Raising Wolves

Above the city gate, the empress saw him off. In front of thousands of people, his majesty quietly hid behind the cloak... whispered to the empress.

The cloak was removed, and Lu Qing wiped his lower lip calmly, sending off His Majesty the Emperor who was going on a expedition.

The army marched southward in mighty force, billowing up smoke and dust.

The sky suddenly broke, and the sun jumped out.

Lu Qing stood on the tower, holding on to the battlements, until the army going west disappeared in sight, then turned around and went down the tower, and got into the carriage that Changshun had sent for.

Under the city gate, there were still officials who were seeing off, walking towards the direction of Miyagi, with dark faces, discussing a lot: "What is the order, what is the order!"

"Your Majesty has been fascinated by this demon queen!"

"I really didn't expect that there are male vixens in this world!"

"Hey, Your Majesty not only does this kind of thing in public, but also entrusts the power to this demon queen. When will my Great Qi be at peace..."

The carriage swayed slightly, while Lu Qing lowered his long eyelashes and touched his lips.

That bastard Ning Juan intentionally bit him, and now his lower lip is still aching.

I don't know if there are any marks left.

He vaguely heard the muttering of the officials behind the carriage, but he didn't pay attention. He glanced at Chang Shun, who was carefully studying the patterns on his clothes and pretending to know nothing, and said quietly: "Go back to Ji Xuexuan first, I'll Change clothes."

Ning Juan only took Zheng Yao away, and kept Changshun, without letting Changshun accompany him.

Hearing Lu Qingze's voice, Chang Shun said "Hey", got out of his head to give instructions, and then turned back: "Master Lu, His Majesty has already prepared the way for your return, what are you going to do?"

"Decree, let the five cabinet ministers and the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department, and the Minister of the Ministry of War..." Lu Qing ordered more than a dozen people in one go, and finally ordered, "Wait in the Hall of Martial Arts."

Changshun complied, and passed the order again. Then, as if remembering something, he quickly took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Lu Qingze with both hands: "By the way, Mr. Lu, our house was not on duty yesterday. Mr. Chen came to us My family, please give this letter to you today."

Lu Qing guessed a little bit in his heart, took Chen Xiaodao's letter, opened it and read it.

Early this morning, Chen Xiaodao also left the capital with his own soldiers.

Chen Xiaodao left in a hurry, guessing that Lu Qingze should go to see Ning Juan off, so he wrote a farewell message, telling him to stay in the capital, not to leave, to rest and recover, and see you later when he settled down.

In the war in Mobei, Lu Qing wanted Chen Xiaodao to stay in the capital, but Chen Xiaodao was no longer the bragging little boy he used to be.

Fortunately, the situation in Mobei is not that complicated. With Lin Xi around, Chen Xiaodao can be protected.

He sighed silently, carefully folded the letter and put it away, then looked in the direction of the city gate.

It was Ning Juan who stood outside the city gate and watched him leave. It was midwinter then, but now in midsummer, he bid farewell to Ning Juan on the tower.

Best of luck.

The officials who were ordered by Lu Qingze quickly rushed to the Hall of Martial Arts to wait. According to Lu Qingze's order, the servants in the hall moved the chairs, and all the adults were asked to sit and wait.

Mobei and Southwest are not at peace, His Majesty has gone to conquest, and the affairs in Beijing are in chaos. Thinking that there is an ignorant vase on the top of the head pointing fingers, everyone can't help but be full of complaints and contempt.

What did you call them over for?

As soon as His Majesty left, he couldn't bear to reveal his true colors, and wanted to show them off?

Among the restless officials, only Fan Xingyan sat quietly, waiting for Lu Qing to come back.

Not long after, footsteps were heard outside.

The courtiers whispering to each other looked towards the entrance of the hall.

Someone outside just walked in.

In an instant, everyone's pupils trembled, and the whispers gradually disappeared.

The young man who came from the entrance of the main hall was wearing a crimson official robe, embroidered with crane patches, and a jade belt around his waist. His waist was outlined thinly, but his steps were steady and calm, like a crane, and his grace was like a moon.

In the backlight, there was a silver mask on that face, revealing only the slightly pursed thin lips and the graceful jawline.

At that moment, everyone was in a trance.

This figure is really too familiar, too familiar.

Lu Qing subconsciously stood up from the subordinate who was with him before, and blurted out: "Lord Lu!"

The rumors of ghosts and ghosts in Beijing say that Lu Daren should not die and will return eventually.

Master Lu really came back? !

Lu Qing took off the mask on his face with one hand, and nodded slightly at them peacefully: "Everyone, long time no see."

The cold and beautiful face was exposed from behind the mask, and the whole room seemed to be brightened.

At this moment, all the remaining officials who were still in a dream burned their buttocks, and they all stood up in a hurry, wondering: "You, you..."

Did the demon queen hear about the deeds of the emperor's teacher from somewhere, and pretend to be like this on purpose?But also not right.

It's so similar, put on the mask, the person in front of you is the real Lu Qingze!

Even if you pretend to be on purpose, it is impossible to be exactly the same!

"You don't need to panic, I am Lu Qingze." Lu Qingze wrote lightly, passed the crowd, went to the leader's empty chair and sat down, his voice was as clear and soft as ever, "Jiang Shangshu, the situation of the treasury, the military expenditure of Mobei Report the expenses and the distribution of grain and grass in the southwest of this trip."

Hubu Shangshu was Lu Qingze's capable subordinate in the past. When he heard the sound, he immediately straightened his back and said, "Yes!"

"Has the latest report from Mobei arrived?"

Another court official surnamed Song who was under Lu Qingze hurriedly replied: "It was sent to Wenyuan Pavilion a quarter of an hour ago, and the current situation is stalemate. The Tatars and Wala attacked again at night yesterday, and General Shi led the troops to repel the coalition forces of the two tribes. "

Lu Qing nodded slightly. From the moment he showed up, he controlled the rhythm of everyone's thinking, so no one interrupted him, but he was somewhat sluggish.

Fan Xingyan smiled.

He was very comforted to see Huai Xue come back.

With the previous rumors foreshadowing, Lu Qing appeared in front of people again, which was not so unacceptable.

A few days ago, it was also rumored that the reason why His Majesty married this new empress was because his fate was compatible with His Majesty.

Everyone has heard about His Majesty's lack of fate.

Back then, His Majesty suddenly summoned monks and Taoists into the palace to summon the soul of the emperor's teacher. This incident was not a big one, but it was not a small one. They were in the capital, so they naturally knew much more details than the peasants in the countryside.

In fact, it's not that Ning Juan made it up, but it's true.

At that time, a wandering Taoist priest who entered the palace with him said those words after seeing Ning Juan.

Your Majesty needs a person with a compatible fate to sit in the central palace, otherwise it will damage the luck of the dragon and the country.

Because everyone recalled the emperor's teacher and was dissatisfied with the new queen, they scoffed at the theory of fate matching, thinking that His Majesty must have been deceived by this old bull nose.

but now……

The new queen is Lu Qingze.

Lu Qing is the new queen.

How could they have the temper to say that the Emperor Teacher who raised His Majesty alone is not qualified?

The person with the same fate is Lu Qingze, it's better than someone who doesn't know where he came from!

As for teacher-student ethics...

Everyone swallowed.

The Hall of Martial Heroes was quiet, except for Lu Qingze's voice and the voice of the minister who answered.

The officials in the hall, either used to be under Lu Qingze's hands, were picked up and cultivated by him, and they were close to Lu Qingze in the first place.

Either it was the political enemy of the year, who was favored by Lu Qingze, and in the past three years, he has been suffering because of the guilt and guilt in his heart.

The two groups of people were strangely silent, staring at Lu Qing without stopping.

Immediately there was a common opinion:

Now that Daqi has internal and external troubles, he knows it is not the time to care about this.

Besides, Lu Qing is back, and his fate is compatible with His Majesty again, so what kind of problems are those?

Could it be that they want to reproduce the situation of the year, besieging Lu Qingze with blood and blood?

No one spoke out for Lu Qingze's identity, and the first discussion in the Hall of Martial Heroes was quite peaceful.

After discussing several important matters, Lu Qing signaled everyone to return to their respective official offices and not to stay in the Hall of Martial Arts.

Everyone was just waking up from a dream, dawdled for a while, and said: "Your Highness...Master Lu, you..."

Lu Qing couldn't help laughing: "Whatever you called me in the past is what you call me now."

The face of the person in front of him is extremely gorgeous, noble and unparalleled, and it makes people lose their minds just by looking at it.

It was confirmed again, the big guy looked at Lu Qingze, but he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, so he bowed his hands and floated out of the Hall of Martial Arts in twos and threes like sleepwalking.

Fan Xingyan was the only one sitting steadily throughout the whole process.

Seeing that everyone else had gone out, Fan Xingyan finally stood up and looked at Lu Qingze with a sour nose: "Huaixue..."

Lu Qing recalled that when he saw Fan Xingyan for the last time, he had promised Fan Xingyan that when his child was born, he would name him godfather.

But he had to go, and he didn't want to hurt anyone else.

After returning, it is not easy to tell.

Lu Qing suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I..."

Fan Xingyan sighed: "What are you apologizing for? You didn't do anything wrong. Although I don't know what happened, but the situation back then, you were indeed in a dilemma... Just come back, just come back."

Lu Qing was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "I heard that your wife gave birth to a daughter?"

Speaking of his daughter, Fan Xingyan, who had a heavy complexion just now, was beaming again, and touched his nose: "My daughter looks like his mother, she is very cute, next time you are free, come back with me to have a look, Xiaonan hasn't seen her yet." godfather."

Lu Qing stroked the teacup with his fingertips: "I'll go, is it appropriate?"

Because of him, Feng Ge's son, Fan Xingyan's wife's elder brother, was also beheaded. Immediately after, Feng Ge was forced to report illness, and soon he bid farewell to the officialdom, and also cut off contact with Fan Xingyan.

Fan Xingyan said in a low voice: "Huaixue, you don't know something. Your Majesty has lightened the punishment for the sake of you and your father-in-law's contribution to him. When you were assassinated back then, you and your father-in-law also..."

Lu Qing held a lot of power at a young age, and his position in His Majesty's heart became more and more important, which made many people feel threatened and unhappy.

So is Feng Ge.

When there was a common enemy Wei Herong, they were teammates on the same front, and Lu Qing gained power, which was beneficial to them, so naturally no one would say anything.

But after Wei Herong fell, the situation was different.

Even as early as when Ning Juan faked the show and drank the poison, and Lu Qing took over the power on his behalf, Feng Ge had already started to have prejudice against him in his heart.

Although Mr. Feng Ge did not directly intervene in the assassination of the posthouse, he was also secretly promoting it.

Ning Juan just attacked his son, which is already extremely kind.

After Lu Qing came back, he didn't need to ask Ning Juan deliberately, he flipped through the archived files, and learned a lot of old things, and he understood Fan Xingyan's unfinished words.

People are really complicated and difficult to understand.

The two were silent for a while, while Lu Qing took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, avoided the past, and talked about business: "Xingyan, there is a person, I don't know if you understand."

Fan Xingyan also regained his composure from the past: "Say it."

"Yousi Chancellor of Honglu Temple, Fang Xinlu."

Fan Xingyan thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't have much impression, what's wrong?"

"Fang Xinlu colluded with the Tatars, bribed dozens of people from top to bottom, and stole the map." Fan Xingyan was a trustworthy person, and Lu Qing didn't hide too much from him, and said slowly, "I thought he was just trying to Money, but after observing these days, it seems that it is not that simple."

Fan Xingyan was taken aback by these words, he grasped the key point, and said, "Tutu?!"

"Your Majesty has already noticed," Lu Qing comforted him, "It's just leading a snake out of its hole, so don't worry."

Ning Juan didn't deal with it, but also to avoid alarming the enemy.

Unexpectedly, something happened to Southwest, and now this matter fell into Lu Qingze's hands.

Fan Xingyan took the list handed over by Lu Qingze, glanced at it, and was horrified. Looking at the familiar names on it, his face was ugly: "I really know people, know faces, but don't know my heart... Huaixue, you said Fang Xinlu is not so Simple, what do you mean?"

"Fang Xinlu is in his thirties, and he is no more than a minor official of the sixth grade. A family of six is ​​crowded in an old house in the west of the city." Lu Qing unknowingly imitated Ning Juan, tapping the edge of the teacup lightly with his knuckles, " What do you think of this man?"

Fan Xingyan never paid attention to such a small official with almost no sense of existence: "I'm afraid it's because of poor qualifications?"

"No." Lu Qing said, "I called up the Beijing inspection records of the Ministry of Officials in the past, and found that his records had been altered. I arrested the person who handled the matter and questioned him, only to find out that he had a chance to be promoted once. , was transferred to the household department, but refused, and the last chance fell on another official."

You know, the Ministry of Households, no matter whether it is up or down, is full of fat jobs.

I don't know how much better than at Honglu Temple.

It was just a small change, and no one cared about it. The person who handled it back then also benefited from another official, so naturally it would not be rumored.

If it weren't for Lu Qing, he suddenly felt weird, looked through all the records, and found that there was a trace of alteration, and he would not have known about this past event.

He only found out about this during the day yesterday, and after discussing it with Ning Juan, the urgent report came not long after.

Fan Xingyan's face was slightly solemn: "Understood, I will pay attention to all the people related to him on the list. Don't worry, since you tell me about this matter, I will keep my mouth shut."

Lu Qing nodded slightly, got up and sent Fan Xingyan away, and returned to Xuexuan in a sedan chair to deal with the rest of the chores.

Lu Qing's reappearance quickly spread throughout the government and the public across several palaces.

The whole court was boiling.

There are people who believe in those myths about gods, gods, ghosts and ghosts, and those who don't. When they learn about this, their first reaction is to tangle with the officials. If they oppose Lu Qing, they will take power and impeach him.

But the attitude of more people in the ruling and opposition parties is silence.

Regarding this matter and Lu Qingze's silence.

They defaulted.

People who want to toss can't toss, and no one wants to play with them.

joke.

Everyone is sober, is it time for internal and external troubles to engage in internal strife?

Since His Majesty is not here, it is more suitable for the emperor to return to the court and take power in the status of emperor and empress than anyone else.

Seeing that there was no commotion below, Lu Qing was somewhat relieved.

After the two major cleanings, although there were still some filth that could not be removed, he and Ning Juan had tried their best to build a pure version of the imperial court.

From Ning Juan's expedition, it has been half a month in the blink of an eye.

The battle situation in Mobei was not as quick as everyone expected. Urihan was not a simple opponent, he was quite cunning.

As the battle line was stretched, Hubu Shangshu's face became more and more bitter, and he came to settle accounts with Lu Qingze every day.

The national treasury is like a hole, and all the private money that Ning Juan managed to save was eaten by the war on both sides.

When Ulihan came to Daqi, he may have misjudged some other aspects, but he was very accurate in his judgment in this aspect. Daqi was in the stage of recuperation and was not yet suitable for war.

Seeing that the national treasury is gradually empty, after half a year of fighting, I am afraid that he will have to return to the west.

The hair on Tobe Shangshu's head gradually became empty.

Fortunately, Lu Qing's urgent letter to the northwest received an answer.

It was Duan Lingguang's letter.

As soon as he learned about the situation of the state treasury half a month ago, Lu Qing knew that Da Qi couldn't wait too long, so he sent people to the Western Regions to find Duan Lingguang.

Due to the chaos in Mobei, the Western Regions were also in chaos, and the letter was delivered to Duan Lingguang after several twists and turns.

Lu Qing didn't want Duan Lingguang to help for free. He promised Duan Lingguang many benefits in the letter. If Duan Lingguang was willing to take action, he would get more support from the government in the future when he traded north and south.

Duan Lingguang replied in a playful tone: "It's not impossible for me to take action. I can urge all the commercial firms in Jiangnan to donate money. After all, if the rebels hit Jiangnan, we will also suffer. It's just a condition... Last time I said If you want to get the support of the government, open the sea, and be the first to go to sea to do business, if Mr. Lu agrees, I will encourage everyone to pay for it."

Duan Lingguang has earned an incomparable wealth over the years, not only by relying on his understanding of the original work, but also because of his outstanding ability.

Shipping by sea is imperative, and Lu Qing has discussed it with Ning Juan.

It's not impossible to let Duan Lingguang, who is capable enough, be the first to eat crabs.

Lu Qing deliberated, and decided to agree to Duan Lingguang's request. He took a pen and wrote down a few thoughts and restrictions on shipping, and discussed the details later.

The letter flew from the capital to the northwest again.

A few days later, Duan Lingguang rushed to the capital from the Western Regions to ask to see Lu Qingze.

And with a glazed lamp.

As soon as the two met, Duan Lingguang put down the glazed lamp, spread his hands and said, "I came in a hurry, and I only brought a few pieces of precious jade from the Western Regions as a wedding gift, and I will definitely make up for it in the future."

Lu Qing recognized that it was the Lantern Festival, and he got the glazed lantern from guessing lantern riddles in Lin'an Mansion. He was a little confused: "Since you came in a hurry, do you still have time for someone to bring this thing over?"

"According to my experience," Duan Lingguang said in a deep tone, "If you give me this thing, if your little emperor finds out, either you or I will be unlucky. For your health and myself, I still give this thing away Good to be back."

Lu Qingze: "..."

What is the experience from reading "Master's Literature"?

Lu Qing asked Anping to put away the glazed cup, and asked, "It's inconvenient to discuss the matter of shipping right now. We'll have to discuss the details later. I also said in the letter, why are you in such a hurry?"

Duan Lingguang shook his fan together: "No, no, no, I'm not in a hurry, I just suddenly remembered something - the original work has been edited and edited, are you reading the published deleted version, or the full online version?"

Lu Qing paused: "..."

what?

Looking at his subtle expression, Duan Lingguang knew the answer, and slapped his thigh: "I just guessed that you watched the cut version, and the more you think about it, the more it feels wrong, so why don't you hurry over here?"

Lu Qing realized something was wrong: "Is there any difference? What was deleted?"

"Prince Jing, Ning Jing, has Tatar blood." Duan Lingguang said surprisingly, "His mother is just a court lady, but that court lady has something to do with Ulihan's mother!"

This time, Lu Qing really didn't expect it, so he was stunned for a moment.

"Prince Jing's mother has a younger sister, Ulihan's mother. After giving birth to Queen Jing, although her life in the palace is still not very good, she is more or less a master. So Prince Jing's mother took Ulihan to him. My mother was brought up in the palace, but I didn't expect to be ruined by the old Khan of Tatar."

Duan Lingguang added a bit of deleted information: "So be careful of Prince Jing, I heard he is very low-key? How do you say that, a dog that bites doesn't bark, and a dog that barks doesn't bite .”

Lu Qing frowned, and his heart gradually became clear: "I understand, thank you for coming to tell me."

Duan Lingguang shook his fan, not paying much attention to it: "My time is very precious, I just passed by the capital, and I am going to go to the ferry to take a boat south, so I just came to talk to you. Don't worry, there is trouble in the southwest. If the war burns to the south of the Yangtze River, the whole The Jiangnan Commercial Bank will be affected, and those of us businessmen who are dutiful are also having a hard time, everyone wants to live a stable life, not to mention you have agreed to some conditions, just for the benefits promised by the court, everyone will contribute whatever they can."

Lu Qing arched his hands at him: "That's very good, thank you."

"Thank you, it should be." Duan Lingguang put away his fan coolly, "You don't have to worry too much about your little emperor. In the original book, if it weren't for his old illness, it would be like a Buddha blocking a Buddha, a god blocking a god, let alone him It's fine now."

Duan Lingguang's consolation is also quite unique.

Lu Qing showed a slight smile and sent him outside the palace in person.

After returning to Jixuexuan, the surroundings became quiet, but Lu Qing pushed open the door and walked into the empty room, feeling a bit of silence unavoidably.

It was dark inside, and the lights were not on.

If Ning Juan had been around in the past, he should be pestering him now, trying to bite his neck and leave a mark.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing subconsciously reached out and touched the back of his neck.

On the snow-white skin, the bite marks left eagerly by Ning Juan have disappeared.

Lu Qing lowered his eyelashes, and suddenly couldn't help but miss Ning Juan's breath.

He didn't seem to have ever told Ning Juan, and when he was surrounded by his breath, he felt at ease.

I'm a little tired.

Since he came back, Ning Juan has almost stuck to him and lived in this room, and there are many traces of Ning Juan in the house.

Lu Qing walked into the room, his eyes fixed on a gold-woven robe that fell on the couch at some point.

He walked over slowly, picked up the robe, and wanted someone to come and wash it.

The body is against the will.

He lowered his head and gently sniffed the breath on his robe.

Ning Juan has been away for more than half a month, and the scent above is already very weak, but you can still catch a little bit of it. The faint scent of ambergris and Ning Juan's own breath are not as refreshing as when he was a teenager, but another kind of thick hormonal breath.

Lu Qing leaned on the couch, rubbed the precious cloth between his fingers, buried his head low, and closed his eyes.

A familiar breath brushed his nose, as if Ning Juan was beside him.

During the three years he left, Ning Juan was like this. He could only rely on the few traces of breath remaining in his robes to confirm his existence, pretending that he was still by his side?

Lu Qing vaguely understood why Ning Juan spread his clothes all over the bed.

The behavior is a bit perverted, but it is not incomprehensible.

He was sitting alone in the dark, clutching Ning Juan's clothes, and he was in a daze when suddenly footsteps came from outside: "Master Lu? Are you in the house, Mr. Lu? The spies sent two urgent reports, one of which is The Southwest Express, written by His Majesty himself, is designated to be handed over to you."

Lu Qing suddenly came back to his senses, his ears felt hot, and he let go of Ning Juan's clothes.

... what is he doing?

Lu Qing shook off the messy thoughts in his mind, coughed lightly, got up and went out: "I'm here, report to me urgently."

Chang Shun sighed, handed in the two urgent reports, took out the fire pocket, went to light the lamp in the house, and muttered as he lit it: "You're back, why don't you let the people below light the lamp? It's so dark. What if you fall, His Majesty will definitely not let us go..."

The surrounding area suddenly lit up, but Lu Qing didn't pay attention to Changshun's soft beep, and opened the emergency report from the southwest first.

It's good news.

Ning Juan won the battle and drove the rebels back from central Guizhou to the vicinity of central Shu.

Wartime is urgent, so it is inconvenient to say more, Ning Juan wrote in a hurry.

At the end of the cold and brief battle report, there is a sentence of the emperor's selfishness:

Huaixue, the scenery in the southwest is very beautiful. I am trapped in the palace and have never seen it before. Have you been here too?

我 很想 你.

Lu Qing looked at the words that were clearly written patiently, rubbed the words repeatedly with his fingertips, and couldn't help but smile on his lips. After reading for a long time, he carefully folded the battle report, put it away, and opened it. Another letter.

After a glance, Lu Qingze's brows sank slightly.

He was not suspicious, Fang Xinlu really had a problem.