Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 277 Two thorns in the emperor's heart

In Longtu Pavilion, Yan Anqing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was about to lose consciousness, and Ren Songde stopped the bleeding for him first.

Ren Songde sighed: "I have stayed in this cabinet longer than you, and I have stayed in this officialdom longer than you. You said that you are so stubborn, how can you still sit in the position of chief assistant in the cabinet?"

Yan Anqing couldn't speak, Ren Songde let go of his throat slightly.

"I'm letting you take a breath, so don't shout."

Yan Anqing looked at Ren Songde, his voice was weak, but he still had a contemptuous smile on his face: "Duke Protector, why do you become an official?"

"Don't ask me, I'm asking you now," Ren Songde said with a smile, "First tell me why you became an official? For the country? For the people? For the emperor?"

Yan Anqing smiled and said: "If you are above the court, you can only say so."

Ren Songde nodded and said: "But this is not the court, let's tell the truth, for the country, for the people, for the emperor, it's all nonsense, for fame, for profit, for selfish desire, this is serious."

Yan Anqing nodded: "What you said makes sense."

Ren Songde admired Yan Anqing's attitude very much: "The bustle and bustle, the benefits come and go, who gave you your fame and fortune? From the country? From the people? Isn't it all given to you by the emperor!
To put it nicely, this is called a matter of loyalty to the emperor, but to put it bluntly, it is called the mother who feeds the food!

You have to do things for someone else if you hold the bowl. Don't you understand this rule?

The emperor just wanted to make peace with Tunu, don't care how much land you cut off and how much money you give away, it's all the emperor's own, so what does it have to do with you?

You are a servant of the emperor, you are always against the emperor, what is your reason? "

Yan Anqing thought for a moment and said: "As you said, I may also be for fame and fortune, but I have no worries about food and clothing, vast land, countless mansions, and many wives and concubines. I am not short of profit."

Ren Songde laughed and said: "Are you lacking in reputation? You are the grand master and the chief assistant of the cabinet. This is called being under one person and above ten thousand people. Among the people living in this world, besides the nobles, who else has a better reputation than you?" Big?
Who gave you your name?It's the emperor!Who can take away your name?Still the emperor!The emperor can make you a celebrity forever, but he can also ruin your reputation. If you really cherish your reputation, you should be obedient to him. "

Yan Anqing said: "Celebrities through the ages, are they good names or infamy?"

"Who dares to scold you? Except for the emperor, who would dare? If you scolded you face to face, you killed him, and scolded you behind your back, you couldn't hear him. What are you afraid of?"

Yan Anqing said: "Then what about my reputation after death? After I die, are you not afraid of infamy?"

Ren Songde laughed loudly and said: "After you die, the world will fall and the earth will collapse and have nothing to do with you, so what can you do with infamy?

Do you know where people go after they die?Fame or infamy is worthless in the underworld! "

Yan Anqing thought about it and said again: "But what about my descendants? I will be infamous for the rest of my life, and humiliated for generations?"

"I will be your descendant in this life, and you will be a passer-by in the next life," Ren Songde sighed, "If you have such concerns, you should learn from me. If you don't leave any descendants, it is enough to have the emperor in your heart."

Yan Anqing thought for a long time, and then asked: "If you only have the emperor in your heart, and if the emperor takes the first step, who should you rely on?"

Ren Songde smiled and said: "Change another emperor and continue to serve! I have been an official for forty years, and I also came from the former emperor. If we change the emperor, we will still be loyal!"

Unfaithful, unrighteous, ruthless, shameless!
Ren Songde's expression made Yan Anqing speechless.

He couldn't understand Ren Songde, but Ren Songde could understand it himself.

Measured by Ren Songde's own standards, everything he did was right.

Ren Songde has no descendants, no children, and there are many women in the mansion, but he has never married a wife and had children.

Because he is a judge, he knows what people will go through after death, and he doesn't want to be entangled by family affection in this life.

Even if he has cultivated to the star official, he has to escape from the mortal world if he wants to live forever in this world, so family affection in this world is worthless to him.

Even family affection is worthless, what else can be worthy of his attention?
In the vast world, apart from gaining benefits, other things are meaningless to him.

What is the fastest way to get benefits?
Of course it is to cling to the person with the most resources.

The emperor is the person with the most resources in the world, as long as he can satisfy the emperor, he doesn't care about any means at all, and he has no bottom line.

"Shoufu Yan, I have explained everything to you, so I quickly drafted the edict so that I can take it to the Holy One."

Yan Anqing shook his head and said: "I am different from you, I will never write this imperial edict!"

Ren Songde frowned and said, "Why is it different? Come and listen!"

Yan Anqing said: "I love fame, but not only fame, but also fame. Fame is given by the emperor, but fame is exchanged by me with this tough body."

Ren Songde smiled and said, "How much are your bones worth?"

Yan Anqing shook his head and said, "Maybe it's worthless, but people are called people with bones, and those without bones are maggots in the latrine!"

"Okay! Let me see how hard your bones are!" Ren Songde blocked Yan Anqing's mouth, and then let the blood out.

With a smile on his face, Yan Anqing closed his eyes and waited for death.

Over half a century old, Yan Anqing didn't know whether he was a good person or a bad person.

If he is really a good person, he will not be able to sit in the position of chief minister of the cabinet!
But he is very fortunate that he is not the same person as Ren Songde.

Ren Songde quietly waited for Yan Anqing to die.

It doesn't matter if he dies, if he dies, he can be replaced by an obedient person.

After the peace negotiation is completed, arrange a few cronies into the cabinet, and then establish a good relationship with Chen Shuncai, plan to approve a pen, and the big announcement is in the palm of my hand!
"My lord, what are you doing here?"

Ren Songde was shocked, and when he looked back, Chen Shuncai suddenly appeared behind him.

This person really can't help but say, come as you say!

"It turned out to be Chen Bingbi. I was ordered by the Holy Majesty to come to Longtu Pavilion on business."

Chen Shuncai frowned and said, "What's the matter in the middle of the night?"

Hearing this tone, Chen Shuncai seemed to have no good intentions, Ren Songde said with a smile: "Don't ask about any errands."

Chen Shuncai said: "You broke into the palace at night, how could I not ask?"

Ren Songde put away his smile, and his face sank: "Chen Bingbi, I'm discussing peace talks with Yan Shoufu, do you think you should ask about this matter?"

This eunuch is a little ignorant, what can be more important than the peace talks now?
Chen Shuncai looked at Yan Anqing, who had already fallen into a coma.

"Why is Yan Shoufu injured?"

Ren Songde said: "It's just a little bleeding, it's nothing serious. After we discuss the matter, we will treat Yan Shoufu's injury."

Chen Shuncai looked Ren Songde up and down: "So, you hurt Yan Shoufu?"

Ren Songde frowned and said: "Chen Bingbi, you ask too many questions. This is for the purpose of negotiating a peace plan. This is what the Holy One cares most about."

Chen Shuncai nodded: "The Holy Majesty is indeed concerned, not only concerned, but also anxious."

"If you know you're in a hurry, don't make trouble here!" Ren Songde lost his patience, he couldn't bear the continuous accusations from an eunuch, "Thank you, Chen Bingbi will repeat your majesty, I will send the edict tomorrow morning!"

"It won't be until tomorrow morning," Chen Shuncai said with a strange light in his eyes, "Your Majesty will give you ten hours."

"You want to get the imperial edict after ten breaths?" Ren Songde looked at Chen Shuntai and said with a sneer, "Don't let Yan Anqing write it, let me write it, there is not enough time."

"It's not for you to write an imperial edict, ten sucks of time, it's for your escape!" Chen Shuncai had a murderous look on his face.

Ren Songde took two steps back and said, "Why?"

Chen Shuncai's expression became more ferocious: "There are still five suctions."

The distance between the two sides was less than three steps, if Chen Shuncai made a real move, Ren Songde would not be able to make five moves.

What is he going to do?
Ren Songde didn't dare to think too much, he just jumped out of the window, ran a few steps, wanted to turn around to see what was going on, and suddenly saw that Chen Shuncai had already chased after him.

"Ten sucked!"

Chen Shuncai grabbed Ren Songde's forearm, and peeled off a layer of skin from the elbow to the wrist.

Ren Songde gritted his teeth, didn't make a sound, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Chen Shuncai threw the human skin on the ground, went back to Longtu Pavilion, and carried Yan Anqing out.

……

In the secret pavilion, Emperor Zhaoxing sat silently.

In Qiaotouwa city, people's heads were rolling. Prince Tunuhu was killed, all the missions were killed, and even a group of ruffians who followed Tunuhu to do wrong were killed.

Outside Qingge City, the [-] Tunu army was completely killed by the prince.

The illusion of peace was completely shattered.

Ren Songde wrote a peace letter yesterday and it was still on the table. Emperor Zhaoxing picked it up and burned it to ashes by candlelight.

Chen Shuncai said from the side: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, you should rest early, and you have to go to Canglong Palace tomorrow."

"Rest earlier?" Emperor Zhao Xing gave a wry smile, "If you have a rest, don't you need to go to Canglong Hall?"

Chen Shuncai said: "I'm afraid that Elder Shengwei, who came here is not kind."

"When did he show kindness to me?" Emperor Zhaoxing sighed, "Is the matter of Longtu Pavilion settled?"

Chen Shuncai said: "According to His Majesty's order, Ren Songde was let go and Yan Anqing was saved, but this servant feels that Ren Songde should be killed!"

"It should be killed, but you can't kill him so quietly, otherwise someone will say that I killed him to silence him!"

Emperor Zhaoxing got up and paced back and forth in the secret pavilion: "There are more people who hate him than I hate, let him jump out, let him continue to attract people's hatred, and then kill him, wait for everyone's anger When it calms down, things calm down."

This is to put all the hatred on Ren Songde.

Ten years ago, this routine was used once.

Only then did Chen Shun understand what Emperor Zhaoxing meant: "But I am worried that Ren Songde will remain anonymous and cannot hide himself. It will be the same as being dead at that time."

"He will hide his name?" Emperor Zhaoxing laughed when he heard the words, "In a few months, this guy will jump out again, if he dare not jump out in Daxuan, he has to jump out in Tunu!
It would be better if he jumped out in Tunu, if he hated him but couldn't kill him, everyone would hate him even more! "

Chen Shuncai was deeply impressed by Emperor Zhaoxing's wisdom, but there was still one thing that worried him: "Your Majesty, Yan Anqing has lost a lot of blood, and he may not be able to survive this time."

"Save him, save him no matter what!"

"Your Majesty, Yan Anqing has repeatedly disobeyed the Holy Will, why not take this opportunity..."

"Confused!" Emperor Zhaoxing reprimanded, "Do you think someone else will listen to me more?"

Ten years ago, Emperor Zhaoxing negotiated peace with Tu Nu, which angered the three elders of Canglong and the officials. The chief assistant of the cabinet changed from Ren Songde to Yan Anqing, who was not so obedient.

Right now, Emperor Zhaoxing was going to negotiate peace with Tunu again. Although it failed, if Yan Anqing died, I'm afraid there would be an even more disobedient Chief Assistant.

Emperor Zhaoxing sat back beside the desk, feeling pain in his chest: "Why did this happen? I have no plan left. Why did the situation become like this?"

He picked up the pen and wrote down two names.

Liang Yuyang.

Xu Zhiqiong.

"These are two thorns in my heart. If I don't get rid of these two thorns, I will have trouble sleeping and eating!"

(End of this chapter)