high official

Chapter 998
In Jinan City, in the courtyard of the imperial envoy, the weeping willows, flowers and trees have all fallen leaves, creating a desolate scene.

In the signing room, Anyuan Hou Liusheng was wearing a black leather jacket, holding tongs in his hand, fiddled with the flames in the charcoal basin.The faint blue light of the fire cast a shadow on his face, and his expression looked very dignified.

Wei Yuan, who was sitting across from him, also had a dignified expression. The two of them had maintained this posture for half an hour without saying a word.The situation in front of them was very difficult, and they were all aware of Hanwang's attempt to annex their own troops and build Shandong into their own independent kingdom.Such a result was something neither of them wanted to see.

It wasn't until there was a crisp sound in the charcoal basin that Marquis An Yuan was clever, and then he said: "We must send troops."

"It would be unwise to join the battle group at this time." Wei Yuan frowned and said, "Helping the King of Han win this battle is equivalent to handing over Shandong to him!" Wei Yuan looked up at Liu Sheng and said: "In that case, we will become sinners of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Hey..." Anyuanhou Changchang sighed: "If the old man doesn't send troops, the dead eunuch in the East Factory will fire the old man tomorrow. Isn't the result the same?"

"Hey! Why doesn't your majesty understand that now that two tigers are fighting, it's a good time for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight!" Wei Yuan sighed wistfully.

"Why doesn't your majesty understand? It's just that your majesty's precautions against His Royal Highness exceed his concern about the situation in Shandong." Liu Sheng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In your majesty's view, the White Lotus Sect is helping the prince to destroy the King of Han. If we stand idly by, He is also the prince's accomplice."

"Aren't the crown prince and the emperor one?" Wei Yuan said angrily, "Being on guard against the crown prince Ruo Si is really puzzling!"

"Hey..." Liu Sheng is a close minister of the emperor, and his understanding of Zhu Di is naturally far better than that of Wei Yuan. He knows that this wise and powerful emperor, as he grows older, his dragon body is not healthy, and his suspicion of his courtiers is also increasing. The more serious it was, the prince was born to rebel against the emperor everywhere, making Zhu Di fear that he would threaten his dragon chair.

It's just that these words, just think about it in your heart, as cautious as Liu Sheng, naturally you won't say it out of your mouth. "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, so let's not speculate. We should think about how to send troops."

"Hey..." Wei Yuan sighed and said nothing. From his position, he naturally didn't want Liu Sheng to send troops at this time to destroy Wang Xian's plan, but he also knew how much pressure Liu Sheng had been under. Now the emperor sent Dongchang The great eunuch went to Jinan in person, and if Marquis An Yuan dared to disobey his order, he would probably be in danger.In this situation, how can I force him on him?
"If you want to send troops, I have two choices." Liu Sheng knew Wei Yuan's disappointment, so he said unhurriedly: "One is to capture Gao Qing and join the battle of the King of Han. The other is to go east to Qingzhou and open up another battlefield to cooperate with the King of Han." Although this second plan is different from the emperor's will, it will be out, and the emperor's order will not be accepted, which is reasonable."

"Oh?" Wei Yuan immediately heard Liu Sheng's implication, looked at him in surprise and said, "You mean, it's just a feint?"

"Of course not," Liu Sheng said in a deep voice: "Since the old man attacked Qingzhou, there is no reason why he cannot be defeated." He lowered his voice and said, "We don't want the Hanwang family to dominate, but we also can't let the White Lotus Sect become bigger. ah!"

Having said that, I can't go any further.But Liu Sheng knew that with Wei Yuan's intelligence, he would definitely understand what he meant.

Wei Yuan really understood Liu Sheng's meaning, it was nothing more than to let Wang Xian 'you hit yours, I hit mine', and no one disturbed each other.But can we not disturb each other?Once they learned that their old lair had been stolen, would Tang Tiande and the others still be able to hold their breath and fight the King of Han to the end?Will you turn around and go back to Qingzhou for rescue?How did Wang Xian stabilize the army's morale and fight against the King of Han?

Questions came to Wei Yuan's mind one after another, but he knew that Liu Sheng had reached his limit - after all, the other party was Zhu Di's courtier, the imperial envoy of Shandong governor of Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to think about the court, the emperor and himself, so he couldn't force others to make things difficult for him. .

"Okay." Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I will explain to him."

"It's so good." Liu Sheng's expression finally relaxed a little. He dropped the tongs in his hand and was about to get up when he heard hurried footsteps outside. His old family member Liu Chang came to the door and said in a low voice: "It's not good. Lord, people from Dongchang have surrounded Uncle Zhongyong's family!"

"What?!" Wei Yuan stood up suddenly, and accidentally kicked the charcoal basin with his toe, and seven or eight pieces of red charcoal fell down, burning the precious carpet immediately.

At this moment, Liu Sheng couldn't care less about the carpet. Liu Sheng took off the leather jacket and threw it casually: "His grandma's! People who are covered by me dare to take it! Zhao Ying really thinks this is the capital city!" He said with a loud voice Said: "Come on, copy guy, go save people with me!"

"Master Hou stay here." Wei Yuan grabbed Liu Sheng and said, "It's better to let the officials go first! People from Dongchang want to arrest people in Jinan, they have to ask me, the inspector of Shandong, first!" Seeing Liu Sheng return To persevere, Wei Yuan said again: "If I fail, Master Hou will not be too late!"

"Alright." Liu Sheng tucked his beard into his head and pondered for a long time, then nodded and said, "Go and wade in the water first, and see if the dead eunuch is here for real or just a bluff!"

"Okay!" Wei Yuan nodded, then walked out quickly: "It's not too late, I'll take someone there right away!"

"Ride on the old man's horse!" Liu Sheng shouted loudly behind him: "If the dead eunuch dares to be tough, you just drag him along and wait for the old man to clean him up!"

"Okay..." Wei Yuan had disappeared, only his voice drifted down.

"His grandma's!" Liu Shenghu lowered his head with a grimace, only to realize that the carpet was already on fire, he hurriedly stomped and patted together with Liu Chang, finally put out the fire.Marquis Anyuan wiped his mouth casually, and immediately his mouth was black with charcoal, but he didn't realize it, and still said viciously: "Dare to break ground on the grandson's head, I'm tired of working!"

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The conversation was divided into two parts, but it was said that Lin Qing'er arrived in Jinan City in September with her son and jade musk deer, and it was only when she arrived in Jinan that she learned from Wei Yuan that Wang Xian fell into the Gourd Valley, and his life and death were unknown.Lin Qing'er was dizzy for a while, and immediately passed out. After waking up, she didn't think about eating or drinking, and felt that the sky was about to collapse.

She was already weak and exhausted from the journey, and when she heard the bad news again, she would have fallen ill immediately. If Lingxiao hadn't returned to Jinan soon, telling her that Wang Xian was still alive and hadn't fallen into the hands of the White Lotus Sect or the King of Han, Lin Qing'er might lose her life in Jinan City.

Seeing that she was already weak, Ling Xiao didn't dare to tell her that Gu Xiaolian's life or death was uncertain, but said that she was by Wang Xian's side, and together they were trying to avenge their brothers... Then Lin Qing'er started to drink some soup again, and ate again Only the pills prescribed by the imperial physician can be regarded as paying off the Yangshen.

After that, she took her children to live in Jinan, recuperating her body while waiting for news from Wang Xian.Unknowingly, summer went to autumn, and autumn went to winter solstice, but still there was no sign of Wang Xian...Seeing that her health was not well, although Ling Xiao was always concerned about Wang Xian, she had to stay in Jinan, Did not go to Qingzhou with my brother.

On this day, she was in the courtyard, playing with three-year-old Wang You picking persimmons.Although Wang Xian is not in Jinan, Liu Sheng and others will never treat his family members badly, and allocated the Wanzhu Garden, which sits on the world's No.This Ten Thousand Bamboo Garden was built in the Yuan Dynasty. Although the scale cannot be compared with Wang Xian's original Xingyuan, it is more exquisite and elegant. In this early winter season, the trees are still lush and the scenery is quiet, especially the few trees in the courtyard are full of fruits. After the first snowfall, the persimmon trees on the branches were as red as fire, like small lanterns, which made Wang You very greedy, and clamored for his aunt to take him to pick the persimmons.

Two or three-year-old children are the cutest. Ling Xiao dotes on Wang You very much, so he takes his little hand to the tree, holds his chubby buttocks, and lifts Wang You high with his arms raised.Immediately, the little guy came to the persimmon trees, looked at the big chubby, bright red persimmons in front of him, stretched out his hands to touch this one, pinched that one, and giggled and laughed all over the courtyard.

Ling Xiao looked at Wang You dotingly, but there was a faint worry on her brows. She knew that the front line had reached a critical moment, and she didn't know what the result would be this time... In the past, Ling Xiao was blind to Wang Xian Trust, thinking that nothing in this world can defeat him, but after the Hulugu battle, she realized that Wang Xian is also a mortal, and he will make mistakes, and he will pay a painful price for making mistakes... This made her unable to rest assured , the concern for Wang Xian is increasing day by day, entangled, let her finally know what is worrying...

Ling Xiao was distracted when she suddenly heard a commotion in the front yard, she couldn't help frowning, looked at Zhou Yi who came in hurriedly and said, "Who is making noise outside?!"

Zhou Yi has always been calm and cautious, and Wang Xian praised him as "Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his color". He was sent to Nanjing by Wang Xian to escort Lin Qing'er to Beijing, so he escaped the catastrophe of Calabash Valley.At this moment, Zhou Yi's face was full of anxiety!Seeing Ling Xiao asking a question, he quickly replied: "If you answer the girl, something big is going to happen, and the people from Dongchang surrounded us!"

"What?!" Ling Xiao withdrew his arms in surprise, hugged Wang You in his arms and said, "What are they going to do?"

"Say yes..." Zhou Yi said with some difficulty: "My lord has colluded with the enemy, joined the White Lotus Sect, and is suspected of murdering the son of the King of Han, so I want to arrest my wife and son for questioning..."

"Nonsense!" Ling Xiao raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and said angrily, "A group of shameless eunuchs are good at stabbing knives in the back!" But she was too calm after all, and she calmed down after the attack, and said to Zhou Yi: "You take Someone stopped them, and I went to discuss countermeasures with my sister."

After speaking, he hugged Wang You and turned around to leave.

Zhou Yi also hurriedly mobilized troops to protect the courtyard. In order to protect the safety of Wang Xian's family, Jin Yiwei had a [-]-man team stationed in the west courtyard.

(End of this chapter)