Chiwuxing

Chapter Sixty-Second - In the morning, the curtain loves the emperor's concubine's secret words, and in the evening, private eunuchs conspire against each other

The curtains were rolled up layer by layer by the servants, the light outside the window panes was shining brightly, and the golden dragons decorated between the Chinese arches in the hall were vivid.

"Miss."

The two inner eunuchs guarding the entrance of the Yugan Palace signaled to the woman who was approaching.

Concubine Ni slowly entered the palace with her maid Sanskrit. The moon palace dress was simple and clean. When the two inner eunuchs lowered their heads, they could only glimpse the faint lotus pattern on it, floating into the golden palace with their movements.

The smell of medicine is getting stronger and stronger.

Concubine Ni Gui stepped into the palace, looked at the maids and servants busy in the morning, and said slowly: "Your Majesty likes to be quiet, let's all go down now."

"Yes." Everyone retreated in one word.

Concubine Ni stretched out her sleeve to cover her lower lip, and said to the Sanskrit voice to the side: "Put on some more incense."

She stepped into the inner room, and inside the curtain, she could see the emperor lying on the couch, his eyes were slightly open, and his face was haggard and yellow.

This short period of time is enough to destroy a person's appearance and inflate his true age.

"Your Majesty," Concubine Ni Gui leaned over and leaned on the edge of the bed, with sad and gentle eyes, said, "How did Your Majesty sleep last night? Is the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician effective?"

Zong Zhengqiu blinked slowly, turned his gaze from the gentle light outside the window to the person beside the bed, and said, "Last night... I... had a dream. Before I became the throne, when I was the prince... there was a dream... One day, I saw an ancient painting in the Hanlin... painting academy, and I still remember it vividly at that time..."

"...I just remember that it was in the mountains and rivers... there were two red-clothed men chatting happily with each other, in the green mountains...but I saw two patches of red... I went to see it later, but I couldn't find it... The master of the painting academy said it was It was stolen... After so many years, I didn't expect it to come into my dream again, and the person in the painting came back to life... It turned out that the painting was not a young man in fresh clothes and angry horse, but two decaying bearded madmen Dao, wrapped in a red shirt and dancing in the mountains..."

"I don't know why, I... I feel that if I saw the painting and took it back then, I wouldn't have to miss it many years later in my dream... I wouldn't have remembered the mistake for so long and didn't know it..."

After some raving, the emperor lowered his eyes slightly, as if feeling tired.

Concubine Ni Gui stared intently at Zong Zhengqiu's expression, and after he finished speaking, she said softly: "Your Majesty is too worried and tired, so he can't sleep well... Your Majesty is not yet the time to go back to the past, so don't be overwhelmed by this temporary illness." Let it go down, the concubine will always be by your side, if you have any troubles, you can directly talk to the concubine..."

Zong Zhengqiu opened his eyes and said to her: "Yan country is not stable... I am also ashamed of those who have already gone underground. If I say that I have made so many mistakes in my life... But in the end I don't want to let the whole Dayan is here to shoulder this responsibility..."

Concubine Ni said: "Although my concubine doesn't understand government affairs, she understands that the Buddhists once said that they should not be greedy for the merits they do, and naturally they should not be obsessed with the lost past. Your Majesty blamed himself too much for the past and hurt you It is of no benefit to the body either."

Zong Zhengqiu sighed: "You are right, but the current situation is different from the past... In the past... I didn't take it seriously when the military ministers in the court mentioned the Southern Barbarian turmoil, but now it is really a daily occurrence... If Hu Qiang wants to do this It's really not stable when it breaks out from time to time... This country is just a shell."

Concubine Ni said: "In the past few days, I have been dealing with government affairs until late at night, and I am very diligent. I am also looking forward to sharing your majesty's worries. There are all the adults in the court. Your majesty can rest assured and recuperate. Don't work all day long, which will delay the illness. .”

"Thanks for your hard work," Zong Zhengqiu said, "Yi'er has a benevolent personality, so I don't worry about things. It's just that you, a mother, should teach him how to cultivate himself, and don't follow other people's orders... But in terms of And even then, I didn’t do well enough.”

Concubine Ni said: "The concubine understands that in the past two years of being the crown prince, Yan'er has benefited for everyone. As long as His Majesty is willing to trust him, he is a good boy who dares to take on things."

Zong Zhengqiu nodded lightly, with haggard eyes: "He will be better than me... Over the years, I have repented of many times, right and wrong, right and wrong, all the past... since I was lying on the bed So I started repeating the story again and again. My life has gone the wrong way... I saw the boys in the red armor before, and I envied them for being young but brave and brave, and they refused to admit defeat. On the contrary, it was Jiao Shiling These veterans have all been tempered to the point of civil servants. I regret that I didn't have such courage when I was young. Now that I am old, I am willing to redeem some, but I find that those shackles that were originally someone else's shackles have now been transferred to myself. It's on me...it's really useless..."

The house is filled with the aroma of medicine, and wrapped in the increasingly thick benzoin.

The corners of Ni Guifei's eyes turned sour, and she said in a low voice: "How can your Majesty say that...Since your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, you must bear the destiny of heaven, so you shouldn't have such reckless actions...Where is there any courage to be desperate? Let alone a status like your Majesty ..."

"You... know those things back then?" Zong Zhengqiu said slowly.

Concubine Ni wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, heard the words and leaned closer again, and said, "What did Your Majesty just say?"

Zong Zhengqiu stretched out a wrinkled hand from the golden silk brocade quilt as if he was deeply tired, his veins protruding, he lowered his eyes and said, "Hua'er...promise me one thing."

Concubine Ni went up to hold his hand lightly, and said in a low voice, "What is your Majesty doing? It's not a serious illness that cannot be cured..."

Zong Zhengqiu slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, the dry skin on his mouth pouted, and said: "I'm not telling you something serious..."

"You help me... burn all the calligraphy, ink treasures and ancient paintings hung and hidden in the palace study room."

Concubine Ni raised her eyes and looked at him: "Why is this so? Aren't these all treasured things of His Majesty during his lifetime? What a pity to burn them to the ground."

"I know very well that I have committed a crime," Zong Zhengqiu closed his eyes halfway, a strand of white hair slipped from the pillow to the head of the bed, "I used to be greedy for literary affairs and elegant arts, and neglected political affairs. I was guilty of laziness. Others have suffered for me. Nowadays, many people and things have changed. At the end of the journey, I don’t want to ask for a good reputation, so I burned these guilty things together... I am sorry for these ancient relics, and I'm sorry for delaying the official business of the court, but this time, after all, I will bear the slander of later historians, at least, after ten or a hundred years, my heart will be at ease..."

Concubine Ni tightened her fingers, looked at Zong Zhengqiu, and said, "Okay. It's just what His Majesty loved before he was alive. Is it really just letting go?"

"I don't know what I want for a long time... But people are always more important than those cold ancient scrolls," Zongzhengqiu said. He paused, turned to Concubine Ni and said, "Hua'er, go back Take a good rest, don't come here to guard all day, now you have to take care of yourself."

"It doesn't matter to my concubine, but I beg your majesty to survive this illness. The imperial doctor said that your majesty must not get angry and worry too much these days. If there is anything you need to talk to your concubine at any time," Concubine Ni turned and smiled again Meaning, said, "It has been a long time since Director Jiang has been in charge of the construction of the palace in Fenying City. The mountains and rivers there are beautiful and the scenery is excellent. When it is warmer, the ministers and concubines can accompany His Majesty there Raise it for a while, and enjoy it.”

"I'm getting old, and I don't want to bother anymore. Let Jiang Hua save some manpower and materials to do other things later." The beautiful landscapes and grass-eyed eyes he used to love in the past have turned into extravagant recklessness under the attack of illness. It made him no longer want to think about touching, "I know my own physical condition very well, and it's not the last time, so I don't want to just leave, even if it's a little trace, it's still... Better than going to sleep without knowing."

Seeing his slightly green eyes, Ni Guifei felt a burst of bitterness and entanglement.She knew that he had a temperament, but also had the talent and character of a calligrapher and painter. She was obsessed with it and also hated it. Love and hatred were intertwined, so she spent decades of intolerance and fascination.

"If His Majesty is really not an emperor, it will indeed be a pleasure."

Zong Zhengqiu smiled at Concubine Ni Gui, and said: "At the beginning, you were as arrogant as that girl Xin of Xiangfu, but now...you have suffered so much from being trapped with me in this cage for so many years...God Family harms others, if you have the chance to do it all over again, don't you want to suffer this living crime from me again..."

Concubine Ni's eyes sparkled, and she also smiled slightly: "Ni Conghua entered the Zongzheng's family decades ago, not the imperial courtyard."

Looking at the pure face of the noble concubine for decades, the emperor felt rippling in his heart, and murmured: "This epiphyllum really suits you..."

Concubine Ni raised her left hand and caressed the dark lotus pattern on her clothes, and said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, what my concubine loves is lotus, and this pattern is also a lotus flower."

"Lian is not bad either," Zong Zhengqiu stared at Na Bai, he was really sick and confused, and then raving, "It's just that Zhang is too big, there is always a reason for it to last..."

Concubine Ni looked at his dazed pupils and was speechless for a moment.

No matter how long it doesn't last, can it be compared to the bitter state of the epiphyllum that only appears overnight?

"Is the imperial concubine busy in the morning?"

Concubine Ni Gui said: "Is there anything more important than Your Majesty..."

"Come and rest with me on the couch..."

Zong Zhengqiu moved sideways and slowly, his expression still dull.

Concubine Ni was taken aback, for some reason, an unspeakable hot spring flowed into her heart like a hot spring.She got up and took off her skirt and blouse, put it on the hanger, then sat by the bed, took off her shoes and socks, and got into the brocade quilt.

The quilt embroidered with gold threads felt cold from the outside, but they didn't know that it was hot inside.

The golden bed curtain was untied.

"Is Your Majesty cold?" Ni Conghua asked sideways.

"...Cold." Zong Zhengqiu leaned forward in front of the tent.

Ni Conghua reached into the quilt, touched something warm and cold, and wanted to get up and said, "This Mrs. Tang is a bit cold, my concubine will call someone to change it..."

"Don't bother..." Zong Zhengqiu said in a hoarse voice.

Ni joined Huachao Zongzhengqiu's side.

Zong Zhengqiu turned sideways, reached out and wiped away the residual water on the corners of her eyes, touched the fine lines on the corners of the woman's eyes with his warm fingertips, and said: "A young woman can't beat this speed The past Xingshuang..."

Ni Conghua smiled wryly: "The concubine is indeed old..."

Zong Zhengqiu sighed: "People's hearts will not grow old, they will only be tempered to become narrower and thinner, just like fine steel..."

Ni Conghua paused when she heard the words, then burst into a smile, turned her head to look at Zong Zhengqiu, and said, "Your Majesty, what kind of metaphor is this, a person's heart can only become softer and softer, how can it be said to be made of fine steel..."

Zong Zhengqiu also smiled lightly: "That's right, the concubine is right... I'm so sick that I'm confused..."

The emperor turned around again, facing the finely carved mother-of-pearl on the top of the bed.

Ni Conghua leaned on his shoulder.

One hundred worries feel the heart, and all things work the body.

Zong Zhengqiu couldn't help but yearn for this real and rare tenderness, everything is just a dream come true, only this moment is the quiet reality.

At this moment, a servant's report came from the outside: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince seeks to see you."

Concubine Ni Gui was suspicious, Zong Zhengqiu continued:

"pass."

When Zong Zhengyi entered the inner room, he saw that the bed and curtains were tightly closed, and he couldn't tell what was going on inside. He paused and asked softly, "Is Father still resting?"

"Get up," said an old and slightly hoarse voice from behind the curtain, "Why did the emperor come here?"

Zong Zhengyi stood quietly and cupped his hands and said: "My son first come to pay my respects to my father, may I ask if my father's condition has improved today?"

"It's much better," Zong Zhengqiu said, "the emperor has a heart, if there are many affairs in the court, there is no need to come to visit every day."

"This is a matter of the sons and ministers," Zongzheng said, "Today, there is another happy event, so I will tell my father about it, so that you can rest assured."

"what's up?"

"It was the situation of the Hu and Qiang civil strife before," Zongzheng said, "A letter from the border gate said that when the army was deployed this time, the vanguard dispatched troops well, and took the lead in taking back the previously captured Jingzhou before the Chinese army arrived. Quick battle and quick victory, now that Hu Qiang has suffered setbacks and hasn't made any moves for the time being, according to my son, the Hu Qiang people are weak and single, and there is no danger, and the emperor does not need to worry too much."

The emperor's voice came from inside the curtain: "It's good to take it back... Once these veterans leave, you must not slack off in military affairs. It is an eventful autumn, and the troubles in the barbarians have not yet been eradicated. Here, the Hu Qiang suddenly broke out in civil strife. This foreign aggression is something that shakes the foundation, the emperor must pay attention to it."

Zongzheng said loudly: "My ministers have already commended and promoted the soldiers who led the army this time. In order to motivate the soldiers, they also allocated money from the Privy Council to show their great love."

"Well," Zong Zhengqiu said, "someone mentioned to me before that 'soldiers are important affairs of the country, and we must investigate them'. The tradition of light martial arts in Yan Kingdom is too long, and we can't let it go on like this."

"I understand." Zongzheng said.

Zong Zhengqiu said: "If the emperor has nothing to do, go down and get busy. Don't delay my business because of my little illness."

"Yes," Zongzheng Yi was about to turn around, but he remembered something, turned around and said, "Dare to ask my father, has my mother and concubine been here today?"

"..."

Zong Zhengqiu glanced at the noble concubine beside him, and there was a rare surprise in the eyes of the usually calm woman.

"What does the emperor want to do with the concubine mother?" A female voice came from the tent.

Zong Zhengyi was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned red, and he stammered: "No...it's nothing, I will leave for the time being."

After finishing speaking, he quickly walked out of the palace gate.

Tong Xiu, who was guarding the door, saw the crown prince coming out, but her expression changed, she went up to meet him and said, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"...Nothing." Zongzheng said.

Tong Xiu didn't dare to talk about his master and son's affairs, but before he could say anything, she saw him stop her again: "You go out of the palace."

Zong Zhengyi's young face showed a rare urgency: "Sneak two prostitutes in."

"Uh...ah?" Tong Xiu also felt embarrassed, looked at his expression, and suggested, "...Master, if you are very angry, there are a few in the East Palace..."

"That's not the case," Zong Zhengyi lowered his voice, and cut off, "Choose two smart people who can sing, and don't take those messy ones... Do you know where to go?"

"Your servant knows," Tong Xiudao, "I will go there now, my servant."

The prince calmed down for a moment, expelling the musky smell from his nose and lips.

In the back room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the little eunuch bowed, nervously slipped into the door of the hall, and approached the circle surrounded by the crowd.

He avoided the little eunuch squatting on the side holding Sixi dried fruit, and saw the person in the middle leaning on a triangular chair inlaid with mahogany and mother-of-pearl, with a serene expression and lowered eyes.

He raised his head and glanced at Zhang Rui who was rubbing his shoulders above him. Zhang Rui winked sideways and nodded slightly.

He said softly, "Boss."

The sleepy afternoon sun lightly covered the layer of oil on his face.Jiang Hua opened his eyes a slit, looked up at him, and said lazily, "What's the matter?"

The little eunuch opened a mahogany box in his arms, a yellow light flashed, and the gold bars were neatly arranged in the box.

"Master Yuan from the Ministry of Households sent this to honor you, saying that it is all for your daily expenses."

Jiang Hua glanced, then closed his eyes again.Zhang Rui reprimanded lightly: "Such a trivial matter has to come here to bother the manager at this time! How can I do it! There is no wink at all..."

"It's hard for him to remember, just keep it." Jiang Hua said softly.

"One more thing," the little eunuch hurriedly said, "Just now on the road, I ran into someone sent by the prime minister to deliver a report, asking you to come to his residence at the time of application today.

Jiang Hua half opened his eyes, raised his right eyebrow slightly.

Zhang Rui, who was rubbing his shoulders next to him, couldn't help saying: "Hey, this Xiangye is so arrogant now, this is not his style in the past."

Jiang Hua narrowed his eyes and said, "Understood, you can go down."

He straightened up, and the little eunuchs who were serving delicacies and fruits all joined him, Jiang Hua said: "You all go down first."

"Yes."

Several young eunuchs lined up and retreated together, Zhang Rui curled his lips and said, "What does Ni Congwen mean by this? Now you don't even send people to come to the door... Sure enough, you will put on airs again when you have power..."

Jiang Hua snorted coldly: "Your Majesty now lives in seclusion in the palace to recuperate from illness, and there are people from the Ni family inside and outside... But he dare not break up with me at this time, if he still has any deep thoughts, there is still use in it When we go to our house."

"Have you found all the supplements and good medicines in the library?" Jiang Hua asked again, "If you are soft, you can't be hard. Let the quack doctors in the Imperial Hospital listen. If your majesty makes half a mistake, I will send their lives to be buried with you first." !"

"And tell me," Zhang Rui said, "Even if you don't tell them, they don't have the guts to take responsibility for their mistakes."

Jiang Hua snorted again.

Zhang Rui said dissatisfiedly: "I think it was really a mistake for you to curry favor with Ni Congwen, Chief Manager. How could such a shrewd person like Ni Xiang have a sincere relationship with us? He is a cunning rabbit and a dog. It's a waste of time..."

Jiang Hua picked up the teacup on the small table again, and said: "It's useless to keep it... After Jia Yun and Jin Duo were defeated, the courtiers looked up to our family, who knew it well The backer behind him? Right now he can't be kicked away, if he dares to do something, our family doesn't mind tearing it up with him..."

Zhang Rui said angrily again: "Jin Duo slipped away quickly. He got sick and went home before he was punished for his crimes. Later, he ransacked his house in a daze, so he didn't cut off his way..."

Jiang Hua snorted lightly: "He is a sensible person, compared to Jia Yun, he is much more sensible... If he hadn't woken up quickly, he would still not be given a way out, but I don't know if His Majesty is sympathetic in his illness, or he is still among the courtiers." The person who acts as a guarantor... tsk tsk, is also an old man."

After a pause, Jiang Hua asked again: "What time is it?"

"Return to the manager, it's about time."

Jiang Hua got up, walked to the inner room, and said: "Clean up and ask the little ones to prepare the sedan chair."

"So early?" Zhang Rui was surprised.

"Not busy, let's go to the prison department first and pay a visit in person. How can there be no reason to be rude?" Jiang Hua raised his arm and said, "He wants to put on airs, and our family will give him enough face."

Zhang Rui stepped forward to change his casual clothes, and then picked out a formal suit with purple-red embroidered patterns from the cabinet, and said, "It seems that even a civil servant like Ni Xiang is still invincible to the temptation of power. Maybe he has to do something recently to let the manager go over in person."

"Do you think his hands are clean?" Jiang Hua stood on the spot and let Zhang Rui tie his waist robe belt, "He has done dirty things no less than our family... like Xie Zhi How many can there be? Those who want to learn from him have to see his fate first, Feng Yuanshan, Han Huaijin... how many people in the court are really stupid..."

Zhang Ruidao: "It's a pity that those people always treat others as fools."

"It's really stupid to treat others as fools," Jiang Hua stood still, straightened his sleeves in front of the mirror, and said indifferently, "Civilian officials can kill people in the dark, he is much more ruthless than ours... ...It's almost there, let's go."

Zhang Rui leaned over to support his arm, and followed him out of the gatehouse.

Ni Chengzhi handed over the playlist and looked at the expressions of the people in front of him.

Ni Congwen flipped through the text a few times, and several lines of numbers flashed by. He fixed his eyes on one spot, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said slowly: "The thousands of acres of wasteland designated by the public land, how can we only talk about land tax, and just talk about it?" Don't you consider the limit on the number of people?"

Ni Chengzhi said: "This is collected according to the original private land payment ratio, and I think there is nothing wrong with it."

Ni Congwen put down the memorandum, frowned and said: "But you must not forget that the restructuring originally used the interests of the bottom. If it really makes the people feel dissatisfied, it will damage the foundation of agriculture."

Ni Chengzhi said: "Then... go back and discuss it later."

Ni Congwen nodded, and said, "Reverting to the public land is the most important part of this system reform, so we can't act too hastily."

Ni Chengzhi didn't take it seriously, and said: "Since the land was changed, the results from the subordinates have shown that the results have been good, and there have been no major disputes..."

"Did you go down and see it yourself?" Ni Congwen raised his eyebrows and asked.

Ni Chengzhi stopped and said, "...No."

Ni Congwen pushed the memorial table forward, and said: "Then don't blindly believe the reports of the people below. You should think about this matter carefully after you go down. Although no one will be able to pick you up at this time, don't just focus on it." You can benefit from it yourself. The frontier wasteland is bitter and cold, and you don’t need to go there yourself, but don’t do everything, you always have to leave some room to facilitate future arrangements.”

"My son understands," Ni Chengzhi said with a smile, "now the main affairs of the court are all in the hands of the father, and the career before the eunuch is gone, and all military and political affairs are not under the control of the father, and the father no longer has to be so cautious."

Ni Congwen leaned back in the chair, squinted at the light and shadow outside the door, turned the green jade finger on the thumb with his right hand, and said slowly: "These... are not long-term solutions."

Ni Chengzhi was puzzled: "...what is father still worried about? The prince also has his heart for us now, and now... isn't everything proceeding according to the original plan? The road always needs to be taken step by step, and father does not need to think too much forward."

"That's right," Ni Congwen let go of his hand, "The car will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, and the hidden worries of the turbulence are invisible now, so let's walk first and then talk about it."

Ni Chengzhi said with a slight smile: "My son has heard the teachings since he was a child, and he is not impatient or exhausted in major affairs, and everything can be accomplished in the end. If my father--"

"Beep!"

It happened to be reported outside the door: "Master, Director Jiang is here."

Ni Chengzhi turned to Ni Congwen, saw him pause, and said, "Please come in first."

Ni Congwen gave Ni Chengzhi a wink, Ni Chengzhi understood, and took advantage of the opportunity to hide behind the landscape screen.

As soon as the door was opened, a large piece of sunlight radiated from the originally slightly dim study, making it very bright.

Facing him was the figure in the purple brocade robe, his figure was getting bloated day by day, his waist was tightened, but seeing the smile still on his face, he said, "Master Jin An, I will meet you in the future for a long time. His complexion really got better and better, it seems that everything went well these days, eating and sleeping have improved a lot."

Ni Congwen also smiled and said: "The manager is polite, I never thought to come here so early, and I am sleepy in the afternoon, why don't I come back after a few more hours of rest?"

Jiang Hua smiled all over his face: "Our family has nothing to do these days. As soon as I heard the order from Xiangye, I came here in a hurry, so there is no delay."

Ni Congwen sighed: "Your Majesty's bedtime illness has not yet recovered, and the noble concubine is in the palace. I am afraid that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will help with the affairs of the palace. The steward has also worked hard."

Then he pointed to the solid wooden chair beside him, indicating to take a seat.

Jiang Hua sat down and said with a smile: "This is our family's duty. It is not only to share the worries of your majesty and empress, but also to relieve some future troubles for the adults in the previous dynasty. Our family has stayed away from government affairs in recent years, and gradually I understand what I should do and what I shouldn't do, so whenever I do what I can, I naturally do my best, which can be regarded as a little bit of duty for our family at this age. , so if Xiangye has any orders, our family will naturally be willing to do their best to make them."

Jiang Hua's eyes fixed on Ni Congwen's, and the two looked at each other for a moment, Ni Congwen also smiled and said: "The manager is really a loyal and diligent person."

"Judging from the current situation, it seems that the manager doesn't mind the disputes caused by the teacher at the beginning..."

Jiang Hua smiled: "How do you say that? The matter of the past has been decided by the Holy Judgment. Naturally, our family has not done enough. Mr. Xie is just loyal to the country. Now that the Sri Lankan has passed away, how can our family remember these things again?" Nothing to do..."

After finishing speaking, he took out a roll of Uspah from his sleeve, and as soon as he put it on the table, the strong smell of blood soaked out.

Ni Congwen raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"

"Today is a gift for the Prime Minister," Jiang Hua said with a smile, "I heard that some brats in the Privy Council were chewing your tongue in private, so they found a reason to catch you in. You must know that we are in prison." The whole body is bright red and beautiful. Our family thought that since Xiangye thought they were noisy, we simply cut off their tongues and never disturbed you again. How does Xiangye feel?"

Ni Congwen seemed to be casual, stretched out his hand to lift the black cloth, closed it lightly, and said with a light smile, "The manager has a heart, but Boyong is both the envoy of the Privy Council and his fellow junior, so he probably wouldn't." Really listen to the rumors below."

Now that Jin Duo has resigned from office, any further actions at this time are just icing on the cake after the fact. How could Ni Congwen not know this trick.

Jiang Hua's smile froze, and then Ni Congwen said: "The manager should not think that I have no way to deal with those people. If I want to, I will naturally have my way."

"The Prime Minister's hands and eyes are open to the sky, so naturally he has much better means than our low-level methods." Jiang Hua did not expect that Ni Congwen, who has always acted in a smooth manner, did not give him any face for his ordinary tricks to please people. road.

He was about to remove the pickled thing, but Ni Congwen stopped him: "The boss is in charge, I still understand it."

"I have been thinking about a lot of important things in the court recently, so I have to recall the teacher's teachings from time to time. The teacher was upright, which made the result of the year too stiff. Maybe a different solution will have a different result. I must Using this thunderous method may not benefit both parties." Ni Congwen said.

Xie Zhi's death is of course useless, and you can use this to make your way to the top, Jiang Hua complained in his heart, Ni Congwen praised and stomped on it, and he couldn't understand his intention for a while, so he continued: "Mr. Compassionate, our family is really touched, but the matter is over, it is useless to say, the people who were in charge at the time, Jia Yun, Jin Duo, they have already left and scattered, and now there is only one person in our family here. I don't have any ambitions, I just hope that the next thing will be done if I do my duty well, Mr. Xiang is generous, you should give our family this chance."

Ni Congwen smiled: "Where did the manager think, it's just that I dreamed about some past events at night recently. However, I do have something recently, and I want to come and ask the manager."

"But it doesn't matter."

Ni Congwen continued: "A few days ago, General Jiao Shiling visited the Privy Council and mentioned matters in the army. Mr. Feng just happened to be undecided, so he also came to ask for my opinion. His Majesty is still ill, so this For some matters, I think it’s better to listen to everyone’s opinions.”

As Ni Congwen spoke, he stared at Jiang Hua's unchanging smile.

"It's not a big deal, so I didn't specifically mention it at the court meeting... This is when Jia Yun and Lin Ping were in the past, there was a group of military eunuchs who followed and joined the army. Ordinary warriors always have to replace them in advance, and choose some excellent ones from various places..."

Jiang Hua looked at him, and only smiled when he heard the words: "Our family doesn't know martial arts, so we can just let the Privy Council do it themselves. Originally, our family didn't think that the court servants had the target of enlisting in the army. Since Now it’s time to transfer people, and it’s not a big deal just to clean it up.”

Ni Congwen squinted his eyes and said, "Then this breaks the precedent of this military official?"

Jiang Hua said: "Since Xiangye has already made up his mind, why bother to ask our family?"

Although his tone was weak, Ni Congwen noticed some clues from his direct gaze.

"Actually," Ni Congwen paused, "If you have other ideas, the manager, it's not that you can't bring them up. At present, Chijia is still resting, so there is still room for buffering."

Jiang Hua looked up at him, and the smile on his face gradually faded: "You can just say what Xiangye wants to say, after so many detours, our family doesn't know what to do."

"There is a past incident, I have always been doubtful, and then I heard some gossip from the people below, so I thought about it again," Ni Congwen said, "Three years ago, during the Yanman melee, King Yu suffered, and since then he can't move his legs, but It was a major event in the army at that time, but I wonder, His Highness King Yu has been in the army for a long time, and it is not the first time he has fought against the barbarian army, why is he so careless?"

"Later, I guessed that someone in the army was favored by the barbarians and was specially framed during the battle, so that His Highness was poisoned without knowing it." Ni Congwen paused, looking at Jiang Hua's expression, and realized that although he He suppressed his smile, but he didn't show any surprise or surprise, and looked back flatly.

Jiang Hua smiled and continued: "It's no wonder that Xiangye guessed so. At that time, there were different opinions in the court and army, but His Highness closed the door to cut off all kinds of rumors. Jia Yun also put pressure on Su Yu, so there was no quarrel just now, but in private Naturally, there are many doubts, but why did Xiangye talk to me about this irrelevant old matter?"

"Indeed, now that King Yu has also left, it's useless to bring up these old things again. It's just that the lieutenant general is now withered, and it's a pity to sigh for a while," Ni Congwen said again, "The manager may not know. Longing for the pleasure of slashing the enemy with a sword on the battlefield... The maidservant in my mansion once took in an orphan who begged along the street. Later, in order to find a way out, I told the maidservant to let him join the army and go for a look. Sure enough, he In the army, he was gradually appreciated by the generals by virtue of his outstanding force, and later, he died in a battle, guess what did he die for?"

Jiang Hua raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said: "Since Xiangye asked this, he must have died in an unusual battle with the enemy."

"That's right," Ni Congwen nodded, "but that's not the case, what else is possible?"

Jiang Hua said coldly: "It is estimated that this orphan offended someone in the army, and someone killed him."

"That's right," Ni Congwen said, "I knew the reason for this when I saw the maidservant in the house burning paper that day, and I thought so too. It's just a pity, how can I prevent it with the righteous intention of killing the enemy?" What about the tigers and wolves behind you? Sometimes you can’t even trust the people around you.”

Jiang Hua showed another smile, and said: "If Xiangye doesn't believe in our family, then our family can't do it, and we can't give any guarantee now, but what I said to Xiangye before, there is no adulteration in the slightest, and then we will do whatever we can. Our family will definitely assist Xiangye to complete the matter..."

"Sometimes concealing the truth and lying and cheating lead to the same goal," Ni Congwen completely lost his smile and turned cold.

"Jiang Hua, you'd better be honest."

The room was silent for a moment, so quiet that even the sound of air squeezing people's faces could be faintly heard.

Ni Congwen looked at Jiang Hua's face, which was squeezed into a curved shape that didn't look like a smile, and then he lifted his lips and opened his mouth: "Mr. Xiang's words are too tentative, why do we dare to speak?"

Ni Congwen said: "Since I said that, I already know the truth. If you, Jiang Hua, dare to intervene in the army, I won't?"

"Okay," Jiang Hua said frankly, "it's hard for Master Xiang to make up such a long story to insinuate me just now. Yes, there are indeed members of our family in the army."

"and then?"

"As the Prime Minister said, since people are involved in the dark, they won't do anything glorious. It's nothing more than a string of news." Jiang Hua smiled, "If you are always in the quagmire like Jia Yun and want to gain a good reputation, how can you do that?" Did you live up to my title as a cursed eunuch?"

"So what happened to King Yu was ordered by you?"

"Master Xiang is amazing, our family is ashamed to be inferior." Jiang Hua said, "So this is an unfounded matter, and now Master Xiang has uncovered it. Why?"

"Is there nothing else?" Ni Congwen asked abruptly.

Jiang Hua raised his eyes and asked, "What else?"

Ni Congwen shook his head slightly and sighed with a smile: "Jiang Hua, you really have to take a whip and move it. If I hadn't got real news, your mouth would never be able to be pried away..."

Jiang Hua froze for a moment, then asked with a smile, "What does Xiangye mean?"

"...What do you mean?" Ni Congwen put away his smile, faced him, and said sternly, "collaboration with the enemy and treason is a first-class felony. Jiang Hua, you are so brave!"

Jiang Hua was startled when he heard the words, turned his head and said: "What is the meaning of Xiangye, although our family has a bad reputation, but such a crime is not just mentioned..."

Ni Congwen said: "If you want to harm people, you can do it directly in the imperial capital. Why go around to the army? Although I don't know the details of the Yanman battlefield, the attack on Tongcheng by King Yu before his death was annihilated and supported. Even if I don't know about the key points here, even if I don't know about it, there's nothing in the army that can't hide...Jiang Hua, don't be too confident, there is no His Majesty who can always support you now."

Jiang Hua asked back: "What about the evidence? What's the use of Xiangye's empty talk, just to add another gimmick to our family? I don't believe that Xiangye can produce any evidence." , Could it be that Master Xiang can bring Manzi over to testify for you?"

"Then you admit it?" Ni Congwen said with a sarcasm, "Evidence