son-in-law

Chapter 441

Changqiu Palace, Feixiang Palace.

Empress Dowager Cao suffered from headaches, and the wound on her lower body was still not healed, and pus flowed out from time to time.Suddenly felt very cold and shivered.

The Empress Dowager had a fever again, her head rested on her hidden sac, and she lay on her side on the couch, wrapped in a thick quilt.

There are four braziers beside the couch, and Cao Xiaobao ordered the maid to add two more.

Having had several nightmares in a row, the Empress Dowager dared not go back to sleep in the small room, so she slept in the empty hall.The side of the couch was covered with a screen, and many Taoist talismans to exorcise evil spirits and avoid ghosts were hung.

Recently, the Queen Mother has a lot of troubles. When she thinks that the army is in the hands of others, she feels uneasy and bored.

At this time Li Wantang came in, the Queen Mother opened her eyes slightly, and Cao Xiaobao threw the maids out.

Cao Yuzan said in a deep voice, "Is it that difficult to assassinate Zhao Ting?"

Li Wantang said: "Back to the queen mother, it is almost impossible to kill Zhao Ting."

Cao Yuzan's eyes became sharper: "What is impossible?"

"There are always three hundred cavalry guards around him, and since he was captured by the Mo bandits..."

"Don't tell me it's difficult. If it's not difficult, what do I want you to do? You said it's difficult to kill Zhao, but is it difficult to kill Li Jiancheng? Then how did Li Shimin do it in the first place? How did Mao Dun Mingdi kill his father?" Can't you train an army like that?"

Li Wantang knelt down: "Queen Mother, Zhao Ting can't be killed. Now Zhang Yunlong and Zhao Ting are going to court alternately, so it can be seen that they have colluded. One goes to court, the other stays in the army. meeting……"

"Enough!" The queen mother sat up angrily: "Li Wantang! Long Xiaotian was so rampant back then, and single-named your name to provoke me. How did I protect you? I not only protect your people, but also protect your reputation. You can't be inconsiderate, right? Lu Shi and you are enemies, so I sent Lu Shi to deal with Long Xiaotian, but Lu Shi died in his hands. It's not like you don't know how capable Lu Shi is. I let him go, Just to let you see how powerful Long Xiaotian is. I will send Hong Dun to look for Long Xiaotian again. How many masters have I defeated in a row to subdue him? Can’t you see my painstaking efforts? It is said that raising soldiers for a thousand days is only a short time. , why is it so difficult for me to use you now?"

Li Wantang kowtowed and said: "If the death of my minister can exchange Zhao Ting's life, I am willing to die ten times or a hundred times. But Queen Mother, it is useless for me to die. Assassinating Zhao Ting is very easy to cause mutiny. At the beginning of the Mutiny of Eight Passes, there were five The general will suppress it. If the five generals mutiny, who will suppress it?"

Cao Yuzan almost roared: "Uncle's Second Division, Zhao Yafu's Jinwu Guard will protect me!"

"Dong dong dong" suddenly the door drum sounded.

Cao Yuzan stopped talking, and a young eunuch ran in, knelt down and said, "I report to the Queen Mother, the crown prince and grand master Cao Sheng ask for an audience."

"Why is he here?" Cao Yuzan frowned slightly, then suddenly turned his head and stared: "Well, Li Wantang, you still know to ask for help? Hmph, don't think that I can spare you when uncle comes!"

Cao Sheng met with the Queen Mother and told her a secret.

At this time, Cao Yuhan finally wanted to understand the various arrangements of Emperor Tianci.It turned out that Emperor Tianci never trusted himself.Emperor Tianci would rather let his own royal family seize the throne than let a different surname monopolize the power.

The queen mother suddenly let go and cried.

After crying, she was sweating all over, but the fever on her body subsided, and she didn't have any nightmares tonight.

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Jingxingfang, Jinyiwei Government Office.

Zhang Mi, who was walking with the golden thread, raised his head and walked with his head up, that arrogant aura fully demonstrated "invincible".

If it wasn't for someone of his status who left a message in advance today, he wouldn't bother to come back here.

Zhang Changgong stood at the door with his hips akimbo, and when he saw the man wearing the same super-grade official uniform as him, he smiled from afar.

"What is Jinfeng looking for from me?"

"I haven't seen Brother Zhang for a long time, and I miss him very much."

"Oh! Don't talk about those polite things, I'm still busy."

"Dare to ask Brother Zhang, what have you been up to recently?"

"Kill Zhao Ting!"

Now Zhang Mi is surrounded by a group of very well-behaved people, Zhang Mi squinted his eyes slightly, and those people stood at the door in order, and they were immediately nailed into place like nails, and no one followed.

Su Yu frowned: "How did I hear that the Queen Mother doesn't want to kill Zhao Ting now?"

Zhang Mi snorted coldly: "Based on what I know about the Queen Mother, it's just a verbal reluctance to kill."

Su Yu believed that Zhang Mi's judgment was correct, and this Zhang Mi had swelled to the point where he did not need the Queen Mother to give orders, and he wanted to get rid of her troubles for the Queen Mother.

There is no doubt that the queen mother likes Zhang Mi very much.But the more she liked it, the more she worried about Zhang Mi's death.

"Brother Zhang, I didn't ask you what you were doing before. But not this time."

"Why?"

"Your loyal empress dowager has already realized it, and your capable empress dowager is also clear in her heart. Now you are the empress dowager's right arm, and no one is the empress dowager's right arm. The empress dowager does not want to lose you."

"Where did Jin Feng say that?"

"Where can I start? Of course, the queen mother told me. The queen mother said that she only has one arm now, and she is very worried about accidents."

"Jinfeng's words... I'm afraid it's not a big deal, right? The Queen Mother would say that in front of you?"

"The Queen Mother said that I am becoming more and more lazy. I guess her words also meant to encourage me."

"Ha ha."

Always very honest, it is even more deceitful to deceive a person suddenly, and this time Su Yu succeeded.The Empress Dowager never said those words to Su Yu, but Su Yu thought that the Empress Dowager thought so, and Zhang Mi thought so too.

Zhang Mi himself knew that it would be very difficult to assassinate Zhao Ting, especially after the bloodbath of the Prince's Mansion in Anxi County.Now Zhao Ting is very vigilant. Except for going to court, he basically returns to the army.And he and Zhang Yunlong really went to court alternately.Everyone can see clearly that the two auxiliary ministers have a tacit understanding.In this way, it can further deter the queen mother from daring to move them at will.Zhang Mi wanted to kill Zhao Ting, but he never made up his mind.Now that the Empress Dowager had given clear instructions at this time, Zhang Mi completely dismissed this idea.

There was no one in the room, so Su Yu still lowered his voice: "If the Empress Dowager wants to gain military power, she must kill the five generals sooner or later. But this does not happen overnight. It must be done slowly. The five generals are also human, and they also have life, old age, sickness and death. Their troops are not It is monolithic. A drop of water penetrates a stone, and sooner or later it seeps in.”

Zhang Mi nodded: "I think, what the queen mother said is that you are her right arm. It's just that Jinfeng really seldom goes to work recently. I don't understand why Jinfeng is like this?"

Zhang Mi cannot be made to feel that he is his competitor, as if two people are competing for favor in front of the Queen Mother, so Su Yu said:

"Brother Zhang, I am different from you. I will never become the right arm of the Queen Mother. How did you forget that I am a powerful person? Everything I do now is just paving the way for others. When I pave the way The Queen Mother will definitely kick me away. Before I left Jingtong, it was because I saw this prospect that I left. But that idiot Hong Dun couldn’t catch this plate and made a mess, causing three mutinies in a row. The queen mother thought of me again. Hey, I’m having a hard time now too. Relying on his old qualifications, Hong Dun fought against me in the Jingtong and took credit for me. Compared with Brother Zhang’s single-handedly covering the sky in Jinyiwei, I’m too weak.”

"Hong Dun? What kind of thing is he!" When Hong Dun was mentioned, Zhang Mi's face suddenly turned ugly. It seemed that he and Hong Dun were not on the same page.

Su Yu looked at him with interest.

Zhang Mi stood up, stretched out his finger and cursed at the north side: "Who does that old bastard think he is! He dares to speak to me in an orderly tone. He's his. If he dares to talk to me like this again next time, I will kill him." Give him two slaps!"

Zhang Mi wanted to slap Hong Dun, which was obviously inappropriate.But Su Yu won't say anything more.Now that Zhang Mi is in his prime, if he talks too much to persuade him, it will become annoying.Let him swell up. With Hong Dun's strength, we still don't know who will slap the other.

Su Yu had heard that Hong Dun, a big fat man of about 50 jin, could use the "star in the palm of his hand", and it was said that the technique was very powerful.At the beginning, he also entered the harem through selection.It is said that he overwhelmed the crowd and came out on top.Now in his [-]s, he is at the peak of his internal strength and physical strength.Like a big sumo wrestler.If you fight for skill, Zhang Mi is not his opponent.

If you want to cure Hong Dun, people like Hua Tingfeng are better at it.Because the flowers listen to the wind fast enough.

Su Yu took out a list: "I want to take Mei Hongshan to do something."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Mi unceremoniously picked up the list and looked at it, then frowned suddenly: "Why are they all civil servants?"

"Tax inspection."

Zhang Mi thought for a while, then suddenly smiled: "I understand what you mean. Sequoia should be allowed to move around. Otherwise, the Queen Mother will arrange another Xiao Chong by my side."

Su Yu smiled.

Afterwards, Su Yu took the Jingtong Guards and Mei Hongshan's White Tiger Camp to visit and inspect.Wherever he went, the tax official was trembling with fright.Not to mention the Fang Department and the county, even the Jingzhao Mansion saw the joint operation of the Jingtong and Jinyiwei, and their foreheads were sweating from fright.

Zhang Yishou, the "father" of Xuanjia General Zhang Yunlong, Yin Zhang Yishou of Jingzhao Mansion went out to greet him in person, chatting and laughing happily with Su Yu.And Mei Hongshan led people to check the accounts everywhere, and turned over the accounts.Mei Hongshan is essentially a warrior, and she doesn't understand taxes at all.In order to increase her professional ability, Su Yu invited two middle-aged assistants who were depressed and frustrated from the household department.After they took action, a lot of problems were found.

Zhang Yishou retreated from the others, and took out a box of gold ingots with his own hands and placed it in front of Su Yu: "Master Su, please accept it with a smile."

"Hey! Master Zhang, what are you doing here?" Su Yu stood up, his face full of displeasure: "The accounts of the Jingzhao Mansion seem to be clear and complete as a whole. Any mistakes are caused by the deception of the subordinates."

After finishing speaking, Su Yu waved his sleeves and left.

Zhang Yishou dismissed three people and arrested one person that day.At night, he asked the well-behaved house slave to send 3000 million to the Chang'an princess's mansion, but Tang Ling'er accepted it unceremoniously.

"Ling'er, why are you taking money again? You are hurting me!"

"You dare to yell at me?"

"Don't stare at me, anyway, I think you're wrong."

"I don't care. Others dare not accept it because they are afraid of being investigated. But we are the Tang family! Who dares to investigate me?"

The money-holders of the warlord family are really irritable. I think Tang Kuan developed such a temper in Qinghuafang for 20 years.If Tang Ling'er has been working for 20 years, it is estimated that she will be a virtuous person with her fourth brother.In the final analysis, people's temper is still supported by strength.

But Tang Zhen rarely loses his temper...

"There are good people who don't learn from you. You have to learn from your fourth brother. If you lose your temper all the time, your face will grow."

"I am willing!"

"Grow into a donkey!"

"Hey! Su Jinfeng, don't run! Stop!"

　Xu Luochen went to the teahouse to tell a story again. Since his books were not popular, he could only come to this old teahouse to make ends meet.

　　Xu Luochen vomited all over the place and worked very hard. After two chapters, a wealthy customer left five hundred coins as a reward, and left in a hurry.

　　The five hundred coins were shared equally between Xu Luochen and the shopkeeper of the teahouse surnamed Wa, thanks to the big customers.

　　Xu Luochen asked, who is this chic and unrestrained tycoon?

　　The wax shopkeeper hid the cuff patch and said: "I am Yu", a grain and rice tycoon in Gyeonggi Province.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)