Minister

58【Six Years of Jiankang】

The patter of rain was getting colder and colder, and it was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was going to cover the entire capital in a rain curtain.Liang Naile sat for a long time with his chest up and his abdomen in. When the soldiers pushed open the door and forced him to stand up, he felt a little numb in his waist and legs.Staggered in embarrassment, when he walked out of the bedroom, there were no shadows of the big shots in the study room, Liang Naile was expressionless, because he knew that it must be over, those big shots had already negotiated the deal, and his own destiny was also decided. a 'price'.

What is there to be afraid of?Saul Hahan has already passed the 'auspicious house' at this moment!Even if you put on your wings, you won't be able to catch up!

The escorting soldier was dissatisfied with Liang Naile's arrogant expression, and pushed him hard.Liang Naile leaned over and nearly fell, the officials standing in the room all turned their heads to look this way.

With just one glance, the man's gaze swept past him.

that person?Is that... Wei Chi?

When Liang Naile turned his head, the young officer of Qi State no longer looked at him.He stood in front of the desk and said these things to a middle-aged officer, and his profile could be seen from Liang Nail.

Is he the one who was inadvertently mentioned by Saul Hahan several times?

It must be him, Liang Nail suddenly sighed inadvertently, maybe he shouldn't see him, and if he doesn't see him, he won't doubt that Saul Hahan really admires him.

He has a handsome face, his facial features are not ostentatious, and every expression reveals tranquility.Sometimes he purses his lips when he is not speaking, and sometimes raises his brows when he nods. People standing opposite him must think his speech is very elegant.Qi State's official uniforms are overlapping and a bit bloated, but they fit him so snugly.That person is more handsome and elegant than him, and he knows that she really misses him, and he knows that the friendship is worth it when he sees him now.

ah!Liang Nail suddenly felt a tingle in her heart - I am going to die, but...

But I know that I love you...and you...

But the person you love didn't show the slightest reluctance for your departure, not even a trace of panic!Is it worth it?Your Royal Highness, are you worth it?Am I worth it?Only when I saw him did I know that you would never fall in love with me, although I had your trust and friendship.

Also just friendship.

When selfish desires secretly erode in the heart, the courage seems to be drawn away.Liang Naile secretly held the poison sewn into his cuff, feeling the fear of death.

When the soldier pushed him again, he couldn't help trembling—I hate my family, and I also hate those stupid and cruel old nobles.But why can't I be at peace when I've done everything?Liang Naile glanced at the officer of Qi State again, was it jealousy?or something else?Why do you hate this stranger more than anything at this moment, why do you hate yourself more than everything at this moment?

I'm dying... and yet...

Wei Chi was discussing the matter of the palace with Ning Yuan, and as he talked, he always felt that someone was watching him, time and time again, each time making people feel more uncomfortable.Wei Chi couldn't help but turn around, that person is a 'ghost writer'?Why stare at yourself?

Wei Chi looked at the 'dead man' of Saul Hahan coldly.

Ning Yuan was interrupted by Wei Chi's turning back, and also looked over there: "...that eldest princess is indeed very resourceful."

"Lord Ning thinks the eldest princess sent him to kill King Monan?"

"It doesn't matter who you send, it's the woman who sent it anyway."

Wei Chi blinked: "How can Master Ning be so sure..."

Ning Yuan suddenly smiled: "Master Wei, don't you believe it? Or don't you want to believe it?"

Wei Chi thought for a while, and finally said, "That's her biological brother!"

Ning Yuan pointed to the dead man: "Do you still remember the man who wanted to assassinate you? This is also his own brother, and it was his own brother who set him up, causing him to almost die at my hands."

"Maybe!" Ning Yuan scratched his head: "No one sent that woman, so maybe she did it herself..."

Wei Chi really wanted him to stop talking!

"Hey!" The moment Wei Chi lowered his head, Ning Yuan suddenly yelled, "Catch him! He's going to run!"

The soldier felt the person in his hand twist suddenly, and when he looked again, he found that the rope that bound him broke at some point.

Um!Liang Naile took out the pill and suddenly hesitated for a moment. Then, the young officer from Qi State rushed over and kicked him in the stomach.Liang Nale forced himself to stabilize his body, took the pill with all his heart and was about to feed it into his mouth, but his wrist was tightly held by the other hand.

"He wants to take poison!" Wei Chi shouted.

Except for the escorting soldier in the study, the others, whether they are from Monan or Qi, are all civil servants!Hearing Wei Chi's shout, he didn't come around either.The escorting soldier had already shrunk into a ball, just as Liang Nail twisted just now, a dagger slammed into his waist fiercely.

Wei Chi had no choice but to go all out, and Ning Yuan also shouted to let the soldiers outside the hall come in for reinforcements.

Wei Chi pinched Liang Naile's neck with one hand, and pinched his wrist holding the pill with the other to prevent him from committing suicide.Liang Naile struggled and fumbled for the belt - there was also a dagger there, a poisoned dagger, with blood sealing his throat.

"Wei Chi!" Ning Yuan just turned around, "Be careful!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. When Wei Chi let go to block back, the dagger had already reached his chest.

But at this moment, the man let go, and the dagger fell to the ground with a bang, which was ear-piercing.

When Wei Chi pinched his jaw, he had already swallowed the poison.

This is a kind of miraculous medicine. It doesn't take much, it doesn't take long, and it doesn't take much pain to sleep forever.At the last moment before closing his eyes, Liang Naile glanced at the young officer in front of him, and tried his best to smile—you are Wei Chi, right?If you can, please love her well...

Wei Chi let go of his hand, this person has fallen asleep forever.Soldiers with swords rushed in, and Ning Yuan ran over to help him up from the ground.

Wei Chi came back to his senses, and touched his chest with some palpitations—was he laughing just now?

The people who came in after that couldn't allow Wei Chi to think about the last scene, because the members of the three noble families had all returned, and it took a long time to reach an agreement after arguing.Ning Yanle's complexion was particularly bad, as if the hen in the pot had been stewed and was picked up by a weasel.

It was not until evening that Wei Chi and Ning Yuan returned to Huta Yasi.After reporting Liang Naile's matter, Wang Yunyi touched his nose after listening to it: "It's good, since I was young, those people from Monan couldn't make use of it."

When I walked out, I couldn't help but glanced at the desk - those documents that I took out last night were still quietly piled there, each of which had her handwriting, and when she wrote these words, I was with her around.A few days ago, she was still joking with herself, but now she is like the breeze between her fingers, and she has gone to nowhere.

She disappeared in such an inexplicable way, just like her inexplicable arrival at the beginning.In the valley, the scene of her sleeping in his arms seems to be yesterday, and there are so many days like sisters, but it is different from now on.

Wei Chi gently took out a hairpin - if she hadn't given it to her by himself, how could there be such a cheap thing in her jewelry box?But she treasured it anyway, alone in the most beautiful box.

Wei Chi shook the little gem on the hairpin, and put it into his arms—Qi Qige, oh no, Saul Hahan, from today onwards we are enemies again.

"Master Wei..." Ning Yuan also came out at some point: "You don't need to open an umbrella, look, the sky has cleared up."

Wei Chi raised his head and looked towards the western sky. At the end of the sky, there was a sunset surrounded by faint clouds, and the cold rain that had lasted for two days had stopped.

"Is this when the sun should clear?" Wei Chi asked.

"At this time in Monan, it is common to see rain for two months." Ning Yuan pointed to the west: "This is really strange."

The dungeons of the Custodians are dark and dank, and even the jailers don't want to stay in them for long.A middle-aged jailer served soup and rice to the prisoners. "Hey!" A young man next to him couldn't help saying: "The few inside are all death row prisoners. What's the point of having more meals and less meals? Why don't you go back sooner?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, still took out the key and opened the iron door leading to the deepest part of the dungeon.

The young man looked at the back of the middle-aged man and snickered: "He is timid, he is really afraid of causing trouble!" After laughing for a while, he left with a few companions.

The middle-aged man took a soup can and poured some into everyone's rice bowl.These prisoners on death row were very bad-tempered, yelling endlessly, and the words in their mouths were even more foul-mouthed.But it’s okay to listen to people in this business, and the middle-aged people don’t answer, it’s just a routine.

Opening the innermost door, the middle-aged man couldn't help being stunned—the prisoner just arrived this morning, and he didn't expect to have already received such a severe punishment!

Without looking too much, the jailer took soup and poured some soup into the food bowl through the iron bars.Hearing the sound, the prisoner slowly turned his head.It was a youthful face, once handsome perhaps, but not human anymore.

The jailer yelled, "The food is here!"

Unexpectedly, the prisoner heard the yelling and slowly crawled over.What kind of hands are those!It couldn't see what it should look like, all the fingers were swollen and purple, and the shape was weird and distorted, but the prisoner still insisted on crawling over.The jailer was a little curious, wanting to see what he was going to do.Because of the injuries all over his body, the prisoner had to rest for a while after climbing.Finally, after crawling for a long time, the prisoner was able to reach his own food bowl.

"Thank you." The young prisoner said calmly.

The jailer trembled, he suddenly wanted to know who this young man was and what felony he had committed: "Who are you? What crime did you commit?"

Hearing this sentence, the condemned prisoner raised his face buried in the food bowl: "I am not guilty."

The jailer gently closed the door and squatted down: "Why did you come in without any crime? Who are you?"

The death row prisoner was silent for a long time: "..."

Seeing that he was weak, the jailer couldn't bear to ask any more questions, so he secretly picked up the food bowl on the ground so that the young man lying on the ground could eat more.

"Ah! Thank you!" The condemned prisoner lowered his head and drank the soup again.

"Ah!" The jailer suddenly called out in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" The prisoner raised his head vigilantly.

"Oh..." The jailer regained his composure: "...It's just that the sky has cleared up. This dungeon is so deep, but there is still a ray of sunlight shining in."

The condemned prisoner suddenly turned his head and turned his face towards the floor window—this was the deepest dungeon, and only half of the narrow window leaked out.The prisoner tried his best to raise his face, although he could no longer see it.

"Is it sunshine?" he asked.

"Yes." The jailer answered cautiously.

"Look..." He raised his finger and pointed there, "I'm here for the light."

We are here for the light, and for the light, we are willing to die in the dark.

This bizarre murder case came to an end hastily. What the people of Monan knew was that His Royal Highness the king was dead, and what was worse was that the eldest princess who protected Monan was also missing.It was rumored that the eldest princess was also in distress, but the people were more willing to believe that she was still alive.

That is to say, in less than ten days, the difficult problem listed by Saul Hahan made all the forces brainstorm and heartbroken.Wang Yunyi wrote a letter to the Ministry of War, a letter to the cabinet, and a letter to the emperor himself.When the letter was delivered, Shen Yang had just reported his work. 'Taiping', Master Shen said so.Seeing these letters, Shen Yang sighed, and the emperor slapped the table with a gloomy face.

The Ministry of War and the cabinet quarreled. One day later, the emperor resisted all opinions and continued to delegate power to Wang Yunyi.

"In this way, he is the governor of the three sides." Only when Shen Yang was there, the emperor covered his forehead and muttered.

Shen Yang smelled a murderous intent, but at this moment, Shen Yang could no longer say the words "do not doubt the person, and employ the person". He knew that only silence can make the emperor stick to this correct decision.

Another day later, the cabinet received a blood letter from Wang Yunyi.The officials couldn't sit still at all, they all jumped up and scolded Wang Yunyi for coercing the court.But the emperor finally stamped the edict.

The horse passed non-stop for five days, and a military order came to Wang Yunyi, which was better than he thought, and the emperor and the cabinet directly withdrew most of the supervising troops.Wang Yunyi showed the document to Du Qihuan.

"There is no retreat, but to win?"

"There is no way out! Just seek a victory!"

While Wang Yunyi was "sharpening the knife" in this room, Mei Lin was not idle in that room.After a short period of astonishment, the old fox keenly sensed the fishy smell—the opportunity he had been waiting for all his life may have arrived, the meat is right next to his mouth, even if the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind him, he will have a good time with the oriole. It's well worth the fight.In fact, Meilin is very clear about the eldest princess's thoughts. She is the most beloved child of the former king, and she will not have two hearts. Back then, the former king could not fail himself, so the little girl could not just forget about it after hearing it as a story. .The subsequent show of goodwill and forbearance was just a tactic to delay the attack. If she was given a chance, how could she not get rid of herself?Since Qi Bing entered the city, she has seized the opportunity to provoke Wang Yunyi and herself all the time, but how can Wang Yunyi be an extraordinary person?Hold your anger deeper than anyone else.Now that the eldest princess is willing to flee from the capital, this place can be regarded as leaderless.There are only two left in the three-party game, even if he doesn't move, Wang Yunyi will make a move.

What's more, why don't you move?Then Wang Yunyi led troops deep into the enemy's rear, and there was not enough backup. Who could tell which one was the praying mantis and which one was the oriole?

That night, Meilin paid a non-stop visit to Kewo Ningya in person. The family that was closest to the Monan royal family finally let go, saying that as long as Meilin supports Wo Tuolei, they are willing to recruit all the troops of the Chahan family. dispatch.

The mist that was carefully planned dissipated, and the forces of all parties were actively mobilized. Whoever entered the state faster enough was the winner of this battle.

This grassland will see the victor live and the loser perish.

Umuji, who had been thrown in the academy for several months, was released by his elder brother. The elder brother did not give him a lecture as usual, but handed him a letter of appointment: "From tomorrow onwards, you will be the chief guard of the cavalry of the Imperial Army."

The Forbidden Army is the only place where Xi Shifengya's family can be regarded as having real power, and this is also half of the seats that the eldest brother won after entering the palace.Chief Guard of the Imperial Guard Cavalry!Mei Lin actually agreed to hand over all the best troops of the Imperial Army to the Shi Shifeng's family!And the eldest brother actually handed over this supreme glory to himself, who was always questioned by his family.

Just yesterday, I was still distressed by the unconcealed disappointment of my family...

Seeing Umuji's sorrow and joy, Ning Yanle was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Did you know? Liang Na strangled to death... Also, he is the one who hurt you."

Umuji's mind was a little confused: "What? Why?"

Ning Yanle raised his head and looked at his little brother who didn't know much about the world: "...Because he never regarded himself as a member of our family, he was the eldest princess' servant."

Seeing Umuji's bewildered look, Ning Yanle sighed, stood up and patted his younger brother who was already taller than him: "The imperial army is the only thing I can win for the family, but now only you can do it." Turn him into a real force, I believe in your strength to lead troops to fight, and the safety of the family rests on your shoulders."

Umuji tried hard to recall Liang Nail in his mind, but unfortunately his impression was too vague, as if he had never spoken a word.In the end, he stopped this meaningless effort, and looked up at the big brother who was also unfamiliar: "Brother, what do you mean, I am the chief guard of the imperial army?"

Ning Yanle nodded: "I will go to the palace to receive the license in the afternoon."

"Okay!" Ning Yanle heard this simple and straightforward answer.

It took Wei Chi almost a whole year to transform her identity into a 'weapon' that could kill someone. During this period, her heart was shaken many times and she suffered from sleeplessness many times.But some people only need the blink of an eye.Umuji, a dude who only knows how to walk a dog and walk a horse, put aside all political doubts and family turmoil, and he grasped the key to this matter-the chief guard of the imperial army.

After saying that good word, Umuji focused all his thoughts on the matter of 'General Guard of the Imperial Army'.

Some people have never learned to lead soldiers in war, or have not learned it well.Some people are geniuses, geniuses on the battlefield