When the Shaw Clan's rebellious party is destroyed, my father's revenge will be avenged, and my grievances will be cleared, and I will bear the responsibility with my whole body!"

"Father's revenge?" Lu Chongning thought about it, and blurted out: "Tang Daiyun, who are you?" After speaking, he saw the man's shoulders tremble, and the hands hanging by his sides clenched into fists, but he didn't say a word.Everything is self-explanatory.Lu Chongning squinted his eyes: "Tang Daiyun still has a brother who was reportedly absconded that day, could it be..."

Knowing that he couldn't hide anymore, the man turned around with a sad look in his eyes: "That's right, I am the son of Tang Tinghui, the prefect of Liangzhou who was framed by Shao Jingheng and died unjustly—Tang Maoxiu! Daiyun is my younger sister."

Lu Chongning wondered: "Then Li Qiaoer..."

"It's my cousin." The man's face became more and more distressed: "At the time when my father was wronged and died, I was so indignant that I went to Beijing to appeal for my father's grievances. Unexpectedly, Dali Temple sent me away on the grounds that there was no evidence. I was unwilling , wanted to go to Liangzhou to find evidence, but was assassinated before leaving Beijing. Fortunately, the righteous man saved his life. Afterwards, he searched everywhere for evidence of Shaw's treason and evil, hoping that one day the truth would be revealed. Bring the Shaw Clan traitors to justice!"

Lu Chongning's face remained calm: "But I got nothing."

Seeing it sadly: "Shao Jingheng acted cautiously, and Liangzhou has many minions, so it is not easy to search for evidence? Although I have been running for several years, I have not gained much. I only got some rumors, which cannot be used as evidence in court. And Shao He was so arrogant that even the old family members who had followed my father for many years were threatened by him, insisting that my father committed suicide and dissuaded me from pursuing the case."

Lu Chongning sighed: "Since this is the case, have you ever thought about it, perhaps, this matter is not what you thought..."

"Absolutely impossible!" the man was annoyed, "My late father was a man of integrity and magnanimity. Even though he hated fighting because he admired the benevolence of Confucius and Mencius, he would never lead thieves into our house and tire our people. This is absolutely fabricated by the Shao family. It's just a rhetoric to blame my father for excuses!"

Knowing that he believed this wholeheartedly, for a while, others' opinions might not be listened to, so Lu Chongning didn't want to comment on it.After a while, watching his mood gradually calm down, he slowly said: "You are devoted to clearing up your father's grievances but you have nowhere to go, so you took your sister to join the family of the current master, willing to be driven by him, hoping to use his power to achieve what you want. Then you I never thought that in order to avenge your family, you would sacrifice the lives of many innocent people in vain, so this is called justice? And your father knows it, how can you rest in peace?"

The respondent was silent for a while, "Do you think," he said again, already showing remorse, "If I really ignored those lives, I would still be here right now?"

With a relaxed brow, Lu Chongning said earnestly, "Since this is the case, why don't you tell me the truth and tell the truth, or you can make up for the crime and get a lighter punishment."

It's a pity that he is not so easy to be persuaded: "I knew that medicine was a disaster, so I never imagined that I could get away with it. Only Shaw's rebellious party has not been eradicated. I really don't want to be imprisoned first, so I ask you for help." Mr. Jialang, I hope he can find out the evil that Shao Jingheng has done, but on the day the Shao Party is destroyed, I will come to accept the crime and reveal the inside story."

Go around in a circle and return to the original place!Lu Chongning suppressed his annoyance: "You must know that it will not be overnight to find out the case, but at this time, your master may not stand still. He raises the medicine man, so he is just to enjoy it when he is idle?"

Tang Maoxiu hesitated: "Although I don't know why he wants to raise a medicine man, and why he hurt innocent people, but thinking about it, maybe he was in a hurry and didn't have any intentions..."

"It's not intentional?" Lu Chongning snorted, "Your master seems to be really eloquent, which makes you believe in his words and be loyal to him! Even though you have come to this field, you are still obsessed with it, and you are dedicated to it. Excuse me, but have you ever thought about what is the purpose of him letting the medicine man go around to blame Shao Jingheng?"

Tang Maoxiu's complexion changed a few times, but he stopped talking

"I know, you want to say that you are loyal to the country and eradicating the rebellious party." Lu Chongning was impatient: "But you still don't know that the case of returning to Yungu Tibetan soldiers and the previous Qixi Festival change may all be caused by you. That master's hand! Not to mention, he still wants to provoke me to fight with Youguo..." Seeing the other man's face change, he pushed forward: "So, do you really think that he is wholeheartedly trying to help the country and be loyal to the country? ?”

The person standing still seems to be lost in thought.After a long time, he murmured: "But this... doesn't make sense! He is an important minister of the country and the teacher of the emperor, so why..."

Although the voice was soft, not a single word escaped Lu Chongning's ears: "Song Yan?" The two words were faint, but they startled the lost mind.Shaking his head, Lu Chongning looked sympathetic: "We have verified that Mr. Song has nothing to do with the medicine man. You and your sister have been fooled!"

"What?!" As if struck by a thunderbolt, Tang Maoxiu's eyes froze and he was dumbfounded.

There were two knocks on the door.Lu Chongning came back after answering the door, his face was serious.

It was getting dark, when Lu Chongning returned to the official residence, Qia Mu Yunqi also got up and was standing in front of the door watching the snow, looking a little restless, or had a premonition of something.

The monarch and his ministers entered.

"What happened?" Mu Yunqi's voice was calm.

Stopping and crossing his hands, Lu Chongning reported the news that he had just received: "Return to your lord, Your Lord, you have passed away."

Seeing no surprise, Mu Yunqi groaned when he was young, with a helpless expression on the corner of his mouth: "This is not the right time..."