Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 40

Wei Yizhi's entry into the palace was summoned by the Queen Mother, and it was indeed for marriage.But the Empress Dowager had a sense of propriety, she only asked him and Mu Miaorong to settle the good things first, and then talk about marriage after the war was settled and Mu Miaorong finished her filial piety.

Even so, Wei Yizhi refused.

The Empress Dowager didn't really care about it, her own son was making a rebellion, if it wasn't for the comfort of the hero, she wouldn't have to worry about other people's marriages, so she didn't ask further, and she simply said that everything would be settled after the war was settled, so it would be better for Mu Miao Rong replied.

Wei Yizhi knew early on that the queen mother was easy to deal with, but his mother, Mrs. Xiang, was the most difficult to deal with, so he didn't stop there, and led the army to Kuaiji to quell the chaos as soon as he left the palace.

Changsha King Sima Qi is young and powerful, with great ambitions. Unfortunately, because he proposes to oppose the aristocratic family, he has very few followers, and there are almost no available people around him. Otherwise, he would not have reached the point of cooperating with Tuyuhun.

Originally, his plan was that Tuyuhun would lure most of Wei Yizhi to Ningzhou with heavy troops, and inside the Jin Kingdom, he would stimulate the crown prince and the nine princes to fight each other. At that time, he would enter the capital under the banner of the Qing emperor. With sufficient troops, it would be easy to accomplish things. .

However, Wei Yizhi, who used to guard Ningzhou closely every time, changed his normal behavior this time, handed over the war in Ningzhou to his subordinates, strictly guarded Jiankang himself, and even persuaded the prince and the Ninth Prince to reconcile together with Xie Shu.

Aren't these two rivals!

Murong Chao was also cunning, he only thought about the benefits afterwards, he couldn't part with heavy troops, and after killing a governor, he was actually held back.Sima Qi could only pretend to accept the peace talks to spy on Jiankang's situation. Unexpectedly, Xie Shu saw through his plot and retorted, forcing him to do it.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Qiao's army first recaptured the two counties of Jin'an and Nankang that had been captured by him, and then directly attacked Changsha from the west, and even captured his family members alive.Sima Qi knew that this was Xie Shu's arrangement, and he was even more resentful.

The aristocratic families in Kuaiji and other places are headed by the Wang family, and the rest are almost all Nanshi. These families are not in harmony with Xie Shu.Sima Qi was provoked by Xie Shu to dig their ancestral graves. On the one hand, he wanted to vent his anger, and on the other hand, he wanted to provoke conflicts between them and Xie Shu.Unexpectedly, Xie Shu would attack immediately without giving him a chance to react.

His biggest mistake this time was that he didn't get to know the young prime minister well.

Sima Qi was sitting in the Kuaiji County Governor's Mansion looking at the topographic map of Kuaiji, and an aide next to him sighed: "Your Highness should never have done it, and the last thing you should do is to dig the ancestral graves of the various families in Kuaiji. You are against the aristocratic family before you ascend the throne. Absolutely will not let it go.”

Sima Qi's face was pale and needless, and his expression was cold and serious: "If you do it, you do it, there is no reason to regret it later!"

The staff member obediently shut up.

"Report—" The soldiers trotted in from outside the door: "The enemy army has arrived, with a total of 2 horses, guarding the front door."

Sima Qi got up, sword in hand: "Hmph, there are only 2 people, what are you afraid of, I want them to come and go!" He called a general, "Go to Xin Tuyuhun again, and urge Murong Chao to do it."

The general said: "If you don't believe me now, if you say that the distant water cannot save the nearby fire, our people may not be able to leave the city."

Sima Qi drew out his long sword and pointed at him: "If you can't do it, come and see me."

The lieutenant didn't dare to say more, bowed and walked out the door.

The 2 people who arrived were the vanguard, and Wei Yi's men had not yet arrived.

Sima Qi stood at the top of the city patrolling, gave a few orders, and was about to go back, when another soldier came to report, and an army came pressing down on the city gate from behind.

The rear is in the direction of the Xuzhou military camp, and it is not surprising that there will be troops coming.Sima Qi was self-aware, he had no actual combat experience, so naturally he couldn't fight the experienced Wei Yizhi head-on, so he ordered the elite troops to assemble and stand by, and retreat at any time if there was any change.

Wei Yizhi is known as the patron saint of the Jin Dynasty, and his reputation is well known, and the common people all admire him.He hurried to Kuaiji, and the people offered to help the march along the way, which won the hearts of the people and their morale was high.

Sima Qi stood at the top of the wall, saw him approaching the wall, pointed his sword at him, and cursed loudly: "He is a general, but it is a pity that his eyesight is short-sighted, and a person who has suffered from a poor family actually helps those aristocratic families, and finally harms the great Jin Dynasty! "

Wei Yizhi rode forward, his black armor was cold, and he was unmoved: "Please leave the city and surrender, King Changsha, or attack the city immediately."

Sima Qi didn't get angry and asserted himself: "If you want to fight, you can fight, how can there be so much nonsense!"

Wei Yizhi retreated into the formation, waved his hand, and fired all arrows.

Sima Qi retreated from the top of the city under the protection of the soldiers, ordered to throw stones to resist, and was busy commanding, when someone came to report, the army outside the rear gate also began to attack the city.

Attacking back and forth, the situation was critical, but he ordered to guard the city gate, resolute.

Wei Yizhi sat in the tent outside the city, ordered to cut off the water and food in Kuaiji County, forced him to submit, and sent people to continue to surrender.

Sima Qi's attitude was firm, but his subordinates were not. They were already afraid of Wei Yi's prestige, but seeing his ferocious approach, they couldn't help but waver.

The two sides had been in a stalemate for less than half a month, and two generals quietly left the city to surrender.

Wei Yizhi took their intelligence to sneak attack at night, broke through the city gate, and after entering the city, he found that Sima Qi had already withdrawn with the main force.

It turned out that he had already arranged to escape by waterway.

The generals gathered in Kuaiji County Guard's Mansion, and a deputy general said: "General Yang Qiao has arrived in Changsha County, and the King of Changsha has no hometown to go back to? Where will he go?"

Wei Yizhi looked at the map, frowned and said, "If the guess is right, it might be a detour to Ningzhou to meet Murong Chao."

He pondered for a moment, and ordered his two generals to lead the troops to chase, but not to rush forward, just slow down their speed as much as possible, and rush back to Jian for the time being to recover his life.

Xie Shu was about to return home from the palace, sat in the car, closed the battle report, worried.

Halfway there, someone suddenly stopped the car and called out to the prime minister.

Mubai said outside the curtain: "My lord, he is the servant next to Wang Taifu."

Xie Shu had been looking for Wang Jingzhi all this time, but he couldn't see anyone else.Yesterday she sent someone to his house again, and asked him to go to the prime minister's house to find her today, and she expected to come to reply now.

The little servant said: "The villain came here to accuse the Prime Minister. The young ones just found the Lord, and he passed out drunk on someone else's grave. No matter how much I persuaded him, he refused to leave. I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the Prime Minister's mansion today."

Xie Shu opened the curtain in surprise: "Take the truth to see."

The boy led the way and went all the way to the outskirts of the city.In the desolate mass graves, Wang Jingzhi's clothes are slightly unbuttoned, and he is described as untidy. He is lying drunk on a grave mound, and he has lost one of the clogs on his feet.

"Teacher, what are you doing?"

Hearing the call, Wang Jingzhi squinted his drunken eyes and looked over, and suddenly laughed loudly: "The prime minister came to tell me the good news that King Changsha was captured, didn't he? He destroyed my family's ancestral grave, and I haven't taken revenge yet."

Xie Shu sighed: "Let him run away."

Wang Jingzhi didn't seem to hear it, he smiled desolately twice, and said to himself: "It's my incompetence that makes the people of the clan die unsafe..." He covered his face with one hand, his eyes were full of tears, and said "Wanna" Hua" called out.

A group of servants came to help him. Xie Shu asked who Wanhua was, and the servants told her that she was the deceased wife of their lord.

Standing aside, she sighed in her heart, Wang Jingzhi seemed to be free and easy, but he was very affectionate, and she didn't want to blame herself to such an extent.

Not long after, his son Wang Yunzhi came in a hurry, helped his father up, persuaded him well, and finally got him into the car.

Xie Shu looked at the backs of the father and son, feeling a little sad suddenly.

Wang Jingzhi is supported by his son, and Wei Yizhi is supported by his mother. Who does she have?
In mid-May, King Wuling led thousands of Qingqi back to the court and returned to the palace.

Xie Shu entered the palace, his armor had not faded, he was dusty, obviously he entered the palace once.

The emperor's spirit improved a lot. He first rebuked his younger brother's treason, then explained his heartache and anger, and finally praised Wei Yizhi vigorously, reassuring him that he didn't have to blame himself for the escape of King Changsha.Anyway, they are all those old words, and the ears can hear the calluses.

Xie Shu stared at the upper absently.

After talking about the scene, the emperor was worried about the war in Ningzhou again.Wei Yizhi said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go to supervise the battle later."

The emperor was a little embarrassed: "You have to leave just after you came back, Mrs. Xiang should blame me, oh yes, didn't the Queen Mother also say that she would be the officiant marriage for you, is it not appropriate to leave at this time?"

Wei Yizhi frowned, glanced at Xie Shu quietly, when he didn't mention it, he just mentioned it in front of her eyes. "Your Majesty knows that the enemy is in front of me, and the humble minister has no intention of getting married."

Xie Shu suddenly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I can arrange this matter. Yang Qiao's troops are still in Changsha County, and it will be soon to go to Ningzhou. King Wuling doesn't have to go in person."

The emperor looked at her unexpectedly, why is he so sympathetic all of a sudden?

Wei Yizhi glanced at her side face, full of astonishment.

It was already dark when he left the palace, Xie Shu walked forward quickly, deliberately avoided, but was caught by Wei Yizhi at the gate of the palace.

"What does Prime Minister Xie mean by being in front of His Majesty today? Do you want to fulfill me?"

Xie Shu looked up at him, under the light, his eyes moved, and he said, "The truth is for the sake of King Wuling. You still have family responsibilities. Getting married early may not be a bad thing."

Half of Wei Yizhi's side face was hidden in the darkness, his expression was unclear: "What did you say?"

"I am serious."

Xie Shu turned to leave, but was held back by him: "Did you misunderstand the news? I left in a hurry before, and I didn't have time to talk to you in detail. You don't have to worry, I will take care of it."

Xie Shu shook his head: "You bear the responsibility of the family, you don't have to think about me at all, you can make any decision. I agreed to you at that time because you have no demands on me, so I have no demands on you."

Wei Yizhi took a step closer, his eyes full of disbelief: "You said you agreed to me only because of this? Isn't it because of the mutual love?"

"Feeling in love?" Xie Shu laughed, and pulled his fingers away from his hand bit by bit, "Since the day I put on men's clothes, I have never expected such a thing. I was just moved by what you did .But today you can see the end, you and I are in our own positions, we can’t help ourselves, so don’t force yourself.”

She turned and walked towards Che Yu, Wei Yizhi looked at her back, speechless for a while.

Mubai glanced at Wei Yizhi's figure, and sat in the car with the light on.

"The King of Wuling hasn't left yet, what did you say to him?"

Xie Shu's eyes were perplexed, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I said that the Xie family used to belong to my grandfather, but now the Xie family belongs to me. I shoulder the future of so many people, so I must be a good prime minister."

Mubai nodded again and again: "My lord is right! Uh, what will you and King Wuling do in the future?"

"There is no future."

Mubai looked at her expression, smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, anyway, Young Master doesn't care much about him."

"Well, don't care at all."

As the night was getting darker, Wei Yizhi rode his horse back to the house, and when he arrived at the door, he saw Mu Miaorong standing by the door with a lamp on, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

The lights stretched her figure so long that she looked extremely peaceful in such a dark night.She saluted Wei Yizhi, her eyes full of hope: "Wuling King is finally back, Mrs. Xiang is waiting for you."

Wei Yizhi didn't get off his horse, and looked away from her, looking up at the plaque on the Da Sima Mansion, these four words are the greatest responsibility.He lowered his eyes slowly: "I won't go in, I'm going to Ningzhou in two days, there are many things, please tell my mother."

Mu Miaorong looked at him in surprise, his back had already disappeared into the night with the clatter of horseshoes.

He galloped all the way to the old house of the Wei family, and passed by the Prime Minister's Mansion on the way. He reined in his horse and slowly passed by the closed gate.

I have been with soldiers and horses all these years, thinking that I finally found someone who can join hands, not only admiration, but also appreciation and understanding, a lover, a friend and a confidant.But it turned out to be just because of emotion.

It's not that they are in love with each other, and she doesn't even have the qualifications to keep him. She comes and goes freely and gracefully, but she puts him in this swamp to fight a trapped beast.

It was just his own wishful thinking, he really overestimated himself.

Fu Xuan followed from a distance, knowing that he had a deep nature, he didn't even dare to say a word of comfort.

After a few rains, the weather is getting hotter.

Kuaiji County has been recovered, Wang Jingzhi decided to go back to rebuild the ancestral tombs, sacrifice and sweep to comfort the spirits of the ancestors in heaven.Just as he was about to ask Xie Shu for leave, his son came to remind him, and he realized that he was drunk and lost his mind that day.

"Oh, why am I always ashamed in front of the prime minister." He sat on the couch and sighed, pressing his forehead.

Wang Yunzhi stood beside him with a solemn expression: "This has happened several times, my father's famous name has long since disappeared with the prime minister."

Wang Jingzhi looked at him helplessly: "Good boy, don't be such a poor father."

He sighed again, got up and got dressed, and went to the prime minister's mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xie Shu came out in court clothes and a crown hat, and smiled when he saw him: "Why is the Tai Tuo here? Finally sober?"

Wang Jingzhi has always been unrestrained, but this sentence made his face a little hot: "The prime minister laughed, and I made a fool of myself again."

Xie Shu laughed twice: "Where is the shame, I only see a good husband who values ​​love and righteousness." She stepped forward and extended her hand to make a request, "I want to enter the palace to see Your Majesty, the Taifu will come with you Bar."

Wang Jingzhi agreed and went with her.

Xie Ran came out with him, and frowned slightly when he saw this scene, why did the prime minister get so close to Wang Jingzhi recently?

The emperor has recovered a lot, and today he has to deal with Concubine Yuan Gui's injustice.Xie Shu entered the palace precisely for this matter, and Wang Jingzhi also knew about this matter, so it was only natural for him to rush over.

The confession of the Tuyuhun beauty is still there, not to mention what the King of Changsha has done up to now is enough to prove everything.Although the emperor and the empress were at odds, it was not impossible to distinguish between right and wrong, not to mention that the prince's temperament could not do harm to others, he still understood.

But after all, it was a matter in the harem, and he had really been lying down for so long, almost ruining a big event. The empress was in command of the harem, so naturally she had to bear the responsibility. Small punishments were still necessary, but this time Concubine Yuan Gui also had a part, so it was considered impartial.

Xie Shu and Wang Jingzhi's goal was to keep the crown prince, and they were very satisfied with the result.

When leaving the palace, Xie Shu said to Wang Jingzhi: "Your Majesty is sick this time, and the country is in trouble. My family is happy."

Wang Jingzhi nodded and said with emotion: "If King Changsha can be removed as soon as possible, the country will be stable. It seems that we have to rely on King Wuling."

Xie Shu lowered his eyes and looked at the road: "The truth is that I plan to send others to Ningzhou. Mrs. Xiang intends to let King Wuling get married as soon as possible. The Jin Dynasty also needs to promote more generals, so as to achieve long-term stability in the future."

Wang Jingzhi was a little surprised. There were rumors in the court that the Prime Minister and the King of Wuling were ambiguous.

Just as he was talking, there were cars and horses galloping in the distance, and they stopped nearby.The two looked up, Wei Yizhi got out of the car with his new court clothes, golden crown and hair tied.

Seeing the two of them, he paused for a moment before walking closer, with his belt in the wind, walking slowly and calmly, the same Wuling King who was handsome and beautiful, arrived in front of him, and greeted each other separately.

"Thank you for your courtesy."

"The King of Wuling is polite."

His eyes were deep but there was a faint smile, as if seeing him for the first time.

It wasn't until he passed by that Wei Yizhi's smile faded away, he entered the palace gate, and looked back, Xie Shu was leisurely and natural, talking happily with Wang Jingzhi, as if he had never seen him before.

Wang Jingzhi stopped beside the car and praised: "Wuling King Zhenbi is also a man, and only the prime minister in the Manchu Dynasty can compare with him."

Xie Shu smiled slightly, lifted his clothes and boarded the car.

Such a character should be matched with the most beautiful woman in the world.

Back in the mansion, the news of King Changsha had been delivered by Kuaima.His soldiers and horses detoured the waterway, landed in Jinxing County, and indeed went straight to Ningzhou.

The army sent by Wei Yizhi followed all the way, harassing him one after another, trying to slow down his speed, but with little effect.Sima Qi didn't fall for the trick, and would rather lose his troops than speed up as usual.

Xie Shu was about to send Yang Qiao troops to Ningzhou for support, but Mubai led Fu Xuan into the study at this time.

"Prime Minister, my county king has gone to Ningzhou, and his special subordinates came to report."

Xie Shu raised his head unexpectedly: "Isn't the truth just seeing him outside the palace?"

"The county king just entered the palace to ask His Majesty to resign, and he left the city directly after leaving the palace."

Xie Shu ordered halfway through writing, put down his pen, and pursed his lips.

The war will always end. You can hide now, but you can't hide for a lifetime.

It was a long way to Ningzhou, and when I heard that Murong Chao had sent troops to meet Sima Qi, Wei Yi rode so fast that he almost rushed on the road day and night.

(End of this chapter)