Don't ask where people go

Chapter 285 Behind
After the court meeting dispersed, Fang Zilan called Pei Juqing to stop at the gate of the palace, "Duke Ju, please stay."

Pei Juanqing stopped, turned around, and looked at the people approaching him, "I don't know what the Duke of Yue has to say?"

His sharp-edged face is slightly gloomy, his eyes are like a cold pool of water, calm and bottomless, and there is a faint coercion around him, but Fang Zilan is not at all afraid. After standing still in front of him, his expression is calm Said: "I can't talk about seeing the teacher, but I just want to say something to Gong Guogong."

Pei Juanqing stared at her for a long time, nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Yue, please tell me."

All the officials coming and going nearby were big and small officials who had just come down to court. Pei Juanqing looked unabashed, and Fang Zilan was also calm and generous, saying: "I visited the mansion a few days ago, and I never thought that Duke Juan was ill. , I couldn’t see him, I’m very regretful. Seeing that Duke Ju is fine today, I feel relieved.”

Pei Juanqing was clear in his heart, and said calmly: "I heard from the people below that Yue Guogong came to ask for money for the southeast government's household management department. This matter has been dragging on for a long time. There are too many things, and I hope Duke Yue will forgive me."

Fang Zilan wanted to test his tone, but he didn't expect him to speak frankly, which made her seem like a villain.That being the case, she might as well explain everything clearly.Anyway, no one knows if they will be able to return to Qiluo City this time, and the Empress Dowager doesn't like her very much, so she will not offend the Pei family this time.

"Mr. Juan's words are serious, and I am also concerned about chaos. Thinking about the aftermath of the southeast must be cautious, so the adults in the Ministry of Households are forced to be tighter. I hope Duke Juan is not to blame." Fang Zilan said on his lips. He was polite, but his face was a bit sharp, "After all, the Miluo people are aggressively invading, and there is really nothing wrong with me in Dajing."

Her words were obviously shocking. Immediately, some officials deliberately slowed down and walked not too far or too close, trying to listen quietly.

"The few incompetent people in the household department really need to be beaten. I appreciate Duke Yue's kindness..." Pei Juanqing squinted her eyes, and said calmly: "But Duke Yue's hand is too long, so stretch it carefully. "

Fang Zilan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Ping, but my hand is about to reach Qiluo City. It's so long that it's hard not to stretch it."

Pei Juanqing pursed her lips, and spoke slowly, "I would venture to ask, how long can Duke Yue keep Qiluo City?"

Just as Fang Zilan was about to say do his best, he heard him add, "What I want to hear is the specific date. Please don't fool me with the excuse of doing your best."

Fang Zilan took a deep breath, thinking that this person is really strange, she dared not be negligent at the moment, and finally cautiously uttered a deadline, "One month."

"Okay, I remember." Pei Juanqing left such a meaningful sentence, without waiting for her to respond, she took her leave and left on her own, which made her look bewildered and feel as if she was falling into a cloud.

In fact, what Fang Zilan didn't know was that Pei Juanqing was really sick in those days.Most of the members of the Pei family are not in good health, and those like Pei Xiaoze are already at the top.Therefore, the documents she sent to the Ministry of Households to wait for approval were not returned at the behest of Pei Jueqing, but by the Minister of the Household Department on his own initiative.

As for why it was done so deliberately, it's very simple to say, since there was such a commotion at the beginning of the new year this year, not to mention the people in the household department, who didn't know that the empress dowager didn't like her?What's more, the empress dowager was born in the Pei family, so it means that the Pei family did not deal with her.Therefore, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households made such a clever move, thinking that he would not give others a handle, but also add trouble to her, and vent his anger for the Pei family, why not do it?
Unexpectedly, when Pei Juanqing was ill, he heard about it and went to the Ministry of Households to inquire about his crimes. In the original words of the Duke of Juan, who had never been to the Ministry of Households for ten years, "Even if you destroy your family to relieve difficulties, you must take Southeast’s account has been filled.” Those who knew the appearance were fine, but those who didn’t know thought that it was his Pei family’s ancestral hall that was destroyed in Southeast.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Accounting was so frightened that he cleared up the account of the southeast all night. The banknotes of Zhun Zuo just came out of the imperial study, and then the treasury sent the money to the southeast. Say hello.

However, this is not over yet. People from the Su family got the news out of nowhere, and they said something to Pei Juanqing, and secretly communicated with Zhuge Yu, and sent someone to send the silver to the southeast, directly crossing the border. King Rong An, I'm afraid that someone in the middle will steal every penny.

The money in the southeast was finally collected, and the military pay for fighting on the border was really unaffordable.Hubu Shangshu was as big as a bucket facing the snowflake-like documents of the Ministry of War. It happened that the Ministry of Industry also came to join in the fun at this time, saying that there was something wrong with the military workshop, so he put the loach of Hubu Shangshu in boiling water for a while. Leaving aside the layers of skin, she dared not go to the Pei family's side, lest Pei Juanqing would go there again, and it would really destroy the family and relieve the difficulties.

This involved a lot of things, everyone had a ulterior motive, and the relationship between them was also intertwined. As for how much Li Shengxuan knew and how much he had done, no one knew.

Fang Zilan didn't know the pros and cons behind it, so it was easy to leave.She brought three thousand soldiers and horses from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and rushed to Qiluo City in a mighty manner.

Soldiers are precious and fast, Fang Zilan set off before dawn, which is completely different from the scene when thousands of people were sent off by mountains and seas during the expedition to the northern border.In the boundless darkness, only the high lanterns hanging on the corner eaves of the tower looked particularly bright.

Standing on the tower, Li Shengxuan looked at the resolute figure not far or near, and suddenly remembered the first time he led the army to quell the chaos.King Xiang, who was only 15 years old, also left on a summer night after ordering soldiers, without staying for a moment.

At that time his elder brother Emperor Ning Shun stood on the tower to see him off, and now he stands on the tower to see Fang Zilan off.More than ten years have passed, but Dajing is still not really stable.

Standing behind him, Yucheng King Li Qiyou suddenly noticed something, his eyes widened suddenly, "Master Fang is wearing armor, it's really strange."

Li Shengxuan pulled back his thoughts and asked, "Didn't she wear armor before fighting?"

"Never wear it." Li Qiyou said while recalling: "Before in the northern border, Mr. Fang thought the armor was heavy and cumbersome, so he often went into battle wearing a riding outfit. If someone persuades him, at most two pieces of iron should be used to deal with it."

However, Fang Zilan, who led the army away at this time, acted like a general who was used to wearing armor, how could he be disgusted with it?

A Wan followed her, looking at her armor, she felt chills on her back.

Fang Zilan is self-confident that she is number one in the world, even when the battle in the northern border was dangerous, she never wore armor. On the contrary, in those days when she stayed in the northern border and had nothing to do, she asked her master with superb craftsmanship to tailor a suit and wear it. long time.

At that time, everyone in the army thought it was strange that Fang Zilan, who had never added armor to kill the enemy, actually walked back and forth in the camp wearing an armor weighing dozens of catties in the peaceful years.However, men in the army have never been talkative people. Even if they think it is strange, as long as they are not out of line, they will not say a word.

Awan asked once, and Fang Zilan replied lightly with the phrase "adapt in advance."At that time, she boasted about preparing for a rainy day, but she never took it seriously in her heart.

Until now, seeing Fang Zilan put on this armor again, Awan felt a little more real fear in his heart.Even though she said that Fang Zilan was scary, it was precisely because of this scary that she was reliable.She always said that she is not afraid of death, isn't it because she knows that as long as there is Fang Zilan, no one can hurt her?

But now even Fang Zilan has put on armor, the word death may not just stay on the lips.

A Wan's eyelids jumped up suddenly, the closer they got to Qiluo City, the more they jumped up, and they always felt that something bad was waiting for them.

I don't know whether it's because Awan's premonition is too accurate, or the Miluo people are standing behind the god of killing. They rushed to Qiluo City, and before they had time to rest, the news came from the front that General Shen died for the country and died in battle.

　The undercurrent in Beijing is surging, and the situation on the front line is tense. Whether it is from behind or from the front, this battle is inevitable
　　
　
(End of this chapter)