Chapter 215: first enlightenment

Chapter 215: first enlightenment

I haven't seen you for two years. The original Jinyiwei Qianhu has transformed into the commander of Jinyiwei's deputy capital. In recent years, although Jiang Xuening was far away from the capital, she had heard a few rumors about Jinyiwei.

There is no difference from the previous life.

The emperor's weapon, the lackey of the rich and powerful, his methods are fierce and vigorous. The difference is that in his last life his backer was Jiang Xuening, but in this life it seems that he has changed.

Dark blue brocade uniforms were embroidered with dark auspicious beast, cloud and thunder patterns, which were hardly discernible. But the embroidered spring knife on his waist clearly showed his identity.

Over the years, the position has been elevated, and the person looks more and more calm.

Already have a little power in his hands.

It's just that when he got to the hall, he was full of arrogance, showing humility and congratulations.

Jiang Xuening was terrified when she heard his name.

Seeing this person enter the hall with his own eyes at this moment made his heart tremble even more. However, the hall is such a big place, if Zhou Yinzhi came all the way from the capital and heard some rumors when he entered Xinzhou, he should have guessed that she was here, but he couldn't avoid it, so it's better to be more calm.

Xie Wei, Lu Xian and the others suddenly saw this "uninvited guest", knowing that they were not attacking the Tatars for the sake of their homeland and the world, they had their own thoughts in silence; He didn't even know about it, and the imperial court specially sent imperial envoys here. It was the Holy Majesty who had received the news of the great victory against the Tartars and wanted to reward them.

The frontier generals may not know Zhou Yinzhi, but Xie Wei, Yan Lin, Jiang Xuening and others all know him.

For a moment no one spoke.

Shen Zhiyi sat up high, her eyes flickered slightly, she opened her mouth to speak, but she glanced at Xie Wei at the side, and then closed her mouth again.

The atmosphere in the arena seemed a little delicate.

In the end, Xie Wei laughed first, and said: "Commander Zhou is being polite, he came all the way from the capital, just in time for the celebration banquet. Come, Mr. Zhou, please take your seat."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries with Zhou Yinzhi.

Jiang Xuening was also seated, and because she was sitting next to Shen Zhiyi, her position was quite conspicuous. After Zhou Yinzhi greeted Yan Lin, he saw her almost at a glance, and he didn't know if it was true or not. He was slightly taken aback, but he also said to her: "I didn't expect the second girl to be here. I haven't seen her for two years."

In the previous life, Zhou Yinzhi was a dog she raised. He was not a kind person, and he would use all means to climb up.

Yan's family ransacked his house, so he had three parts of his strength.

Later, after changing his master several times, he clings to her again, and then to Shen Jie, to do those necessary but unpleasant things for the court.

In terms of ability, it is definitely not bad.

Unfortunately, during the fight between her and Xiao Shu, the dog bit her in turn, causing her to fall into a doomed situation and dragged Zhang Zhe even more.

In this life, Wen Jieyu kept the child in her womb and gave birth to the prince smoothly.

Shen Lang did not die suddenly and mysteriously.

Therefore, Shen Jie is still the king of Linzi, and has not been established as the "Emperor Taidi", let alone ascended the throne. The person Zhou Yinzhi served was naturally replaced by Shen Lang who is now in power. Shen Lang's temperament is gloomy, and his government affairs are mediocre, so he can play tricks on the emperor's balance. It can be said that compared with Shen Jie, who came to the throne later in his previous life, he naturally trusts and values ​​this confidant who can do all kinds of dirty work more.

Jiang Xuening has been away from the capital for two years, and she didn't want people in the capital to notice her whereabouts, so she almost cut off contact with her there, and even the Jiang family didn't bother to send a few letters back.

Such a girl would not be of any help to Zhou Yinzhi's official career.

Earlier, I heard that he would often go to Jiang's mansion, and later he became more and more important to the emperor, and he held the power alone in Jinyiwei. Jiang Boyou was a small servant of the household department. What moves.

She has always been vigilant and vigilant about this person, even though she used him to secretly remind Yan Lin, clean up the Qingyuan uncle's mansion and even rescue You Fangyin, she never dared to fully trust him.

At this time, it has been two years since we saw each other, and their identities are different.

Naturally, Jiang Xuening would not be so stupid as to return to the old attitude towards each other, but just smiled back with neither warmth nor indifference: "I haven't seen you for two years, congratulations to Mr. Zhou for his smooth progress and promotion."

Everyone in the circle had seen Li before they really took their seats.

Zhou Yinzhi passed the victory report from Chen Shi Border Pass back to the capital, the Sacred Heart was overjoyed, Longyan was overjoyed, and he specially ordered him to come to reward him personally as a token of his favor. He also said that the Yongyi Hou's Mansion finally returned to the capital, and Master Xie also made great contributions to the rear planning.

Completely ignorant of the truth!

It seems that Yan Lin didn't leave the place of exile without authorization, it seems that his seizure of military power is not a coercion but the emperor's will, even the royal family's original attitude of ignoring Shen Zhiyi and refusing to save him seems to have never existed .

Everything is thunder and rain, the grace of heaven is mighty!

You must know that the people headed by Yan Lin in the open and Xie Wei in the dark are actually doing treason, but Zhou Yinzhi sits down and talks and laughs with them...

Even Xie Wei has to admire this courage.

It's just that compared to the strange and treacherous uneasiness felt by others, he has a surprisingly calm and tranquility. After all, after the battle, the court's attitude was within his expectations.

At the beginning, Jiang Xuening couldn't help being surprised and uncertain, but when she calmed down and thought about it carefully, she understood the key point—

The border battle has already been settled, and it is a foregone conclusion.

Tatar wolves are ambitious, since they have murderous intentions towards Shen Zhiyi, they will definitely make a big attack in the coming year. Now that the First World War has been won, the whole country is boiling. Yan Lin, the son of the original Yongyi Hou Mansion, assumed the power of the army, rescued the princess, and crushed the Tatars. He became famous thousands of miles and praised by the people.

Even the emperor received many praises.

On the other hand, in the imperial court, the Heavenly Sect was in chaos and secretly watching, which can be called "dangerous".

Shen Lang naturally knew that the border gang was deceiving the emperor and plotting rebellion.

But exposing this fact will do him no good at all. One is that he can't help but confirm the rumors that the royal family is cold-blooded, which violates the sage's teachings of filial piety, and loses the hearts of the people; If the imperial court's external troubles have not been eliminated, how can it add internal troubles to oneself?

It's better to make a fool of yourself and push the boat along with the flow.

Since you and other rebels dare to claim that you have received the imperial decree, I, the emperor, dare to pretend that I have issued this imperial decree, and pretending to be true will win the hearts of the people and ease the situation.

He could even send Zhou Yinzhi to the border to invite people to buy people's hearts.

With the emperor's attention and high officials and rich salary in sight, who is willing to take the risk of beheading to rebel?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuening raised her eyes and looked at the people in the seat, drinking cups, talking and laughing at Yan Yan, but who didn't pretend to understand and pretend to be confused?

Then I suddenly felt a cold air pouring up.

She didn't interrupt, just listened to everyone talking.

In the past two years, Zhou Yinzhi has become more and more good at dancing. Not only can he chat and laugh with Xie Wei, Yan Lin and others, but he even noticed You Fangyin and Ren Weizhi sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "When I was in prison, I have never seen Miss You again. Now I am married to a good marriage, and I am also rich, so I am really a fairy couple."

Ren Weizhi is not familiar with Zhou Yinzhi.

You Fangyin suffered from You Yue's torture back then, and Zhou Yinzhi really took care of her. Even Zhou Yinzhi's envoy helped find the abacus that she learned to calculate back then. Back then, I was only a lowly merchant, Jia Moliu, who took the trouble to take care of me, so I didn't get a chance to express my gratitude. This cup is a respect to Master Zhou."

She really brought a glass of wine to toast.

Most of the people didn't know why they were old, but seeing that Zhou Yinzhi even knew You Fangyin, they couldn't help but think highly of them.

Jiang Xuening felt uneasy for some reason.

Zhou Yinzhi came from the capital, while Shen Zhiyi had been in Tatar for two years. The journey was so far away that he almost knew nothing about the situation in the palace. He couldn't help asking questions during the meeting, and Zhou Yinzhi also explained them one by one.

Only then did Jiang Xuening realize that there were many changes in the capital.

Those old people also have their own encounters.

Jiang Xuehui married Shen Jie and became a side concubine. She was dignified and virtuous and helped to take care of all the common affairs in the Linzi palace. At the beginning, she was quite partial to Shen Jie. Although Fang Miao was a concubine, she was born in a small family compared with her, and she was a master, she didn't have the same temperament as Shen Jie, and they quarreled and quarreled every day, which made the majestic King of Linzi very angry.

Everyone in Beijing thought that the backyard of the palace belonged to Jiang Xuehui.

Unexpectedly, after a year of tossing around like this, the love and affection that were favored at first gradually became dull and tasteless. On the contrary, those who quarreled from time to time became more pleasant and witty, and gradually became harmonious and gluey.

When Zhou Yinzhi first set off from Beijing, the news of Fang Miao's happiness had already spread to the palace, which somewhat made the Empress Dowager, who had long lived in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility and had lost power, a little happier and slightly frowning.

As for the accompanying readings in Yangzhi Zhai in the past, most of them have a place to go.

Apart from the unfortunate death of Yao Xifeng at home, the tricky and domineering You Yue may have been selected as a Jinshi of the first subject, but the other party did not have a high official position after entering the Imperial Academy, and he was not valued and mediocre; The little girl Zhou Baoying who loves to eat and play chess has found a good husband, and is engaged to Yanping Wang, Yanlin's former playmate in Beijing. It is said that they are like-minded.

What is more strange is that Yao Rongrong actually entered the palace.

The emperor had a one-night favor after drinking, was very lucky, and became pregnant. After being pulled out by Xiao Shu, he was named a talented person and lived in the side hall of her Zhongcui Palace.

Shen Zhiyi hadn't heard about her partner for a long time, but now that she knew about it, she couldn't help but feel a little bit of right and wrong.

When she heard Xiao Shu's name, a sneer appeared on her lips.

She grew up in the palace, how could she not appreciate Xiao Shu's deep meaning and ambition in putting Yao Rongrong in her palace? It's just that she didn't bother to ask any more, but raised her eyes and said: "Back then, I was studying with Fengchen Palace. Looking back, it was a rare time. Now everyone has a place to go. But why is there no news about Shuyi?"

Chen Shuyi is the jewel in the palm of Chen Yunjin, a scholar of the cabinet. Calculated according to her age, she has already reached the age to talk about marriage.

Hearing this, Zhou Yinzhi held his wine glass, but seemed to hesitate a bit, and didn't speak.

This inevitably makes people more curious.

It's just that Lu Xian laughed at the side, but it was easy to explain the key point, and there was even some half-truth and half-fake teasing: "Master Zhou is now the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, what news does he not know about the capital? It's just a matter of my life, so I'm afraid I'm too embarrassed to go into details. Your Highness doesn't know, as early as September this year, the marriage between Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Chen Ge's daughter has already been decided, and they just have to wait for the marriage in the next year."

"ah…"

There was an exclamation in the seat.

Shen Zhiyi was startled for a moment, as if she hadn't expected it.

Even Jiang Xuening was stunned.

The rest of the people reacted quickly, laughed and toasted Zhou Yinzhi, and wished him such good things in the coming year. It was really "establish a career first, then a family", and embraced the beauty back home.

The banquet was even more lively, and most people's eyes had already fallen on Zhou Yinzhi. They obviously felt that the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, not to mention his ability, and with the support of such a powerful Yue family, had a limitless future. It is to say good things to say good things, take this opportunity to come up and make friends.

At this time, no one noticed Xie Wei.

His slender fingers holding on to the wine cup trembled slightly at some point, and a strange feeling went up from the downstream, gradually becoming more obvious and stronger, making his body tense up a little while he was sitting upright.

No one around saw anything wrong.

His pupils shrank coldly, and all the things that happened at the banquet today quickly flashed through his mind, and he raised his head to scan the surroundings. The voice dropped.

Then he turned his head sideways, and first called Daoqin to give an order, and there was a chill in his eyes.

Daoqin couldn't help being surprised, and took the order to go.

Then he called Jianshu and made another explanation.

Jian Shu was even more startled, and after a moment of reaction, he realized something, glanced at the wine cup he was holding, said "yes" in a low voice, and hurriedly came out of the hall to ask someone to prepare cold water for bathing.

Xie Wei then walked out from the hall.

Only Yan Lin, Lu Xian and others who sat close to him saw it.

But they only thought that he had something to do and went out to deal with it, or he was slightly drunk, went out to blow some air, and came back in a while, and didn't pay much attention to it.

This night was originally a celebration banquet, and on New Year's Eve, it was a difficult and happy day, and the common people offered their wishes.

At the end of Haishi, hot noodles were served.

There is no rice in Guanzhong, so Shanxi folks often use pasta. There is a noodle restaurant in the city that is famous far and wide. The owner makes excellent longxu noodles. Today, he is helping out in the back kitchen. He specially uses his special skills to serve a bowl of good noodles for everyone. Please let Princess Leyang sit down. Zhiyi tasted the scenery of Xinzhou.

The side was served in a white porcelain bowl, floating in a clear soup with a little oil. Stir-fried pork sausage with thin and three-point fat pork.

As soon as it was served, people could smell the aroma.

Shen Zhiyi knew that it was the common people's kindness, so she stood up specially to thank them.

Jiang Xuening also had a bowl, picked up a bunch of it with chopsticks and took a bite, and drank another mouthful of noodle soup, which tasted rare and delicious, but she was finally picked up by Xie Juan, so she didn't feel very surprised.

But when he turned his head and saw Shen Zhiyi sitting safely beside him, there was an unspeakable calmness.

Those who died in the previous life will be fine in this life.

She couldn't help but slightly bent her lips, leaned close to Shen Zhiyi's ear, quietly lowered her voice, and said playfully, "This noodle is average. The noodle sent by His Highness on the night of my birthday is more delicious."

Hearing the words, Shen Zhiyi turned her head sideways, but a little confusion appeared in her eyes: "Noodles, what noodles?"

"..."

Jiang Xuening suddenly froze.

The fingers clinging to the chopsticks were stiff, she raised her head and stared at Shen Zhiyi, the lively expression on her face was vaguely frozen.

Shen Zhiyi was frightened by her: "Ning Ning?"

Jiang Xuening whispered as if in a dream: "Two years ago, on the night of my birthday, after I left Mingfeng Palace, didn't His Highness send someone here to give me a bowl of longevity noodles?"

Shen Zhiyi was surprised: "How come?"

She said: "You and Fang Miao were able to drink that night. I got drunk after a while and woke up the next day. Besides, the imperial dining room in the palace couldn't be used as soon as the day passed, so I couldn't make any longevity noodles. Did you remember wrongly?"

"..."

Could it be that I remembered it wrong?

At this moment, Jiang Xuening felt a kind of empty daze in his heart, and then gradually became clear after the cocoon was peeled off. She didn't know what was going on in her messy head, she subconsciously looked in a certain direction during the banquet.

That slot is empty.

At some point, Xie Ju'an had already left the banquet without a trace.