[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"Report to the emperor, I have something important to report." As soon as he entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Li Lian said with a serious expression.

The emperor was startled, and motioned for An Fuhai to retreat to the left and right.

"I don't know what's important for Ai Qing?" The emperor asked with a pleasant face.

"Your Majesty, this is extremely important, a matter related to the dignity of the royal family!" Li Lian raised his head and glanced at An Fuhai who was standing next to the dragon chair and reiterated again, which surprised the emperor.

"Oh?" The emperor was surprised and waved his hands, "You go out too! Without my order, no one is allowed to wait to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation." Let An Fuhai also retreat together.

An Fuhai didn't say much, and when he exited respectfully, he unconsciously glanced at Li Lian, but met Li Lian's scrutinizing gaze.

He was slightly taken aback, without averting his eyes, just smiled humbly, then retreated with a low eyebrow, and closed the palace door intimately.

"Now that there are no outsiders in the palace, Ai Qing may as well speak up if you have something to say!" Li Lian was so careful, which made the emperor very curious. At the same time, because it was related to the dignity of the royal family, he had to become cautious.

Li Lian straightened up and took off his armor one by one.

The emperor was stunned for a while.

Naturally, he wouldn't think that Li Lian wanted to recommend himself as a pillow, but he couldn't help thinking in a strange direction.

Could it be that what Kang Hetai said before is somewhat true?There were soldiers or officials who were not afraid of death and sent beautiful women to Li Lian, so Li Lian was "domestic abused" by Feng Zizhi! ?Now Li Lian is covered with scars, he can't bear it anymore, and decided to come to me to make decisions for him! ?

Feng Zizhi, as the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the director of the Dongchang factory, represents the emperor in every word and deed outside.The emperor's family "beaten" the marshal of the court, and the news spread that the royal family and even the entire court lost face.

Um!So Feng Zizhi's "domestic violence" Li Lian, Li Lian came to me to make decisions for him in such distress, but he didn't want to spread the matter, and secondly, he was thin-skinned, so there is nothing wrong with asking me to keep outsiders out!The emperor couldn't help but nodded and praised his wit.

The crisp sound of the clash of armors in the hall came and went, and after a while, Li Lian took off his upper body completely.

The emperor moved his eyes away in embarrassment, wanting to "avoid suspicion", so as not to see something he shouldn't have seen, and afterwards, Feng Zizhi, who was jealous, and Li Lian, who regretted it, complained.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's eyes suddenly fixed on Li Lian's chest as if stuck by something.

It wasn't the expected bruises, it wasn't a surface full of scars, and it wasn't smooth jade-like skin.

Li Lian's chest seemed to be wrapped in a ball of white cloth with three pieces and three pieces outside. He was obviously seriously injured, and it was unknown whether it was because of riding into the city just now or because of his participation in the grand ceremony. Bloody, it seems that the wound has ruptured.

"Jing Ya! What happened to you!? Come on! Tell the imperial physician!!" Seeing this scene, the emperor would never think that Li Lian's injuries were caused by Feng Zizhi.

"The humble minister is fine, let the emperor worry about it!" Li Lian stopped him.

"This is the injury you suffered when chasing the enemy on the battlefield the year before last? Why did the injury take so long to heal? Or did the wound rupture when you raided the enemy's camp, which aggravated the injury? How incompetent the doctors in the army are! A small injury They can’t be healed for so long, what’s the use of them!” As the later stage progressed, the emperor became more and more angry. Even the injury of the leader of the army could not be healed after more than a year. One can imagine how many wounded soldiers Delayed by these quack doctors!

Thinking of the group of disabled soldiers seen at the ceremony, and of the shocking casualties coming from ahead, the emperor was heartbroken at the moment, wishing to make a decree to behead all those quack doctors who did so much harm!

Seeing the murderous look on the emperor's body, coupled with the words just now, he obviously misunderstood.

Li Lian hurriedly said: "Please calm down, Your Majesty! The wounds I suffered on the battlefield have already been healed under the wonderful hands of the military doctor."

Hearing these words, the furious emperor finally calmed down.

"What happened to Ai Qing?" The emperor asked anxiously, not daring to guess wildly anymore.

Li Lian did not answer directly, but said a few seemingly irrelevant things that shocked the emperor.

"On April 27th of the tenth year of Jinghe, when I was bedridden by the poison of the Huns, Qian Lu, the head of the East Factory, added arsenic to my soup."

"On the [-]th day of the fifth month in the tenth year of Jinghe, there were several contradictory things in the minister's dinner. It would be fine to eat alone, but it would be highly poisonous when taken together. Yin Shan, who was in charge of the cook, committed suicide that night."

"On the eighth day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Jinghe, when I was inspecting Yanmen, a dead man pretended to be a commoner to assassinate the minister. After being subdued, he bit the poison bag in his teeth and committed suicide."

"Jinghe Ten Years, November [-]th..."

Every time Li Lian said the same thing, the emperor's face became ugly.

Among the dozen or so names mentioned by Li Lian, many of them were loyal to the emperor.

Fortunately, Qian Lu said that it may be that the emperor had already acted before sending the news of the resignation to the front line, and there was a time difference.

However, the emperor had ordered An Fuhai to revoke all orders against Li Lian, so why did his underlings keep trying to harm Li Lian one after another! ?

The emperor knew that these dark sons were loyal to him and had no second thoughts.

So, what is the reason why they do this?

Didn't they receive my order to revoke?Or, my order was tampered with midway?The emperor immediately thought of the two most likely reasons.

"The night before returning to Beijing, an assassin sneaked into my tent, assassinated me, and was shot dead on the spot..."

Needless to say, the emperor already understands.

The wound on Li Lian's chest was caused by an assassin, but Li Lian blocked the news, so the appalling news that the marshal was stabbed on the eve of his return to Beijing did not spread.

"I know that Qian Lu, Yin Shan... and others are absolutely loyal to the emperor, and there is no half-heartedness." When Li Lian said this, he lowered his head, and the emperor could not see his expression.

"That's right, but I can assure you that I never issued an order to kill you." The emperor said this without any guilt, he never thought of intentionally taking Li Lian's life.His character and his pride do not allow him to harm the ministers who have made great contributions to the country.

"I trust the emperor." Although in other people's eyes, the emperor is indeed indecisive and benevolent, but as a subject of such an emperor, Li Lian has no choice but to be thankful and grateful.

He stated the results of his and Feng Zizhi's investigation word by word.

"The emperor appointed Hou Xian, the head of the Dongchang stall, to deliver the news to Qian Lu. Hou Xian's blind old mother lives in a Zhuangzi outside the capital under the name of Prince Zhongjing, and the two younger brothers who are not yet crowned are living in Prince Zhongshun. The family is in charge." At this point, it became obvious that Li Tianjin and Li Tianying wanted to harm Li Lian, but they used the emperor's hand to send false orders to Qian Lu, intending to kill him with a knife.Even if it fails, according to Qian Lu's loyalty to the emperor, he will definitely not reveal any useful information. At that time, no matter how capable Li Lian, Feng Zizhi and others are, they will only be able to track down the emperor, and they will be able to provoke the relationship between them.

If it wasn't for Li Lian's panel that could see through people's hearts, and also happened to be given the right to control the border, maybe Li Tianjin's plan would have succeeded!

"Crack!" The emperor yelled angrily.

"Lao Ba and Lao Shi are too much! No matter how much resentment they have in their hearts, they can just look for me!" In any case, they should not put their hands on foreign ministers!

Li Lian raised his hand again and said, "Your Majesty! I haven't finished speaking yet."

"What?" The emperor looked at Li Lian in astonishment.

In just over a year, Li Lian had been assassinated more than ten times.

"Even though Prince Zhongjing and Prince Zhongshun have many ways to generalize people's hearts, it is impossible to confuse the emperor's people every time without arousing suspicion."

The emperor suddenly realized.

Indeed, even if there is only one person who becomes suspicious of "my order", I will naturally know that "I ordered Li Lian to be killed".It is impossible for Lao Ba and Lao Shi to successfully deceive my dark son every time, there must be omissions and mistakes, so...

There is an internal response!

Other than Zhen, the only person who can appease Anzi and make Anzi assassinate Li Lian without a doubt...

"An Fu Hai!" the emperor said through gritted teeth.

As the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, An Fuhai is the emperor's most trusted confidant eunuch, and everyone knows it.

To a certain extent, what An Fuhai meant was equivalent to what the emperor meant.

As long as An Fuhai appeases and orders Anzi to assassinate Li Lian, Anzi will naturally take An Fuhai's intentions as the emperor's intentions and resolutely "send him to death".

"The servant is here." The person who was screened out of the hall suddenly appeared in the hall.

"How dare you... how dare you!" The emperor's eyes were mixed with anger and disbelief.

An Fuhai smiled softly, and he knelt respectfully on the hall.

"This slave was careless once, and actually got hold of Prince Zhongjing and Prince Zhongshun. He had no choice but to cooperate with them. In order to win over slaves, Prince Zhongjing used South Sea pearls as big as thumbs and ruby ​​corals as tall as a person. Sent them to the slave’s private house like a worthless stone. The slave was blinded by those things and became confused for a while.”

"In the beginning, the servant listened to the emperor's words to spread the word, but was found out by Zhong Jing, and ordered Hou Xian to spread false news halfway through. Later, the slave wanted to be loyal to the emperor. As long as the champion died, all the responsibility would be pushed to the Xiongnu After that, no one will be able to threaten the emperor's position." Therefore, he ordered Yin Shan, the cook, to find a way to poison Li Lian's meals.

"Slaves have thought about not wanting this lowly life, and they won't let them hurt the emperor." After a pause, An Fuhai said bitterly: "It's just that Prince Zhongjing's ability to seduce people is too strong. In addition to money, he also told the slaves that if there is no champion, the emperor will be safe, and Feng Yannian will be hit hard because of this. When the slaves take over the supervisor of ceremonies and Dongchang, the position of the emperor will also be able to It’s more stable like Mount Tai, and you don’t have to be angry with the Supreme Emperor and the court officials anymore.”

"Thinking of this, the slave couldn't help but make one wrong step, one wrong step, and finally made a big mistake."

"After all, slaves are greedy."

Basically, it was the same as what Feng Zizhi had guessed, except that Feng Zizhi underestimated An Fuhai's loyalty.

The emperor stared at An Fuhai closely: "You..."

An Fuhai turned to face Li Lian, and said humbly, "Young Champion, the emperor didn't know about the slave sending someone to harm you. At the beginning, the emperor just wanted Qian Lu to keep an eye on your every move. Prince Zhongjing sent someone to tamper with the emperor’s intentions. After that, it was the servant who ordered Yin Shan to find a way to poison you. After that, the [-] assassinations and murders you encountered were all the ideas of the servant and Prince Zhongjing. It really has nothing to do with it. Please don't hold grudges against the emperor."

"If the slave tells a single word of lies, let the slave be an eunuch who is neither male nor female in the next life, the next life, and the next life." He said firmly and decisively.

hiss!Li Lian gasped.

This is simply the most vicious oath, bar none.

Li Lian saw something in his eyes, and sighed, "I know." I won't hold grudges against the emperor.

An Fuhai felt relieved, and glanced at Li Lian gratefully.

He finally looked up at the emperor reluctantly.

"Your Majesty, this servant has done something wrong and made things difficult for you. But don't worry, this servant will not make things difficult for you again!"

Speaking of this, An Fuhai suddenly spat out several mouthfuls of black blood.

"Little Anzi!" The emperor stood up immediately in shock.

"Master, I will take good care of myself..." Before he finished speaking, An Fuhai's whole body went limp, and he fell heavily on the Hall of Mental Cultivation. .

As early as the moment Li Lian glanced at him after entering the palace, he knew that his involvement in the murder of Li Lian had happened.When the emperor ordered him to retreat, he did not quit the Hall of Mental Cultivation according to his words, but took the Crane Crown Red that he had been carrying with him recently.

The emperor's eyes turned red, An Fuhai was to him just like Dai Quan was to the Supreme Emperor, it was no longer the relationship between an ordinary master and slave.

Li Lian had been assassinated many times, and he had to give him an explanation.

An Fuhai decided to commit suicide in order to avoid the emperor's difficulty, and to give Li Lian an explanation, which can be regarded as punishment for the emperor's infidelity.

The emperor took a deep breath, went out personally and ordered people to carry An Fuhai's body out, and ordered to stop the news from spreading.

The servants and maids of the Hall of Mental Cultivation saw that the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation had died for no reason, so naturally they didn't dare to say much, so they quickly cleaned the Hall of Mental Cultivation and left.

The emperor was determined, and then said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Jingya, this time I will definitely let the eighth and tenth give you an explanation."

"Your Majesty, apart from the fact that I was assassinated today, I still want to ask you to resign." Li Lian clasped his fists, he didn't intend to "force" An Fuhai to death on the spot.

"What!?" The emperor really suffered too much fright today, the successive shocks made his body a little unbearable, his body swayed slightly, and he almost lost his footing and fell down.

"Your Majesty!" Li Lian quickly stepped forward to support the Emperor, regardless of the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers.

The emperor grabbed Li Lian's arm, and quickly comforted him, "Jing Ya, what do you mean? But there is something wrong in my heart? I am not a narrow-minded person! An Fuhai's death was due to his bad intentions, and I will never take my anger out on you." to you!"

"I'm planning to appoint you as the prince's young teacher and Wenyuan Pavilion scholar, to assist me in handling government affairs and governing the world."

Li Lian politely refused, "Your Majesty, I only know how to fight, not how to govern a country."

"Then I will order you to be Minister of the Ministry of War, in charge of the selection of military officers, military registration, weapons, military orders and other matters." The emperor insisted.

"Your Majesty, I'm not the type to sit in a room all day and deal with documents." Li Lian repeatedly refused.

"Then... Zhen..." The emperor didn't give up, his brain kept turning, trying to find a position that met Li Lian's requirements.

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind. I beg your Majesty's quasi-minister to resign from the position of commander of the Tiance Mansion and from the position of the third-rank champion general." The marshal is only a temporary dispatch, not an official title, and he will be dismissed upon dismissal.

As the saying goes: Clay figurines also have three points of anger, not to mention the emperor!

At the end of the day, the emperor, who was constantly emotionally ups and downs, couldn't help but explode.

"Li Jingya! I promise you that you don't want to be a junior teacher of the crown prince, you don't want to be a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and you are not suitable for being a minister of the Ministry of War! People don't seek small gains, they must have big plans! Tell me, what do you want? What do you want!??" The emperor shouted angrily, his eyes were red.

Didn't you Li Jingya dare to be so presumptuous because of your great achievements in the country and the backing of the Supreme Emperor?If I'm in a hurry, I won't take that much into account! !The wrath of the emperor, laying down millions of corpses, bleeding for thousands of miles! ! !

Li Lian was not afraid, he just said calmly: "This time, the old wounds have not healed, and the new wounds have increased, and the vitality has been seriously injured. In the future, I will never be able to go to the battlefield again."

"Is this true? But the misjudgment of the quack doctors in the army?" The emperor's impression of the "quack doctors" in the army is deeply rooted at this moment, and it cannot be changed for a while. You diagnose! If none of them can cure you, I will order people to post the imperial list and search for famous doctors all over the world, and they will definitely cure you!"

"I thanked the emperor in advance, but these are useless." Li Lian lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "I have been in the army for about 20 years since I was fourteen. After being hit by the plague gu of the Huns, the injuries in the body broke out one after another, and the wounds continued to increase, hovering between life and death many times. Even if the plague gu was expelled from the body by the Gu Dao master invited in the southwest, the body The injury has been difficult to suppress."

"During my coma, Yannian traveled thousands of miles to invite all the masters who lived in seclusion in the mountains to feel my pulse."

"What did Mr. Wang say?" the emperor asked anxiously.

"Master said that he can only use golden needles to temporarily relieve the wounds in his body, but from now on, he can no longer go to battle, and he can't fight bravely. With the daily soup and medicine, there is still a chance to live until the year of fate. Otherwise , this body lasted less than three years."

There are rumors in the market that Wang Yi is pedantic about heaven and man, knows the heavens and the earth, is unpredictable, has the ability to heal the dead, and kill the dead.Although the emperor didn't believe it all, they all agreed that his medical skills were much better than those imperial doctors in Tai Hospital.

The emperor's tone was more than a little softer, "How can such a big event not be mentioned in the battle report sent back to the capital!?" Obviously, he believed it most of the time.

"I ordered them not to write it." Li Lian said bitterly, "It's not something glorious, and it will affect the morale of the army if it gets out."

The emperor nodded in understanding.Even though the Huns and Turks have not been completely tamed yet, if something goes wrong with Li Lian's Optimus Prime, it's hard to guarantee that they won't take the opportunity to make trouble.