Chapter 204: border town

Chapter 204: border town

"Leave Huangzhou and go north all the way?" After the morning court, Shen Lang left the confidential ministers to come down to discuss matters, but at this moment, an urgent report came from outside. After he listened carefully, his already sullen face became more Seeing the gloom, he only said, "But you can find out where he is going?"

Eunuch Wang Xinyi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he replied tremblingly: "Listen to the people below, and look at the route, it seems, it seems to be going in the direction of the border..."

border? !

All the assistant ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee and the important officials of the six ministries present gasped for it and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhang Zhe was going to report on the matter of the Ministry of Criminal Justice's autumn judgment this year, and his eyelids twitched even more when he heard this. On that taciturn face, there was a rare looseness due to surprise.

But then calmed down again.

He was even in a trance for a moment, and when his gaze dropped, he saw the dense cloud and thunder pattern on the sleeves of his official uniform, and then he remembered that this life is different from the previous one.

In the last life, she had a feud with the eldest princess of Leyang, Shen Zhiyi, and she was powerless to rescue the Yongyi Hou's mansion from fire and water. But in this life, His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess treated her well in the palace. Although the Yongyi Hou Mansion was ransacked, most of its power was preserved, and it was only exiled to Huangzhou. She even became Xie Ju'an's real student, and under her command was You Fangyin, who was rich and powerful in her previous life and was an enemy of the country. If she was in the south, she would definitely meet Wei Liang...

With so many people, their lives were changed because of her.

So today, it is not surprising that Yan Shizi has changed earlier than in the previous life.

It's just that this matter was far beyond Shen Lang's expectation.

He was sitting high on the throne, but the temples on his forehead were throbbing a little bit. He felt a rush of blood rushing to his head. He raised his hand and slowly suppressed it, and then he continued to ask through gritted teeth: "He is the only one who left the Yellow River without permission." Zhou? What about the rest of the Yan clan?!"

Wang Xinyi knelt down on the ground: "After finding out that Yan Lin had left Huangzhou, the local state officials immediately searched, but, but..."

Shen Lang suddenly slapped the imperial case, and said sharply: "Say!"

There was a "bang" sound, and the pen and ink on the case were shaking.

Wang Xinyi immediately crouched down, his forehead pressed against the cold and smooth ground, and his voice was full of panic: "Return to the Holy One, it's gone! The Yan family has disappeared, and they all fled!"

"Nonsense!"

Shen Lang's face was almost distorted, almost everything on the imperial case was swept to the ground by him, and the memorial was a mess.

"There are hundreds of people in the Yan family. It is not surprising that one Yan Lin ran away. How could the entire family disappear?! Where did they get the ability to escape my eyes and ears, and the state government's numerous checkpoints?!"

This time, all the ministers knelt down and shouted "The Holy One calm down".

After all, in the past two years, the emperor has become more and more lax about government affairs, believes in the way of longevity, and often takes five stone powder, and his temperament has become more and more moody. Officials in the DPRK and China are easily offended, and it is not a matter of once or twice.

Even if everyone is willing to part with this official uniform and a black hat, they still have to worry about the head on their shoulders.

Only Zhang Zhe was half a beat slower.

Gu Chunfang, the old minister of punishment, sighed from the bottom of her heart, and knelt down first. Turning around, he saw that his favorite student was still standing with the memorial related to the roster of this year's autumn finals, so he raised his hand and pulled him.

Zhang Zhe's fingers clasped the memorial a little harder, and the sluggish and stern lines became more prominent.

In the end, Gu Chunfang still didn't appreciate her kindness.

Just before he bent his knees, he caught a glimpse of the tribute pine smoke and ink rolling down from the imperial case to his feet, as if he thought it was blocking the ground, he brushed it away lightly.

Gu Chunfang caught a glimpse and couldn't help but glance at him.

Both civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were trembling, except for a monk standing beside him who was out of place.

He was born with a square face and wide ears, with a somewhat fierce look.

Wearing a bright red monk's robe, but acting like an eminent monk, he only frowned slightly when he heard the news that the Yan family had escaped.

This person is no one else, but the current national teacher, monk Yuanji.

These days, there is no good news from the ruling and opposition parties.

Inside, the Heavenly Religion was in chaos, disturbing the people, and there were barbarians spying on the outside. The news that the originally top-secret Princess Leyang was trapped in the Tatar royal court and asked for help from the court somehow leaked out, spreading the wind and rain all over the city. People talked a lot, speculating that the imperial court would send troops to rescue.

But which one in the court is not clear?

Even if it were to go to war with the Tatars, it would not be at this time. A married princess is the water that was poured out, and she was already dead when she went to the Tatar royal court. How could the emperor start a war rashly for a dead person?

The bad thing is that the news leaks!

Some things can be done but cannot be said. Originally, Shen Lang's plan was to hide it from the truth, and wait for the news of Shen Zhiyi's accident to spread, and then raise the underdogs to start a war in the name of revenge for the princess. But for now it's fine. If you know the situation of the princess but don't send troops, and if the people know about it, you will definitely lose the hearts of the people! The Tianjiao made trouble inside, and they were eager to discredit the imperial court. Once there was a mistake in this matter, it would definitely create an opportunity for the other party to take advantage of.

At this moment, the Yan family has disappeared!

Shen Lang couldn't help sneering: "Okay, okay, I think they are working together to make me unhappy!"

Everyone was silent.

Shen Lang felt very irritable, he got up and paced, and looked down, but he didn't see Xie Wei, so he couldn't help saying: "Master Xie went back to his hometown to worship the ancestors, hasn't he returned yet?"

Wang Xinyi felt unlucky, and he didn't know why there were so many bad news every day, and he had to remind them all. His head was on the ground, and he didn't dare to lift it up. Reported that Master Young Master was assassinated on the way back to Beijing. However, news came yesterday that the man had been rescued and was recuperating in Jinan Mansion. It is expected that he will leave for Beijing in a short time."

Shen Lang frowned: "Who attacked, did you ever find out?"

Dali Siqing knelt down and dared not speak.

Gu Chunfang glanced at him, and then said for him: "Returning to the Holy Lord, the incident happened suddenly, and the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple sent people to supervise it. I think there will be some clues in the near future. According to what the veterans saw, the young master is the imperial court. Commander, whoever dares to assassinate him on his way back to Beijing will either be distracted or rebellious, and I am afraid that he may have some connection with the thief from the Heavenly Sect."

yes.

Besides the Heavenly Sect, who dared to assassinate Xie Wei after eating a bear's heart?

Gu Chunfang's words are not without reason.

The monk Yuanji smiled slightly, clasped his hands together, and proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Master Xie has his own celestial appearance, but fortunately he is not hindered. The thieves of the heavenly sect commit crimes, and their hearts are really to be punished. But I would like to congratulate the sage .”

The emperor is being irritable, how can there be any "joy"?

Everyone feels strange.

Shen Lang couldn't help but look at him, he trusted him quite a bit, and his expression improved a bit: "The national teacher's words are strange, where does the joy come from?"

Monk Yuanji said: "One Xi thanked Master Anping, but the thief failed to succeed; Two Xi Yan's clan changed, showing their traces. There are Tatars at the border, and the thief Yan Lin is going to the border. Presumably there is a heart to cooperate with the outside. Therefore. The handling of the border gates now needs to be handled with caution. Your Excellency the Young Master is the master of the Holy Spirit. He has foresight and strategizing, and he has won the trust of the Holy Spirit. I have a plan, so I might as well take this opportunity to let the Young Master go to the border, while avoiding it. Kaitian teaches the interception and killing of thieves, the second is to supervise the military situation to prevent changes, and the third is to wait on the sidelines, if the Yan family is rebellious, with the ability of the young master, they will never come back!"

As we all know, although Xie Wei does not have the name of the emperor's teacher, he has the reality of the emperor's teacher.

In the past two years, Monk Yuanji, in the name of the national teacher, has promoted Buddhism among the people to compete with the heavenly religion, and is quite famous among the believers, but in this imperial court, the ministers still acknowledge and thank him.

After all, those who can be officials in the court, even if they don't say evil, are not very good.

Which can really envelop Buddhism?

But it was all superficially polite to him.

After all, everyone in the ruling and opposition parties knew that once something difficult happened, Mr. Xie had to discuss it together before making a decision.

Hearing what Monk Yuanji said now, he didn't doubt it at all.

Shen Lang also thought about it.

The situation at the border is actually more urgent than inward. Since it is impossible for him to go to supervise the army in person, it would be best to send Xie Wei there, so he made a decisive decision and said: "Decree! Order Xie Shaoshi not to return to the capital, and after Jinan recuperates, he will immediately go to the border. The supervisor will take strict precautions, but there is a change The perpetrators will be executed immediately and on the spot, and there will be no mercy!"

"Holy Majesty Shengming!"

All the ministers bowed their heads and praised.

Only Zhang Zhe raised his eyes, saw the smile on Monk Yuanji's lips, and felt that things might not be that simple.

"So, who is going to attack us, have you found out?"

Jiang Xuening watched as Xie Wei put the sliced ​​fish into a beautiful white porcelain plate, sprinkled a little shredded **** to remove the fishy smell, and put it in the steamer, as if he could already see how delicious it would be when it was brought out, he couldn't help swallowing, That's why I asked.

She didn't dare to guess deeply.

At the time of the attack, she had clearly heard Daoqin say "Jiaozhong", which reminded her of Xie Wei's uprooting and extermination of the Tianjiao in her previous life, and she couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.

Xie Wei covered the steamer, took a towel beside him, and wiped off the smudges on his hands, but there was a strange color in his eyes, and he replied calmly: "Tianjiao rebels, you are so bold, how can you still have something to do?" who?"

Jiang Xuening couldn't help but choked on him.

Xie Wei raised his eyes to look at her, saw that her clear and beautiful face was covered with a swaying warm color by the fire from the stove, he couldn't help but smiled meaningfully: "Who do you think?"

Jiang Xuening resentfully added a piece of firewood to the stove, but said: "How can I know, I'm afraid to die, can't I just ask?"

Xie Wei only said: "Don't worry."

Afterwards, he also thought about it, and there were two groups of people who came to assassinate him. The ones who followed Jianshu at that time were experts in the sect, fearing that Wan Xiuzi would make trouble soon, fearing that he would get out of control, we should get rid of him first; those who followed him and Jiang Xuening came from Beijing. If the emperor had already begun to doubt him, he would not have acted secretly. Those who do it secretly are afraid of being discovered. Thinking back to myself in the past two years, there is only one monk, Yuanji, who can be regarded as an "opponent" and "enemy".

Although this person is called a monk, he has a deep scheming heart and is definitely not a kind person.

Shen Lang is lazy in state affairs, but the emperor's mind is very serious.

In the past two years, he has been used to check and balance him, and he has also been used to suppress him. He has never let one of them really overwhelm the other, so that the emperor can sit firmly and benefit from the middle.

now...

Xie Wei lowered his eyes, glanced at the unused fish head beside the chopping board, casually threw the towel to wipe his hands aside, took two small bowls to the seasoning plate, and asked Jiang Xuening: "Do you eat spicy food? "

Immediately, Jiang Xuening forgot all the serious matters discussed earlier, and nodded like a pounding garlic: "Eat, eat."

Xie Wei added a spoonful of spicy food to her dish.

After the fish is steamed and brought out, the pieces are white and tender, with a floating fragrance. The two of them didn't move to other places, so they set up a small table in the corner of the kitchen, wiped it clean, sat down next to it, and started to eat with a saucer and a small bowl of rice.

No one dares to go near the kitchen these days.

The two had a peaceful meal, and Jiang Xuening couldn't find it with a few chopsticks. For a moment, she felt that Xie Ju'an was really a **** and Bodhisattva, a merciful and merciful saint. It is impossible for ordinary people to make food so delicious!

Originally, she was exhausted all the way, and she didn't eat well. When she was attacked and came to Jinan to rest and just woke up, she seemed to have lost a lot of energy. But after being fed a few meals by Xie Wei, his complexion recovered and his face became slightly rounder.

Jiang Xuening even started to worry that she would get fat if she continued to eat.

But these days didn't last long, and within two days, an imperial decree came from the capital, ordering Xie Wei to go to the border to supervise the army!

Jiang Xuening was dumbfounded.

At that moment, there was even a kind of creepy feeling, and he suddenly remembered Xie Wei's "don't worry" that day, and he only suspected that this matter was in his expectation. Otherwise, why linger in Jinan after being attacked?

Xie Weike is the real traitor!

Now the emperor is still deceived by him, ordering him to go to the border with a single order! He simply thought he didn't die fast enough, so he was too busy digging his own grave!

Needless to say, with this imperial decree, they and their party will naturally follow the official path and go on the road.

There is no need to avoid people's eyes and ears, and the emperor sent orders to clear the way.

When you meet a pass, you close it, and when you meet a pass, you open it.

No one in the prefectures along the road dared to treat them slowly, and the passage from Jinan to the border was unimpeded. It took only ten days to reach the border!

Yanmen Pass is located in Juzhu Mountain, Shanxi Province, on the west side of Mount Hengshan.

The big cadres and soldiers were all stationed in the pass, outside the city of Xinzhou.

Xie Wei, Jiang Xuening and his party arrived in Xinzhou, and when they looked out, they could see the towers standing tall in the barren field, with flags flying in the sky, soldiers in armor, swords and halberds in their hands, going back and forth to clean up!

They had already received the news from the border gate on the way, knowing that after Yan Lin obtained the so-called "imperial decree", he had justifiably controlled the 100,000 troops at the border gate!

After all, the one who sent the imperial decree to Yan Lin was the imperial teacher of the current dynasty.

Who dares to question the authenticity of the imperial decree?

And then the imperial court issued a real imperial decree to Xie Wei, sending him to supervise the army, and fell into Xie Wei's trap directly, making this good plan even more seamless!

Before their carriage entered the city gate, someone rushed to report.

When he got close to the city gate, he saw a horse galloping out of the city.

Jiang Xuening just got out of the car, and before she could stand firmly on the shaft, she heard a loud laugh and was hugged.

The boy of the old days, who rarely lost the calmness honed by years of wind and frost, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, hugged her tightly and called out happily: "Ning Ning!"

It was a mature and firm breath.

He has grown taller and his outline has become sharper, but the unpretentious surprise softened the sharpness at the corners of his eyes and brows, Jiang Xuening was stunned and at a loss for what to say.

All the soldiers in the city watched this scene in astonishment.

After all, this young general has been dispatching troops these days. He has been calm and restrained, and even the few generals who originally disobeyed him have been subdued by him. Even if they have grievances, they dare not Half disrespectful.

But now everyone is watching!

He actually hugged that beautiful girl directly like this?

Xie Wei then stepped out of the carriage and watched the scene quietly without saying a word.