Chapter 114:
It was already midnight when the Jinyiwei who went ahead returned to Jinling.
Xue Yan has been very annoying recently.
The dam repairing progress is very fast. In the past two days, Jun Huailang has already started to adjust the dam drawings in his hand. He counted the days and waited until he adjusted the drawings, just in time to start the construction of the dam.
At that time, what he has to do, even if it is completely completed.
He has been very busy these days, but it is reasonable to say that His Royal Highness King Guangling, who should not be busy, is not busy at all.
He was so free that he could accompany Jun Huailang to draw pictures in the study every day without disturbing him, so he found some books to accompany him to read. Bao sent the book to him, and when he was finished, he let Jinbao take it out.
When he was bored, he would rather sit there and stare at Jun Huailang rather than take it away.
Therefore, every time Jun Huailang raised his head inadvertently, he could see Xue Yan looking at him.
When they met his eyes, Xue Yan smiled at him.
He was born sharp and handsome, and he was clearly a fierce face, but when he laughed, he had a natural sultry energy, a bit of a ruffian, But rather cute.
Like a tame wolf.
It was the same night.
Jun Huailang was thinking about the construction period on the construction site, so he wanted to finish the drawings in advance and compare them. After all, one day's work on the construction site will cost an extra day's worth of money. The cost is so large that it is easy to have a shortage when half of the repair is completed.
Xue Yan couldn't stop him, so he had to paint with him.
He asked Jinbao to deliver supper, and after watching Jun Huailang finish eating, he sat on the couch under the window next to the desk, reading boredly.
Take a look at the book, then look at Jun Huailang two or three times.
Jun Huailang is always attentive when doing things, and it is difficult to be disturbed. Even so, in front of Xue Yan, he would involuntarily get distracted, occasionally raising his head and looking at him.
Silent and quiet, but there is an ambiguous breath that slowly drifts away.
After drawing for a while, Jun Huailang felt a little sore neck. He sat up, raised his hand and rubbed the back of his neck.
I saw Xue Yan stand up.
"Tired?" he asked as he stepped forward.
Jun Huailang put one hand on the back of his neck, moved a few times, and said, "I'm not tired, just a little sour."
"What do you have to do in one day or two?" Xue Yan raised his hand, placed it on his shoulder and neck naturally, and slowly rubbed it for him.
He had a lot of strength in his hands, but now he carefully restrained his strength and rubbed him neither light nor heavy. After rubbing a few times, Jun Huailang put his hand down, and the man relaxed, squinting and leaning on the chair.
Jun Huailang laughed softly.
"Public is public, private is private, how can you make up for it like this?" he said.
Xue Yan clicked his tongue.
"For public and private, you should sleep now," he said.
The two were chatting, but Jun Huailang only felt that the exhaustion all over her body gradually disappeared.
At this moment, the voice of Jinbao sounded outside the door.
"Master, the people who went to Chang'an are back." Jin Bao said.
"Let him in." Xue Yan said.
Jun Huailang was about to get up, but was pushed back by Xue Yan, still rubbing his shoulders and neck slowly.
"Okay, no need..." Jun Huailang whispered.
Xue Yan didn't seem to hear it.
So, when Jinbao led the Jinyiwei in, what he saw was the scene of his master rubbing the shoulders of His Royal Highness.
However, as Xue Yan's subordinates, don't watch what you shouldn't watch, don't listen if you shouldn't listen, it's a basic literacy.
Jin Bao bowed and stepped back, and Jin Yiwei knelt down on one knee in front of Xue Yan.
"How is it?" Xue Yan glanced at him and asked.
The Jin Yiwei clasped his fists and said: "As expected by the master. Your Majesty has already started planning to use troops against the King of Yunnan, and has issued an imperial decree for his subordinates to bring them back."
This Jinyiwei came back first to report to Xue Yan. The remaining few people are still waiting in Chang'an at this time, waiting for the officials who announced the decree to return together.
"What does the imperial decree say?" Xue Yan asked.
Na Jinyiwei said: "Your Majesty's imperial decree said that the King of Yunnan is disobedient and intends to make troubles. Your Majesty will immediately order troops and send them south to Lingnan. Please wait in Jinling. We will go to Lingnan to pacify the chaos together."
Xue Yan laughed softly.
Sitting there and listening, Jun Huailang frowned gradually, and asked in confusion, "Why didn't your majesty say, where and how many soldiers to order?"
How can such important information be vague?
Jin Yiwei shook his head and said, "It was not mentioned in the imperial edict."
Xue Yan laughed.
"Sure enough," he said.
Jun Huailang looked at him puzzled.
"I knew I couldn't hide it from Dongchang's eyes, but now I'm just looking at what they plan to do."
"Then, what did they do?" Jun Huailang looked at him.
"The one who can make the emperor make such a vague decree must be someone he doesn't think it should be." Xue Yan said. "There is no one else except Xu Zonglun."
"Xu Zonglun?" Jun Huailang frowned. "Isn't General Xu the son of Xu Xiang?"
Xue Yan smiled lightly.
"Naturally, the emperor didn't take it seriously and wanted to give them a last chance." He said. "If the Xu family can remove the King of Yunnan for the emperor, and then take the opportunity to spit all the money they greedy back to the national treasury, then the Xu family can still use it with the emperor, as long as he turns a blind eye and ignores the past. That's it."
Jun Huailang's hand tightened.
Sure enough, he found out in his previous life that this king has always been ruthless.
He has been keeping a low profile for so many years, and he did not dare to cause any trouble to the emperor.
And now, the Xu family's two crimes of embezzlement are a sure thing. There is sufficient evidence to confirm that they are the ones who did this. But even so, Emperor Qingping gave them a chance to survive.
In Emperor Qing Ping, the role of these people is more important than laws and human feelings.
It's useless, if you kill it, you will kill it. And useful, even if a crime is committed, it can also give a chance to be extra-judicial.
Jun Huailang took a deep breath.
"What's the matter?" Xue Yan keenly sensed the change in his mood, lowered his head and asked.
Jun Huailang shook his head.
Jun Huailang calmed down and said, "Although this is the case, there must be someone who can help the emperor to make such a will?"
Xue Yan hummed.
"It is the Xu family who is helping themselves." He said.
"The Xu family?" Jun Huailang asked. "How did they get the news?"
He paused and looked up at Xue Yan.
"...Dongchang?" he said.
In Chang'an, apart from Dongchang, I am afraid that no one has this kind of skill.
...But isn't Dongchang in Xue Yan's camp?
Xue Yan hummed.
"The East Factory leaked rumors to the Xu family, and the Xu family made trouble." He said.
Seeing Jun Huailang's surprised expression, he laughed softly, raised his hand and rubbed his face.
“What kind of benevolence and righteousness can those people in Dongchang talk about?” he said. "What they want is not a master, but an obedient puppet."
Jun Huailang looked at him.
Seeing Xue Yan said lightly: "They originally thought that I could be such a puppet, but now it seems that it is completely beyond their control."
"Then why did they help the Xu family?" Jun Huailang asked.
Xue Yan said: "Xu wanted to borrow the Xu family to break my leg to make me obey."
Jun Huailang was dumbfounded.
He knows that court battles, especially those involving harem heirs, are especially messy. However, when such a thing happened to the people around him, he still couldn't help feeling distressed.
He raised his hand and took Xue Yan's hand.
Xue Yanhui held him back.
"What's the situation in Chang'an now?" He asked Jin Yiwei again.
Na Jinyiwei said: "When your subordinates left Chang'an, His Majesty was gathering troops. According to reports, His Majesty summoned soldiers and horses from a pass in the north of Chang'an City.
Jun Huailang felt that Xue Yan was holding his hand and tightened a little.
After a moment, he laughed softly, his voice a little hoarse.
“…sure enough,” he said.
Jun Huailang hurriedly looked at him.
Jun Huailang vaguely noticed that Xue Yan was talking about Emperor Qingping.
I saw Xue Yan instructing Jin Yiwei: "Go, gather all the people, and leave with me tomorrow morning."
Jun Huailang hurriedly stood up: "Are you going back to Chang'an?"
Xue Yan looked at him.
"He only thinks he will give the Xu family a way to survive and break their spine, so he can obey him even more in the future." Xue Yan said. "But he forgot that what the Xu family wanted was never these."
Jun Huailang paused and said slowly.
"So, it's a good time to cause chaos when the troops are under the city." He said. "If...they live with His Majesty's court, after a few years, they still don't know what the situation will be, so they have to give it a shot. If they can change the dynasty and push the new emperor, then they can turn around and regain power?"
Xue Yan nodded.
"I have to go back." He seemed relaxed. "...We can't really make Xue Yunhong the emperor."
But Jun Huailang saw that what he said did not quite match his thoughts.
There was still two panic in his eyes.
Jun Huailang can probably understand him.
Emperor Qing Ping was extremely selfish, and because of a hexagram, he left Xue Yan in Yanyun without question. After he came back from a desperate fight, he abused him many times because of this.
But after that, just because the hexagram was unraveled, and it seemed that there was a way to crack it, Emperor Qingping could feel at ease and become his good father again.
Inconstant, love wants to live, evil wants to die, but this person is Xue Yan's biological father.
Before, he never got the slightest father's love, and now, in addition to the extreme hatred for that person, he also gave birth to some fetters that he could not stop himself.
Human nature is so complicated that no one can do anything about it.
Jun Huailang pushed away the chair and hugged Xue Yan head on.
Xue Yan paused and put his arm around his shoulder.
"If he dies, he will trouble me again." He gritted his teeth.
"Well, I know." Jun Huailang said softly. "But... Xu Zonglun's soldiers and horses will surely be able to surround Chang'an City. How do you go back with these Jinyi guards, how can you fight against them?"
Xue Yan said: "I also made the worst plan."
"Huh?"
"The Jinyiwei who came back to Beijing to send their performances, I had them split into two groups, going all the way to Chang'an and all the way to the north." He said. "At this time, Yanyun Iron Cavalry has already set off, lurking in the north of Chang'an City, just waiting for my order."