Beautiful step by step

Chapter 185

Not two days after getting the clue from the Sun family, Wei Wei and Yan Heng planned to leave.

Before leaving, she met Xing Yu and gave her a few scripts.It's not the popular book about a daughter marrying a poor scholar in Da Yue, but a book newly compiled by Liangzhou in the past two years.Most of the women in the story are self-respecting and self-loving. After marriage, they also rely on their independence and talents to win the respect of their husbands and in-laws.The husband and wife support each other, and the small life is peaceful and prosperous.

She led the compilation of these scriptures, thanks to the fact that she has read many online novels before, and she has many such stories in her mind.After talking about the general context, it is natural for the following scholars to expand this into a complete story.

Compared with the esoteric truths in the Four Books and Five Classics, such scripts with plots and blood are easier to be accepted by the world.Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year's free time, the story book was released, and after the storyteller told it in a teahouse, the novel story setting was really liked by many people.Although many people felt that the story was disrespectful, but with the commander Yan Dai who doted on his wife like his life, there was nothing wrong with them.

She gave Xing Yu these scripts in the hope that she could get to know people like Yun Jin through some of the supporting roles, so that she would stop being used as a gunman for no reason in the future.Although she knows that this wish is completely impossible to realize, after all, there are white lotus flowers in this world, and there are people who are accustomed to white lotus flowers, but at least she can no longer feel so uncomfortable after understanding.

After finishing this, she and Yan Heng left the city.After a little disguise, they made up as a couple of ordinary merchants, and after giving Emperor Qinglong a secret letter, they followed the convoy from south to north in Xuzhou City, and slowly wandered around the south of the Yangtze River.

On a spring day in the south of the Yangtze River, the river flowers are more red than fire at sunrise.Boating in small water towns, experiencing the tranquility and peace, the two walked through small towns like ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River, asking how the people's lives are.Occasionally, when walking in the streets, you can see Japanese pirates wearing clogs or other details that are different. At this time, Yan Heng will use his superb skills to follow up and find out as much information as possible.

There are more and more details. Day by day, when Jiangnan enters the rainy season, the truth has been almost thoroughly explored by them.

"In the small town we passed yesterday, there used to be two very large silk and satin factories competing with each other. This time the Japanese pirates robbed them all when they landed. It seems that they hurt each other. The strange thing is that the Japanese pirates only killed people from one of them. , the other family only suffered a little skin trauma, and it will take a few days to recover. The surviving family said that it was because they hid well, and when they saw the pirates coming, they quickly threw money to attract their attention, and their family took the opportunity to run away. And everyone It is also said that the family that died was a miser who wanted money but not life, but I don’t think that should be the case.”

Living in the small courtyard secretly set up by Zhenbeihou's mansion, Wei Wei talked about the newly found out yesterday.

Yan Heng nodded: "I have asked the two elder workers, but the one whose family was exterminated pays higher wages. The only reason for such a reputation is that the family has stricter control over its subordinates and resentment towards narrow-minded people. That's how rumors spread."

"The young grandson who was talented and expected to rejuvenate the family died under the sword of a samurai; the frail headed family was frightened to death by Japanese pirates, leaving orphans and widows unable to keep the family property; the county magistrate who was a clean official in his prime died unfortunately. A Heng , since we left Xuzhou City, how many times is this a coincidence?"

Yan Heng's face was a bit solemn: "That day in Xuzhou City, I still didn't believe it when Xiaoer said that the Japanese pirates killed people without breaking the king's law. Now that there are so many coincidences, I can't help but believe it. It's thanks to Ah Mao who came up with the strategy of unannounced visits that day, otherwise I don't know How many people have suffered injustice.”

"I only thought that the poorness of the Northwest caused officials to be like this, but I didn't expect that the same is true in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the officials here are not as blatant as Zhou Qianhu, they can hire local ruffians and even Japanese pirates to do evil. If something goes wrong, they are pushed out to top the tank. , Pick yourself clean, this kind of behavior is even more abominable than the former. In the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, the ice tribute and charcoal tribute for only one or two seasons every year is not a small amount.

After speaking with emotion, Wei Wei looked at Yan Heng thoughtfully: "If we didn't have those deals, would Ah Heng be like these corrupt officials?"

Frowning and thinking for a while, Yan Heng shook his head: "Officials in the Northwest are poor. When I first became an official, I would definitely stick to my heart. But as time goes on, people around me are greedy, and I will probably follow the trend. Of course, these are not accurate, who My husband is married to a God of Wealth, and every two years the warehouse is filled with gold and silver."

When Wei Wei heard the first half of the sentence, her heart couldn't help sinking, but when she heard the second half of his sentence, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips when she was heartbroken by what she saw and heard.

"Don't just talk about me, Ah Heng had a lot of business before we got married."

"If I hadn't married Ah Mao, maybe my husband would still be that Xiaoqi who was bullied by the Wu family. This is still the best result. A little unlucky, maybe one day I will be sent out to die by Master Wu. Maybe it will be the grave. The grass is already three feet high, let alone displaying that point of business.”

"Ah Heng, don't curse yourself. Isn't this all good? Neither of us can do without the other. To be honest, a husband is more honorable than a wife. Ah Heng treats me better."

Yan Heng did not continue, but took a deep look at her stomach.Perhaps the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River really nourish people. During this period of time, I walked around and stopped. Although I was a little tired, Ah Mao's spirit was much better than when he was in the northwest and the capital.Seeing that she is going to give birth in more than three months, they will have more children in the future, and the family will grow more and more. Whoever does more and who does less, there is really no need to worry so much.

"I'm going to write a note for the emperor."

Capital
Ever since the crown prince was imprisoned in March, the capital, which is in full bloom in spring, seems to have not come out of the cold winter. Standing on the tower, it is silent from a distance.Officials tried to pretend to be quails when they went to court, big families in the city tried to keep a low profile when they married, and even ordinary people in the city tried to walk as lightly as possible.

Everyone knows that behind this calm, a bigger storm is brewing.

The prince has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and he has already gathered a lot of cronies around him.Now that the prince has fallen, the henchmen left behind have also become the targets of King Wu and King Wei.The king of Wei, who stood out as a corporal of courtesy and virtuousness, had a natural advantage in competing for the support of his courtiers.King Wu also knew this. After asking Zhixiu's advice at home, he set his sights on military power.

With the downfall of the crown prince, the whole family of Wu's family also suffered, and there was not a single male left in the whole family.The Wu family fell, but the Northwest Army stayed in Liangzhou well.Although the current commander is Yan Heng, but he has only been in Liangzhou for a long time, and with his toes, he knows that it is not as good as the Wu family's 20 years of operation in the northwest.As the saying goes, "The literati rebellion failed in three years." Why did Emperor Qinglong keep his promises? It was not because he frequently mobilized generals to control the entire military power of Da Viet in his own hands.

He Guogong said this, and King Wu also felt that what he said was reasonable.This time he also learned to be smart. On the surface, he pretended to win the support of the prince's henchmen with King Wei, but secretly he had been contacting the old Wu family.Wu Liangyong had already taken refuge in him after he returned to Beijing, but now that the old department saw that he did not forget his roots, the simple-minded general quickly praised King Wu and completely fell for him.

In this way, the two kings continued to make small moves secretly, but they forgot about the fact that King Duan and King Ping entered the Six Divisions.After the initial adaptation period, Duan Wang quickly got used to the ritual department.After he got used to it, he showed the benefits of having a good mother.This is his first time working as a errand, and he has no experience, but the most indispensable experience in the Wenshi Houfu.It's not too much for a grandson to enter the court, and a few words of advice from his grandfather, uncle, etc.?Concubine Shu personally raised the prince, how could he be a stupid person, Wen Shihou's mansion gave a little guidance, Duan Wang soon understood those twists and turns, and it didn't take long for him to deal with political affairs with ease.

King Duan and King Ping were about the same age, and they lived next to each other when they were in the prince's residence. They went to the study together every morning, and they often got together to play after school.Among the princes, the relationship between the two is the closest, so at this meeting, King Duan has a little time to spare, so he went to the household department to help King Ping.King Ping himself was not stupid, he was born with a dumb disease and still survived in the palace, and he grew up safely until he was granted the title of King Kaifu. In fact, he was a little smarter than normal people.

Received Duan Wang's kindness, he also reciprocated.It happened that Prince Duan was about to get married, and Ping Wang's uncle's house was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When he had nothing to do, he went back to his uncle's house to sit and sit on behalf of the mother and concubine in the palace.

So when King Wu and King Wei were fighting fiercely, the relationship between the remaining two princes got better and better secretly.

King Wu's little trick could fool King Wei, but he couldn't hide Emperor Qinglong on the dragon chair.

The candlelight in the back hall of Qianqing Palace was brighter than in March. Sitting behind the imperial case, taking off the diorama, the eyes were blurred.Leaning on the backrest, Emperor Qinglong closed his eyes, and the corners of his eyes were filled with unresolved sorrow.He is also a person who has experienced seizing the throne. There are even more adult princes in his generation than now. In addition, his father was obsessed with alchemy in his later years, and the situation in the court was much more chaotic at that time.He didn't know how to get down from there and let the brothers die in depression one by one.It was because of this that he was a little puzzled, these sons didn't seem stupid, why couldn't they even see this clearly, instead they were fighting like cross-eyed.

He could pretend that he didn't see the support of those grass-like courtiers, but if he stretched out his hand to the military power, it would be tantamount to exposing him.

His eyes swept across the secret book presented by Jiangnan. He didn't know how many times he was thankful that after the Northwest corruption case was uncovered, he did not immerse himself in the comfort of the peaceful and prosperous age, but poked open the pustules without hesitation, revealing the dirty and smelly inside. essence.Looking at all kinds of corruption detected in the past two years, the shocking amount made him have no doubts. If it continues like this, it will not take many years for Da Yue to go back to the old way, raise a group of silverfish in the prosperous age, and let them After gnawing away at this beautiful country, the dynasty finally changed.

It's time for Yan Heng to come back, but who should Jiangnan send?

King Wu and King Wei will definitely not work, the crown prince has been abolished, and only King Duan and King Ping are left.Just the two of them, Emperor Qinglong rubbed his temples.

(End of this chapter)