first minister

Chapter 295 Inside Story and Strong Enemy

In the room, there was a dead silence.

After a while, Long Zhengqing finally leaned on the back of the chair slumped, "So it was Master Xia who saved that person that day!"

Xia Jingyun said: "So, all this can be regarded as God's will. Who did Elder Long see his son that day? Does it have anything to do with what happened later?"

Long Zhengqing lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

Bai Yunbian and Ye Wenhe couldn't help but glanced at each other, they both had the same doubts.

Ye Hongluan glanced at Long Zhengqing and then at Xia Jingyun, thoughtfully.

The silence was tormented by depression, and just when this depression was making people restless, Xia Jingyun suddenly spoke, his tone was low and depressing, even with the feeling of a growl, "Elder Long, have you still done things so far? Don't understand? This is not a game where each side has a way out, but a life-and-death struggle!"

He looked at Long Zhengqing, "Your son's death is ironclad evidence. And since they finally chose to attack him, and he died as they wished, even if you turn to them again, they will not be able to trust you anymore. Now you can The one who protects you is only me, if you don't want to follow in his footsteps, you should know how to choose."

"Shi Dingzhong, the minister of rites in Beijing, Qin Weizhong, the powerful prime minister of the generation, and this imperial gold medal, can prove that I have the strength to protect you, and we also have the ultimate victory in this struggle." confidence."

Long Zhengqing raised his head slowly, met Xia Jingyun's firm eyes, and said slowly: "The person who came to see my son at night claimed to be the confidant of Zhou Mu Xiao Fengshan, and he asked me to secretly support the fifth elder and help him seize the power of the Cao Gang. "

Ye Wen and Teng stood up, and said angrily: "Long, how can you do this! The leader of this gang has always treated you."

"you shut up!"

"you shut up!"

Xia Jingyun and Ye Hongluan uttered two voices of reprimand in unison, and a pair of men and women subconsciously looked at each other, as if surprised by such a tacit understanding.

Bai Yunbian:? ? ?

How something is not right.

After Xia Jingyun subconsciously reprimanded him, he explained in a warm voice: "Master Ye, since Elder Long chose to speak out in front of you, it means that he did not agree to the other party's request, otherwise the other party would not have murdered his son." .”

Ye Hongluan also comforted his father and said: "To put it bluntly, the gang has not held an elders' meeting in the past few days, and Uncle Long has not done anything to feel sorry for us."

Ye Wenhe also reacted abruptly. He overreacted. Didn't he push his own people away? He quickly said, "I'm in a hurry, Elder Long forgive me."

Xia Jingyun continued: "So, Elder Long sent people to chase after the incident, because he was worried that the matter would be leaked, and he would fall into a passive position, so he had to commit himself to the thief?"

"Hehe, speaking of him, the state shepherd is the official." Elder Long smiled wryly and shook his head, "Although the identity of that person is doubtful, no matter whether it is true or not, the Ye family has been the leader of the Cao Gang for so many generations, and we have all been greatly favored by the former leader. , there is no reason to change the family so easily and help deal with the Ye family."

Ye Wenhe heaved a sigh of relief, and Long Zhengqing sighed: "But to be honest, if you don't come with Master Xia, and the other party has Master Xiao's support, we are basically powerless to fight against!"

Xia Jingyun said confidently: "But I'm here now. It will be different when I am here."

"Master Xia, your past experience is indeed amazing. It is really admirable that people like Qin Xiang can be defeated by you, but you must not underestimate Lord Xiao who is just a state shepherd in your opinion. .”

Long Zhengqing said: "Speaking of which, he is a few years younger than me, but I can almost say that I grew up hearing his name. Do you know the weight of it?"

Xia Jingyun and Bai Yunbian also became serious when they heard the words, Xia Jingyun said frankly: "I don't know much, so please ask Elder Long to clarify."

Long Zhengqing glanced at Ye Wenhe, "Master, you are from a noble family, and you have more contacts with Master Xiao, can you tell me?"

This initiative to talk to him was another kind of reconciliation test for Long Zhengqing. Ye Wenhe did not refuse and nodded: "Indeed, Xiao Fengshan became famous at a young age and is considered No. 1 among our generation in Longshouzhou. From his family background to his abilities, he was almost recognized as the number one son of Longshou Prefecture at that time."

Hearing this name, Bai Yunbian couldn't help but pursed his lips, what kind of shit is the number one son, this bastard in front of him is specially for the number one son.

Zheng Tianyu, the first son of Sishui Prefecture at the beginning, and Qin Sichao, the later first son of Zhongjing City.

Only a destiny protagonist like myself can escape the curse of the first son.

Seeing Bai Yunbian's expression, Ye Wenhe said solemnly: "Lord Bai, don't take it seriously. Xiao Fengshan's ability is really powerful. When his sister married His Majesty who was still in the hidden residence as the crown princess, it was the time The new king of Beiliang came to power, and everything in the country was unstable. He wanted to take advantage of the chaos to seize power, so he joined forces with the Northwest Barbarians to attack us. He was both civil and military. He chose to join the army. After several battles, he was not defeated. count."

"After returning to the court, he switched from literature to martial arts, and successfully passed the first-class test. At that time, there were rumors in Zhongjing that all the noble girls in the city looked at Xiao Lang, and they were talking about him. After more than ten years of accumulation, he was expected to enter the center, but With the death of the first queen, he seemed to be a little depressed, so he concentrated on running Longshou Prefecture. Today, in Longshou Prefecture, the military and political power is all in his hands, and no one dares to challenge him directly. It is said that it is the four major families of Longshou, In fact, the Xiao family is far ahead of the other three families. His majesty does not know what kind of mentality it is, and he has not moved his position."

Xia Jingyun said softly: "It's not that I don't want to move, but when I realized that I wanted to move, I couldn't move anymore."

He said with emotion: "So, this Xiaozhou Mu is indeed a formidable enemy!"

Seeing that everyone looked depressed, Xia Jingyun continued to smile and said, "Thank you, Chief Ye and Elder Long for telling these old stories, but we have a common basis of interests. Elder Long's family feud, and Chief Ye's ancestral foundation. Driven by the emperor’s imperial order, we are much more united than the team they gathered for profit. As long as we are united and unite those forces that can be united, we will eventually be able to compete with them.”

He said in a deep voice: "Each of us has no retreat, and the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road!"

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

This sentence aroused the blood in Ye Wenhe's heart. Due to their own reasons, everyone nodded without any hesitation.

Ye Hongluan's eyes were even more brilliant.

Xia Jingyun continued: "Since a consensus has been reached, let Master Ye and Elder Long tell me about the recent changes in the Cao Gang."

The previous foreshadowing was in place, and at this time, the two did not hide anything, and directly revealed the current power structure and inside information of the Cao Gang.

Long Zhengqing said: "Originally, everyone just fought occasionally, with slightly different styles and ideas, but about a month ago, the actions of the fourth and fifth sons began to increase. They began to obviously disobey the leader. I often tell the gang members that now that the emperor is in power, treacherous ministers are in power, corrupt officials are everywhere, the state affairs are difficult, the great summer is about to perish, and the Cao Gang has tens of thousands of gang members, it is time to make a difference in troubled times, and prosperity and wealth are all in sight , why do you have to swallow your anger and live a difficult life."

Ye Wenhe sighed, "Nowadays the government is really bad, corrupt officials are rampant everywhere, the business of water transportation is indeed going from bad to worse, and the lives of the gang members are getting worse and worse, so their rhetoric has won many people Especially the support of the low-level gang members who are dissatisfied with the status quo. They no longer endure the oppression of the court officials along the way, and have killed several court officials. The strange thing is that the state pastoral office has not taken any action. The Longshou army in charge didn't move either. Only the county yamen sent some county sergeant soldiers to patrol along the way, but nothing was better than nothing."

Xia Jingyun finished listening silently, "According to the two of you, is Xiao Fengshan secretly arranging this behind the scenes? Or are there other forces involved?"

Long Zhengqing shook his head, "This kind of situation involving the topmost forces is beyond my capabilities, so I don't want to talk nonsense."

Ye Wenhe thought for a while, "It should be Xiao Fengshan's arrangement, otherwise others would not have such strength."

But at this time, a clear voice said: "It should be someone else."

Xia Jingyun looked up at the bright girl in red, without questioning, nor underestimating, but said seriously: "What can Miss Ye teach you?"

"I can't talk about teaching." Ye Hongluan also said flatly: "If Xiao Zhoumu acted like this, he should have directed all his crimes and dissatisfaction to the court, so that this group of talents can be used by him, but now the bewitched The words of the gang members are both blaming the incompetent emperor and the rampant corruption in front of him, once this fire is stirred up, it will not be easy to let it go down, and this is not in the interests of Xiao Zhoumu."

Xia Jingyun nodded, "I've heard for a long time that Miss Ye is heroic and brave, and she's not inferior to men. I didn't expect that she could have such true knowledge and insights, which is admirable."

After all, Xia Jingyun is the rare champion of the imperial court, and now he is an imperial envoy, so sincerely praised by him in front of her father, Ye Hongluan, who has always been informal, can't help but feel a little shy and proud, her cheeks slightly Hongdi said modestly: "Master Xia, you are being polite. I think these are things that Master Xia has long wanted to understand."

Bai Yunbian:? ? ?

Have you two considered how I feel?
Xia Jingyun didn't bother with that anymore, and said seriously: "Just now what Miss Ye said is also my preliminary idea. If a state shepherd wants to use the Caobang for his own use, he has a more convenient way, and there is no need for this. From the current situation Look, the more likely situation is that someone is scheming against the Cao Gang, and Xiao Fengshan either has connections with them, or turns a blind eye to them, but is just taking advantage of the situation to complete his own idea while secretly scheming them .”

"We don't know Xiao Fengshan's true thoughts, but the problem at hand is to first stabilize the situation in Caobang."

"It's useless to think about it. Now let's talk about what to do!"

In the room, there was a low voice of discussion.

After about a cup of tea, the door of the room guarded by Chen Fugui was opened from the inside, and Xia Jingyun and the others came out.

As soon as he came out, the county lieutenant hurried up to report, "Master Xia, Mr. Baixian, the owner of Baihualou fled secretly. Fortunately, Mr. Xia made arrangements in advance and sent guards to intercept him. We arrived after a hard fight and captured him." ! Now locked in prison, waiting to be dealt with!"

Normally, he, a small county captain, would not dare to take action against such a big man with a strong relationship behind him, but now with the support of the imperial envoy, he has also experienced the taste of not fearing power and enforcing the law impartially, which is exactly what excites him when.

"It's hard work." Xia Jingyun nodded and looked at Baiyun, "Then I will leave the matter to you?"

Bai Yunbian hummed, "You can rest assured."

"Fuck you!" Xia Jingyun smiled and thumped him, "Can't you say something auspicious?"

Thinking of that red dress, Bai Yun rolled his eyes, "No way!"

The county lieutenant silently watched the two flirting and cursing, oh no, laughing and cursing, secretly sighing in his heart, the rumors are true, the relationship between the county lord and the imperial envoy is indeed true!

And when Xia Jingyun, Ye Wen, father and daughter, and Long Zhengqing walked out of the room, they saw a scholar who was stopped at the entrance of the county government office.

Xia Jingyun's heart moved slightly, and he looked at Long Zhengqing who looked a little lonely, "Elder Long, I suddenly had an idea and said it abruptly, please forgive me."

Long Zhengqing showed doubts on his face, and cupped his hands, "Your Excellency, you are being polite, but it's okay to say."

Xia Jingyun pointed to the scholar outside the yamen, "I have been in touch with this boy for a day. Although his temper is a little dull, but his parents are dead, he still can not change his ambitions, not fall into evil ways, study hard, and his conduct can be called pure. Now Elder Long and Mrs. Zun have lost their son in old age, and he is a member of the same clan, so it is not impossible to adopt him as a son. After many years, he can also take care of the two of you. There is no sense of reluctance. Elder, please listen to me."

Long Zhengqing was stunned for a moment, looked up at the young man, and thought about Xia Jingyun's words carefully, and felt that it was not a bad idea.

At his age, the arrangements for his later years should indeed be a major event worth considering.

He was silent for a moment and said, "If I adopt you as my son, can you, sir, witness the ceremony?"

Xia Jingyun also understood what Long Zhengqing meant, and couldn't help feeling that the old people who fought at the bottom were indeed somewhat outstanding. Based on the idea of ​​sending Buddha to the west, he smiled and said: "It's okay for you."

Long Zhengqing bowed deeply, "Thank you, my lord."

Xia Jingyun quickly helped him up, and then walked out together.

The scholar who still didn't know that his fate was about to undergo a big change stood at the door, watching Xia Jingyun, Long Zhengqing and others come out with smiles, because he was shocked by the sudden news, and subconsciously ran over with enthusiasm and excitement. The tension and fear of the meeting subsided quietly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was about to lower his head and hide aside.

"Brother Long!"

Xia Jingyun smiled and called him to stop, and looked at him who was at a loss, "I called you brother Taiwan that day, am I right?"

The scholar was almost stunned, and quickly waved his hands, "Little Xiaosheng doesn't know adults, how offensive, I hope adults will forgive me."

As soon as his knees softened, he was about to kneel down, Xia Jingyun quickly reached out to support him, and said with a smile, "I haven't thanked you for taking me in yet!"

The scholar murmured for a while, unable to speak, while Long Zhengqing watched from the sidelines, looking at the person in front of him with the idea of ​​retirement, this gesture made him quite satisfied.

He looked directly at the younger generation in front of him, "Now that the old man has no son, and you have no parents, I would like to take care of the old man and his wife, and take care of me until the end of my life."

"Ah?" The scholar just felt that his brain was like a paste today, completely disturbed by the explosive news one after another, and he froze in place.

Xia Jingyun silently stretched out his foot and kicked the crook of his leg.

boom!
Kneeling on his knees, the scholar finally reacted, "My child is willing! But"

He plucked up his courage, "Will the child be able to worship his biological parents in the future?"

Long Zhengqing laughed, "We value love and righteousness, why not!"

He looked at Xia Jingyun and Ye Wenhe, "Lord Xia, Chief, the old man will go back first, and I will invite the two of you to come and watch the ceremony after we have settled this matter clearly!"

Watching Long Zhengqing take the stunned scholar away, Ye Wenhe suddenly said, "Lord Xia, I also have a heartfelt request."

???

Xia Jingyun cast a strange glance at Ye Hongluan, "Please tell me, Chief Ye."

"Can Master Xia accept Xiaoer as a disciple?"

"I already have something in mind? What?"

Xia Jingyun was confused. Wasn't this a gift for his daughter?

The Ye family's father and daughter have black lines all over their heads, what are you thinking!

(End of this chapter)