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It was King Yu who tried his best to win him over, but Lin Shu remained neutral and focused on helping Emperor Liang.

But it is almost certain that no matter who he falls for in the end, it will not be Xiao Jingyan.

In the past year, although Lin Shu did not obstruct King Jing, he never helped him when he was in trouble, including when he was carrying out the horse administration. Let me persuade you, it must be much smoother for King Jing to implement the horse policy.

It is indeed a pity for a prince not to get Lin Shu's support, but for Xia Jiang, it could not be a better thing.

Lin Shu has the same temperament as King Qi, no matter whether he will know about Meiling's fall or not in the future, he and he must be at odds with each other.

If King Jing doesn't join forces with King Qi of the Lin family, maybe he can really discuss this business with him.

Since he wanted to do business, he should actually show some sincerity.

Xia Jiang put his gaze back on the picture in his hand.

The picture is a house, and it is the mansion of King Qi in Taizhou.

As long as the Lin family is still there, King Qi will still threaten him.

If the lives of Prince Qi's family were used as a meeting gift, perhaps His Highness Prince Jing would believe in his sincerity.

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A loud noise at the port in the middle of the night awakened the dreams of the people in Jinling.

Emperor Liang climbed down from the dragon couch with bare feet, and learned that several boats of congratulatory gifts for his birthday from the southern states and counties, including a natural stone carving with the word "Shou", were blown to pieces with the sound, and he couldn't help being furious. It was a thorough investigation overnight.

"Niezi!" Emperor Liang scolded, and then repeatedly regretted his birthday gift.

King Yu also felt it was a pity.

Originally, his people could have taken advantage of the black fire and transported them to the private cannon house before igniting them. There are residential houses all around them.

But they didn't want these ships to be detained by the household department after they entered the port and they were not allowed to go ashore, saying that the emperor's birthday gift had arrived, and the gift should be inspected first.Seeing that Shen Zhui from the Ministry of Household Affairs actually led people to check the boat one by one in accordance with King Jing's order, King Yu was afraid that Emperor Liang would not be very concerned if he found out that this matter did not cause a catastrophe after all. , and had no choice but to order someone to ignite the black fire on the ship early.

Although no one was killed, there would be no public grievances, but the bombing of many gifts and goods at the wharf has angered the public.

The result of the investigation was that a ship carrying tangerines and other fruits belonging to King Xian exploded. After further investigation, it was found that a private artillery house in the suburbs of Beijing that had been built for less than two years had something to do with King Xian.Emperor Liang ordered Xian Wang to close his residence and think about his mistakes, but he still felt that this was not enough, so he was reduced to the prince of Liangzhu and fined his salary.

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In a blink of an eye, the peach blossoms are blooming and withering, the autumn hunting is over, and the Qi water is freezing again. Another year has passed.

Lin Shu was wearing armor and led people to patrol the palace. The deerskin of the boots was hunted by him this autumn, and his mother sewed them by herself. The thick soles of the boots were not cold at all when they stepped on the freshly fallen snow.

This year, Lin Shu took the lead in the autumn hunt, but he couldn't be happier.Because he saw that Jingyan only hunted small things such as rabbits and pheasants—the knife wound on his chest, even if it healed, he would not have the strength to use his bow for several years.

With Gao Zhan's long voice retreating, the gate of the Hall of Martial Heroes opened.

King Yu walked out of the palace alone with a sullen face. It was the middle of winter, and King Yu's face was even more frosty. When he saw Lin Shu, he walked over quickly with a smile, patted him on the shoulder familiarly and chatted a few words .

Lin Shu knew that King Yu was worried about the land enclosure case of Duke Qing.

Duke Yu of the Qing Kingdom knew about the enclosure of land, but the enclosure had been going on for several years, and Emperor Liang had not restrained him before, but at this moment he proposed to try and sentence. The past several cases of encroachment of land were finally involved in the leading generals. This was a taboo of Emperor Liang, and it also caused Wang Yu, who was very proud of suppressing King Xian with his private cannon room, to be overwhelmed.

Duke Qing was the first general to stand up and support him, so he had to protect him.

He couldn't put pressure on Xia Jiang, so he could only send someone to intercept and investigate Xia Dong, but Xia Dong seemed to be protected by a Jianghu man surnamed Mei, and escaped from hunting all the way.

King Yu made various investigations and found out that this person was Mei Changsu, who was on the list in Langya, but his whereabouts were erratic, not to mention getting rid of him, but there were very few people who knew his appearance.

Facing such an untraceable person, there was nothing he could do even if he had the power to overwhelm the sky with one hand, King Yu could only watch helplessly as Xia Dong escorted several witnesses back to Jinling.

King Yu and Lin Shu seemed to inadvertently ask about Emperor Liang's daily life and diet in recent days, looking for a little chance to get rid of it for the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Shu pretended to be false, while watching the courtiers timidly dodging the wind and snow and leaving the Hall of Martial Heroes, he couldn't help but think, when he saw Jingyan coming, he was wearing thin clothes, now that the snow has stopped, it must be cold.

As he was thinking about it, he saw Jingyan, he was wearing the uniform of Prince Qizhu, he only added a cloak on his body, the wide sleeves did not have the effect of keeping out the cold, his fingertips turned red from the cold.

When Lin Shu led the imperial army through the main hall, he happened to be walking with Jingyan.

The two were still speechless, and when they passed each other, the fringe hanging from Lin Shu's knife brushed against Jingyan's red fingertips, entangled with the red thread that seemed to be wrapped around it—the same as now. It's the same as the bow placed in Prince Jing's mansion.

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Jingyan subconsciously retracts his fingers into his sleeves, as if scalded by the gun.

After he woke up drunk that day, he couldn't help being surprised to see that the house that should have been a mess was tidied up very cleanly, and even he was lying on the bed in his underwear.

It wasn't until he saw the vermilion iron bow that was returned to Lin Shu in his hand that he realized that Lin Shu had been there.

He was so drunk that he had no idea when Lin Shu came and why he returned the bow.

He couldn't remember what he said that day.Calling Fei Liu in to ask, Fei Liu shook his head and didn't hear anything, so he felt a little relieved.

The bow that was returned has been repaired again, because the part with lettering was deliberately avoided and re-forged, the repaired part appeared uneven. In order to cover up the trace, Lin Shu wound it tightly with red thread round by round. stand up.

Later, I occasionally met Lin Shu in the palace, and I couldn't see any difference from the past from his unrestrained expression.

Jingyan heaves a sigh of relief, this is good.

He is now walking on a path that already knows the result, and every step forward and every obstacle he removes from now on will bring him one step closer to his end.

No one can accompany him on this road.

Especially not Lin Shu.

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Lin Shu rubbed the gun fringe that was entangled with Jingyan's fingers with his hands, as if he was pinching Jingyan's hand.

That night after Jingyan said those words to himself, he fell into a drowsy sleep, leaving himself to hold his hand for the whole night.

Before he woke up, he went back to the mansion to get the bow and put it beside him.

The iron bow is icy cold, and when it was stuffed in Jingyan's hand, he woke up a little bit, took a look at the bow in his hand, and then held it firmly, refusing to let go, muttering that the bow is mine.

He also said, Xiaoshu, I like you.

"...I know." Lin Shu lowered his head and kissed Jingyan's closed eyes, "So in the future, don't throw away the things I give you."

[Langya Bang] The First True [32] (Shu Yan)

After Qing Guogong's case was sent to Emperor Liang, Emperor Liang did not let Jingyan preside over the trial, but handed it over to King Ning.

King Yu made every effort to obstruct him, the files handed over by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sometimes had mistakes and omissions, even two of the witnesses who were interrogated died for no apparent reason, and the others were so frightened that they kept silent. If he didn't come down, Emperor Liang was furious in the end, and he called the officials of the Ministry of punishment to scold him, and it was barely a result.

In the end, it was nothing more than paying the silver, fined the salary, and taking back the annexed properties.

Not getting the desired result, Emperor Liang looked angrily at the pale King Ning who was kneeling in front of him, sighed, and told him to back down.

He understands that it's not that Jing Ting has no intention of doing this job well, but that it's Yu Wang who hinders him so that he can't compete.

He has so many sons, but there are too few who are worthy of the crown prince.

Xiao Jingyu was a candidate he would definitely not consider.

Jing Xuan is greedy for money, Jing Ting is cowardly and cowardly, and Jing Huan was originally loved by him, but from the perspective of Duke Qing, he is really ignorant... These are small things, mainly because of his identity. A few years ago Things about the slippery people make people feel bad.

The only one left is Jingyan.

This son really has nothing to criticize. He has both military and political achievements. He is decisive and considerate in his actions.

Another point is that he has no military power.

A few years ago, he planned to make Jingyan get closer to Lin Shu, so as to weaken the power of the Chiyan Army and Jing Yu, but times have changed, and Jingyu and the Chiyan Army are no longer a threat. For the favored prince, if Lin Shu, the deputy commander of the imperial army, supports him, it may be a hidden danger.

Fortunately, Lin Shu and Jingyan are almost strangers now, they hardly greet each other when they meet, and there is no personal contact. When Lin Shu is born every year, Prince Jing's mansion just sends a routine gift according to the usual practice, and they don't even come.

Emperor Liang has the Xuanjing Division and the Forbidden Army who are completely loyal to him. Even if Jingyan is the prince in the future, he can still be completely under his control.

After making up his mind, the first thing Emperor Liang had to do before becoming the heir apparent was not to welcome Concubine Jing back, but to choose a fief for Prince Yu.

At the same time, Cai Quan and Shen Zhui, the directors of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, had an audience