Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"...In the end, after I warned him like this, I left." Jing Hong chased.

Su Yan hugged the quilt and leaned against the head of the bed, listening and thinking.

The personal guard didn't come back, so he went to sleep in peace, drank some tea to refresh himself, and waited until Haishi.After Jing Hong chased him back, he saw that the light in his room was still on, so without waiting for dawn, he knocked on the door and came in to answer, explaining everything that happened tonight at Prince Yu's Mansion.

Su Yan had a half-smile, "You promised your younger brother face to face, and you sold him out as soon as you turned around. Do you still have a conscience?"

Jing Hong chased with a calm demeanor: "Assassins don't need a conscience. Besides, I'm now your lord's bodyguard, it's enough to have a heart for you."

Su Yan laughed and patted his arm: "That's right, the stance is very upright, and the buttocks are not sitting crookedly."

Jing Hongzhui moved two feet inward from the edge of the bed, took off her boots and turned her feet up to show that she was really sitting upright.

Su Yan asked: "Can you stabilize the floating sound with your words?"

"No problem for the time being." Jing Hong replied, "But I guess, he will feel a sense of crisis because I know about it, and will continue to contact that so-called 'employer'."

"You don't believe he sold his life for money?"

"He is not short of money. He is a person who is very good at planning for himself. He has also received many orders to assassinate powerful people before. It is impossible that he did not keep it private."

Su Yan nodded: "Since the murder is not for money, then it is the pawn of the mastermind behind the scenes, and also a pawn on the chessboard. Why did he lurk in Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Jing Hongzhui lowered her eyelids, concealing her selfishness of bringing misfortune to others, and said: "He originally wanted to seek refuge with Your Excellency, but I didn't want Your Excellency to have more to do with the wanted Yinjianmen, so I refused. As for why he went to Henan The palace, only he himself knows."

Su Yan mused, "The purpose of killing the Oirat envoy is to further arouse the conflict between Daming and Oirat, and rekindle the war at the border. If Oirat and Tatar join forces to attack, the frontier guards may be insufficient. The three major battalions of the Beijing Army It will have to be transferred to the north, and the defense of the capital will inevitably be weakened by then..."

Jing Hong chased her heart in awe: "Is this to seize the capital?"

"The city of the Son of Heaven, it's not that easy to seize the capital. What I'm worried about is that the person behind the scenes is not only playing Oara's move, but he is advancing in several ways at the same time. Think about the assassination of the East Palace. If something happens to the young master, yes What good is he?"

"The crown prince suddenly lost, and the foundation of the country was shaken? Then we have to establish another prince."

Su Yan said: "The emperor only has two sons under his knees. If the young master is gone, then there will only be the second prince Zhu Hezhao who was born by Concubine Wei."

"Wei Shi!" Jing Hongzui frowned, murderous aura floated in his eyes.

"Zhu He Zhaoshang is just a baby in his infancy, and he is not much easier to manipulate than the young and vigorous Zhu Helin. The Wei family has been working hard, trying to put the second prince on the throne. By then, Concubine Wei will become Queen Wei. Empress Dowager Wei, the Wei family has become Dou Xian and Liang Ji?"

Jing Hongzhui really wanted to ask who these two people were, but she was too embarrassed to ask.

Su Yan seemed to see through the self-ashamedness in his heart, and explained naturally: "These two servants, one is the uncle of Emperor Han He, and the other is the uncle of Emperor Han Huan. When he came to the court, he obtained the auxiliary regime. It is said that it is an auxiliary government, but he can abolish the emperor at will, making the power of foreign relatives reach the peak."

Jing Hongzui understood, "If we really get to that point, the world will not be in chaos."

Su Yan nodded: "But I think the people behind the scenes didn't seem to be messed up enough, so they stretched their claws into Prince Yu's mansion again. Although Prince Yu is just a wandering prince in the capital, he is the only half-brother of the emperor after all. And on the way out of Beijing to Shaanxi, I heard from Gao Shuo that King Yu's former fiefdom was Datong, one of the nine borders, and there was an army under his command called...what is it called..."

Jing Hongzhui was also there at the time, and he has the ability to never forget, so he said, "Jingbei Army."

"That's right. For such a prince who once led an army, the people behind the scenes want to plot against him. The purpose is very thought-provoking."

After being sorted out by Su Yan in this way, Jing Hong's train of thought became much clearer.Although he looked down on King Yu's flirtatiousness and bullying others, he had to admit that the other party was a formidable figure with high martial arts skills, and he didn't know whether Fuyin could take advantage of the other party's hands.

However, Su Yan seemed a little worried, "No matter how sharp a sword is not wiped for ten years, it will be rusted and dull. What's more, it's easy to hide a spear and it's hard to defend against it. According to what you said, although Fuyin's swordsmanship and skill are not as good as yours, The ecstasy flute with one hand is very difficult to deal with."

"My lord... want to remind King Yu to be careful of Fuyin?" Jing Hong asked.

Su Yan nodded first, hesitated for a while, and then shook his head: "No, you can't scare the snake. Fuyin is just a chess piece. I want to follow the vines and find the hand that holds the chess—even if it only touches a fingertip. It is also a major breakthrough in terms of the dark and the bright situation. On the side of King Yu, I hope he can live up to himself and don't be confused."

"A Zhui." Su Yan said seriously, "I have a task for you."

Jing Hongzui sat upright solemnly: "My lord, please give me instructions."

"Keep an eye on Fuyin to see who he contacts and how he uses it. From now on, I want you to keep an eye on him for twelve hours without being noticed by him. Can you do it?"

able.But...Jing Hongzhui was a little hesitant: "If the subordinates are not around, how can the safety of the lord be guaranteed? Don't forget, Fuyin's goal at the beginning was you, the lord. It can be seen that the people behind the scenes may also have the idea of ​​the lord."

Su Yan said: "Don't worry about this. I will go to the palace tomorrow to explain the matter to the emperor, and borrow a few guards temporarily. It shouldn't be a problem. The emperor has always been far-sighted and has wisdom in his hands. I think he can see it better than me." thorough."

Mr. Su seems to have forgotten that after being beaten by the imperial staff before, his evaluation of Emperor Jing Long was "deep in the city, heavy in thought, and even suspicious". Now the meaning of the words is similar, but the color of praise and criticism is completely different.

Seeing that her lord praised the emperor so much, Jing Hongzhui couldn't help but feel bad.But this one is indeed his shortcoming. He can't say anything, and he can't refute the slap in the face of the adults, so he just keeps silent.

Seeing Jing Hongzhui's gloomy expression, Su Yan thought he remembered the unbearable past, so he asked, "Ah Zhui, how did you live in Yinjianmen before, can you tell me about it?"

Jing Hong chased for a moment, hesitated and said: "That's not a good story, are you sure you want to listen to me?"

Su Yan smiled and nodded, "Yes, I want to listen. And I want you to try hard to remember and tell me bit by bit."

"why?"

"When we first met, I rashly asked about your sect, but you didn't tell me. I didn't know until tonight that you were from Yinjianmen. Because of your involvement in the assassination of the East Palace, Yinjianmen was wiped out by the court, and Yu Dang was wanted , and you have long since betrayed the teacher, and have nothing to do with them."

"...I'm worried that I'll hurt my lord."

"Don't worry. Although the emperor personally issued this decree when he was furious, he is not an unreasonable tyrant. I will find an opportunity in the future and explain it to him. It will be fine. On the contrary, I am more worried about you. "

"I'm fine now, don't worry, my lord."

"It's really good if you don't think about the past. But I know that although you have a scar here," Su Yan tapped his heart, "but there is still pus in the depths. When are you willing to cut this scar? , to discharge the long-accumulated pus inside, it will be considered thorough."

Jing Hongchai fell silent.

After a long time, he said: "If my lord really wants to hear about those scenes that can only be seen in hell, those processes that strip away human nature step by step and leave only animal nature, I will tell my lord."

Su Yan shivered slightly, and slipped into the warm blanket, "Speak up. No matter how painful it is, you have experienced it yourself, and I just listened from the sidelines, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Jing Hongzhui lay down on his side, and Su Yan gave him half of the quilt.In this sleeping posture, Jing Hongzhui began to speak slowly with a voice as cool and bright as spring water under the moon.

Talk about how when he first entered Yinjianmen, he was looked down upon by others and treated as cannon fodder.But he never accepted his fate, risked his life to practice martial arts and swords, and finally reborn half a year later.

Said that he was selected into the Seven Killing Camp. He thought it was just a harsh training camp, but he didn't expect that the first task he received was to send a girl who was tortured to the point of dying.

In order to survive, how he hardened his heart to fight with his fellow disciples in the "Gu Dou", making himself stronger, more ruthless, and better able to kill people.

It is said that it is difficult to sleep on the hot kang in summer and the cold stone slabs in winter.

Talk about the smell of raw blood and raw meat, but the feeling of being hungry is even worse.

It is said that when he was under the control of the Seven Killing Camp, how many people were ordered to assassinate, which ones deserved their crimes, which ones did not deserve death, and which ones were innocent.

He said what kind of pursuit he encountered when he desperately defected and escaped from the camp in order to avenge his sister.

It is said that he assassinated the old thief Wei Jun with the will to die, thinking that after his great revenge, he would end this bloody and sinful life, go down to Huangquan to ask his sister for another whipping, and walk through hell to atone for his sin.

Said that he was picked up by Mr. Su before he died.

——It's like being at the gate of hell, catching the last ray of skylight in the yang world.

Su Yan listened silently the whole time, and finally heaved a long sigh.

Just when Jing Hongzhui thought that this long sigh meant disgust, disappointment and unacceptable, she heard Master Su beside her say clearly: "Azhui, you are an amazing person."

It's amazing...Jing Hongzhui suddenly panicked, is your lord talking ironically?

But I heard Su Yan continue: "If I were you, I would have had a mental breakdown in about a year and a half. But you have survived for seven years. Not only did you not collapse, but you also earned a living from the den of beasts and evil ghosts. The tenacious way to survive. Not only did he survive, he was successful in swordsmanship, but he also retained a heart with a conscience.

"Living is much more difficult than dying.

"Being awake is much more difficult than being numb.

"It is much more difficult to have a good conscience than to lose a conscience.

"You have always chosen to take the most difficult path. You will not be moved by any external forces such as money, power, and fame. You will always move forward bravely and always ask your heart with your sword."

Jing Hongzhui hardly dared to look at Su Yan's face, and stammered: "I, I am not so...I...I am moved by the adults..."

Su Yan smiled, and the moist corners of his eyes shone softly in the candlelight.He held the calloused hand of the bodyguard, and said softly, "I am also moved by you at this moment."

He turned his face slightly, and put his face on the other's cheek, sticking to each other regardless of each other, and said, "I'm very glad that I found you under the bridge hole.

"I'm also very glad that no matter how many criticisms you encounter, no matter how confused and conflicted you are, you still insist on staying by my side.

"I am grateful that you chose my life path as the path you will take next.

"Ah Zhui, I don't know what the end of this road is, so let's go on together."

Jing Hongzhui suddenly remembered that day.

He had just started to follow Master Su, entered Yan'an City, and saw Mahu who couldn't survive selling their sons and daughters, which reminded him of his hungry and lonely childhood.

Master Su held him in the same way, his eyes flushed, not cheap sympathy, but sympathetic distress.

He smiled very lightly at that time and said: I am fine now.

Master Su gave him a comforting hug and said: It will be fine in the future.

But he has never been better.As Lord Su said, the wound has healed, but the pus inside is still infecting day and night, slowly gnawing at his heart like a poisonous snake.Like a drowning man hugging a piece of driftwood, he hugged Mr. Su tightly, absorbing the warm vitality from him.

He could have endured the night if he had not seen the light of day.

He is inferior to his mediocrity, and despises that he was once a ghost in the night, but Master Su said that he is a remarkable person.

It turned out that Mr. Su did not "allow" him to stay by his side, but "grateful".

Jing Hongzhui felt that she was completely recovered.

And Master Su...Su Yan...There is no one better than him in this world.