Broken Iron Clothes

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When the news reached the Taiwei's mansion, it happened to be raining heavily. Jiang Yu was dealing with government affairs in the study, and beside the case was the small-leaf red sandalwood pen holder that Jiang Shiqing had given him.When emotions fluctuate, ink from the nib of the pen will occasionally splash on the top, so Jiang Yu will definitely wipe off the ink stains one by one after the day's work.Jiang Yu had just wiped the pen container clean today, and when he heard about Song Yun, and the stained handkerchief was still tied around his waist, he hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the palace.

Liu Zhaoyu met Jiang Yu alone in the Imperial Study Room, and without asking the man's purpose, he spoke first, "Does the Taiwei feel that I have broken my promise regarding Concubine Chun?"

Jiang Yu said: "It's about the blood of the royal family. I know I have no right to intervene in this matter. It's really wrong to disturb Your Majesty like this. It's just..."

Liu Zhaoyu flipped through the scriptures with downcast eyes, and continued: "Song Shilang suffered a surprise attack earlier, which means that the Song family will fall to the wall and be pushed down by everyone. Concubine Chun needs my protection, and I need to treat her as a threat to Song Shilang." The bargaining chip is to ensure that Song Shilang is safe when he opens his mouth to identify, so I and Concubine Chun pretend to obey the Queen Mother's wishes to sleep together, but it has long been a relationship of mutual use, but the concubine can accept it again, and the heir can also find someone who is willing to continue the dragon for me. Besides, when I was discussing with the Taiwei, I never mentioned that I would really let Concubine Chun conceive the emperor's heir, right?"

The sound of the rain was cut off, and when Liu Zhaoyu finished speaking, there was silence everywhere, except for the burning and crackling of the candle.Jiang Yu bowed his head and didn't respond. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the wet mud splashed on his official uniform, and felt that he was rude, so he moved his sleeves to cover it.

Liu Zhaoyu raised his eyes and cast a glance, not paying much attention.

"It's true that I changed my mind halfway through this matter, and Concubine Chun agreed. The reason is very simple." Liu Zhaoyu put down the notebook in his hand, with a calm expression, "I want to leave an heir, and she can also rely on the emperor's heir to seek a lighter sentence for Song Bing." As for why I didn't want a child until now..."

Liu Zhaoyu raised his hand and moved to the tea bowl on one side, lifted the lid of the cup and swiped lightly, and continued: "The Taiwei knows, what is the thing Chang Yi handed to my mouth every day?"

Jiang Yu's pupils trembled slightly, thinking that the tea must have been mixed with something that would damage his life, but he didn't know why Liu Zhaoyu was so calm.

After not hearing for a long time, Liu Zhaoyu lightly closed the lid of the cup and said: "Since Duke Yu lost his position as a captain, this tea is destined to be in my hands. They are waiting for the birth of the fetus in Concubine Chun's womb. If you want his orthodox status, if you are a prince, you should be on the reserve position. If you are a princess, it is not surprising that the civet cat swaps the prince for the prince, but at that time, I must die before the prince can govern independently Even the reason for the collapse must be reasonable, so that they can achieve their goals, so everything must be prepared early."

It's just that Yan Yixin has been deceived by Yan Youqian so far, and she doesn't know that her elder brother used her to force Liu Zhaoyu to marry his concubine, but what he wanted to do was to kill each other.She is a woman who married into the royal family, just like Song Yun, she was just a victim of politics from the beginning.

"No one knows my body better than me. How could there be no perception of what's mixed in the tea?" Liu Zhaoyu shook his head and chuckled. No one can inherit the throne, I'm afraid the Yan family will do whatever it takes to seize the throne, so leaving an heir as soon as possible is the only way to preserve the royal family's blood."

Jiang Yu's sickness has not disappeared, and now he is a little haggard. Hearing this, he lifted his robe and knelt down to the ground, his voice was also hoarse: "The case of the prince's falling into the river can overthrow the Yan family, and the Northwest War has been victorious. Chao Gang's revival of the country is just around the corner, His Majesty has been hidden for many years, and he is in the prime of life, he can avoid disasters and regain his glory, since he knows that there are differences in tea, why does His Majesty want to hurt himself like this?"

"The influence of the Yan family infiltrating the court has not yet been thoroughly investigated. I can't let people notice the clues because of a small mistake, so that the hard work of the Taiwei and Wen Cifu these days will be in vain. It should belong to me, and I want it to return to its original owner, so I am waiting and worrying every day, but I also can't understand why the second brother didn't return to the city, and why Xianfeng refused to recognize me for so long."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu's heart skipped a beat. He has always behaved like a gentleman and rarely lost his composure, but today he frequently showed shock in front of Liu Zhaoyu.

"Don't be surprised, Taiwei. I have hidden guards in my hand. I already know these things by heart. Now that my second brother has never shown up, Xianfeng's life and death are uncertain. Therefore, to protect the royal blood, I can only do this. But the child left behind, I will trust the Taiwei alone, and I only hope that he will live up to his high expectations." Liu Zhaoyu got up and walked to Jiang Yu, bending down to support his arm.

Jiang Yu couldn't afford it, but lowered her head even lower: "Your Majesty's words, I'm terrified. As a minister, I should be loyal to the death. No matter what, seeing Your Majesty do something that damages the dragon's body, I can't do it!"

Liu Zhaoyu said: "Then I will order you to do it."

A pair of teary eyes were dim, and Jiang Yu was already emotional with the heart of a minister: "It is up to people to plan things. If you can't find a perfect solution, and you can still discuss an expedient solution, why did your majesty choose such a bad solution..."

Liu Zhaoyu looked at the figure kneeling in front of him, half of his eyes were full of sadness, half of regret. He was sitting in a high position, so why didn't he feel shaken because he was ashamed of his people.Perhaps after accepting his fate, he also really wanted to be a good emperor, but he had no assistants around him, but now it was too late.

The melancholy was hard to get rid of, Liu Zhaoyu turned his back to hide his frustration: "Because I have never been the monarch in Taiwei's heart."

After saying nothing, Jiang Yu lowered his eyes and looked down at his robe, only to see a little bit of wet mud that was eye-catching, like his loyalty, not pure or pure.

From the moment he came to look for Liu Zhaoyu because of the emperor's heir, his selfishness was fully exposed - he had his favorite emperor, so he was afraid that there would be another prince under Liu Zhaoyu's knees who could compete for the reserve.

But he didn't know that Liu Zhaoyu saw it all.

Now these endless selfish distractions have been revealed in one word. He, Jiang Yu, is like this official robe. Because of his unfulfilled ambitions for eleven years, he has shown his loyalty to the country and disloyalty to the emperor in front of the eyes of today's emperor.

The heavy rain splashed the ground and splashed his clothes. Jiang Yu pushed open the umbrella that covered the roof, and took steps to catch the wind and rain. Walking all the way in this dark world, it was like crossing mountains and rivers, and it was like going through the past and the past. Sincerity in official career.

"Monarch and subject..." Jiang Yu wiped away the wet rain from his face, bowing his head in shame.

He holds great power in his hands and sits firmly in a high position, but who is he recognizing as the king and whom is he calling himself a minister?Asking himself in this way, he looked up at the world and could not laugh or cry. The lone shadow of the sky walked alone in the long corridor, and he walked all the way to the end of the rain.

After Jiang Yu retreated, the thick cloud still lingered, Liu Zhaoyu fell silent in grief alone, turned around and sat down after a while, and said to the air alone: ​​"I have been hiding for a long time, come out."

Boots stick out from behind the screen, and Yi Qinchen kneels with his naked body.

"You don't need to be too polite," Liu Zhaoyu said, "You asked to see me in person today, what do you want to say?"

Yi Qinchen knelt down and couldn't afford it: "In the past, His Majesty's order for the minister was to protect Mr. Jiang, but Mr. Jiang was chased by Xu Shangshu when he left, and he heard that he was indeed injured. Now the rumors in the western region are widespread, and the military report has also been interrupted. I failed to do my duty faithfully and made a mistake, so I would like to ask you to go to the western region to confirm this matter, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhaoyu was in a trance, and after thinking about it, he asked casually: "Why do you want to go in person?"

Yi Qinchen didn't move his lips or teeth, and had no intention of answering.

He wanted to go to the western border in person only because he was very uneasy, and he was also uneasy because of Gu Nanxing.

Gu Nanxing is not a person who cherishes his life, let alone a person who thinks of living for him. That person is more ruthless than Jiang Shiqing. Now that he heard the rumors about Jiang Shiqing, he is even more convinced that once he encounters a life-or-death decision, Gu Nanxing will really Dare to let him go.But Gu Nanxing was his private matter and had nothing to do with others. He didn't intend to explain Daoming to Liu Zhaoyu, he just wanted to hide this name between his teeth.

Liu Zhaoyu didn't intend to embarrass him at all, seeing that he was silent for a long time, he just responded indifferently: "Forget it, I happen to want the dark guard to go to the west to confirm the matter of Xianfeng, so that's fine, if it can be guaranteed that the city will not come out. Mistake, but you can go."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

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The summer heat hadn't faded completely, and the war broke out again. Rao Shunhe led his troops to the east of Dayao. The other side, Yuan Mucheng, had already attacked the gate of Yingzhou city to provoke, but finally retreated to the east border of Yingzhou. Tens of thousands of horses stationed in the camp. It stayed there for several days.

Although Rao Kun was aroused to win, he was also cautious. Seeing that Yuan Mucheng stood still, he was afraid of being cheated, so he sent scouts day and night to listen to the military situation of that side, but all he heard was romance.

"Is Lu Xianfeng the youngest son of Lu Sheng?" Rao Kun asked.

"Yes."

"It's his fate if the blood coagulation in the body can be dragged on for eight or nine years, but speaking of this Yuan, I said why I only saw him once in Shengzhou. It turned out that he went to the east because of a man. , when he didn’t get the name of a general before, I heard that he just stayed at home and was useless. He only stayed in the barracks for a few years, and he was only looking for cheating with handles. It’s really useless,” said a pair of wide palms Holding the flying claw in his hand, Rao Kun took advantage of the light to take a closer look at the grapple, wiped it a few times with a handkerchief, and said, "Go on, what else is there?"

The deputy general responded: "It is said that Yuan Mucheng brought a young man to the camp when he was in Ningzhou, but he was picky because he wanted to find someone to be Lu Xianfeng's substitute, but he couldn't find a suitable one. Fuck, now the Wusen Department wants to form an alliance with Dali, in order to please Yuan Mucheng, Enhe specially paid the envoy from the Central Plains to find someone like Lu Xianfeng, and wanted to give Yuan Mucheng a male favourite, but he just sent one a few days ago , Yuan Mucheng sent him to Ningzhou with just one glance, and now he heard that he found a very similar one, but his temper was too strong. He escaped a few times on the way to the barracks, but he didn't make it. Recently, it should be It can be delivered."

Having heard the matter of Yuan Mucheng thoroughly, Rao Kun pondered for a moment in silence, and then asked, "How about the old prince's news?"

"The messenger came the day before yesterday to say that Wu Sen's troops were withdrawing, and the old prince has already assembled his troops and is ready to finish."

Rao Kun said: "The old man Enhe is also overestimated, but it seems that as long as I stay here with Yuan Mucheng for a few more days, the soldiers sent to Damo should also go back here, but Yuan Gou watched Don't be in a hurry, the number of people brought this time is less than [-]% of Ningzhou's troops, it seems that he also wants to delay for a while to wait for reinforcements."

Thinking of this, Rao Kun became tense again. He couldn't do a perfect plan. Rao Shunhe took half of his troops this time, and the military supplies were reduced by more than half. He has been consumed a lot, and if the Dali reinforcements arrive first, he is not fully sure that he can hold this place. If he is forced to withdraw at that time, it means that he will hand over Yingzhou to others, and he will still give it to him. defeated his men.

He would never allow himself to show weakness in front of Yuan Mucheng.He is undoubtedly a strong man, and Yuan Mucheng's kind of disciple who indulges in lust cannot be compared with him.

Thinking of this, Rao Kun seemed to have found a big taboo in this opponent, and gradually loosened his fingers that were tightly clasped in his palm: "Is that hot-tempered young man really that much like Lu Xianfeng?"

"The scouts compared the portraits, and said that the appearance can probably be imaged."

"That's right, it's just that Yuan Gou is expected to be satisfied this time, so they insist on sending him to the barracks, otherwise they won't let him go even after running away a few times, but I don't know if the young man is capable of running away, or if he has the courage Dare to kill people." Rao Kun smiled, and only retracted the flying claws, and the sharp claws seemed to have hooked flesh and blood from somewhere, shining coldly insatiately.

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The carriage bumped in the mountains and forests, and when the wind blew up, the grass and trees beside the road rustled, and the curtains of the carriage were picked up by slender fingers, and the wind was poured into the carriage.

Jiang Shiqing breathed in the cool air and coughed twice, Gu Nanxing frowned slightly, then steered the horse to the side of the car, and pulled down the high curtain: "Don't play tricks."

A muffled sound came from inside the car: "I just want to relieve myself, the military master wants to imprison people, so he shouldn't do such inhuman things."

Hearing that the tone was decent, with a bit of yin and yang tone, Gu Nanxing suppressed a smile with a stern face, waved his hand to signal others to stop, and said: "Come and follow, this young man has a lot of thoughts. If he runs away again, he will come Both sides are to blame."

As soon as the car stopped, there was only the sound of the horse's hooves. Jiang Shiqing poked out half of his head from the car, stepped out of the car leisurely with his clothes on, and went into the bushes.

After seeing no movement for a long time, Gu Nanxing held the reins in his hand, walked around with the horse under his crotch, and then followed in person.After a while, the bushes stirred, and Gu Nanxing pushed aside the branches, stepped out, and brought out a stunned follower.

"Everyone is running away! You're just waiting for farts!" Gu Nanxing cursed, and immediately got on his horse and prepared to lead someone to chase somewhere, but he also caught a soft sound from somewhere when he turned around.Out of the corner of his eye, he had no intention of glancing there, but he kept it in his heart, pretending that he hadn't noticed it, so he shook the rein and ran away.

Flowers and leaves rustled in my ears, Jiang Shiqing ran away in the forest, suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, but he only pretended to be in a panic.At the moment when the horse rushed towards him, his clothes brushed against the horse's body, and the strong wind swept the person to the ground, so Jiang Shiqing took advantage of the trend and rolled a few more times in the pile of fallen leaves.

Seeing this, Rao Kun chased after him and cursed secretly: "Damn it, this little bitch can't even ride a horse, no wonder she can't run!"

Half of his face was covered by fallen leaves, Jiang Shiqing looked up at a certain place in the gap, and after distinguishing the sound of horseshoes, he just stood up and slapped the fallen ash on his body.The knuckles were hidden under the sleeves and moved slightly, Jiang Shiqing counted secretly in his heart, and only turned around at the moment when Rao Kun rode his horse and galloped towards him.

While leaning forward, the mighty force approached his face, he raised his head and looked at the tall and strong man on the saddle, brewing a proper surprise, when he was about to step forward and run again, he felt his waist tightened, and he was captured on the horse It was taken.