high official

Chapter 835 Darkness Chen Cang
The day when the crown prince left Beijing was approaching day by day, the team at the front station had already set off, and the accompanying officials were also busy running around in the scorching summer, packing their luggage carefully.As the highest official escorting the crown prince to the north, Wang Xian was dressed in thin silk and sat barefoot on a cold bamboo mat. The whole family ate watermelon and chatted, not a single drop of sweat...

Although he is now an old man, Wang Xingye still can't change his habit of picking his feet. He picked his feet with one hand and picked up a piece of watermelon with the other. "When are you going to Beijing?"

"It's almost the end of the month." Wang Xian spit out a dozen melon seeds in one breath, and said lazily, "There are still five or six days."

"So fast?!" The old lady was concentrating on teasing her grandson, but she raised her head and said in surprise, "Didn't you say Qiuli?"

"The emperor issued a decree to urge His Highness to leave within a time limit." Wang Xian smiled apologetically and said, "There is no freedom to be on duty, that's the only way to go."

"Won't the family go with me this time?" Wang Xingye had long followed Wang Xian's wishes and bought a house in Beijing, knowing that the whole family would eventually move to Beijing.

"I can't move this time." Wang Xian sighed, he obviously felt that Lin Qing'er's body froze, "Firstly, it was a little hasty, and secondly... His Royal Highness doesn't want to move the capital, so I will take the whole family to the north. What would His Highness think?"

"That's right." Wang Xingye nodded, then got up and left the table, put on his shoes and walked to the inner hall.During the cup of tea, Wang Xingye went back and forth, holding a stack of deeds and said: "This is the property that has been bought one after another in the past few years. You should go and have a good look at it. Don't let others know."

Wang Xian took the handkerchief from Lin Qing'er, wiped his mouth first and then his hands, and then picked up the stack of documents to look through.After watching it, his face turned pale and he said, "You always bought the whole city of Beijing?"

"It's not that exaggerated!" Wang Xingye waved his hands modestly, but said proudly on his face, "I just bought dozens of stores, a dozen houses, and more than a hundred hectares of land..."

"Is it necessary to use so much?!" Wang Xian felt dizzy for a while, feeling that he could already be equated with corrupt officials.

"It didn't cost much!" Wang Xingye scratched his feet excitedly, and said happily, "If you buy one courtyard house in Nanjing, you can buy ten in Beijing! The real estate stores are even cheaper!" Guang looked at his son and said, "If it's really like what you said, my Daming will move the capital to Beijing, and these industries will have to double several times, making a lot of money!"

"This..." Wang Xian looked at his father helplessly, feeling that if this old gentleman was born hundreds of years later, he must be a black-hearted real estate developer.

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Chatting with parents until dark, Wang Xiancai and Lin Qinger came out to say goodbye, and they walked hand in hand on the stone path shaded by bamboo... Lin Qinger would never hold hands with him openly, but the husband and wife parted soon, and they met each other She didn't know when, she wished she could be with him every second, and she had already thrown the Countess's reservations out of the sky.

"Why do we always get together less and leave more?" She held Wang Xian's warm hand, her reluctance grew stronger, and she murmured, "I really saw the color of willows on the street, regretting to teach my husband to seek a title... "

"Hey," Wang Xian was also full of apologies, especially since he had promised that the family would live in peace and stability.He could only try his best to comfort his wife and said, "I'll pick you up as soon as you settle down, okay?"

"Okay..." Lin Qing'er nodded happily, but immediately said in a low voice: "My son is still young, and my mother will definitely not let him live in a place of bitter cold."

"Beijing..." Wang Xian smiled wryly, "It's not that bad, is it?"

"Why isn't it bad?" Lin Qing'er resolutely said: "Yanzhao is a place of bitter cold! It has always been said so."

"Okay..." Wang Xian had no choice but to shut up. He knew that in the eyes of Jiangnan people in this era, Beijing was almost like Lhasa in the eyes of later generations... No wonder those officials were killed and refused to move the capital.

"What should I do?" Lin Qing'er wrapped her arms around her husband's waist, buried her head in his chest, tears rolled in her eyes: "I don't want to be separated from you for so long... I don't want to be separated from you..."

"Don't worry, it won't be too long, there is always a way." Wang Xian patted his wife's shoulder softly, comforting her.

The waning moon hangs on the dark sky, and the cold light shines on the couple who are about to separate...

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At the end of the month, the day of departure arrived.Before dawn this day, there were two to three hundred civil servants standing outside the Prince's Mansion. The lineup was basically the same as the group of people who petitioned in front of the Prince's Mansion last month... Of course they didn't come to see him off!
"Everyone," said Ji Benqing, the young secretary of the Zhan Shifu, with a determined expression on his face: "We must not back down a single step this time! We must keep His Royal Highness!"

"Exactly!" All the officials responded in unison: "Your Highness the Crown Prince must not be allowed to go north!"

"This time, unless they step over our corpses," it was obvious that the civil servants were still brooding over what happened last time, "otherwise, they will never step out of the house!"

"Morale is available!" Ji Benqing nodded in satisfaction, and asked left and right: "How about the back door?"

"It's been arranged," said the officer next to him, patting his chest, "Don't worry, the people inside are hard to fly!"

"Okay!" Ji Benqing's eyes brightened, he gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, it didn't work!"

"You will be benevolent!" All the officials shouted in unison.

After finishing speaking, all the civil servants stopped speaking and stood silently in front of the Prince's Mansion.

As time goes by, the sun rises little by little, and the sky is bright...

The gate of the Prince's Mansion also opened slowly, and the guards lined up and stood on both sides of the stairs, turning a blind eye to the officials outside the gate...

Looking at the unobstructed gate, the civil servants who were preparing to welcome the storm instead muttered: "What's going on, don't leave us alone?" "There must be something strange..."

"Cough cough," muttered for a while, but there was no movement inside, the officials finally couldn't bear it, and said to the wooden stake-like guards of the East Palace: "Excuse me, when will His Royal Highness leave?"

"Your Highness," the leading guard glanced at them coldly, and said with an unconcealable teasing in his tone, "I have already left Beijing..."

"What? Nonsense!" The officials were furious when they heard it: "We came here before dawn, how can we see some car driving out of the palace?!"

"Believe it or not." The head guard put on a straight face.

"Don't try to fool us!" The civil servants didn't believe it at all, and said aggressively: "Think we can be deceived by this? We will not leave today!"

"That's a good thing." The leader of the guards laughed strangely and said, "It happens that we are lonely on guard. It's great that you are willing to accompany us..." All the guards laughed.

"..." Seeing the attitude of the guards, the civil servants couldn't help muttering, waited patiently for a while, and finally couldn't help whispering: "What they said can't be true?" It's been a while since Jin Yiwei and Ying Tian Mansion haven't come yet, so you have nothing to worry about!"

Just as everyone was discussing, they saw Zhu Zhanxun, the second son of His Royal Highness, coming out of it with a birdcage.Seeing that the door of his house was blocked, Zhu Zhanyu smiled bitterly and said, "What are you doing? Excuse me, make way."

"Your Highness," the officials knew that something was wrong when they saw Zhu Zhanyu's behavior, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

"You didn't tell the adults?" Zhu Zhanxi looked at the guards on both sides: "My father is already on the road?"

"I said it, but what should I do if I don't believe it?" The head of the guard said with a bitter face: "My lords, give me some circumstantial evidence. Is this the case?"

"Really?" Zhu Zhanxi turned his attention to the officials again.

"Well, it's..." The officials replied in a muffled voice: "He really said that," the subject changed, and the tone increased eight times: "But how is it possible, we came before dawn!"

"It's impossible," Zhu Zhanxi said with a half-smile, "My father left the city yesterday evening."

"Ah?!" All the officials were stunned immediately: "But today is the auspicious day set by Qin Tianjian, how can His Royal Highness change it without authorization?"

"Who said my father changed his life." Zhu Zhanyu said indifferently: "The old man just stayed in the military camp outside the city for one night in order to escape the summer heat. He just set off directly from the military camp this morning."

"Why..." The civil servants looked at Zhu Zhanyu in dismay, and murmured in great disappointment: "How can your Highness do this?!"

"Everyone," Zhu Zhanxi said seriously: "Before my father leaves, I have something to bring to you."

"I'll listen to Jun's decree respectfully." The officials hurriedly said solemnly.

"Don't be impatient, please be safe, I have my own measure." Zhu Zhanxi looked at the crowd, sighed and said, "Let's go."

"Hey..." The officials dispersed helplessly.

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Outside Beijing, the mouth of the Longjiang River has been guarded by the officers and soldiers of the avant-garde army.On the river, more than a dozen official ships have unanchored, and only the largest one is still moored at the pier.

His Royal Highness Zhu Gaochi stood on the pier, looking back at the capital behind him with guilt.If possible, he really didn't want to leave like this.But those officials are already unreasonable, His Royal Highness really doesn't want to cause any more trouble...

"Your Highness," Wang Xian, who was standing beside him, couldn't help reminding, "It's time to get on the boat."

"Hey..." Zhu Gaochi sighed deeply, finally nodded, and with Wang Xian's support, he slowly boarded the boat.

When the guards behind him also boarded the ship, the sailors removed the boards.

Zhu Gaochi stood at the bow of the boat, holding the railing tightly with both hands, staring intently at the outline of the capital in the distance. He wanted to imprint the entire capital in his mind, because it was very likely that this would be the last time he saw this city in his life. city...

At this moment, horses' hooves were suddenly heard in the distance, and hundreds of horses and horses galloped towards them.Riding on the horses were Ji Benqing and other civil officials. They were all covered in sweat and in a panic, shouting repeatedly: "Wait a minute! Don't go!"

The officers and soldiers at the pier tried to stop them, but these scholars, who were usually powerless, ran on the rampage like crazy tigers. The soldiers couldn't really stab them with the tip of their guns, but let them rush over.

(End of this chapter)