Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The cell door opened, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, rolled up the scattered papers on the ground, and slapped Yan Chengxue's head, face and prison clothes.

Yan Chengxue threw the burned paper into the charcoal basin, and looked up at the prison door, with a look of surprise on his pale and blue face.

"Su Yushi?"

Su Yan walked in and looked at the cell and the prisoners.

Yan Huo and the two were escorted to Beijing, and when they were sent to the Imperial Prison, he wrote to Shen Qi to tell Shen Qi that these two people might still be useful, so don't grind too hard.

Now it seems that the jailers treat them preferentially.Counting nine cold days, there are braziers, wooden beds, bedding in the cell, and a pair of pens, ink, paper and inkstones of poor quality are placed on the low table.

Su Yan approached, knelt down, and picked up the ink-stained paper on the ground, "What are you writing?"

A jailer spoke behind his back: "Who knows, I burned and burned my writing all day long, as if paper and ink don't cost money..."

A companion next to him nudged him with the tip of his elbow, motioning him to shut up, and said to himself, "Lord Su, be careful, wait until the little ones put him in handcuffs and shackles, before approaching him for questioning."

Yan Chengxue smiled mockingly.

Su Yan waved his hand, "No need. He is a skinny civil servant, even if he is against me, I can handle him."

The jailer had no choice but to move a grand master's chair, asked Su Yan to sit down, and picked up all the messy papers on the floor.

Su Yan tossed and turned, looked carefully, and gradually saw something.

"...Are you writing a military book?" He clicked his tongue, "Tell me that you are not doing your job well. You are serving vegetarian meals in the corpse of the Taipu Temple, so you have to go to the Qingshui Camp to intervene in military affairs and bring Huo Dun's soldiers. Practice by yourself, and the result is that the soldiers even beat their own generals. What is this called, usurping one's position and exceeding one's power, a dog takes a mouse!"

Yan Chengxue said: "I had no interest in managing the horse administration. I offended someone and was relegated to Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi."

Su Yan sneered: "Then why don't you ask to resign yourself and give the position to someone who wants to do it? Oh, you can't bear the official position and salary. So while doing nothing, the horse administration in Shaanxi was ruined; , in order to get addicted to leading soldiers, you don’t hesitate to drag your friends into the water and violate the military discipline of the country and France together, right?”

An embarrassing blush appeared on Yan Chengxue's pale and thin cheeks, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If it's set in the wrong place, no matter how rare the pearl is, it's like a fish's eye, but it's not the pearl's fault!"

Su Yan laughed loudly, "You are very conceited. I still feel that the court has let you down because of the secret vote of the pearl."

Yan Chengxue pursed her thin lips, crumpled up a ball of paper, and threw it into the charcoal brazier.The flames shot up, and the paper was swallowed up in the blink of an eye.

Su Yan said: "I'm not good at the art of war, but I also know that in the use of troops, the emphasis is on the complementarity of the odd and the right, and the combination of the right and the victory with the odd. Your military training method is only odd, not righteous. You only pay attention to the ability of individual soldiers and the strength of small teams. Coordination, while ignoring overall strategy and operational planning. Only emphasizes the importance of intrigue and trickery, but does not have a far-sighted strategic vision.

"Your art of war, just like you, is extreme, mean, and narrow-minded!"

Yan Chengxue was full of dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Soldiers are deceitful, and Li Zi is not enough to talk about!"

The more annoyed he was, the more he lost his book bag, and when he became mad, he would "talk about everything". Huo Dun knew his temper well, so he didn't dare to rebel against him at this time.

But Su Yan didn't know and didn't care. He deliberately shook the paper in his hand contemptuously, "According to your virtue, if you really entrust an army of tens of thousands to you, it won't take long for the entire army to be wiped out. You, as a captain, lead Fifty people stand on top of the sky, and the imperial court has honored you by appointing you as Minister of the Xing Tai Pu Si!"

Yan Chengxue put his fist against his chest and coughed violently.

"Master Su!" An eager voice came from behind.

Su Yan looked back and saw that Huo Dun was in prison clothes, handcuffed and fettered, and was escorted by the jailer from another cell.

Huo Dun was talking to him, but his eyes fell on Yan Chengxue, begging: "My lord, please forgive me. Old Yan suffered a catastrophe in his hometown when he was young, and he suffered from the massacre of the Tartars. His heart and lungs are weak and can't stand the stimulation , Lord Wanwang has mercy!"

Su Yan thought in his heart: When he made poison, made hidden weapons, and ordered to shoot Altan with arrows, his heart and lungs were very strong.A piranha, only you can regard him as a white lotus.

Huo Dun took a few steps closer to Yan Chengxue amidst the sound of rattling iron chains: "Old Yan, now we are prisoners and Mr. Su is an official in the court. Listen to what you should listen to and accept what you should suffer. Don't be stubborn anymore. Otherwise, it’s just you and yourself who can’t get along.”

Yan Chengxue coughed for a long time in a hurry, with a pale face, and said sarcastically: "You can live with it yourself, and you can blame me for all the crimes, just leave me alone!"

Horton was choked by him enough, and anger appeared in his eyes: "You—why—are you so indifferent?"

Yan Chengxue said coldly: "I don't know who I am, it's not worth bothering, and it's not the first day you know, so why bother yourself."

"Okay." Su Yan stroked his palms, and said lazily, "I was worried that the two of you are more like brothers than brothers, and you are afraid that you will take the blame for each other, but now it seems that you are too worried.

"To save time, I'll just say it directly. In Wala's letter of credence, Yan Chengxue was named and asked to die for their prince. The emperor decided to use his head to ease the tense situation at the border first, so as not to let Wala Join forces with the Tatars and invade with troops. I think, at least half a year in Shaanxi is considered an acquaintance, so I asked the order to send him a ride."

Huo Dun was shocked: "Your Majesty really wants to kill him? He is really not the murderer who assassinated Prince Oara, Your Majesty knows it well! Lord Su, you know the inside story, please explain clearly to Your Majesty, Lao Yan is really innocent!"

Su Yan said indifferently: "At this point, is it important that everyone is innocent? Don't say that he has ten or twenty heads of criminal officials. For the sake of the overall situation, he must be chopped off."

Huo Dun knelt down in despair, walked up to Su Yan, and begged bitterly: "Lord Su! I know that you are deeply trusted by His Majesty. As long as you are willing to beg for mercy in front of His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely reconsider." Otherwise, I will admit everything, anyway, I can't get rid of Altan's affairs. Those Oirat guards saw me fight Altan with their own eyes, and the poisoned hidden weapon was also found from me Yes, using my head to kill my life, wouldn't it be justified?"

Yan Chengxue stood up abruptly, staggered a few times, and shouted angrily: "What does my business have to do with you, don't judge me here! Huo, if you want to take the blame, it's up to me to accept it. I'd rather lose My head, I don’t want to see such a soft bastard like you, get out! Get out!”

Su Yan spread his hands to Huo Dun: "Did you hear that, he told you to go away."

Huo Dun gritted his teeth, just knelt still, and begged Su Yan again: "Master Su, Lao Yan's life was finally picked up from the pile of dead people, so let him live it as if God had the virtue of good life." I deserve the rest of my life. As for me, anyway, I prepare the shroud of horse leather every time I go to battle. Losing my head this time may be more useful to Da Ming than fighting ten or twenty times. I don’t Sorry, really!"

"You are not at a loss, I am at a loss." Su Yan said, "Seeing that you have guarded Qingshuiying for many years, you have not made a big mistake but made a small contribution, and you are only an accomplice. I will plead with the emperor and save your life. Serve the country. If you die, isn’t my love in vain? Isn’t it in vain to sell my face? The emperor agrees to dismiss your official position and demote you to the most ordinary soldier to serve at the border—not to any guard , but go to night not to collect."

Huo Dun had no time to react, Yan Chengxue's face suddenly changed: "What's the difference between that and death? I don't close at night, go out day and night, regardless of cold or heat, go deep into the enemy's area to perform the most dangerous missions, and escape from death. Now the team is withered, even the chief officer There is no one to take over. I am afraid that he will go if he is killed, but he will not come back!"

Su Yan was unmoved: "You are worried that Huo Dun will die, so why can't you worry about the other soldiers? Until now, you and I are talking indoors with burning charcoal basins, and there are still many nights that are not received in the icy and snowy North Desert. Mission, why, their lives are not their lives? Only your old Huo's life is precious, but their lives are cheap? Besides, you will be killed soon anyway, even if he dies on the way to take office, you can't see it Come on, there's nothing to worry about."

Huo Dun said anxiously: "Master Su! I am willing to go to night and be a low-level sentry at the mercy of others, but please save Lao Yan. Although he was born as a Confucian scholar, he is very good at training soldiers. I am much better at leading troops, you will be more useful than me if you keep him!"

Su Yan said: "I haven't seen what his ability is, but his attitude is a certainty. He doesn't want to be low-key, and he doesn't want to be used by me. What are you keeping, wasting the food in the prison?"

"Stop it!" Yan Chengxue strode up to Huo Dun, flicked the hem of her robe, knelt down beside him, gritted her teeth unwillingly and helplessly, "Lord Su has long thought that I am arrogant and mean, disrespecting angels, This time I came to the prison to teach me a lesson, to sharpen my stinky bones. Now that Master Su has fulfilled his wish, I, Yan Chengxue, have never knelt down to anyone except heaven and earth. Master Su kowtows!"

He kowtowed to Su Yan three times in a row, so hard that his forehead bled when it hit the rough and hard ground.Huo Dun quickly came to help him, but he pushed him away, and continued: "These three heads are not for my own sake, but for Huo Dun, an idiot. Although he is stupid, he is obedient, has excellent marksmanship, and is brave in battle. Not being a soldier, being a bodyguard is more than enough. I think Mr. Su only has one personal bodyguard—"

"Don't," Su Yan immediately interrupted, "One personal bodyguard is enough for me, and one more is too much... I can't bear it."

Yan Chengxue's eyes showed disappointment, and she said more and more sharply: "If it can't be done, let him be a low-spirited jailer, and it will be better if he doesn't take him all night."

The jailer behind: "..."

Su Yan smiled: "You want to find a way out for him? It's a pity that your knee is not that valuable. If you don't accept him at night, you must go."

"I'll go! I'll do any job," Huo Dun said in a deep voice, "I beg Master Su to spare Lao Yan's life."

Yan Chengxue stopped talking, and stared at Su Yan with cold eyes, like a poisonous snake that was cornered and poured all the venom into its teeth, waiting for a fatal blow.

Su Yan waved his hand to signal the jailer to leave the cell.

The jailer immediately changed his face, and said falteringly: "Master Su, it's not that the youngsters disobeyed orders, and they really dare not leave. Master Tongzhi issued a strict order to ensure the safety of adults. Although the prisoner is wearing handcuffs and shackles, he is a practitioner after all. son……"

"Back off, the next words are not for you to listen to." Su Yan said without doubt.

The jailer was still hesitating. Four guards with knives came from the corner of the passage, entered the cell, and stood behind Su Yan.Only then did the jailers heave a sigh of relief and hurriedly leave.

Since he was the imperial guard appointed by the emperor, Su Yan didn't need to keep it a secret, and said to Yan Chengxue: "He must go if you don't accept him at night. But I can entrust his life to you, and it's up to you." decide his life or death."

"What do you mean?" Yan Chengxue asked.

"Whether he is involved in the mission, whether it is an individual or a team, you will do the scheduling. All the information will be sent to you in advance. You will analyze the enemy's situation, judge the situation, and formulate tactics, and he will execute it."

Su Yan paused, leaned forward to approach Yan Chengxue, stared at the sunken eye sockets on his pale face, and said softly and clearly: "Remember, his life is in your hands. If you make a mistake If you make a wrong judgment, you will cause him to die because of you."

Yan Chengxue clutched the hem of her clothes, clenched her fists so tightly that her entire body seemed to tremble slightly.

Su Yan smiled slowly: "As I said just now, according to your ability, you can be a team leader and lead fifty people to the sky. Don't worry, Yebushuo never sends out a large army, and only a few people are required for each mission. A maximum of a dozen people, too many people, will easily expose the target.

"You, Yan Chengxue, started by not accepting the general banner at night, taking the task properly and arranging the execution of the banner, but you are not allowed to follow him. Anyway, you have no power to restrain the chicken, and you can only drag him down if you go.

"If you dare to collude with the enemy and treason, the Huo family has 36 members—"

Su Yan patted his knee, stood up and said to the guards, "Let's go."

"...Wait." Yan Chengxue stopped him, "You just said that Wala wanted my head by name, how are you going to solve it?"

Su Yan tilted his head: "I have my own way. You should think more about how to save the life of your best friend time and time again with your skill of training soldiers with a sword."

Watching Su Yan leave with the guards, Huo Dun comforted happily: "It's okay, just go. At least you and I can live."

Yan Chengxue wiped the blood on his forehead with his sleeve, and said gloomyly: "He didn't intend to kill us. He wanted to make the best use of everything! This Su Twelve..."

Horton said: "In any case, there is still a chance to be alive."

Su Yan walked out of the corridor of the imperial prison, took a deep breath of the cold air after the snow, felt the filth in his lungs cleared up, and couldn't help laughing: "My lord, do I look like a villain who beats mandarin ducks?"

No one should answer him.

The four imperial guards behind him are the four heavenly kings who have achieved righteous results. They abide by the will of the Jade Emperor and never make indecent jokes with the male Chang'e who came down to earth.

Su Yan curled his lips very bored, thinking of the personal guard who looked indifferent and dull, but was actually shy and bold.

He walked towards the lobby of Beizhen Fusi, and the four guards followed behind him step by step.

When he went outside the hall and asked, he learned that Shen Qi personally brought troops to the place designated by the watchman to investigate the whereabouts of the murderer, and left the prisoner Qianhu Shi Yanshuang to guard the department.

Shi Yanshuang peeked at the handsome and romantic Master Shaoqing in front of him, wildly guessing his relationship with his own superior, and even had a thought flash in his mind: Is this the "fairy lady" that Shen Tongzhi hid?

The four guards behind seemed to sense something and glared at him in unison.Shi Yanshuang shrank her neck, sweating white hair all over her back, and sighed secretly that she couldn't be provoked, what a strong aura!

Su Yan asked him to send a message to Shen Qi, and when the murderer was caught, the case would be closed.If you still have any doubts, let's put it aside for now, and when I have a clear idea on my side, I will tell you the truth.

Shi Yanshuang promised to bring the words to him, so he left Beizhen Fusi with his guards.