Powerful ministers are husbands

Pang Miao was as motionless as a mountain, his eyes were calm.

With a smile on the corner of Cao Lu's mouth, he explained: "Why didn't the King of Yan want to persuade someone to act as a scapegoat, so I did it for him. Before the late emperor died, the person who was most worried about him was actually King Anfeng, because his father, King An There was a battle for the throne with him, and he ended up indignant. So, to be on the safe side, we placed a person next to King Anfeng, and it has been six years now."

"But... first Qu Chongrong was favored, then his party members were promoted, and finally someone suggested rebellion, so it seems deliberate." The cold wind in the autumn night pierced through the curtain, blowing unscrupulously, but it couldn't smooth the mark on Pang Miao's eyebrows .

"Qu Chongrong was favored because of the advice and advice of the people around her. Just because her father had a connection with the King of Anfeng County, the Holy Majesty followed suit. The promotion was also recommended by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Governor of Chuhai, and it was not a deliberate promotion by the Holy Majesty. If The king of Anfeng County really wants to think that this is a situation where you are invited to enter the urn, and someone will help him solve the knot." Cao Lv sat on Pang Miao's right hand, just blocking the door of the carriage, and conveniently put on the guard's cloak that had been thrown on the carriage. On Pang Miao's shoulders.

Preemptive attack is a clever strategy, but it is also really dangerous.Among the three parties who entered the game, the two had the intention of rebellion. The holy majesty who was on the scene put his wealth and life as a bet.

I don't know if it was the cold wind just blowing, and Pang Miao's head felt faint pain again. He quietly took a deep breath of air. When the cold feeling permeated his internal organs, he felt a little more awake, "You have already decided?" This must be the reason why Cao Lv didn't eat at home tonight.

"Yes, do you still remember those two former minions of the King of Yan who knew many secrets? In fact, they were sent by the King of Yan to plot to murder me again, and they have already been dealt with. Instead of waiting for the King of Yan to attack again at some point, why don't we set up a plan?" If he is given a chance by trapping him, his spies will definitely know the news that Prince Anfeng intends to rebel. To deal with a well-known prince is to make both him and a prince who conspired to usurp the throne suffer. In fact, the decision was made so quickly. I have a plan, I also have selfish intentions..." Cao Lv turned his head to look at Pang Miao's side face, in the uncertain light and light, his appearance was indifferent and quiet, like a piece of unpretentious but bright and eye-catching jade.

Pang Miao felt the gaze, but did not raise his head, "Selfishness?"

"Yes," Cao Lu said frankly without turning his eyes away, "For you. I don't want you to be killed in this life."

"Yeah, and your family members, they can live in peace, so we need to end it as soon as possible." Pang Miao finally raised his head and looked at Cao Lu. The candlelight danced in Ru Mo's pupils, as if saying His good wishes are so vivid, and the faint smile that flows from the back of his eyes is so decent that he seems a little alienated.

Cao Lu sighed inaudibly, when the carriage stopped, the driver softly reported "here we are".

Back at Tingsong Courtyard, the servant girl brought chicken noodle soup. After Pang Miao and Cao Lv finished eating, they cleaned up and went to bed.Tonight, Cao Lv didn't want to hear any more anecdotes, probably because the business discussed today was too laborious, and it didn't take long to hear only the sound of breathing.Pang Miao looked at the bed curtain, his eyelids became heavier and heavier. When he accidentally closed them, he opened them again, and it was bright outside.

Today, Meng Qinghua and her newlywed husband set off to return to the border.Their marriage was done very quickly after the marriage proposal, the reason was that Gong Yu could not stay in the imperial capital for a long time.But he didn't want to wrong his wife in major life matters, and there were many rules to follow. In the end, he married Meng Qinghua home in a good manner, which made the two elders of the Meng family very satisfied with their son-in-law.

Because they needed to pay homage to the ancestors of the Meng family before leaving, the group set off from the east gate and then turned to the northwest.The ancestor of the Meng family had nothing to do with Pang Miao, he was sent to the gate of Dongcheng.

"Cousin, you should take care too." Meng Qinghua smiled, her eyes were crescent like crescent moons, sweet and lively, she took Pang Miao and Cao Lu's hands each, and held them together, "I wish you a happy life When we grow old, our love remains the same.”

"You too." Pang Miao blessed.

"There will be a time later, cousin, cousin's husband." Meng Qinghua let go of her hand, waving her red sleeves like butterfly wings.

Pang Miao waved goodbye to her and watched the carriage go away. When he wanted to turn around, he found that Cao Lv's hand hadn't been released yet.

The fingers are intertwined and clasped together.

"..." Pang Miao was about to speak when a burst of chaotic and rapid hoofbeats disrupted his thinking.

A fast horse came galloping on the official road, stirring up dust all over the place, and the frightened pedestrians on the road gave way one after another. Some of them evaded too hurriedly, their left foot tripped over their right foot, and fell to the ground in embarrassment. Then there are groans///groans and curses.

Cao Lv dragged Pang Miao aside, and looked at the man on horseback without blinking his narrowed eyes.

When the fast horse came close, Pang Miao saw clearly the appearance of the rider. It was a young man with a blood-stained face. His expression was terrified. There were several cuts in his clothes, and there was blood on the fabric as his body trembled. His body was smudged, as if invisible vines were entwined around his body, and red and strange flowers bloomed.

The young man obviously saw General Cao standing at the gate of the city. As he approached the gate, the steed gradually slowed down. before the law.

"General Cao, please beg us! The grain, grass and silver that were donated to the south of the Yangtze River have been robbed by thieves!"

The scene of the robbery was very tragic. The blood scattered under the scattered corpses dyed the large area of ​​green grass red, and the thick bloody smell permeated the air unscrupulously, almost nauseating.The thumb-thick bridle was like a dead snake, lying on the ground in a mess, and the board was empty, not even a copper coin was left.

Squads scoured the scene for evidence, and young men who came for help cried out for their usual surviving companions among the bodies.After swaying for half a circle, when he was almost desperate, he struggled to sit up from the ground alone, and the young man threw himself on his head and cried.

A total of 47 officers and soldiers responsible for delivering food and grass for disaster relief, only two were left alive.

Pang Miao turned around, thinking that an ordinary woman might not be able to calmly face more than 40 hideous and terrifying corpses.Although he was brought here by Cao Lu, he was still a little abrupt.

He took a few steps towards the nearby grove while looking around.This is a road that turns from the inconspicuous small fork road on the official road, and then turns to the south. There are sparse weeds growing on the path with the width of three people shoulder to shoulder, and it is spread on the mud like moss, because there are often nearby people coming and going up the mountain. Chopping firewood for hunting or taking shortcuts to neighboring counties.

On the east side of the path is a stretch of mountains with lush vegetation, covering the sky and sun, and the terrain is winding and precipitous. Only those who have something valuable will venture deeper.

Today's sunshine is good, through the gaps between the branches, the ground is covered with golden light spots, swaying with the wind.In the "rustle" of the wind, the two surviving officers and soldiers told about encountering bandits.

"... When we came here, dozens of arrow clusters suddenly struck. We were caught off guard, and many of our brothers were killed here. Later, many masked men rushed down from behind the bushes and chopped them with a knife. I tried my best to kill them. Open a bloody road, grab a horse and hurry back to the city for help."

Another person went on to say: "Those people are extremely vicious, and they hit hard, almost all of them were killed by a knife. I was lucky enough to sprain my foot, so I didn't get hit critically, but I passed out... It's all my fault. If I hold on for a while, maybe I will die I can see where the thieves have gone."

The two surviving people embraced and wept again after experiencing the catastrophe of life and death.

Jia Kun’s complexion was paler than the yellow leaves on the dead branches, and his figure swayed again and again, “The grain and grass and disaster relief money escorted this time are very important, so we asked the officers and soldiers to dress up as farmers for fear of encountering robbers on the road. , and took a path that is sparsely populated, just to avoid people's eyes and ears. Why, how is it possible..."

"Won't someone leak the route map in advance?" Someone shouted strangely, his tone full of gloating.

"How is it possible? The only people who knew about it before departure were the leader, General Wang, and me..." Jia Kun looked at the mangled General Wang, who was dying, and couldn't continue. on him.He turned to Cao Lv for help, but the latter didn't speak, and someone else spoke for him.

"I'll take you back first." Cao Lu appeared behind Pang Miao.

Pang Miao nodded, and the two climbed into the carriage.The road here is bumpy, and the carriage staggers forward slowly.

After pondering for a while, Cao Lu said to Pang Miao: "The Minister of the Household Department, Jia Kun, and General Wang, who is in charge of escorting, are from our side, so they will never reveal the road map. However, if the disaster relief money is lost, if there is no other reason If people do it deliberately, the imperial court will definitely hold Jia Shangshu accountable, and then someone will have the opportunity to compete for the big piece of meat from the Ministry of Household Affairs."

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the world's finances, and if they want to cheat and embezzle from here, it is very convenient to have their own people around.

Those who can get the most benefit from this matter, they know it all too well.

Turning to the northwest and preparing to return to the official road, Pang Miao lifted the curtain and looked out. The fresh air from the woods rushed in, sweeping away the bloody smell that had been lingering at the tip of his nose, and he felt more comfortable.

Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes, and the moment the tree shadow swayed just now, the light reflected by something in the grass happened to fall into his eyes.

"Stop!" Pang Miao was curious and felt that he had to check it out.

The driver didn't know why, but stopped anyway.Pang Miao lifted up her skirt, jumped out of the carriage, and after searching around in the grass, she finally found that thing.

"Look." He held up the broken arrow and showed it to Cao Lu.

This arrow is not an ordinary feathered arrow. The bottom part of the arrowhead is round and has several small holes.

"This loud arrow was broken artificially." Cao Lu looked unhappy, and stroked the small hole on the arrow lightly with his fingertips.

"The one who can go back and forth, break this loud arrow and throw it away in the grass..." Pang Miao looked behind him, he was already far away, and the bloody smell dissipated among the green trees, "I report to you for help this person?"