Jiang Qing

Hearing this, Bai Bingchen almost choked on his own saliva. He lowered his head and coughed a few times, but his brows were relaxed, and there was even a smile in his eyes, and he falsely reprimanded: "Who are you listening to? Tongue?"

The smile that touched his eyes made Fang Min a little distracted.

Fang Min was the second place in the imperial examination in the 37th year of Qinyuan. After being favored by Bai Bingchen, he made an exception and became the governor of Jingzhao.

In his impression, Bai Bingchen is a well-deserved leader of civil servants. Although he is young, he has a very mature temperament. Seeing such a real smile, I was a little dazed for a while.

"Teacher seems to be in a good mood today."

Aware of his gaffe, Bai Bingchen retracted the corners of his mouth as if to cover up, but he felt the relief from the heavy burden after a long period of oppression in his heart.

Cangshan's secret has been hidden in his heart for so many years, but he can't tell it. This kind of torture has sharpened his mind day and night, reminding him that his life is not entirely his own, but to bear, as if He was born to carry the burden.

Bai Bingchen originally thought that this secret would follow him to the grave until he died.With such an idea in mind, he was determined to go to the end of this dead end, as if he had no other choice but to do so.

By mistake, Mei Shao actually knew the truth. At the same time, the nightmare in Bai Bingchen's heart came as expected.

How many times in the middle of the night, Bai Bingchen woke up covered in cold sweat, his mind was full of the dream of Mei Shao committing suicide in front of him after knowing the truth, the red and hot blood seemed to splash on his face through the dream , let him in the silent night, his whole body was cold but his mind was hot.

Such nightmares appeared at intervals, but never stopped.

Until this thing really happened, the fear that accumulated in his heart for several years of nightmares burst out instantly with Mei Shao's disappearance. He didn't know how he followed Ji Pu to the Burial Sword Villa, but his heart seemed to be in a hurry along the way. It seemed lifeless, until he saw a figure in front of the tombstone in the distance.

The person who had been kneeling for an unknown amount of time stood upright without making a sound, and didn't even react when he passed by.

Almost holding back tears, as if waiting to be sentenced to death, Bai Bingchen stretched out his hand to feel his breath, and a weak breath fluttered gently on his fingertips.At that moment, Bai Bingchen felt the heart in his chest start beating again. He shivered and embraced the cold person in front of him, even though his body was not warm.

They seemed to be beasts that had been walking alone in the wilderness for many years, and finally found the breath of their companions in the boundless withering, and clung to each other tightly regardless of the coldness of their bodies.

From the moment Bai Bingchen embraced him, he knew clearly that all the restraint and forbearance that he dared not speak and express were all revealed in front of him, and he could no longer coldly push away the This person, once the sprout in his heart broke through the ground and embraced his sun, he couldn't bear to let go.As long as he tasted a little bit of sweetness, he could no longer restrain his desire and possession of Mei Shao.

Suppressing his paranoid emotions hidden under his gentle appearance, Bai Bingchen said: "If Chongjin asks you for Cangzhou soldiers and horses, just give them to him."

"Teacher, do you know why he asked me to borrow soldiers and horses last time?" Fang Min asked after a moment of silence, and then replied without waiting for him: "He is going to attack Weihu Mountain. His Majesty has sent officials over the past few years When I came to Cangzhou, I had no choice but to use Weihu Mountain, partly because of the coercion and lure of the Huang family and Lin Hu, and partly because I have been refusing to send troops."

The relationship between Fang Min, the Huang family, and Lin Hu has always been unclear. Hearing his own words about his role in it now, Bai Bingchen couldn't help but frowned, and asked, "Are you admitting that you are in league with them?"

"The teacher taught the students the way to be an official, and the students dare not forget it. But the students found that the teacher taught the students in different ways." Fang Min's expression became serious, "The student was demoted to Cangzhou at the beginning because he was framed , which caused the anger of the holy majesty and the guilt. At that time, I thought that the teacher was deceived by treacherous ministers and did not believe in the innocence of the students, so I let me be demoted here."

Taking a look at Bai Bingchen's unmoved expression, Fang Min continued: "But I'm still on the way to be demoted, and I heard that the teacher recommended Yan Shuo, the person who framed the students back then, to be the Governor of Jingzhao. The Yan family and At that time, Fan Hongxin, Minister of the Ministry of War who wanted to follow the teacher, was related by marriage. The teacher has always known that the student was wronged, right?"

Although Fang Min was asking, there was no emotion in his eyes, as if he knew the answer to the question already.

"Since you are so smart, you already knew about this, why did you save me on the boat?" Bai Bingchen didn't answer directly, but he had already acquiesced to what he said.

"In the 37th year of Qinyuan, it was the second year after the teacher dealt with the Cangshan Incident. The late emperor valued the teacher more and more and ordered the teacher to preside over the scientific examination that year. Everyone in the world said that if you look at the situation in the pen, you can see three people's hearts. If the teacher doesn't like my strategy, And how did you choose a student from among the many students, and then train me? Is the teacher really trying to teach students to pave the way for people like Yan Shuo?"

"Since the Ministry of Officials has been in the hands of the teacher, how many officials have been supported by the teacher, and the students are not talented, I have checked them one by one." Fang Min stared into Bai Bingchen's eyes, and said word by word: "But the officials supported by the teacher are actually loyal. There are mixed traits, and they can be found everywhere in Pingdu, and it seems that the teacher did whatever he wanted."

Hearing this, Bai Bingchen already knew in his heart that he had figured out everything behind it. Unexpectedly, he said in a persuasive manner: "You have not made any significant political achievements in Cangzhou in the past few years, and I thought you were depressed because of the demotion. You checked me so much behind the scenes." As he spoke, there seemed to be appreciation in his eyes.

"Teacher and Zhang Xiang have been playing games in the court for many years. It is common for each other to poach each other's confidantes. But I heard that most of the officials Zhang Xiang lured from the teacher were framed by traitors and defected. Before that , They are just like me, rookies trained by the teacher." Fang Min saw that he had no intention of stopping himself, and continued: "If I guessed correctly, the two ministers suspected of annexing the Cangzhou disaster relief bank, the Ministry of Household and In the Ministry of Industry, there is one person who belongs to the teacher. The teacher has buried the thread for so many years, isn’t it because he wants the adult to give Zhang Xiang the last blow at the last moment?”

"As expected, I was right. You are very smart. In time, you will be a generation of virtuous ministers." It was rare for Bai Bingchen to praise him without hesitation, but at this time Fang Min did not feel the joy of being praised at all.

He lowered his voice and asked: "I can understand all these schemes, but I don't understand. Since the teacher has a universal heart, why does he keep so many people with ulterior motives around him? Fan Hongxin and Yan Shuo are lessons from the past. If it weren't for their teachers, they wouldn't have come to Cangzhou in frustration."

"These are not things you need to know. You just need to stay in Cangzhou well and be your knower. When the time is right, His Majesty will naturally answer you." Bai Bingchen staggered his question.

Taking a deep breath, Fang Min asked: "The people below said that when they showed the account book of the water transportation to the teacher, the teacher was not surprised at all. The teacher has long known that the road of water transportation is held in Zhang Xiang's hands, but he has been holding back all the time. , presumably there is another purpose, I have collected a lot of things behind my back these years, if the teacher now lets Mei Shao lead the troops to move Weihu Mountain, won't it ruin the teacher's plan?"

"Of course my people can't touch this line, but you forgot that Mei Shao is now Zhang Jiudai's people. I think Zhang Jiudai would be very willing to sacrifice a little interest in Cangzhou in exchange for his own people to gain a firm foothold in the court." Bai Bingchen said There was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

He looked at Fang Min, with a warning in his eyes: "Remember my words, after I leave Cangzhou, you just need to stand still, don't conflict with Zhang Xiang's people behind your back, and be your demoted and frustrated person. It is my only entrustment to you."

"Okay." Fang Min knew that Bai Bingchen had his own considerations in his heart, and he had pressed the question to this point, but he still refused to confide a word.Bai Bingchen is like this, if he doesn't want to say something, no matter how he provokes and ridicules, he will not change his expression and will not confide half a word.

Seeing Fang Min's response, Bai Bingchen returned to his gentle look, and seemed to have thought of something, and asked, "I vaguely remember that I asked you to send a letter to Jiang Yan before, did you get a reply?"

Fang Min didn't know how Bai Bingchen and Zhao Zhen communicated in secret, so he had to report the truth: "The Baifu didn't reply, but there was news from Pingdu, saying that since the teacher left, Zhang Xiang monopolized the court, and said several times Your Majesty, said that the teacher should not return to his old position."

"Then what did His Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty doesn't have any preference, but I heard that in the court hall, in order to defend the teacher, Mr. Cao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had a dispute with Zhang Xiang in front of the ministers, and slightly stabilized the hearts of the officials under the teacher."

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Pingdu.

On the Golden Palace.

Since Bai Bingchen went to Cangzhou, there have been more and more papers for changing appearances in the court. Zhao Zhen tried his best to deal with it, but Zhang Jiudai's offensive was really fierce.

In just a few months, Zhang Jiudai tried his best to pry away several officials from Bai Bingchen's subordinates, learned some secrets of Bai Bingchen's indiscretions, and was trying his best to suppress Bai Bingchen's influence. He also kept Fan Hongxin in a few words, implying that His Majesty should pay attention to the lessons learned from the past and change his appearance early to avoid future troubles.

In the early morning of this day, after the ministers reported the recent political affairs as usual, seeing Zhang Jiudai was about to speak again, Zhao Zhen was in a hurry and happened to see Prince Sheng, and hurriedly asked: "I heard that King Xie En lives in the uncle's mansion." ?”

When Zhao Zhen uttered these words without thinking, he secretly thought that it was not good. At this time, it was the morning court, and the king's random words were enough for the officials to speculate and speculate, let alone such an endless sentence of his own.I don't know what turmoil will be caused after the next court.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, the officials' eyes were fixed on Zhao Yuansheng.

Li An has no real power, but he is also a prince after all. The two princes have had close contacts, which always reminds people of some shady schemes behind it.

Thinking about the key points, several ministers nodded inwardly: As expected of His Majesty, who is wise and mighty, he knows what he is seeing, this must be a blow to Prince Sheng, so let him not have any unreasonable thoughts.

What's more, the censor has already made a draft in his heart, searching for the political affairs that Zhao Yuansheng has participated in in his mind over the years, and whether there is any arrogance. up.

Zhao Yuansheng glanced at the king who had put him in this situation, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty seems to be very concerned about your family affairs?"

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and I only care about the emperor's uncle's family affairs, and have no other intentions." Zhao Zhen explained dryly, and it doesn't matter that the summer is not over yet, how can there be a Mid-Autumn Festival.

He seemed to have seen through Zhao Zhen's headaches from being quarreled by Zhang Jiudai in the past few days, but he couldn't show it. It is my fault that I greeted His Majesty in the palace, but let His Majesty take the initiative to inquire. A few days ago, I went to a horse race in the countryside with King Xie En, but King Xie En fell off his horse and broke his leg."

He gestured to Zhao Zhen with his eyes, Zhao Yuansheng thought that he would not say anything more after hearing these words, who knows if Zhao Zhen has been annoyed by the nagging recently, and finally caught a new thing, raised his interest, regretted There was actually a bit of joy in the words, "The people who served behind King Xie En were really careless, were they seriously injured? After a while, I will ask the old doctor in the palace to show King Xie En."

Zhao Yuansheng knew that he still understood the nature of His Majesty, he was an active and playful person at heart, and it was Bai Bingchen who lived in Zhao Zhen's mansion with a ruler and watched day and night when he was strict in the past, so he reluctantly taught the king who appeared.

I'm afraid it's fake to ask the imperial doctor to see Li An, and it's true that he wants to find something new to relieve his fatigue. Zhao Yuansheng didn't want to say more, but thinking of Li An who was like a dog's skin plaster during these days, he couldn't help but bend his mouth, and wanted to give him some advice. A lesson is also good.

In front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhao Yuansheng slowly explained the matter clearly, "At that time, the minister and King Xie En did not leave any entourage to serve him, and King Xie En fell from his horse, so he said that it was the minister's horse that surprised him. This is the only reason for this misfortune, so I have to rely on the minister's house, and I have to be responsible."

"I naturally wouldn't pay attention to such unreasonable actions, but King Xie En said that if I don't admit my mistake, he will make a complaint to His Majesty. I think that His Majesty is busy with government affairs, and Li Guo and Jiang Guo are in a stalemate again. Fearing that this matter would be spread, Jiang Guo would take it as a message to march into the army, so he accepted the grievance and left him as a general in the residence."

As soon as Zhao Yuansheng finished speaking, all the courtiers took a breath: King Xie En deserves to be a man of a small country, he really doesn't care about etiquette, justice and shame.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen's eyes under the curtain lit up a little, and he said in a raised voice, "Then let's go down to court if there is nothing to do today. It is a matter of great importance to the two countries. Uncle Huang should take the imperial physician back to the manor to have a look!"

The author says:

Zhao Zhen, without looking at him in vain, is like a dragon in a melon field, scurrying around.