Everything starts from Menghualu

Chapter 493 Daliang Qiu Yuan
In the autumn of the sixth year of Chengping, in the military camp of Cheng County, Donghai Commandery, a young man with a burly figure and a stone-faced face was practicing dancing. He was holding a long-handled copper hammer and dancing with great vigor.

After about a quarter of an hour, Qiu Yuan put down the copper hammer in his hand, and then looked at Zhao He beside him and said, "You have been watching for a long time. Do you have something to ask me?"

"General, I do have something to talk to you about. We have investigated the sudden withdrawal of troops from the other side. News has come from Beiyan that the sixth prince of Beiyan has succeeded to the throne of the Eastern Palace." Zhao He said
"Oh? The Sixth Prince of Beiyan? The Sixth Prince? Interesting, really interesting. It seems that something terrible has happened in Beiyan. The next step is for us to go back." Qiu Yuan said directly
"Go back? General, do you mean to go back to Nanjing? But haven't you always been unwilling to go back? Neither I nor you, old uncle, could persuade you before." Zhao He said
"Zhao He, Zhao He, what did I go back for? The Crown Prince and Prince Yu have been fighting to the death for years. Let's not talk about the distant past. Just talking about the current situation, isn't Duke Qing being targeted?"

"Although our family has some connections in the military, what good are those connections? If we really get involved in the party struggle, won't we be killed without a burial place?"

"But things are different now. The enemy has withdrawn its troops. Whether I want it or not, the credit for defeating Northern Yan has already been placed on my head."

"I can't hide anymore. If that's the case, then I don't need to hide anymore. According to my guess, the imperial edict summoning me back to Jinling will arrive within half a month." Qiu Yuan said in a deep voice
In fact, not many people cared about Qiu Yuan's affairs. At this time, there was an undercurrent in Jinling because the Sixth Prince of Beiyan suddenly took the throne of the East Palace. People couldn't help but explore the reason.

Right now, the entire Jinling is trying to find out the truth about this matter, so naturally, they have been somewhat negligent in paying attention to Qiu Yuan's matter. However, even so, it was soon discovered.

At the morning court session that day, Li Lin, the Minister of War, came out and said, "Your Majesty, General Jianwei Qiu Yuan has made great contributions in repelling the 50,000-man Northern Yan army. He must be rewarded."

"Hmm? Qiu Yuan? I remember, it's the son of the Wenyuan Earl family, right? Not bad, not bad, you reminded me that this meritorious official should indeed be praised."

"Issue an order. General Jianwei Qiu Yuan has made outstanding contributions. I am very pleased. I will promote him to General Pingbei. As for this assignment, let him be the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards." Emperor Liang said
After hearing this, the ministers came back to their senses immediately. The previous ones were easy to deal with. They were just promoted from fourth-rank miscellaneous generals to third-rank Siping generals. It was nothing.

But the reward that followed was particularly unusual. After all, that was the Imperial Guard. In all these years, he had never heard of the Imperial Guard having a deputy commander.

But after all, it was a matter of the imperial guards. After thinking about it, the other ministers did not stand up to say anything. At this time, Li Lin was a little confused.

I was clearly just doing a favor for Wen Yuanbo, how did it become like this? The deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, the emperor has been on the throne for so many years, when has the Imperial Guards ever had a deputy commander?

He really wanted to ask His Majesty what he was thinking and why he gave him this position? If anything happened in the future, he would be implicated.

But now that things have come to this, he can only follow others and shout that His Majesty is wise.

After retiring from court, Li Lin felt the threat of a deadly gaze. He knew without even looking that it must have come from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

He gritted his teeth and followed the prince back to the East Palace trembling with fear. Before the prince could ask any questions, Li Lin had already told him everything.

"Hmm? In that case, do you have a chance to make Qiu Yuan work for me?" the prince said
"Your Highness, I am confident that this will work, but I cannot say whether it will work in the end. I hope Your Highness can give me some time." Li Lin said
"Okay, this is what you said. I can give you some time, but Qiu Yuan must listen to me. Do you understand?" The prince said directly.
"Understood, Your Highness, please rest assured that I will definitely get this done." Li Lin said hurriedly.
"Okay, that's enough. You can go out first. This is none of your business." The prince nodded after hearing this.
After hearing this, Li Lin naturally hurriedly saluted and then withdrew. After he left, Xie Yu came out from the dark. Seeing this, the prince asked directly, "What do you think?"

Your Highness, although the Marquis Wenyuan did not surrender to us, he also did not surrender to Prince Yu. So, in my opinion, we can give it a try later.

"But the most important thing for us now is to find the Jiangzuo Meilang and recruit him before Prince Yu does. This is what we should focus on." Xie Yu said
"Well, not bad, not bad, you are right, this Jiang Zuo Mei Lang is indeed extraordinary, so you must recruit him before Prince Yu."

"Even if we can't use it, we can't let Prince Yu get it for nothing." The prince said
After hearing this, Xie Yu naturally hurried to pay his respects. As the prince's mortal enemy, what Prince Yu said was actually similar to what the prince said.

"Prajna, how much do you know about Qiu Yuan?" Prince Yu asked

"Your Highness, we at Red Sleeves don't have much information about Qiu Yuan. We only know that he is the eldest son of Earl Wenyuan, and that he was sent into the army by Earl Wenyuan as soon as he came of age."

"Although he has made some contributions over the years, they are not very impressive. This so-called great achievement is just a bargain." Prajna said
"It doesn't matter how capable he is. What matters is the job he gets now. That's where his greatest value lies."

"I still can't figure out why my father did this. How could he be so confident in letting Qiu Yuan be the deputy commander of the imperial guards?" Prince Yu said
"Your Majesty, no matter what your majesty's considerations are, we must be careful. Don't forget that the person who stood up today is the Minister of War. He is the prince's man." Prajna said
"Yes, you are right. That's right. We must be on guard. If he is really lured by the prince, it will be a big trouble for us." Prince Yu said in a deep voice.
In addition to these two people, there was another person who also felt that Qiu Yuan was a trouble. At this time, in a house in Jiangzuo, Mei Changsu was sitting by the stove in a cloak, looking at the news that had just been delivered to him, and his brows gradually frowned.

Although he is not afraid of accidents, he still hates them to happen, because it means that his previous plans will have to be modified to a certain extent.

The difficulty of sorting out these things again is no less than starting over again.

At this time, Qiu Yuan had no idea that he had caused a disturbance. He was fully prepared and was waiting to return to Jinling as soon as the imperial edict arrived.

"General, what kind of reward can His Majesty give you this time?" Zhao He said
"What reward? I've actually thought about this. On the surface, I seem to have made a great contribution this time, but in fact, this contribution is very watered-down, so the reward I can get will be much less."

"But no matter how bad it is, you have to give me a third-grade one. After all, I have made great contributions this time, so I can't give a bad one." Qiu Yuan said
Zhao He nodded after hearing this and stopped asking questions. A few days passed and Qiu Yuan finally got the imperial edict he had been waiting for.

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, he was stunned and froze in his tracks. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. How could it be the deputy commander of the imperial guards? What happened?

He forced himself to return to the tent, his face looking very solemn. Under normal circumstances, even the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards would not let him act like this.

But the problem lies here, because he is not from this world, he came from another place, and he has been here since he was a child, so he knows this place very well. That is why he can become a fourth-rank military commander at the age of only 24. But just now, he felt for the first time that things were out of control, and this feeling was terrible.

It took him a while to cheer up again. He realized that there was no change before because the fish he caught was not big enough to affect the river.

But now that he is old enough, he will naturally have some impact on the river. After realizing this, his mentality gradually calmed down and he became himself again.

Time passed slowly, and for all parties, they had gained something in the short time that had passed.

Jiang Zuo Meilang finally decided to follow Xiao Jingrui to the capital, which caused the Crown Prince and Prince Yu's men to miss the opportunity to meet the talented scholar.

Qiu Yuan had also returned to Jinling with several of his personal soldiers. The first thing he did after returning was, of course, to go to the Ministry of War to take over, and Li Lin met him in person.

"My dear nephew, you are finally back. Uncle has been talking to me about you for many times." Li Lin said
"Sir, I would like to thank you for your righteous words in the court." Qiu Yuan said directly
"My dear nephew, you are too polite. I have known your father for many years. You are like my son or nephew. You must not be so polite." Li Lin said with a smile

Although Qiu Yuan felt a little dissatisfied after hearing this, he did not show it. After all, everyone would carry the sedan chair. Why would he be the bad guy?
So with one party wanting to win over and the other party wanting to cooperate, the meeting was very pleasant.

An hour later, Qiu Yuan left the Ministry of War and headed towards his own residence. When he returned to the Earl's Mansion, he found that his father was waiting for him.

Qiu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and said, "My son greets his father."

"Okay, okay, my son is finally back. Okay, okay, come quickly, come in with me. Your mother heard that you are back today and is now watching the kitchen cooking." Wen Yuanbo said with a smile

As they were talking, a middle-aged woman with an extraordinary demeanor came over from a distance. Qiu Yuan took the initiative to step forward and greeted her, "My son greets me, mother. Thank you very much, mother. In fact, it is not necessary to go through so much trouble."

"Hey, what's the trouble? You finally came back, and this is not enough? If it weren't for the lack of time, I would have asked them to make another ten or twenty dishes." Mrs. Qiu said

When they walked to the flower hall, Qiu Yuan asked, "Father and mother, why don't you see my second brother?"

"Don't mention this bastard! He makes me worry all day long. The other day he got into a fight with someone in Hongxiuzhao and was imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture." Wenyuanbo said

"Ah? Father, do you want me to go to Jingzhao Prefecture?" Qiu Yuan asked

"No, there's no need for that. Just let him stay inside with you. This way he'll learn a lesson and know what he can and can't do."

"Our family is different now. We can't let him do whatever he wants anymore." Wen Yuanbo said.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about Ze'er. He's just a little naughty. He'll be fine when he grows up. Okay, Yuan'er finally came back today, don't spoil his fun." Mrs. Qiu said

"You, just spoil him. Sooner or later he will cause you trouble. Okay, okay, let's stop talking. Let's eat, let's eat." Wen Yuanbo said directly

Although there was an episode with Qiu Ze before, the meal was still very happy. After the meal, the father and son went into the study.

"Yuan'er, what do you think of this arrangement?" Wen Yuanbo asked directly
"Father, I thought about it all the way back, but I still couldn't figure out why His Majesty wanted me to serve as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. This is really unbelievable." Qiu Yuan said
"Yes, in fact, I have been thinking about this problem for some time. I also have no idea. But there is one thing you have to remember. Although our family has never been involved in party disputes."

"But at this moment, we may have to make some choices." Wen Yuanbo said

"Don't worry, father. I can handle it. Your son has not been able to reach this point all these years by luck. It doesn't matter whether he is the crown prince or Prince Yu." Qiu Yuan said directly
"Okay, then I'll be waiting for your good news." Wen Yuanbo said directly

After hearing this, Qiu Yuan just smiled and didn't say anything, because he thought of another thing. Since the Sixth Prince has taken the throne of the Eastern Palace, then that person should be here too, right?

I'm afraid that there will never be peace in Jinling City from now on. However, this has nothing to do with him. What that person is going to do is irrelevant to him. No matter what the final result is, he is still himself.

At this time, Li Lin had already entered the East Palace and told the prince everything that had happened before.

"You've said so much, but you haven't said a single important thing. When can you recruit him to serve me?" the prince asked directly.
"Your Highness, I plan to visit Earl Wenyuan tomorrow." Li Lin said directly
"Well, I hope you won't let me down this time." The prince waved his hand after saying this.

Seeing this, Li Lin naturally knew that it was time for him to leave, so he bowed and retreated. At this time, Xie Yu came out from behind.

"What do you think of what he said? Can you believe it?" the prince asked directly
"Your Highness, I think that no matter what the final outcome of Minister Li is, it is not a bad thing for us. After all, we just need to ensure that he is not recruited by Prince Yu, isn't that enough?" Xie Yu said
(End of this chapter)