Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 50 Gold and Iron Horse
What?This Mu Xuanchen, before he left, he wanted to give her such a mess, leave such a disaster to her, did he want her to look good?
"Looking at me? Could it be that I want to look at you, a black official? Could it be that you are old and your ears are not working well, so you can't even hear clearly?" Meng Zihan pulled his lips flatly. , Don't take this thing seriously.

"You...Of course I heard you right, and you heard it clearly..." Cao Rong wanted to defend himself, but was suddenly interrupted by Meng Zihan.

"Are you sure? Are you sure you heard correctly? Are you sure you didn't misinterpret His Highness Prince Chen's intention?" Her firm and sure eyes stared straight at him, making Cao Rong slowly start to feel guilty.

Indeed, Mu Xuanchen didn't say that, but he thought so, and Prince Chen didn't deny it either.

"Okay, since you like this county office so much, and... after all, you have been in charge of this place for so long, I will let you stay here until His Royal Highness Chen comes back." Meng Zihan suddenly smiled wickedly, "But ...Your concubines are pretty good, I don't know if there are some who feel too lonely at night and need a warm bed... I hope you won't regret living here."

After finishing speaking, Meng Zihan stepped into the county government office like a cynical son.

When Cao Rong heard it, it seemed that living in the county government office was not the best policy. His Royal Highness asked him to ensure that he was fine, but he did not say that he must live in the county government office. Will all your wives be taken in?

No, he has to move out immediately...

"Master, Ye Feng doesn't understand something, why did he let Cao Rong look at the new county magistrate?" Ye Feng was puzzled along the way.

Mu Xuanchen looked at Ye Feng and curled his lips.

"Could it be that the Lord doesn't trust the new magistrate, but instead trusts Cao Rong?" Ye Feng asked again.

Mu Xuanchen's black pupils locked in front of him, and the horse was still galloping. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Don't you think that Meng Qian is weird?"

Ye Feng thought about it and nodded: "Indeed! There is no official like him who avoids seeing you. But Cao Rong..."

"There will be a good show." Mu Xuanchen said lightly.From Cao Rong's mouth, he seemed to be able to feel that Meng Qian was not simple.

They said he was a rascal, but the housekeeper Zhou Fu was full of praise for him and regarded him as a god.It is said that he is a modest gentleman, but he would climb onto the bed of the former magistrate's wife in the middle of the night, knowing that Cao Rong was the prime minister's student, but he still acted boldly and did not take anyone seriously.

If it wasn't for the military emergency, he would definitely get to know this special "Meng Qian".

Inside the hall

Mu Xuanyi looked down at the ministers from above the main hall and asked them what good strategy they had. The prime minister always advocated to negotiate peace, but Mu Xuanchen advocated to quell the chaos.The two were at a stalemate, and all the ministers just bowed their heads and said nothing, as if they were afraid of disaster.

Originally, Mu Xuanyi also considered Hua Yankang and wanted him to give some countermeasures. In the past, Mu Xuanchen and Hua Yankang were his right-hand men, but now his left and right hands began to repel each other, and Hua Yankang didn't show it for a long time. I've met, and I didn't come to see him to make him forgive me.

The prime minister did not agree to let his son go to war. The previous incident of cutting military power made them lose face. How could he easily compromise now.

"Brother Huang, this time let the younger brother lead the army to pacify Xueyue Kingdom." Mu Xuanchen looked at Mu Xuanyi calmly.

"Prince Chen..." Mu Xuanyi seemed worried.

Last time because of Mu Xuanchen's refusal to marry, Mu Xuanyi took back five of the ten cities that had been gifted to him. He still did not want to marry Princess Chu Yun, and his expression was so indifferent at that time, it seemed that those cities were against her. It's nothing to him at all.

Now that he asked for an order to quell the chaos, Mu Xuanyi was worried that he didn't really want to quell the fighting.

In fact, Mu Xuanyi didn't want to have any conflicts with Xueyue Kingdom at all. After all, Xueyue Kingdom was a big country second only to White Tiger Kingdom, and the outcome of a war between the two countries was unpredictable, so the leader of Xueyue Kingdom was confident.

Moreover, Mu Xuanyi is also worried that if Mu Xuanchen loses, he is afraid that the Xueyue Congress will take revenge and design him as a hostage. After all, the mistake he made this time is too great.What a crime it is to tarnish Princess Chu Yun's innocence, Wuzuocheng is already extremely Kane.

Just when Mu Xuanyi was hesitating, Prince Chen stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this battle was indeed started by His Royal Highness, so it is only natural that His Royal Highness will lead the army, and I hope that His Majesty will approve it." .”

A glint of haze flashed across Mu Xuanchen's eyes, but he didn't reveal it.

Mu Xuanyi looked at the prime minister, then at Mu Xuanchen, sighed and opened his lips and said, "In this case, if Prince Chen has no objection, he will lead the army tomorrow."

"Of order!" Mu Xuanchen nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Prime Minister Hua glanced sideways at Mu Xuanchen, a triumphant smile flashed across his face.

His daughter was fascinated because of him, and his son lost his military power because of him. If Mu Xuanyi disagrees with Mu Xuanchen leading the army this time, he has already thought of a plan to make them restless!
The streets of Ganlin County were full of turmoil. When they heard that there was going to be another war, the people were all panicked.

Meng Zihan just wanted to go out for a walk and familiarize himself with the environment, but he saw that the people on the street today were whispering, some even looked extremely worried, as if the end was coming.

"What are they talking about?" She asked Caiyun puzzled.

"I'll go and have a look." Caiyun said.

Ever since Meng Zihan was no longer the princess, she repeatedly asked Caiyun to change her address, and Caiyun finally changed her name.

"My lord..." When Caiyun came back, his face was obviously not very good-looking.

"Say something quickly." Seeing her expression like this, Meng Zihan had a bad premonition.

"I heard that there will be another war, and the army will soon pass through Ganlin County." Caiyun said with a twinkle in his eyes.

Meng Zihan shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's normal for you to have a war here!"

It has long been heard that every dynasty in ancient times was not a peaceful dynasty, and there were more or less wars.Coming here, I have already prepared for this kind of war. If I attack here, I will flee at most.

But... what if you can't escape?She was still so young, she didn't want to die so vaguely.

"My lord doesn't want to know...who will lead the army this time?" Caiyun asked tentatively.

Meng Zihan doesn't care about this issue now, she only cares about her own safety, so she said casually, "I'm not a general or marshal, it's always been like this throughout the ages."

She bit her lip and thought about the question she was thinking about just now, she was a little scared, pulled Caiyun and asked: "Will the war come here?"

"It's His Royal Highness Chen Wang!" Caiyun didn't care about the question behind her at all, and was looking at Meng Zihan with a serious expression.

"I asked you if you would fight a war... What did you say?" She finally came to her senses and asked with wide eyes.

"It's His Royal Highness Chen Wang!" Caiyun looked at Meng Zihan and repeated every word.

Hearing this answer, her heart was pulled hard.

"Which country is the war with?" She asked absently.

"Snow Moon Country." Caiyun replied.

Why didn't she think of it?Now that Hua Yankang has been stripped of his military power, facing such a big country as Xueyue Kingdom, how could the emperor send ordinary soldiers there, who else would there be besides him?And just now, she was only worried about her own comfort, and didn't think about him at all...

But... If Princess Chu Yun married him, then the two countries should live in peace, why would there be war?Could it be that something happened in it?

"My lord, are you okay?" Looking at Meng Zihan who was so lost, Caiyun shook her body worriedly.

Meng Zihan snapped back to his senses, but with a nonchalant expression on his face, he said, "If there's anything else, let's go."

"Where are you going?" Caiyun asked puzzled.

"Of course I'm going back to the county office, where else can I go?" Trying to suppress the uneasiness and pain in his heart, Meng Zihan walked towards the county office without turning his head.

"Look! It's His Royal Highness Chen Wang, he's really heroic and handsome..."

"Yes, yes, seeing his brows furrowed, he must be worried about the war."

Suddenly there were a few exclamations from a woman on the street, she didn't want to pay attention to it, but... why did her feet stop in place at this moment?
As the crowd crowded, she was constantly pushed forward, pushed in the direction she was afraid to go.

"My lord, it's really you!" Caiyun pulled Meng Zihan and whispered in her ear.

Hearing this, Meng Zihan's head that had been hanging down slowly lifted...

In an instant, Mu Xuanchen's stately posture on the horse was completely reflected in her black pupils, and he was dressed in military uniform with a heroic appearance, holding a golden halberd with endless bravery, his dark eyes were like a pool of deep water, Let people see nowhere to breathe.Just like Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms, the sons of all the countries are capitals.

There was also his thick eyebrows that were often furrowed. She couldn't tell whether it was anger or worry, but she couldn't help but want to reach out and smooth his brows.

"Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass.

Yellow sand wears golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken. "

Could it be that he didn't come back until after the war was quelled?What if you can't come back?Won't!He has always been invincible, and he will definitely come back safely.

Meng Zihan kept comforting himself.

But what he has to face is not others, but Chu Rui!Did she want him to be defeated by Mu Xuanchen and die under his golden halberd?

No!She doesn't want anything to happen to either of them, she wants them both to be safe.

Caiyun was watching with ecstasy, when suddenly Meng Zihan pulled her around and lowered her head.

"He's over here, don't look back..." Meng Zihan reminded softly.

At this time, it is not appropriate for them to meet, no matter what... not.She will never forget why she ran away, nor will she forget Meng Qian on the hospital bed, and she will never forget that at this time she not only wants to avoid him, but she has more important things to do.

Seeing Mu Xuanchen looking around all the time, Ye Feng asked, "Master, is there anything wrong?"

"This king seems to sense that Han'er is nearby." His eyes were always looking for her, but he was still unable to find her in the vast crowd.

"Maybe it's because I miss the princess too much." Ye Feng comforted him.

"Perhaps." Mu Xuanchen whispered.

If there was really her here, perhaps she had already hidden away, so how could it be so easy for him to find her.

Sensing his figure drifting away, Meng Zihan slowly turned around.Looking at his back, she sighed that the fate of the two of them was too far apart.No matter how close the moon and stars are, they are actually farther than what they appear to be.

Watching the army slowly move forward, Meng Zihan gave a wry smile and was about to go back to the county office, but at this moment, a familiar figure made her turn her eyes to the army again.

"What's wrong?" Caiyun followed Meng Zihan's line of sight, but found nothing unusual.

"Look, that person seems to be Hua Yanjing." Meng Zihan narrowed his eyes and looked behind the army...

Although that person is also wearing a military uniform, but with her figure and face, she can't mistake her, it must be Hua Yanjing.Did Mu Xuanchen let her travel with the army, or did she secretly follow behind?

"Miss San? That person is obviously a man, how could he be Miss San?" Cai Yun's face was full of suspicion.

Meng Zihan pursed her lips lightly and poked her little head and said, "Then am I not a man now?"

Caiyun suddenly realized, but then she was puzzled and said: "But... why did the Lord let the third lady travel with the army?"

"Yes or no, just try it." Meng Zihan bit her lips and looked angrily at Hua Yanjing's delicate back, and her aura that seemed to be full of pride.

"Yes? How to try?"

When Caiyun was still in doubt, she saw Meng Zihan leaning over and saying something to the child beside him, who immediately gave her the slingshot in his hand.

There was only a scream, the horse's hooves neighed, and the horse's body flicked, Hua Yanjing fell heavily to the ground.

Meng Zihan was secretly proud.When she fell the horse back then, Hua Yanjing was still watching the show, laughing at her for not being able to ride a horse, but now letting a person who can ride a horse fall off a horse is really satisfying.

When Mu Xuanchen and Ye Feng heard the scream, they reined in the horse rope vigilantly and looked back. Seeing the person who fell from the horse and fell to the ground, Mu Xuanchen frowned even tighter.

He stretched out his hand to signal the three armies to stop on the spot, then turned his horse's head and came to Hua Yanjing and dismounted easily.

"Why are you here?" Mu Xuanchen asked angrily, as if he didn't want to see her here.

Hearing such a question, Meng Zihan obviously felt more at ease.

Hua Yanjing knew that she was in the wrong, but she said with a grievance and pain on her face, "I want to stay with Brother Chen..."

"Nonsense!" Before Hua Yanjing finished speaking, she was stopped by Mu Xuanchen's stern voice, and the tears that were about to burst out of Hua Yanjing's eyes were frightened back again.

Judging by Hua Yanjing's appearance, her leg seems to be injured, and it seems that it will not get better in a few months.But the military situation is urgent, and she cannot be taken to the battlefield, nor can she be left behind until she recovers.

Mu Xuanchen looked around and wanted Ye Feng to send someone to find the doctor, and then leave her in the inn, but at this moment, Zhou Fu suddenly squeezed into the crowd at this moment.What made Meng Zihan even more depressed was that he was still yelling "Master Meng, Master Meng" while squeezing, obviously he was against her.

Meng Zihan pulled Caiyun to squeeze to the other side, but Zhou Fu, who was a little old but had very good eyesight, spotted her and kept waving at her.

When Mu Xuanchen heard it, he also heard the reputation.

As soon as Ye Feng saw Zhou Fu, he immediately stopped him: "Zhou Fu!"

Although Zhou Fu wanted to find Meng Zihan, but when he heard Mu Xuanchen's personal guard calling him, he ran forward without any hesitation: "What's the matter, my lord?"

Meng Zihan saw that the opportunity had come, and immediately pulled Caiyun to prepare to escape...

After Ye Feng looked at Mu Xuanchen, he understood and said: "This is the prime minister's daughter, and now she has hurt her foot. You take her to your county government to take care of her."

"Ah? Yes!" Zhou Fu looked at Hua Yanjing who was full of displeasure, and had to bow his head in agreement.

"Brother Chen, I want to follow you." Hua Yanjing pouted and looked at Mu Xuanchen, but when he glanced over with sharp eyes, she immediately shut up obediently.

But Mu Xuanchen asked at this moment: "You were calling Mr. Meng just now? Where is he now?"

Zhou Fu looked around, smiled awkwardly and said, "It was still there just now, but I don't know where it is now."

"Master, it's getting late." Although Ye Feng didn't know why Mu Xuanchen was so interested in the new magistrate, he had to remind him that the most important thing is to pacify Xueyue Kingdom. The five cities that belonged to him will return to his hands.

"Yeah!" Mu Xuanchen pursed his lips, frowned and glanced at Hua Yanjing before turning around and getting on his horse.

The army continued to move forward under his leadership.

Just now Zhou Fu went to the street to look for Meng Zihan. Since the situation was urgent at the time, she didn't bother to pay attention and ran back in a hurry. When she got back to the county government office, she was worried that something had happened to Meng Qian, so she asked Caiyun to take care of herself. After the incident, she immediately went to his bedroom.

Meng Qian, who was recuperating on the bed, saw Meng Zihan rushing over, Hu asked, "Why are you so panicked, my virtuous brother?"

"Are... all right? It's fine." Meng Zihan sat beside his bed and said with a smile, "I saw Zhou Fu rushing over to look for me just now, so I thought something happened to you."

Hearing this, Meng Qian was obviously stunned for a few seconds, but then he lowered his head and smiled.

Like, really like it.

Meng Qian thought to himself: His virtuous brother's voice and smile are really similar to his sister, if not for the person in front of him wearing men's clothing, he would definitely think his sister is still alive.

And the identity of the person in front of him is really a mystery, except that he also has the same surname as Meng, he knows nothing about it.

"What's wrong?" Meng Zihan asked suspiciously.

Seeing that Meng Qian just shook his head and changed the subject: "Butler Zhou must be looking for you because of Cao Rong's affairs."

"Cao Rong? He is already the former county magistrate, what else can he do?" Meng Zihan pursed his lips, not wanting to mention that person.

"Because he was the former county magistrate, but he still wanted to help you with the trial, that's why Housekeeper Zhou was unconvinced and wanted to bring you back." Meng Qian drank the medicine a few times, and his cough was significantly relieved, and his speech became smoother. Quite a few, it's just that people are still a little weak due to illness for a long time.

"You bastard! Why are you so shameless?" Meng Zihan scolded angrily.

"My dear brother, you talk too much..." Meng Qian was obviously a little embarrassed.

Meng Zihan withdrew his angry gaze, looked at Meng Qian and smiled awkwardly: "That's too vulgar? Ha ha!"

"Hehehe..." Meng Qian was provoked into laughter by her expression.

After covering him with the quilt, she said: "You take a rest, I will come to accompany you later."

"You go..." Meng Qian wanted to ask her where she was going, but after thinking about it, what right did he have to influence his behavior?So he swallowed the words abruptly, and pursed his lips with a slight smile.

Meng Zihan looked up at his hesitant to speak, and suddenly thought of Mu Xuanchen, if it were him, he would definitely hold her until she made it clear where to go, and maybe he would also provide personal protection.

Why did I feel uncomfortable again?

She suppressed her emotions, tried her best not to think too much, and immediately shifted her thoughts and said to Meng Qian mischievously: "I'll go and watch that dog officer, lest he want to climb on top of me again."

Meng Qian didn't know why, but every time she heard her speak, her mood suddenly became brighter, as if all her troubles disappeared.He felt that he would feel at ease if he entrusted anything to the little brother in front of him.

It seems that what he did was right!
in court

Cao Rong was patting the gavel and trying the case. It seemed to be very fair, but in fact, everyone could tell that his eyes had been fixed on someone.

There are two people kneeling in the courtroom, one is an old woman who is over fifty years old, and the other is a well-dressed son.With his thief eyes, he naturally wouldn't stare at the wrinkled old woman who was over fifty years old.

The facts of the case are actually very simple, but the young man surnamed Zhu...Zhu Wen forced to collect protection fees, and the old woman surnamed Shen didn't have any extra money to "honor" this dude, so Zhu Wen smashed her business and returned it. They punched and kicked each other with bad words.

The old woman couldn't be more angry, and the stall was her only livelihood, so she had no choice but to beat the drums and complain to the court.

Although the case is simple, what is not simple is the disparity between the rich and the poor.With Zhu Wen's attire, Cao Rong, who has been in the officialdom for so many years, also knows who should be judged as the loser and who wins.

With a slap of the gavel, Cao Rong judged the outcome of this civil dispute loudly in an official tone.

As a result, the old woman of the Shen family kept complaining, but Zhu Wen got up triumphantly, glanced at the Shen family, and walked to the court in a dignified manner, took out the silver ticket from his sleeve and stuffed it to Cao Rong.

Even though the common people all pointed and pointed, and some even complained for the old woman of the Shen family, Cao Rong turned a deaf ear to it.

Just as he took the bank note and was about to put it in his sleeve, a few more delicate fingers suddenly appeared on the bank note, and he held on tightly and refused to let go.

Cao Rong looked up, and Meng Zihan's cynical smiling face suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and he was still close at hand.

"Meng Qian..." Cao Rong was startled, and directly called out the identity Meng Zihan had pretended to be in front of others.

"Huh?" Meng Zihan half-closed his eyes, and shot at him with sharp eyes warning.

Cao Rong then corrected tremblingly: "Meng, Mr. Meng."

At this time, both of them were still holding on to the bank note.Cao Rong didn't know whether he was reluctant to let go or forgot to let go, but Meng Zihan wanted to settle the silver ticket on purpose.

"Let go!" Meng Zihan opened his mouth leisurely with narrowed eyes and a smile, but there was a warning in his tone.

"This... this is from the lower officials." Cao Rong leaned in front of Meng Zihan and whispered softly.

"Are you sure?" Meng Zihan stared at his face and asked seriously.

Cao Rong nodded guiltily.

As soon as Meng Zihan saw him nodding, he immediately said loudly to the court: "Cao Rong, the former magistrate of Ganlin County, accepted 50 taels of bribes, beat [-] taels of bribes according to the law, and recovered the bribe proceeds. appeal."

As soon as these words came out, the servants in the courtroom were stunned, the plaintiff and the defendant in the courtroom were dumbfounded, and Cao Rong's face turned green and pale, his lips trembled but he couldn't speak.

"Come here..." Meng Zihan roared.

The servants from the hall heard the sound, and the two were about to drag Cao Rong down, only to hear Cao Rong start to cry out: "This bank note has nothing to do with this official, and Mengqian, you have no right to punish this official..."

"How dare you call me by my official name directly, it's a higher crime. Whether you have the right, we'll talk about it after hitting." Meng Zihan waved to the yamen servant.

Anyway, she is not a "gentleman", and she doesn't have to abide by the etiquette of a gentleman, regardless of whether she has power or not, let her vent her anger first.

Only then did Cao Rong realize that he was at a disadvantage right now, so he immediately broke free from the yamen servant and ran to Meng Zihan to beg for mercy: "Master Meng, this bank note really does not belong to me."

"Whose is that?" Meng Zihan sat down in the hall, posing as an official, and then glared at Zhu Wen, the defendant standing in front of her case, who immediately knelt beside Shen in fright.

"Yes..." Cao Rong looked at Zhu Wen, pointed slightly, and said, "It's him..."

"You said it belonged to Zhu Wen?" Meng Zihan asked knowingly, seeing Zhu Wen patted the gavel and angrily said, "The defendant Zhu Wen! How dare you not only forcefully collect protection money, but also bribe in court under the eyes of this official? What are you to blame for?"

(End of this chapter)