Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 142 Court Meeting!All officials wrote a letter!
Wenyuan Pavilion.

Lou Youzhi handled government affairs as usual.

Whether it's expressions, movements, or the efficiency of replying to memorials, they are all the same as before.

However, all the colleagues were sitting on pins and needles, and no one spoke.

Even a person as flexible and smooth as the second assistant Lu Zhong was meticulous at this time.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely condensed.

Until the hour of You, the sound of the drums of the scattered value thumped.

Crash.

Except for Lou Youzhi, everyone got up at the same time, and then greeted Lou Youzhi one by one according to the seating position in the cabinet and left.

From the beginning to the end, Lou Youzhi didn't even raise his eyelids, and was still correcting the memorial.

But judging from the huge desk in front of him and the height of the memorials on the desk, it is likely that not one person did [-]% of Wenyuan Pavilion's work.

"Hey……"

Dou Tianyuan couldn't bear to watch, so he opened the door and came out, "I watched you for two hours, but you didn't expose me."

"Not that hard."

Lou Youzhi remained expressionless and kept moving his hands.

"But you've been sitting here for ten days."

Dou Tianyuan said helplessly, "I know that Lao Jiang and you are Fa Xiao, fellow townsmen, and classmates, but he is already dead...how about I take you to see that pile of minced meat, look at that skull, and let me see you?" Do you want to reminisce at a close distance?"

"It's not a shock to me that his death was doomed."

Lou Youzhi responded lightly.

"But you didn't expect..."

Dou Tianyuan narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty will label him as a traitor, and all the ancestors of the Jiang family as traitors!"

Click!

Lou Youzhi finally stopped.

Because the pen in his hand was broken.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Dou Tianyuan said coldly, "Do you know that if I hadn't discovered it in time, the matter of you secretly keeping the old Edo registration would have been stabbed to His Majesty by now!"

"I believe you can find out and suppress."

Lou Youzhi closed his eyes, rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Now that the person is dead, the household registration is completely cancelled, so don't worry about anything."

"Of course I'm not worried about it."

Dou Tianyuan's face became colder and colder, "What I'm worried about is the method you told me! The method to keep Yongzhou!"

"It's simple."

Lou Youzhi opened his eyes and flicked his fingers.

A memorial flew into Dou Tianyuan's hands.

"This is... Xue Rong!"

Dou Tianyuan's eyes froze, he quickly browsed through the content, and then frowned: "I don't see any problem."

"Do you think His Majesty will believe it?"

Lou Youzhi asked back.

"Isn't it?"

Dou Tianyuan was puzzled, and read the report carefully again, "This is written in line with Lao Jiang's temper. It should be the truth. It is also appropriate to ask whether to stay behind...Why do you think His Majesty doesn't believe it?"

"Your Majesty, except for the few years when he became the throne, has never asked about politics since then, until now."

Lou Youzhi's eyes showed sarcasm, "What method did he use to detect Yongzhou's anomaly earlier than everyone else?"

"What do you mean?"

Dou Tianyuan's complexion changed.

"It's very simple, either he has a power that none of us knows about, or..."

Lou Youzhi's eyes turned cold, "He doesn't need to go through anyone to know what happened in Yongzhou thousands of miles away."

"This...it's impossible."

Dou Tianyuan frowned and thought about it, then shook his head, "If he had known what Lao Jiang was doing, then the secret order he gave me back then would not have been to investigate Yongzhou."

"Yes, it's impossible for him to know what Jiang Zhihong is doing, but he must know the sharp decline in Yongzhou's population."

As he said that, Lou Youzhi sighed, "And we can't tell how he learned about it."

"so……"

Dou Tianyuan's expression turned ugly, "This memorial will not be able to delay at all?"

"Not only does it not have the effect of delaying, but it will immediately alert His Majesty."

Lou Youzhi affirmed, "Because the report did not hide the time of Jiang Zhihong's death, and ten days have passed since Jiang Zhihong's death. pick up."

"However, in fact there is none at all."

Dou Tianyuan added in this direction, "So... once this memorial is delivered, His Majesty will immediately understand that Xue Rong has betrayed!"

"Then, it's not just the Golden Armored Stupa."

Lou Youzhi continued.

"or."

Dou Tianyuan's eyes flickered, "Suppress this memorial?"

"..."

Lou Youzhi looked at Dou Tianyuan like a fool, "It's shocking that such a stupid idea came from the commander-in-chief of the dignified blood-clothed guards."

"……All right."

Dou Tianyuan was a little embarrassed, "Then what should we do? It really doesn't work, it seems that we have to give up Yongzhou."

"Abandon Yongzhou?"

Lou Youzhi smiled lightly and shook his head, "Instead of giving up, I would rather try and see how important this natural disaster... is to His Majesty."

"...Are you crazy?!"

Dou Tianyuan's complexion changed drastically, "Lao Jiang used to have such a good relationship with His Majesty, haven't you seen what's going on now?"

"It's because I saw it that I wanted to try it even more."

Lou Youzhi looked puzzled.

Dou Tianyuan was silent for a while, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Tomorrow morning meeting."

Lou Youzhi stood up, "I will invite myself to be the relief envoy of Yongzhou."

"..."

After a long silence, Dou Tianyuan dropped a word, pushed the door open and left.

"If you die, no matter how you die, I will not avenge you."

Ha ha.

Lou Youzhi chuckled, put his hands behind his back, and walked out the door.

"die?"

"The number one official in Daqing, a dignified traitor, how can he die so easily?"

The court meeting the next day.

Under the leadership of Youzhi in the first auxiliary building, all officials discussed business as usual.

Everything is the same as usual.

Until the end of the court meeting, officials suddenly appeared.

"Your Majesty, Hong Jing, the censor of Zuoqin of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, implore Your Majesty to immediately select officials, allocate supplies, and go to Yongzhou for disaster relief!"

After all, it was a court meeting, even if Lou Youzhi was acting as the leader, no matter what you wanted to say, you had to express that you were talking to Emperor Qing, not Lou Youzhi.

But this sentence is obviously aimed directly at Emperor Qing.

Unfortunately, after a while, there was silence behind the golden curtain.

"You should know that the granaries in various places have been burned, and the raising of food is still in progress, which is far from the level that can be used for disaster relief."

Lou Youzhi waved his hand, signaling Hong Jing to back down.

"The first assistant's words are wrong!"

Another person came out, the servant of the household department, "Since the grain raising has already started, it must have been raised partly, so let this part of the grain be transported to Yongzhou first, so that the people of Yongzhou can take a breather and fight for the follow-up grain raising." time."

"This statement is also bad!"

The minister of the Ministry of Rites came out, "Do you know that if the difference between the number of refugees and the food for disaster relief is too large, not only will it not have any effect of disaster relief, but it will completely mess up the order in Yongzhou?"

"Order? Hahahaha!"

The right deputy capital censor laughed mockingly, "It has been nearly five months since the locust plague broke out in Yongzhou. At this time, there are probably bones everywhere, and the wild is full of hunger. What kind of order is there?"

After saying this, the right deputy capital censor clasped his fists inside the curtain behind the dragon chair: "I beseech you, Your Majesty, to provide disaster relief to Yongzhou!"

This scene has actually happened many times.

Over the past few months, such an event has been staged almost every day at the court meeting.

Every time there is an endless debate between 'immediate disaster relief' and 'food raising', no one can gain the upper hand, and the stalemate has persisted until now.

So the people behind the veil didn't take it seriously at all.

However, today is different.

"It's just a matter of food."

Lord An Guo laughed, "To tell you the truth, during this period of time, I have sent people to various provinces to collect donations, and I have already raised enough food. As long as His Majesty orders, there will be a steady stream of food shipped to Yongzhou."

As soon as these words came out, the air in the hall seemed to thicken and became extremely heavy.

This is pressure, pressure from behind the curtain.

"My lord, please Your Majesty..."

An Guogong showed no fear, his old body slowly bowed down, "Relieve the disaster in Yongzhou!"

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"..."

Officials one after another stood up, clasped their fists and bowed, all of them seconding the proposal.

Gradually, nearly [-]% of the officials stood up.

In the end, see you in the end.

Lou Youzhi chuckled, turned around and clasped his fists: "Chen Lou Youzhi, I would like to invite myself to be a relief envoy to go to Yongzhou for disaster relief immediately!"

Time passed little by little.

Finally, the pressure suddenly dissipated.

"Okay, okay, okay."

An inaudible voice came from behind the curtain, "How can I be able to make all civil and military officials work together?"

"This is really the blessing of Daqing."

"I'm ready to play."

……

……

On the edge of Binzhou Province.

Xu Chong looked at Xue Rong who was not far away, with an extremely dignified expression.

Xue Rong is still the same Xue Rong, but his eyes, temperament, and demeanor have undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Father, mother?!"

Xue Rong sat on the ground and looked around while crying, "Where is this place! Rong'er wants to go home! Rong'er should not be here!"

"..."

Xu Chong hesitated for a moment, lifted his greed, and revealed his figure.

Immediately, Xue Rong stopped crying, got up from the ground, pointed at Xu Chong and said: "That lowly servant, I order you to send me home quickly, if you are a little late, I will take your skin off!"

It seems that I really forgot.

Xu Chong's heart fell to the bottom.

Obviously, Xue Rong was deprived of his household registration and forgot everything related to martial arts.

If there is no accident, Xue Rong should have inherited the noble status of his parents, and has been exposed to martial arts since he was very young.

That's why there is a situation where the memory completely degenerates to childhood.

But the problem is...

This is less than 20 days!

Didn't it mean that it could be delayed for at least a month? ? ?
Beijing, what happened? !

"Damn servant, can't you hear the young master?"

Xue Rong was so proud that he walked up to Xu Chong and raised his hand to slap him down.

Xu Chong grabbed Xue Rong's wrist, "Since that's the case, it's useless to keep you."

In the next moment, Xue Rong's body and head were separated.

After a while, more than ten spiritual sources flew over and submerged into Xu Chong's body.

"Sure enough, it's a matter of natural disasters."

Xu Chong narrowed his eyes.

In Yongzhou, no one who died could provide him with a spiritual source.

And as soon as you leave Yongzhou, you will not be affected immediately in the fringe area of ​​Binzhou.

This natural disaster is really evil.

Xu Chong shook his head, and devoured Xue Rong with Wuxiang Yi, creating a new false appearance.

It didn't take long.

Xu Chong pretended to be Xue Rong, dressed in golden armor, and appeared at the post station a hundred miles away.

"Are you the adult from last time?"

The Yi Cheng was startled, he trotted out to greet him, and from afar he cupped his hands and sneered, "Dare to ask that your lord is here, but there is still some letter paper to send?"

"No letterhead."

Xu Chong shook his head, "Let me find out if something has happened in the capital."

"The capital?"

Yi Cheng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Except for disaster relief, nothing special happened."

"Disaster relief?"

Xu Chong raised his eyebrows suddenly, "Tell me specifically."

"Hey, it's not about the Yongzhou next door."

Yicheng sighed, "Every day, all the officials wrote letters, asking Your Majesty to provide disaster relief, but the granaries in various provinces and places were destroyed, and the imperial court couldn't raise so much food for a while, so it kept procrastinating. It seems that it was seven days ago, and finally got it together. If there is enough food, we are ready for disaster relief.”

"..."

Xu Chong was silent for a while.

There is definitely something strange about this.

It is no exaggeration to say, what if the granaries in various provinces were destroyed?
With the background of the royal family, I really want to provide disaster relief, and I will get it together for you in minutes.

It's just that I don't want to provide disaster relief.

The point is, it has been dragging on for so long, but you gave up here?
After thinking for a while, Xu Chong asked again: "This incident is a bit sudden, do you know the specific situation?"

"There is some news, but I don't know if it is accurate, after all, it is word of mouth from the postman."

Yicheng paused as he spoke, and lowered his voice, "It is said that Mr. Lou asked himself to be a relief envoy."

"Ok?"

Xu Chong raised his eyebrows abruptly, "Lou Youzhi, ask yourself to be a relief envoy?"

What's the difference between this and what Jiang Zhihong did? Aren't they all against Emperor Qing?

"This matter, I only dare to guess...it should be true."

Yicheng confirmed again, "It is said that someone secretly sent people to collect donations from various places, gathered together the food, and then all officials wrote a letter together."

"Hundreds of officials wrote together..."

Xu Chong suddenly realized.

Obviously, this is the 'other method' that Dou Tianyuan mentioned.

I have to say, it's really cool.

Xu Chong heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Is there anything else?"

"Let me think about..."

Yi Cheng frowned in thought.

Although the person in front of him could be sent out to deliver the letter, he must be a pawn in the Golden Armored Buddha, but after all, it is the Golden Armored Buddha, not to mention flattery, it is good not to offend.

"There is."

Yicheng's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice: "According to the postman a few days ago..."

A piece of gossip and lace news has no nutrition at all.

Xu Chong left after listening for a while.

It's a pity that it's not dark yet, so I can only use Xue Rong's war horse to drive, which is far less fast than Yinshen.

"I don't know what happened to Fenggu."

Xu Chong thought so.

He didn't worry about whether the people over there were still alive.

He wanted to see if the red halo of disaster represented by those refugees had diminished.

If it is reduced, it means that Lou Youzhi can save these refugees.

If not...

……

……

In Fenggu County.

In front of the porridge shed, there was a long queue.

Everyone obeyed obediently, and there were not enough manpower to maintain the order.

Zhao Liu's family and Li Xiangxue were among them.

"Xiang Xue, why do I feel that you are getting whiter and whiter?"

Zhao Liu looked at Li Xiangxue with puzzled eyes, "The mud can't hold back..."

In the past few months after fleeing to Fenggu, it can be said that Li Xiangxue didn't let him worry about it.

Don't cause trouble, and don't run around.

It's not like a child who is less than ten years old.

Especially after Jiang Zhihong started teaching martial arts, Li Xiangxue seemed to be a completely different person.

He locked himself in a simple hut all day long, and didn't go anywhere except to get food.

Zhao Liu almost suspected that something was wrong with Li Xiangxue.

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao, Xiang Xue is fine."

Li Xiangxue showed a faint smile to Zhao Liu.

All his exposed skin, including his face, neck, and wrists, are all as white and crystal clear as jade.

If Xu Chong was here, he would be able to tell at a glance that this was caused by his inability to suppress his strength and let his strength flow on his body surface.

Yes.

Li Xiangxue also embarked on martial arts.

And the exercises he practiced were not any of those taught by Jiang Zhihong.

It is Ming Yujin.

At the beginning, the full set of Ming Yujin exchanged by Xu Chong was for Li Xiangxue.

Originally, Xu Chong believed that it would be at least ten years before Li Xiangxue wanted to get in touch with martial arts.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhihong's martial arts awakened Li Xiangxue's memory of Ming Yujin!
As for borders.

Open up the sixfold.

In less than two months, he has enlightened to the sixth level.

Unfortunately, Li Xiangxue didn't dare to tell anyone, and he didn't even dare to say that he had embarked on martial arts.

Because, combined with everything that happened in Canglong County at that time, little Li Xiangxue could already guess many things.

For example, the death of his father was related to martial arts.

For example, Xu Chong has a secret.

Therefore, Li Xiangxue was afraid of implicating Xu Chong, so he could only pretend to be an ordinary boy.

Even if he didn't need to eat so much food at all, he still chose to take the same portion.

'When you grow up, you must repay Master Xu, remember? '.

In Li Xiangxue's mind, the advice of his father and mother echoed again.

"It's our time."

Zhao Liu touched Li Xiangxue's shoulder and motioned him to come forward.

"Oh, good."

Li Xiangxue came back to his senses.

However, just when he was about to take a step forward, a violent glare suddenly shrouded him, blinding everyone.

After a long time, the glaring subsided a little.

Everyone looked up in amazement, and suddenly turned pale with horror.

"what is that?!"

"Am I dazzled? How can I see... there is an extra sun in the sky???"

"I saw it too!"

"what happened……"

Exclamations came and went.

The next moment, an incomparably ethereal and incomparably grand voice slowly swayed above the county seat.

"You don't need to panic, I am the Lord of the Way of Peace."

"—Ji Qingzhi!!!"

(End of this chapter)