A Clash of Gods - Chapter 511

[Chapter 512]

Although Ximen Zhanying was impulsive, she was not stupid after all. When Qi Feng suddenly leaked air, she felt that something was wrong. She glanced at Qi Ning and saw Qi Ning sitting by the bonfire with her hands open and facing down, baking her hands. With a calm and relaxed look, I felt that there was a lot of inner feelings in my heart.

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Yan Lingxian sat far away, not near the bonfire, so naturally he didn’t know what to say here.

Ximen Zhanying saw that Qi Ning and the others didn’t say much, and seemed to be treating himself as an outsider, a little unhappy, got up, and went straight to the river, Qi Ning glanced at it, smiled lightly, and said softly: “Women are trouble, live. It’s annoying, and it’s annoying to die.”

Naturally, what he said didn’t mean Ximen Zhanying’s life or death, but that Ximen Zhanying was in a bad mood regardless of whether the black robe lived or died.

Qi Feng’s wound has been medicated, and it is much better now. Although he can’t walk around or use force for the time being, the pain has disappeared a lot, and he said with a chuckle: “Master Hou, in fact, Miss Ximen is a good person, she originally I’ve always been jealous, but now I’m worried about other people’s lives and deaths, and I have a good heart.”

“How do you know she’s jealous?” Qi Ning glanced at Qi Feng.

Qi Feng laughed and said, “Blind people can see that even though this girl from Ximen likes to quarrel with Lord Hou, I think she has fallen in love with Lord Hou long ago.”

Zhou Shun also nodded and said, “Master Hou, what Qi Feng said is right, I can see it too, Master Hou is beautiful, how many women in the world don’t like it?”

Qi Ning laughed, then lowered his voice and said, “We can’t go on the waterway. Fortunately, we are about to leave Xichuan. Let’s go back to Beijing from No. 6.”

“Master Hou thinks that group of people will come again?” Li Tang frowned and said, “They are coming for the black robe this time, and the black robe has already sunk into the water as the master planned, so they can still do it. What’s going on?”

Zhou Shun sneered: “Those water ghosts must continue to look for the black robe underwater. If they only see the robe, will they be suspicious?”

“With such a wide river, and the water flows eastward, it is impossible to find a robe.” Qi Feng said: “Even if we find it, I don’t think they can think of what it is.” Lowering his voice, he laughed: “Who can Thinking that the black robe is filled with salt, the salt will dissolve soon if it falls into the water, and there is only one robe left, and even if they find it, they just think that the person in the black robe has slipped away.”

Qi Ning coughed, and Qi Feng stopped talking.

The moonlight was faint, but Qi Ning felt a little annoyed at the moment, regretting not being able to catch Hua Xiangrong.

Qi Ning knew in his heart that he went from Xinping Township to Baiying that day, and Elder Baihu and others would definitely target him to find Xiang Baiying’s whereabouts.

He deliberately set up a trick to lure the enemy, wrapping the black robe with a bag of salt, making those people mistakenly think that the black robe was Xiang Baiying, in order to attract the opponent’s attention, after leaving Chengdu, Qi Ning I had already guessed that the other party was likely to attack on the road, so I also made some preparations.

It’s just that he didn’t expect the other party to appear in the form of a water ghost.

When the water ghosts appeared tonight, Qi Ning was ready to seize a live person and ask for some useful information, but he also knew that although there were a lot of water ghosts tonight, most of the water ghosts probably knew nothing about the truth behind them. , We must capture the leaders of these water ghosts, maybe we can force some information to come out.

The appearance of Hua Xiangrong greatly cheered Qi Ning’s heart, but Hua Xiangrong was too cunning. She escaped and lost a chance to ask the truth. Qi Ning felt annoyed.

He deliberately let go of the black robe underwater, in order to make the other party mistakenly think that Xiang Baiying was sinking to the bottom of the water, the salt bag in the black robe would not last long in the water, and it would melt away, and only one robe would be left. Not to mention that it is extremely difficult to find a robe underwater, and even if it is found, it can only make them mistakenly think that Xiang Baiying will not see a person or a dead body.

Qi Feng and several other confidants knew that the black robe was wrapped in salt bags, but so far, they didn’t know what Qi Ning was going to do. security.

The next day just dawned, and everyone went out,

Abandoning the waterway and walking on the 6th road, Qi Ning gave each of the boatmen some money and let them go back to do business on their own. Unfortunately, the big boat sank into the river, and the horses also sank into the river. In desperation, they could only find a place. , hired a carriage.

The rest of the way was smooth. There were more than one day on the way, and the car dealers were chaotic. On this day, I finally rushed back to the capital of Jianye. When I entered the capital, the sunset had not yet set. Qi Ning’s trip took a long time to go out. At the city gate, Gu Qinghan thought in his heart, but he also knew that the little emperor was looking forward to it day and night in the palace. He immediately ordered Qi Feng and others to go back to the Jinyihou mansion first, and Yan Lingxian and Ximen Zhanying also went back to the Shenhou mansion. Crossing the line, he went straight to the imperial city.

When they walked outside the palace, the guards at the gate saw Qi Ning’s busy life, but he couldn’t recognize him for a while, and shouted, “Who is it?”

Qi Ning didn’t talk nonsense. He took the gold medal from the royal family and said, “I am Jin Yi, who is waiting for Qi Ning. I have been ordered to do an errand. Now I am going back to Beijing and entering the palace to return to the emperor.”

When the guard saw the gold medal, he hurriedly smiled and said: “Master Hou, it turns out that your old man has returned to the capital. The emperor has a decree that whenever the master enters the palace, he will not stop him, but the master is not wearing an official robe. The villain’s eyes are clumsy, and there are many offenses, and Lord Hou forgives them.”

Seeing that the guard was sensible, Qi Ning smiled and said, “Your Majesty sent me to do something important, so it’s too late to change clothes in a hurry.”

The guard hurriedly smiled and said, “Yes, Lord Marquis is in high spirits. Naturally, this errand will be hand-picked, and the emperor will surely reward him.” No nonsense, he released Qi Ning into the palace.

After Qi Ning entered the palace, he went straight to the imperial study and let people pass the message. The little emperor was overjoyed when he learned that it was Qi Ning who came back, and ordered, “Let him in quickly.”

Qi Ning walked quickly into the imperial study room, and saw Long Tai standing at the door of the room. Seeing Qi Ning being in the dust, Long Tai laughed and punched Qi Ning in the chest. Qi Ning knew that he was just happy and didn’t dodge. , was beaten on the chest by the little emperor, and heard the little emperor laughed and scolded: “Damn, you are outside and happy, but I have been waiting for a long time. If you don’t come back, I will punish you for a big crime.” After entering the study and closing the door, he turned around and asked, “Did you just return to Beijing?”

Qi Ning said with a bitter face: “Your Majesty, you really think I’m jolly and happy outside, this trip to Xichuan, I almost lost my life there, if it weren’t for me being clever and turning the corner, I’m afraid you won’t be able to see it either. Me.” He pointed to his throat: “I was worried that the emperor would be waiting for a long time, so I kept going all the way. After entering the capital, I didn’t even go back to the Hou’s mansion, so I entered the palace to return to the emperor. Right now, my throat is burning like fire, and I am very thirsty.”

Longtai laughed, opened the door of the imperial study, and ordered, “Come here, bring the bird’s nest and white fungus porridge on your wrists.” He was delighted, and took the pastry box on the imperial desk in person and put it on the table by Qi Ning’s hand. On, smiled and said: “This is a reward for you, try a few.”

Qi Ning was not polite, he picked up the cake and ate it. Longtai saw him gobbling up, and smiled: “Xichuan is really so shabby, if you go there, it seems like you haven’t eaten in a few years.”

“Your Majesty, it’s not that Xichuan is shabby, it’s that I don’t have time to eat there.” Qi Ning said while swallowing: “Yes, did the Emperor receive Wei Shutong’s memorial?”

Longtai Yushu found a copy of the book and said, “I just delivered it yesterday. Wei Shutong is full of praise for you. It seems that without you this time, the world will be in chaos.” He took it again. Another book was handed over, “This is the book that someone handed in ten days ago, take a look too.”

Qi Ning didn’t care about Wei Shutong’s memorial, what was written in it, Wei Shutong and he had been in contact with him before, and he could know without looking at it, but Longtai suddenly handed over such a memorial, which was obviously very meaningful, and opened it and scanned it. After a few glances, he frowned, looked at Longtai, and said, “Your Majesty, who is this Zhao Bangyao?”

“Zhao Bangyao is the chief censor of the Censor Terrace.” Long Tai said: “There are dozens of essays like this, but this censor has the highest official position and the sharpest words, so he stayed here. .”

Qi Ning did know that the Censor Terrace was the highest supervision department in the empire, with three divisions: the Office, the Palace, and the Chapel. Next, the censor station picketed Bai Liao, impeached the illegal, and sometimes the censor station even participated in the emperor’s special case.

In some respects, the Censor Terrace and the Shenhou Mansion are somewhat similar, and both have the responsibility of supervision, but the Shenhou Mansion monitors the rivers and lakes, while the Censor Terrace is the government’s yamen.

Qi Ning said: “This Zhao Zhongcheng said that I condone bandits and help the tyrants, hehe, he also said that I was disregarding the safety of the empire and acting recklessly. Your Majesty, it seems that many people in the court already have opinions on me.”

Long Tai sat down on the chair, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com smiled and said: “When the first emperor was in power, he always attached great importance to the censor, and the speaker was innocent, so the courage of those people was not small, even if it was a few They will not let go of catching the wind and the shadows, and they will impeach them in the memorial.” Pointing to the memorial, he said, “This Zhao Bangyao was because he dared to speak out and dared not to be afraid of offending people, so the previous emperor regarded him very highly. He has been promoted many times, and when the officials in the court saw that the former emperor highly valued this person, they all gave him three points, so he has always been very courageous, and some people call him Zhao Tiedan in private.”

“Tie Dan?” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Mo Zheng, the governor of the capital, has a nickname called Mo Tie Duan, and there is a Zhao Zhongcheng named Zhao Tie Dan in this censor’s desk. Your Majesty, it seems that there are quite a few direct ministers in this dynasty. .”

“The state has direct ministers, and the country is prosperous.” Long Tai said: “If the Manchu dynasty did not have a minister who dared to speak out, the country would soon be over.” Leaning on the chair, his hands were placed in front of his lower abdomen, and he said, “Zhao Bangyao was almost every time in those days. The court will have to submit a memorial, and his memorial was always handled by the previous emperor. After this person became the imperial censor, the number of papers was gradually reduced. Although there were fewer papers, every time he played it, he could always One or two people lost their jobs.”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “Your Majesty, does this Zhao Tiedan have any grudge against the Jinyi Hou Qi family? Why is he going to do something to me this time?”

Long Tai said: “As far as I know, this person did not have a good relationship with anyone in the court, and he was said to be an orphan. Think about it, this person often goes to Zhezishenren, and the cut officials he targets are demoted. It’s all trivial matters, and is anyone willing to approach him?”

Qi Ning took the memorial and said, “This Zhao Zhongcheng is impeaching the matter of Qianwuling, and his information is very well-informed. He knows everything about the things that happened in Qianwuling.” He smiled lightly and said: ” Your Majesty, if this person is a public servant, I don’t mind, but if he has other intentions behind his back, this Zhao Tiedan, I will make him Zhao Podan!”