retaliate

Chapter 204 Digging a Pit
More than a hundred riders walked slowly on the grassland.

Shang Huyun, the head of the Ministry of War, has a dignified appearance, with a majestic face in Chinese characters.

He glanced at Wang Yugui, the household doctor in front of him, and said, "Northern Xinjiang is vast. If you want to see it, you should go to Taoxian County first. Big first and then small. This is the way to do things."

From Chang'an to northern Xinjiang, Wang Yugui was not acclimatized to the road, and his life was a bit miserable, his face was as pale as a ghost.He said indifferently: "Go to Tao County first, and the counties and counties below will get the news, so what's the point of patrolling?"

Shang Huyun sneered.

Later, Yan Hui, a small official beside him, said: "Wang Yugui wants to raid Taiping. If he finds the wrong place, he will have to make a big fuss. The head of the household is connected to the head of the country, tsk tsk! Yang Xuan is out of luck. Also disgraceful."

"It's not just for the empress." Shang Huyun is a noble concubine, and everyone in the military department knows it.He said in a deep voice: "Yang Xuan defeated the grassland aliens several times in the northern border, and he was in the spotlight for a while. It is said that even Huang Chunhui looked at him differently. Such a young talent, with the help of his mother in the palace, is just a matter of time."

When Wang Yugui turned his head back, Shang Huyun lowered his voice, "There is someone who wants to kill the empress over there."

Yan Hui was startled, "Is Yang Xuan so dreadful?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, but that his momentum is too good."

"Too bold."

"Correct."

"That empress asked the master to come, is this to support him?"

Shang Huyun shook his head, with a cold look in his eyes, "I'll teach you a good boy, if you want to become a master, you must first have your own ability. Blindly relying on the help of the nobleman... Do you think the nobleman is your servant?"

Yan Hui was startled, and his heart turned cold, "Then we're here...just to be a witness?"

"Naturally." Shang Huyun said lightly: "The noble concubine is the most favored in the Sixth Palace, how many people want to work for her? It's just a small county magistrate. The noble concubine can say good things for him, but he has to stand up first, otherwise It's just a pile of mud, it's not worth being a noble concubine to reach out."

"There are scouts coming."

Someone is shouting ahead.

A team of scouts found them, there were only a dozen or so riders, and they looked tattered.

"Where's the scout?" Someone went to negotiate.

"Taiping County Scout."

"It's too shabby." Shang Huyun frowned, "Is this the Taiping Army that frightened the foreigners?"

All the way to Taiping, Yang Xuan led the officials out to meet him.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, and Wang Yugui said: "Taiping has won many battles recently, His Majesty is very happy..."

Ha ha!

Damn the emperor would care about this.

Even the emperor reckoned that he didn't even know this group of people came down to inspect.

Care about everything, that's not the emperor, it's the gods.

"It's just a fluke." Yang Xuan said modestly.

"Go and see the Taiping Army first."

Wang Yugui stared at Yang Xuan while talking.

He belongs to the special envoy, first-class official.Normally, after the inspections reached the ground, they would rest for a few days, but Wang Yugui wanted to catch Yang Xuan by surprise.

Yang Xuan's face showed embarrassment.

Sure enough, there is a love affair, is it swallowing soldiers' pay?

Thinking of the scouts he saw when he came here, dressed in tatters, Wang Yugui smiled inwardly.

Yang Xuan showed distress, "Recently, the Vasie Department is ready to move, and the officials ordered the Taiping Army to go on patrol."

Trying to cover it up... Someone must have leaked the news.

Wang Yugui glanced at Shang Huyun and sneered in his heart, "When will you come back?"

"This..." Yang Xuan looked a little embarrassed.

Wang Yugui sneered and said: "The old man was ordered to inspect, so is Yang Mingfu going to disobey his orders?"

"Don't dare." Yang Xuan calmed down, "Two days later."

"Okay, the old man will wait for two days. We won't arrive in two days, Yang Mingfu, let's talk in Chang'an."

Wang Yugui then stationed in Taiping.

He convened a meeting of his confidants.

"The sky is high in the northern border and the emperor is far away. Yang Xuan's so-called Taiping Army may not be worthy of the name." Someone said.

Wang Yugui shook his head, "The old man hopes that the battle results will be faked, so that many people can be brought out. However, the old man has also heard in the household department that there are fierce soldiers in the Taiping Army. They must carry pockets in every battle, and every time they kill a person, they must take the skull Put it in the bag. After the first battle, the pockets are full of heads..."

Everyone couldn't help but gasped, "With such fierce soldiers, the record is worthy."

Wang Yugui nodded, "But the Taiping Army wears tattered clothes, so there must be something wrong with it." His eyes became colder, "We came from behind, but we met the Taiping Army's scouts. The scouts don't go north to sentry Tan, but came in the direction of Datang, who does he want to spy on?"

"Don't call yourself!" Someone said excitedly: "He has a guilty conscience."

Wang Yugui said lightly, "We were lucky. We found his weakness as soon as we arrived, and kept an eye on the Taiping army. Once they return, we will report them immediately."

Everyone got up and agreed.

After everyone left, Wang Yugui picked up the teacup, "I thought this trip would be a big trouble, but I didn't expect Shang Huyun to just watch it. It's a good thing. The frontier is full of love and evil, and wait for the old man to catch Yang Xuan's handle..."

He raised his head, and his eyes were more comfortable, "As the saying goes, climbing up by stepping on bones is the most pleasant, and the old man is almost close to being promoted."

Bah!
The teacup is on the table.

Wang Yugui said coldly: "In that case, let Yang Xuan be used as a stepping stone for this old man's promotion!"

In another room, Shang Huyun was furious, "The scouts sent out in the direction of Datang, is he trying to rebel?"

Yan Hui's lips twitched, "Boss, the Taiping Army has only 1000 personnel, and there are more than [-] non-staff members. The total number is only more than [-]. His wish to rebel is wishful thinking."

"He even sent scouts to find out when we arrived in Taiping, he didn't ask himself."

"A lot of side generals have emotional disadvantages. This matter is a public opinion in the Ministry of War. There is no fault that can't be found."

"There are big and small problems. The scouts are too worn out. Didn't my Ministry of War give them armor?"

"It seems that I really haven't given it."

Shang Huyun: "..."

Yan Hui smiled wryly, "In the past, all the good things were given to Southern Xinjiang, and most of them in Northern Xinjiang were junk. Yang Xuan probably found his own way, such as Tao County."

Shang Huyun took a deep breath, "Wang Yugui is coming in a menacing way, and there are many disadvantages in Taiping. Whether he is dead or alive, it depends on Yang Xuan's own fortune!"

……

County Hall.

"The visitor is not kind!" Cao Ying said with emotion.

To avoid suspicion, Wei Wang and Li Han stayed next door and did not come over.

"It's good to be here." Yang Xuan calmly took a sip of the teacup, and said comfortably: "The battle between the imperial concubine and the empress has become more and more fierce, and I am a disaster."

"That bitch!" Yiniang said calmly.

Cao Ying glanced at her, thinking that it would be difficult for her husband to take action against the false emperor's woman after he succeeds in rebelling against him, but Yiniang didn't have such worries.The more powerful the queen is at the moment, the more vicious Yiniang's revenge will be in the future.

woman!

Ha ha!

Seeing his silent hehe, Yiniang burst into anger, "Old Cao, do you think my words are ridiculous?"

Cao Ying coughed dryly, "No, the old man thinks that bitch is ridiculous."

Yi Niang's face turned pale.

Yang Xuan smiled, "This is a good thing."

Yiniang was puzzled, thinking he was comforting herself, she couldn't help but feel warm.

"The emperor is getting more and more insane. It is said that he now has generous rewards every day, whether it is the family of the noble concubine, or someone in the palace, or the important officials. Spending money is like running water!"

Yang Xuan smiled relaxedly, but Yiniang looked troubled.

Wang Lao Er asked, "Yiniang, are you unhappy?"

Yiniang said: "Those are all Mr. Lang's money, but they were spent by that bastard."

What will happen if Yiniang becomes Minister of the Household Department in the future?

This idea is so beautiful that Yang Xuan didn't dare to think about it, "He is quite casual in promoting officials now, and a ninth-rank official dares to be promoted to a fifth-rank official in one day, and he calls it the legacy of Emperor Wu. This is an opportunity. I What I have to do now is to make the imperial concubine full of praise, and make a name for me by the way, so that the emperor will also remember me."

In this way, promotion is not a matter.

"Time doesn't wait." Yang Xuan said, "This is an opportunity. If I seize it, the imperial concubine will feel that I have earned her face, and the emperor will also feel that I have slapped the family of four. When the time comes, the promotion will be done." It will happen."

He concludes: “Often in crisis comes opportunity. When you seem to be doing well, opportunity goes with it.”

"Brilliant!" The old thief sent a rainbow fart.

The second child said, "I don't understand."

Cao Ying sneered, "I don't know how to learn, so go back and continue studying."

The second child looked at Yi Niang with a sullen face.

"I want to study." Yiniang patted the table and shouted: "Your Majesty has already said that if you don't study, you will be blind. You are young, why don't you study? Even my wife will look down on you in the future!"

Wang Laoer felt that he was being besieged, and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't want a lady!"

Yiniang was about to explode, "Then what do you want?"

Wang Laoer stuck his neck, "I want meat!"

The old thief said solemnly: "Wife is also meat."

"What meat?" Wang Er Er looked at him.

The old thief said ambiguously: "Beautiful meat."

call out!
Yiniang released the hidden weapon, the old thief dodged it, then turned around and fled.

"Old thief, you have spoiled the second child!" Yiniang chased out with a broom.

The faces of Yang Xuan and Cao Yin in the room did not change.

"Mr. Lang asked the scouts to go out in ragged clothes. They must have thought it was a guilty conscience. In addition, the frontier army has many abuses. What would Wang Yugui think when he saw the scouts in ragged clothes? This made him feel underestimated by the enemy. Ho ho ho!"

Cao Ying laughed so that Yang Xuan couldn't help sighing.

"Why is this, Mr. Lang?"

"Old Cao, you just smiled like a person."

"Who?"

"Traitor."

The kind who don't need makeup to play a traitor.

Cao Ying touched her face, and went back later to get a bronze mirror to look left and right.

"It looks like a loyal minister!"

Next door, King Wei and Li Han were drinking.

"Aren't you going to help him?" King Wei asked.

"Zitai got the news in advance. This is Wang Yugui's sorrow." Li Han said, "I'm just waiting to see how Zitai will deal with him."

Wang Yugui wandered around the city.

He was wearing plain clothes and had more than ten followers. .

"This is a place of exile, full of troublesome people. Be careful."

Wang Yugui specially hung a money bag on his belt.

Walking around in a circle, he even deliberately got close to those common people.

But the purse was unharmed.

"It must have given the news in advance." Wang Yugui confirmed his earlier judgment.

Two days passed.

Today is the day when the Taiping Army returns, Yang Xuan is preparing to leave the city early in the morning.

"Lang Jun, go after breakfast."

"Just take two cakes."

Now Taiping's flock of sheep is getting bigger and bigger, but Yang Xuan is still reluctant to eat mutton every meal, thinking about saving more seeds.

Yiniang told the old thief and Wang Lao Er, "Today, Wang Yugui will definitely take the opportunity to find trouble, you two take care, don't let Lang Jun be bullied by him."

How old am I...Yang Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

……

Wang Yugui and his men had already arrived at the county seat.

Yue Er was on the side of the road, and praised: "This official is so heroic."

Wang Yugui was secretly happy, seeing Yue Er's honest appearance, he nodded and said: "How is the old man in the city? How is life?"

Yue Er had a troubled look on his face.

This is a joke... Wang Yugui's heart moved slightly, and he reported his family name, "Old husband, Wang Yugui, a householder, is ordered to inspect this time, just tell me."

Yue Er sighed.

"The villain used to be a doctor."

Wang Yugui played patiently and continued to listen.

"The little man learns to cure the disease before the disease..."

what!
This is amazing!
Wang Yugui's heart moved, "Show me."

"I've already seen it." Yue Er lowered his head.

"What can you see?"

Yue Er raised his head, "Let's go back earlier."

Wang Yugui looked at him carefully and saw all kinds of emotions gathering on his old face.

Regret, sympathy, fear...

The old man has seen countless people, and the old man is telling the truth... Wang Yugui looked ugly, and shouted: "It's a bunch of nonsense."

"What did Wang Langzhong say?"

Yang Xuan came out from the county hall.

Wang Yugui pointed to Yue Er and asked, "Is this person a doctor?"

Yang Xuan nodded without hesitation.

Wang Yugui felt more uneasy, "Still a famous doctor?"

It's an old liar...Yang Xuan nodded, "But it's not right?"

Wang Yugui's heart was fluctuating.

"There's nothing wrong with it."

"Let's go then."

Wang Yugui got on his horse, and Yue Er's sigh came from behind him.

desolate.

cold.

He couldn't help but look back.

Yue Er was praying towards the east, with a pious expression, but the words in his mouth were quite different.

"The Ming government asked the old man to deceive Wang Yugui. What is the meaning of this? The old man thinks about it... If you want to deceive a person, you can't make a sudden move. You have to lead him into the pit step by step. The Ming government asked the old man to deceive him. There is a big problem with his body. , this person must be dubious, so restless. Then the Ming government will dig another hole... wonderful!"

Yue Er took a look at Yang Xuan and praised: "Could it be that I deceived the people in the Ming family? Turning around, I will definitely ask for advice."

Shang Huyun also came.

Yan Hui glanced at Yang Xuan, "This person doesn't look worried."

Shang Huyun said: "There are no officials from the city government. Either someone is behind him or he leaves. What kind of person do you think he is?"

Yan Hui thought for a while, "There is someone behind him."

"Behind him is the imperial concubine, so he naturally feels confident."

At the foot of the mountain, there are many people standing on the school field at the moment.

"Two thousand and four hundred people."

Yang Xuan pointed to the array, of course, Wu Da and others did not count.

"Isn't it 1000 troops?" Wang Yugui asked.

This Shang Huyun can help explain, "Facing the invasion of the Northern Liao Dynasty and the three major ministries, the northern border is short of troops, so it is common for everyone to find ways to raise more soldiers."

Naturally, Wang Yugui knew about this, but he just wanted to get ahead of others.

"Why are you dressed in tatters?"

The soldiers of the Taiping Army looked like beggars.

Yang Xuan said lightly: "No armor."

Wang Yugui sneered, "Where is Jiayi?"

The Ministry of War's fault!

You are still corrupt.

The head of the country will definitely be very happy to be able to slap the military department by the way.

Yang Xuan looked at him, his expression gradually becoming unkind.

"My Northern Xinjiang has always been to get armor clothes by myself, Wang Langzhong doesn't know?"

"what do you mean?"

"What Wang Langzhong thinks it means, that is what it means!"

Yang Xuan looked at him, "Mr. Wang is here to find fault, right? Come, take a look."

Yang Xuan pointed at the soldiers and said angrily: "Our soldiers in Northern Xinjiang are facing the great enemy of Beiliao. Taiping is now a powerful Vasie tribe. Every year, Northern Xinjiang will beg Chang'an to give more armors, but armors keep coming. Keep going to southern Xinjiang. Yang wants to ask..."

He pointed at the array and cursed: "Are my soldiers from Northern Xinjiang raised by stepmothers?"

This is not right... Wang Yugui's mind is a little confused at the moment, for a while he feels that Yue Er is someone arranged by Yang Xuan, and for a while he is worried that there is really something wrong with his body...

Humans are like this, there is no problem at first, but after thinking about it too much, they will involuntarily think of the bad.Just think about it for a few years, congratulations, anxiety is here.

Wang Yugui said, "The old man wants to check the warehouse."

Checking the warehouse and checking the account books are the means of inspection. For this reason, he brought some accounting experts on this trip.

For the Ministry of Finance, these are the most indispensable things.

The mallet is about to take the bait... Yang Xuan coughed dryly.

Dog, you are guilty... Wang Yugui, who was a little confused, sneered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)