Prodigal Goro-kun

After Yan Qiuer's birthday, Yan Sheng, who came back secretly, left secretly again, took a shortcut and joined the caravan escorting weapons in Bazhou, completed the transfer in Fuzhou, and then continued southward, and Yan Sheng personally delivered the weapons to him. Arrived at the boundary of King Huai'an.

Yan Qiuer didn't know how Qin Jiu and others told the emperor about this matter, nor did they know what Qin Jiu and the others had done so that King Huai'an didn't become suspicious. The agreement between him and the Zuo family is in progress.

Although the escort team belonged to the Yan family, King Huai'an seemed to think it was a trick of the Zuo family.Therefore, Yan Sheng was not made things difficult in Huai'an. Instead, he met the cronies of the King of Huai'an and set foot on the territory of Huai'an in person, which also allowed Yan Sheng to obtain some new information.

After staying in Huai'an for half a month, it was not until the inventory and acceptance of the weapons were completed, and Yan Sheng, who had collected the information, left Huai'an in a big way.

After leaving Huai'an, Yan Sheng did not return to Chang'an directly, but went to Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and picked up a Yan family caravan, and escorted a batch of military rations northward to Youzhou according to the emperor's edict.

At that time, Teng Yu and the batch of excellent weapons that had been dropped were all waiting for Yansheng in Youzhou. At the same time, what joined Yansheng in Youzhou was the grain and grass of the Wu family, which was also a batch of military rations allocated according to the emperor's order.

Yan Sheng stayed in Youzhou for more than half a month, and said he was counting food and grass and inspecting Yan's shops, but no one knew what exactly he had conspired with Teng Yu and the two of them.

After Yan Sheng's caravan stayed in Youzhou for more than half a month, they set off for Liangzhou in the northwest with food and grass.Teng Yu also joined this caravan in disguise and went to Liangzhou together.

After staying in Liangzhou for another month, Yan Sheng led the Yan family's caravan back to Chang'an.

After this round of tossing, it was already December in the middle of winter when Yan Sheng returned to Chang'an, and he arrived in Chang'an only two days earlier than Yan Zheng.

And just five days before Yansheng arrived at the gate of Chang'an City, the emperor ordered all the gates on the outer city wall of Chang'an City to be closed, and no one outside the city was allowed to enter, and no one inside the city was allowed to leave.There is no other reason, but cholera broke out in Chang'an, the most important city in Tianlan Kingdom.

This cholera started a month ago, and the first case was in the southwest corner of Chang'an City. The people living there were the poorest ordinary people in Chang'an City, so at first no one cared about it. I just reported it to Lord Yan.Because of such negligence, the disease quickly spread in the southwest corner of Chang'an City.

Afterwards, an actress from Qingpinglefang in Pingkangfang went back to her home in the southwest city to visit relatives. When she returned to Pingkangfang, she found that she was also infected. The momentum invaded the entire city of Chang'an.

Fortunately, Yan Qiuer taught Yan Siren how to deal with the daily affairs of Huayue Pavilion in Huayue Pavilion before and after the actor went home to visit the sick. Er immediately became alert and contacted Qin Jiu immediately.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Yan Qiuer asked Liang Cheng to use the excuse of returning to his hometown for the New Year to arrange for Mrs. Yan and everyone in Yan's residence to go out of the city, and even brought everyone in Xiyuan out.

After Qin Jiu got Yan Qiuer's message, although he reported the matter to the emperor, it took too long for the emperor to investigate and decide. After discussing with the emperor, Yan Taifu and Lin Shangshu, Qin Jiu will let these two court officials secretly leave the city.However, Yan Xun and Lin Qian, who often walked around in front of people, wanted to stay in Chang'an, so as not to spread the news and cause panic, and give those who are interested a chance to take advantage of it.

Before Qin Jiu and Yan Qiu'er could make final arrangements, the emperor ordered the city to be closed and at the same time called Yan Qiu'er into the palace.

"Caomin Yanqiuer/Yan Xintang/Qianwu, I greet Your Majesty."

"Get up." The emperor raised his hands empty-handed, looked at Yan Qiuer with great interest, and asked, "You are Yan Wulang who is well-known in Chang'an?"

Yan Qiuer bowed slightly, and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I dare not be so famous as Chang An, but the Caomin is that Yan Wulang, Yan Qiuer."

"Well, I often hear Qi Ming mentioning you, that elm head rarely praises anyone in my ears." The emperor looked at Yan Qiu'er with a smile on his face, secretly comparing Yan Qiu'er and Yan Sheng.

Yan Qiuer cupped his hands and bowed, and said: "The grassroots are not talented, thanks to Dr. Qi for looking up to them."

"Those who can make Qi Ming look up to must be talents. Come on, tell me, what is missing in this hall?"

Hearing that Yan Qiuer's eyes twitched, she raised her head and looked around. Among the crowd on both sides, she saw Qi Ming, Qin Jiu, Lin Qian, Yan Xun, and other people who frequented Huayue Pavilion Regular customers, even Zuo Ning were there, but King Huai'an was not.

But Yan Qiuer was not sure whether the answer the emperor wanted was this, so Yan Qiuer changed his mind and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Caomin saw that His Majesty's palace was majestic and resplendent, and the decorations in it were better than anything Caomin had ever seen in his life. There are only a lot more halls, but the number of people sitting in the halls is a little less, which makes this splendor seem a bit lonely."

After hearing this, the emperor patted the armrest of the chair and laughed, pointing at Yan Qiuer and said, "Slippery! You are as slick as that Yansheng! Two of the three sentences are nonsense, and the only truth is still hidden. Are you so afraid of death?"

"Afraid of death." Yan Qiuer admitted without hesitation, "Caomin only has this life, and besides Caomin himself, the relatives of Caomin also value it very much. Things are sad because of unfilial piety and unrighteousness."

The emperor nodded approvingly, and said, "Well, it makes sense. I heard that you told the Ninth Prince that the disease would kill people and be contagious?"

"It's the grass people."

"You know medicine?"

Yan Qiuer shook his head without fear, and said: "The grass people don't understand. It's just that the grass people have read a lot of miscellaneous books since they learned to read, and they have seen related records. It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and the grass people were a little flustered, and they don't remember clearly. , I don’t dare to assert myself, I can only take safe actions. Afterwards, I have discussed it with friends who are proficient in medical skills, but there is still no conclusion, please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

"What is your fault? You are much better than my ministers who go in and out of Pingkangfang all day long without paying attention to such important matters!" The emperor slapped the table in front of him angrily, and then After taking a breather, he continued, "Since it is a disease you know, and there are people who are proficient in medical skills to discuss it together, why is there no conclusion?"

"This..." Yan Qiuer looked around hesitantly, and gave the emperor a look.

The ministers present here, Yan Qiuer, knew almost all of them, and knew that most of them were already Qin Jiu's supporters, leaving only a small number of neutrals and some who declared their allegiance to Tianlan Kingdom.But in front of the emperor, he still had to be ignorant.

Sure enough, he is a smart person, no wonder he will stand in Chu Yi's camp and advise Chu Yi for so long.

The emperor also looked left and right, and then said in a deep voice: "Just say that those who are sitting here today are trustworthy. What's more, their own lives are in danger at such an opportunity, and they can't care about other things. Those of Huai’an Wang’s comrades have already slipped out of Chang’an City.”

Did he really slip out of the city?I hope Yansheng and Teng Yu can come back in time.

Taking a deep breath, Yan Qiuer gave Qian Wu a wink, and then said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, regarding the epidemic, please allow Cao Min's friend to explain the details to Your Majesty on behalf of Cao Min."

"Oh? You brought him here? Since you haven't come to a conclusion yet, let him discuss it with the medical officers in my palace. After the discussion comes to an end, come back and talk to me in detail. Take them to the screen Talk over there."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch next to the emperor bowed to accept the order, and then took Qianwu and several medical officers who had been kneeling beside the screen to the side of the main hall. After a while, whispers came from behind the screen. Come, but the voice is so small that it will not affect the conversation on this side.

Seeing that the discussion had already started over there, the emperor looked at Yan Qiuer again, and asked in a deep voice, "I heard that you have been helping Yi'er all this time?"

Yan Qiuer and Qin Jiu exchanged glances, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not a help, everyone just takes what they need."

"Everyone gets what they need?" The emperor repeated the word, and then laughed loudly, "You are quite interesting, tell me how you each get what you need?"

Yan Qiuer said with a smile: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Caomin provided financial help to His Highness Ninth Prince, and His Highness Nine provided blessings to Caomin's business."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, smiled coldly, and said, "After that day, do you still want the king of the country to protect you for your business?"

Yan Qiuer was still smiling, and said without fear, "If possible, it would be best."

Yan Xintang's heart trembled, and only now did he know why some elders praised Yan Qiuer for his courage.Facing the coercion of the emperor, he was still not surprised or angry, but answered calmly and fluently, taking what should be tactful, and what should be outspoken. This is not only courage, but also the courage of ambitious leopards, right?

"Hmph! What kind of business do you want to do under the protection of the monarch?"

Yan Qiuer shook her head, and said, "I haven't thought about it."

"Think about it?" The emperor was quite surprised by this answer, and continued to ask curiously, "Are you going to stop the business now?"

"I won't do it." Yan Qiuer said without hesitation, "All the business in hand will be transferred to my sister's name, as a dowry, and given to my sister's future husband's family."

Hearing this, the emperor was surprised again.

Yan Qiu'er's elder sister, the Emperor, also knew that she was the sweetheart of his nine sons, and the marriage of the two also came all the way from the queen mother to him, which caused him quite a headache.It’s just that the emperor originally thought that Yan Fusheng and Yan Qiu’er left the Yan family, even if Chu Yi married Yan Fusheng, there would be no benefit, but if Yan Qiuer was willing to use the Huayue Pavilion that collects the world’s information as a dowry... that organization can It cannot fall into the hands of others.

"Are you so willing?" the emperor asked suspiciously.

Yan Qiuer said with a smile: "You can only gain if you give up. The grass people think that in the deep inner courtyard of the palace, if the sister has no relatives from her natal family, if she doesn't have something to lean on, it will not work."

The emperor chuckled and said: "As long as your sister has you behind her back to advise her, she will be able to live in peace and prosperity for a lifetime!"

This kid can see through and calculate well. If Chu Yi can gain his loyalty and fully bring him under his command, it can be said to be like a tiger with wings added.Now even the treacherous ministers above the court are not as smart as this kid in front of him.

"Your Majesty's praise is too high." Yan Qiuer cheekily accepted the emperor's words as a compliment, "But the grass people are not interested in meddling in the affairs of other people's husbands and wives."

Just as he was speaking, someone ran into the hall after a notification, and knelt in the middle.

"Your Majesty, the Yan family... the Yan family is gathering in front of Mingde's gate, and they cannot be dispersed."

"The Yan family?" The emperor frowned, and looked at Yan Qiuer suspiciously.

Yan Qiuer also looked confused, looking at the person who came to report, and asked: "Is it Yan Sheng, the head of the Yan family? Or Yan Shilang Yan Zheng who came back from Huihe?"

After the man glanced at the emperor, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it's not, it's...it's Mrs. Yan, Yan Sanniang, Yan Fusheng and others."

How are they?

Yan Qiuer and Qin Jiu looked at each other, puzzled.