Chiwuxing

Chapter Eighty-Eighth-Lingyi found that the Ziwei star moved abnormally, and there was a suspicion that the red talisman was broken

Outside Yanluo Mountain, the Husbandry troubles are not over yet. Here, a farmer in Chencang County, southern Guizhou, suddenly dug up a red amulet with strange pictures and visions in the outskirts of the field, and presented it to Fenying.

According to rumors, there is no swallow character on this rune, only a picture that prophesies that it is brand new if it is given by the gods.Everyone who has seen it knows that the divine beast is not a side object. The dragon has nine sons, and its fifth son, Suan Ni, is also true.Those who are more careful think that this "Ni" is the same as "Ni". What's more, it is known all over the world that the noble concubine once gathered the courtiers' wishes to welcome the Buddha's relics, and worshiped the Buddha for many years to offer incense. The metaphor of "wolf" is logically the ratio of "barbarian" to "hu".So in the future, some divinationists calculated that Chencang County is located in Yannan, and in this summer and summer season, the astronomical phenomenon should be Ziwei Xingxing.

The hidden movement of the emperor's star is a sign of the king's change.

Rumors have been circulating among the people for a long time, and there are different opinions.The emperor had been ill for a long time and exhausted all his methods, but he did not recover. The war in the outer city had not subsided for a long time. Some people have long speculated that it was an act against the sky, which caused the disaster to remain.Now what the Chi Fu Talisman shows is the Supreme King's Sword handed over to the prime minister's mansion.

Such rumors spread to the ears of the courtiers, which should be another hint.Many officials came to the prime minister's office to inquire in private, secretly expressing their willingness to jointly file a petition, asking for the number of days, but they were rejected one after another.

In the name of the crown prince, Ni Congwen took a rest for a day on the grounds that it would take time for Fang to move the capital to settle down, but he took the lead in personally going to the temporary East Palace to plead guilty.

When Zongzheng Fang entered the hall, he saw the man kneeling in the center, his eyelids twitched, and he stepped forward to help him up: "Uncle, what is the meaning of this? I have no other intentions to greet you today."

Ni Congwen got up slowly, followed him to his seat, and said, "Your Highness, the foreign aggression has not stopped at this time. It is obvious that someone intends to use such rumors to disturb the hearts of the people in the country, and then disrupt the border wars and endanger the foundation of the country. .”

Zong Zhengyi lowered his eyes lightly, and pursed his lips and said: "Now that the rumors have spread, it's hard for Youyou to talk about it, so there's no need to worry about who did it intentionally."

"No, I think it involves the stability of the country and must be treated with caution," Ni Congwen insisted, "I implore you to complete the investigation of this matter and give the court people an explanation."

Zong Zhengyi glanced around secretly, and said: "Then let uncle make the decision... All in all, I believe that uncle will do his best for the country, and he has no bad intentions."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

"I've been running around for two days, uncle should go back and rest first," Zongzheng said, "The rumors about these complicated tasks will always be self-defeating in the face of the results, so don't worry too much about it."

Ni Congwen responded and chatted casually, both of them avoiding political secrets.

After leaving the palace gate half an hour later, the accompanying servants rushed forward to meet them, and while helping him to board the carriage, they said: "Master Xiang, Xin'er just now, the eldest son just finished sorting things out and came over. Said to wait for you in the temporary mansion."

"Then go back." Ni Congwen took a deep breath and ordered.

The eight-carrying sedan chair accompanied by a group of attendants escorted Ni Xiang to travel, to other places in different cities, always taking care of the safety of the trip, and the people under him were also discerning about the current situation, and did not dare to be negligent.

As soon as Ni Congwenfu entered the room, the people who had been waiting in the room for a long time immediately got up and said, "Father."

"What are you impatient for?" Ni Congwen scolded him lightly, motioning him to sit back where he was, then he took off his cap and coat, and said to him, "You're not too young, so you can be so reckless if you don't wait."

Ni Chengzhi was slightly embarrassed, and said: "...I know I was wrong."

"Sit down," Ni Congwen lifted his clothes and sat down, then Shi Shiran raised his eyes and said, "Seeing how you are in such a hurry, you must have heard something."

It's not just the rumors, it's already a disturbance that everyone knows and the city is full of storms, Ni Chengzhi thought.

"I rushed back from the imperial capital, and heard the news all the way, with different versions," Ni Chengzhi pondered over the words, and said, "I think you are acting too hastily."

Hearing this, Ni Congwen swept across his face with raised eyebrows, and said with an inexplicable smile: "Do you think...the 'Chi Fu Talisman' is a letter sent out for your father?"

Ni Chengzhi immediately knew that he had slipped his words again, and his heart was in turmoil: "You..."

Ni Congwen sneered lightly: "Why am I so anxious that I can't wait for a moment... The more important things are, the more you have to be calm and co-operate with a lot of principles that my father taught you before, but in the end I can still be in this head-on. Fame and fortune Fell over?"

"Father said that," Ni Chengzhi bowed his head slightly, and then said, "...it's not you, where did you come from? Could it be that when you talked to the officials in the past, they got it wrong?"

"It's not that simple." Ni Congwen shook his head.

"But if someone did it on purpose, it was to murder you and find fault." Ni Chengzhi frowned. "Where is the farmer who came here to offer runes that I mentioned earlier? From him, we may find out what news?"

"When someone is escorted into the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but he can't speak, he should be ignorant," Ni Congwen said with a blank expression, "But whether he knows it or not, this life will not be kept, and if he can't hold on to the situation in the future, he will The prevarication is on the locals spreading false accusations."

Ni Chengzhi was stunned, and then said: "But the matter has come to this point, the rumors have spread, and now no one has the heart to ask what the prophecy looked like at the beginning. Some of the court officials knew that the situation was wrong and knew to restrain their words. But the common people don't think so, you are monopolizing the important power now, and you are only a short distance away from the superior. Naturally, there are people who are jealous of your power and know that there is a ghost behind it, and deliberately stir up a fire waiting to be burned to Fenying come."

"I know that," Ni Congwen squinted his eyes and twisted his fingers, the dark green emerald glowed like a wolf's eyes, "I'm not afraid that someone will tear off this layer of shame, anyway, what I did in the past was blatant. It’s coming, at worst, it’s going to be a smooth ride in the end, and it’s easy to explain.”

"What I'm really worried about is that if someone wants to push me to this third place now, there must be other actions behind the scenes. The enemy is in the dark, and I don't know what they really want."

He has traveled all the way since Duoqing came out of the mountain until now, and it can be said that the road has been smooth and smooth, and he has followed the plan step by step.But relying on his cautious temperament, he dare not be careless on this road of blood, because there is an abyss below, and if he is not careful, it will implicate everyone and collapse here.

Ni Chengzhi said: "My son thinks that if someone is going to have something to do now, it will not be able to resist the military power and political power of yours. Instead of guessing the hidden thief who doesn't know what to do, it's better to hold the weight in your hand tightly, and don't be in your own hands. There was a mess in the hand."

"That's right," Ni Congwen said, "I have to send a letter to Tang Lan later. If possible, I should hurry up and settle it as soon as possible, and I don't have to worry about the changes of barbarians and barbarians all day long."

"Could it be that the barbarians are behind the scenes?" Ni Chengzhi asked suspiciously, "My son thinks that the barbarians are vicious, and my father can't believe everything when he has acquaintance with him."

"Fu Xuan's hand can't reach here yet," Ni Congwen said arrogantly, "I heard Tang Lan's letter the day before yesterday, their barbarian army went to Yanbei by themselves, and the Hu people had to deal with it in time for food and grass reserves. There is also an emergency because things can’t be supplied in a circle. Maybe one day they and the barbarians will have their own quarrel, and then let me sit and reap the benefits.”

"Hu people have strong limbs and simple minds, so they are definitely not the opponents of barbarians," Ni Chengzhi said. Admiring Yandi's art of war."

"They're not stupid at all, and they still want to be better than blue," Ni Congwen said, "Just wait for the barbarian army to move."

When the two were talking, there were two crisp knocks on the door, which was very different from the usual noise of the old concierge.

"... Benefactor."

Ni Chengzhi knew that this title was only used for a group of dead guards secretly cultivated by his father, and he did not know the secrets of the latter's actions, so he stood up and said, "I will leave first."

Ni Congwen stopped him from waiting with his eyes, and then said to the outside: "Go in."

Ni Chengzhi had no choice but to sit in his original position. Seeing a black-clothed warrior half-hidden his face, he stepped in quickly to salute with fists in his hands, and then stepped forward to report to Ni Congwen:

"...The man was killed according to your order, but when the people below were about to change his prison clothes, they realized something was wrong..."

He was seated so close that he could barely hear what the person was saying, so he also kept quiet and listened intently.

"After picking it up, I found that it was rootless, and the calluses on the palms of the hands were much thinner than ordinary farmers..."

Ni Chengzhi's mind turned cold, and his father's expression changed again, and he said slowly: "Don't rush to make a conclusion, you can go to Chencang County to investigate the specific origin of this person... Then others don't have to rush Buried, try to keep the body in the Ministry of Punishment, if there is a real change in the future, you can confront him, move quickly."

"……Yes."

The dark guard turned around and left quietly. Ni Chengzhi had a lot of thoughts, and he couldn't open his mouth to make a judgment at this time.But watching Ni Congwen sit quietly and think carefully, he also sat quietly.

"...What do you think? Zhi'er."

Ni Congwen took the initiative to ask him for his opinion this time, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer: "My son thinks that since the people below have noticed something strange, there may be a reason for it."

"You say boldly, since you don't know who it is, it's okay to be wrong."

"Er's intuition is Jiang Hua," Ni Chengzhi said, "Aside from these evidences, I always thought that he must have been unwilling to obey his father before. In addition, if you reveal the matter at this time, he will be more blatant by relying on the emperor's courtiers." He came here to incriminate you. After all, when it came to hooking up the barbarians, you were the one who got hold of him at first, and then you got into the muddy water with him, and he also got hold of you at the other end..."

"The most important thing is that as far as Jiang Hua is concerned, it's not all a dead end now. He has always been in touch with the court officials, and there are many people who don't want to offend him and still have close contacts with him."

Ni Congwen smiled lightly.

At this time, talking and laughing will inevitably make people feel cold, Ni Chengzhi stopped speaking suddenly, and said: "But son... did you say the wrong thing?"

"What you said is not bad," Ni Congwen said with a slight smile, "but if you think about it carefully, the reasons you analyzed belong to Jiang Hua now, even if the prophecy is not Jiang Hua's intention, then you say Are those prospects and benefits all gone?"

Ni Chengzhi was particularly afraid, and said: "Then according to father's meaning... we must try to clean it up now?"

"Heh," Ni Congwen was noncommittal, "It's also because I have been paying attention to foreign aggression and enemies some time ago, and never put my eyes on the people around me. When did Jiang Hua become a person who is slaughtered by others? Thanks to the appearance of the red talisman Remind me, now, I really hope that this matter will be investigated to the end, and it will be him."

The father and son chatted for a while, then there was another knock on the door, this time it was summoned by the familiar concierge, Yuan Xing, the governor of Fenying, and Su Dingnan, the prefect, came to pay their respects.

Ni Chengzhi said: "Before I came, I heard that my father left them out for two or three days and didn't see them?"

"Didn't they take the opportunity to come again as soon as you came back?" Ni Congwen snorted coldly, "I'm well informed."

When they changed their clothes and went out, the two were already drinking tea in the hall.

After a few rounds of courteous gossip between you and me, it was inevitable to mention the Chifu Talisman that has been raging recently, but this time it was Ni Congwen who first asked the question and listened to the two people's responses.

"These rumors may not be true. There are many common people adding fuel to it, and the lower officials think...it's impossible to count." Yuan Xing said slowly.

Su Dingnan said from the side: "The main thing is that the symbol is really unknown. If it really obeyed the secret, the lower officials think that this is also a crime of leaking the secret..."

"This is the 'Chi Fu Talisman'." Ni Congwen took out a page from his sleeve, and Ni Chengzhi got up and pushed it in front of the two of them's desk. How?"

These two people didn't expect that Ni Congwen would carry this thing with him, and he took it out so simply, so they had to listen to the order to observe it carefully, thinking why Ni Congwen would hold on to the two of them in this matter.

"I saw that the pattern of 'Hua Suan Ni holding a chicken and holding a wolf' is really fresh. If there are such drawing skills and materials, it would be a pity to throw them away among the people..."

Ni Congwen still had the intention to tease, but the two of them were thinking about the answer with their hearts pounding.

"Master Xiang, according to the officials, there are many man-made marks on this symbol, and it is not as magical as the rumors." Yuan Xing said.

"How to say?"

"The pen and material used are too common, and it really looks like someone deliberately faked it."

Ni Congwen asked: "But who would release such a news for no reason? Could it be that the official himself deliberately staged such a story for profit?"

"It's definitely not an adult," Yuan Xing said with evasive eyes, "but who is this... The lower officials don't know the inside story, so they should let the staff of the trial court come over and investigate carefully."

"Then what do you think? Master Su?"

"...The lower officials are dull."

The two evaded their words, obviously they didn't want to get involved in this matter, so Ni Congwen had no choice but to give up and change other topics.

"Your Yuan family's tea houses and tobacco buildings are still in the imperial capital? Or have you moved here? I heard that Mr. Yuan was not in good health at the beginning of time. At this time, he must go to the emergency doctor in time. If the doctors outside don't trust me, I will It's also convenient to send you a few imperial physicians from the palace." Ni Congwen said.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiang, for thinking about it. The two elders in the family are not a serious problem. They are common diseases that occur when the weather changes," Yuan Xing replied. I intend to reserve some places here in Fenying and open up a few other businesses." Yuan Xing said.

Afterwards, Ni Congwen finished questioning the two relatives, old and young, one by one, and the two of them took the trouble to answer truthfully, not daring to hide their mistakes.

At the end of the conversation, Ni Congwen resigned from Su Dingnan and left Yuan Xing alone.

"My lord, to tell you the truth, I am sincere and sincere to you. If you have something to say, you can speak it out, and I will definitely not deceive you with your words." Yuan Xing said.

"Don't be in a hurry to express your opinion, Mr. Yuan," Ni Congwen said slowly, "This matter of moving the capital was originally handled by Director Jiang. From the inner palace to the outer court, he went back and forth without a break. He came here two days ago to discuss This official said that there is still room for overall management among the courtiers. This official is already out of skills, and I have no experience in handing it over to others. After thinking about it, since he came here for this purpose, he might as well let him go. Then come out to help the adults in the court to help with some chores, and save them some energy."

"That's a good thing, of course," Yuan Xing said, "But since you want to promise him, even if you discuss with the courtiers, you have to go to the old ministers who used to work with Shangshu Sheng to discuss it. If you only ask the lower officials, naturally you have no opinion."

Ni Congwen smiled and said: "You used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. To be honest, now that the capital has been moved, if you want to transfer back, it is actually not difficult. I will transfer Zhier to another position."

Seeing the opportunity, Ni Chengzhi cupped his hands and said, "I would like to leave a vacant position for you to return."

"I don't dare to be the prime minister, you have flattered me." Yuan Xing didn't know his status, and dared to compete with Ni Xiang's eldest son, and said, "From before to now, it has always been my duty to share the worries of the prime minister, even if If he is not in his position, if Xiangye has an order, the next official will do his best to do it."

When Ni Congwen saw that he had reached this point, he didn't bother him too much, so he said, "Since that's the case, you used to know all the ministers and workers of Shangshu Province, Mr. Yuan, and you have been busy making arrangements for the past two days, so I will trouble you to negotiate first. After all, if Director Jiang sends people, it is inevitable that some officials will have disputes with him halfway, and it is not considered decent, how about it?"

"The subordinate takes orders."