Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 203

[203. Chapter 202]

Qin Zhaolin said: “When I first left the capital, I encountered a lot of chasing soldiers, and some strangers who were suspicious, and asked me where I was going. Master Su taught me that when the most critical time, no one can trust me. No one paid any attention, just walked out. Until they left the boundary of Yingtianfu, they met Mr. Zhou from the Minister of General Affairs. Like me, he escaped and reported your letter to His Majesty. The two of us became companions and covered each other all the way. I just arrived in Qingzhou.”

Zuo Qian said, “Zhou Ping from the General Administration Department? Where are others?”

“Waiting outside the camp.”

Not long after, Zhou Ping entered the account with Qin Zhaolin.

He is already in his thirties, and he has two long beards on his original face, adding three points of officialdom.

After seeing Zhu Nanxian, he avoided a false ceremony and said to himself, “Your Majesty, the capital’s situation is very bad. Before Mr. Su disappeared, he ordered He Shilang of the Ministry of War and Wu Langzhong of the Ministry of Punishment to investigate Annan’s business case together. In October, after He Shilang was executed for the business case, the next official intercepted a secret letter from Qiongzhou.

“Annan’s business case was actually committed by the tenth highness. He has been serving for the fourth highness all these years. The tens of thousands of taels of silver obtained from the goods were also transferred from south to north to the Fourth Highness. The Fourth Highness took the money—” He paused slightly and swallowed, “With this money, he bought Muyan Sanwei in Dadan. ”

“What did you say?” “Mao Zuofeng was startled,” Mu Yan Sanwei is now the Fourth Highness? ”

“Yes. Zhou Ping said, “Because the leaders of Sanweili, Ha Chiwei and Mu Yanwei seized power, the Fourth Highness sent people to unite the leaders of Kubawei three years ago to suppress them. Now the power of several leaders has been removed. This mercenary army of 150,000 people completely belongs to the Fourth Highness. No

wonder A Yu wrote to him that Annan’s trade in goods stopped in the twenty-fifth year of Jingyuan. It turned out that he had obtained military power, so he didn’t need to spend money.

When Mao Zuofeng heard this, he was still at a loss: “Since these 150,000 people belong to the Fourth Highness, why didn’t they bring them back to Peiping? They were even sent to the border of Qiongzhou, which almost scattered His Majesty’s troops—

” Qian suddenly grabbed his arm, frowned and shook his head.

Mao Zuofeng was stunned for a moment, and he immediately recalled: “Damn, Zhu Yushen is going to rebel?!” He came to the tent in

two steps, knelt down on one knee, and ordered: “Your Majesty, the last commander is willing to personally lead the troops and enter the capital. , arrest the rebels!”

Zhu Nanxian ignored him and looked at Zhou Ping: “What else?”

Zhou Ping was stunned: “What else?”

Zhu Nanxian’s eyes were very calm: “Su Shiyu is here Where? Zhu Yushen and Liu Yun, what do you want me to do?”

Zuo Qian and the three were stunned, and Tan Zhaolin couldn’t help explaining: “Your Majesty, Lord Zhou escaped with me, and he doesn’t know the whereabouts of my Lord. Zhou Ping hurriedly said: ”

Yes, Your Majesty, this is all the minister knows.” He paused, “Oh, by the way, the minister has also brought the intercepted secret letter.” He took out a letter from his arms and presented it to him. “Your Majesty, please take a look.”

Zhu Nanxian stood up, came to him, looked at the letter in his hand, didn’t answer, just asked, “Don’t tell the truth?”

He stretched out his hand: “The knife .”

Mao Zuofeng dazedly handed his saber to Zhu Nanxian’s hand.

Zhu Nanxian shot very fast, and the moment he held the handle of the knife, he had put the knife blade on Zhou Ping’s neck.

“To ban the news of the entire capital, you have to go through two yamen, the General Administration Department and the Ministry of War. As Zuo Tongzheng, at this juncture, since you can intercept even such a confidential letter, why can’t it be in Su Shiyu? On the day of the accident, send a letter to Shen Qingyue? There is only one explanation, you don’t want to.”

“Su Shiyu is a cautious person, but she is not defensive about the people she trusts. If you didn’t tell Zhu Yushen and Liu Yun about her plan, the general content of her correspondence, and the progress of the investigation, it would be hard for her to guard against it. I noticed something was wrong.”

“You didn’t escape with Tan Zhaolin, you were sent by Zhu Yushen and Liu Yun to see me and give me a message.”

“But if they want you to bring me, they will definitely offend me, so You don’t dare, make up a pretense to slander me, don’t you?!” The

cold blade was pressed against the back of the neck, and Zhou Ping leaned down in horror: “Your Majesty, this minister is really wronged, and I have been friends with Shi Yu for ten years, how could it be? Use her safety to deceive His Majesty?”

“You also know that you have been in a relationship with her for ten years!” Zhu Nanxian shouted angrily.

Immediately, his voice became cold: “Don’t you say it? If you don’t say it, it’s useless to save your life. I will end it for you with my own hands, right?

”

“Speak, minister.” Zhou Ping’s forehead was knocked on the ground, “Master Su is imprisoned in Liu Mansion.”

“What do you mean?” Tan Zhaolin said, “You always know where my master is?”

He was a little confused: “Do you know why you didn’t save her?”

He shook his head again: “No, before she happened, you knew that the Fourth Prince and the surnamed Liu were going to deal with her? If you didn’t help her, you would kill her together with those bastards?! Why are you—my motherfucker—”

Qin Zhaolin couldn’t continue, grabbed Zhou Ping’s collar, clenched his fists, and beat him down.

Zhou Ping, a scholar, couldn’t hold up a brute force warrior. He was knocked to the ground with two fists, his cheeks were bruised and swollen, and blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth.

Qin Zhaolin wanted to fight again, but Zuo Qian raised his hand and stopped him: “Let him finish his words first.” Then he grabbed Zhou Ping’s shirt and shoved it, “Don’t say it!”

“Yes, yes.” Zhou Ping knelt down again, “Your Majesty Mingjian, this minister was indeed sent by the Fourth Highness and Lord Liu, and they did let the minister bring a word.”

He raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Nanxian A glance: “The matter is actually very simple. If Your Majesty wants to save Shiyu, he will first declare his illness and then return to Beijing. His Majesty will go first alone, and the dragon and the army will follow.”

What does that mean?

Is it for Zhu Nanxian to declare illness first, and then return to the palace alone, and the news of returning to the palace will not be disclosed to anyone for now, and when Zhu Yushen and Liu Yun feel it is time, let the army respond to Tianfu with an unmanned “Dragon Rider”?

So, this is to let Zhu Nanxian go back to the palace alone to change Su Jin’s life?

The reason for being ill is to let Emperor Jin An die of illness after he changed his life?

“I cut you bastard!”

Mao Zuofeng only had one arm left, and he couldn’t hold it any longer. He gave Zhu Nanxian the knife at his waist, turned his head and pulled out Zuo Qian’s sword, his eyes were red. Just gritted my teeth.

Zhu Nanxian’s voice was calm: “What if I don’t go back?”

“Your Majesty knows,” Zhou Ping’s voice was as thin as a mosquito, “Shi Yu is in their hands.” After

a slight pause, he added, “The Fourth Highness also explained an additional sentence – please remember Su Shiyu’s identity.”

Yes, even if he can ambush and deceive the enemy, but he can’t guard against Ayu’s identity – a sentence “As a woman in the courtroom” can make her cut thousands of times, not to mention her connection with “disaster”.

Besides, she was in their hands, how could he risk her life to gamble? He was too far away from her, thousands of miles away, and he couldn’t compare to someone else reaching out a knife.

“You—” Zhu Nanxian was silent for a moment, “Is there any token?”

Zhou Ping nodded and took out the Nine Dragons Dagger from her arms: “This is the dagger that Your Majesty gave to Shi Yu, Your Majesty knows this dagger , she never leaves.”

In fact, he didn’t really want to ask for a token.

Just holding on to one star of hope.

I hope she’s still safe, I hope – I still have a chance to be with her.

And when You Mang on the Nine Dragons dagger caught his eye, Zhu Nanxian’s expression turned down completely.

He took the Nine Dragons Dagger, and smiled almost like a sigh, with a hint of sadness and grief.

The next moment, she said in a hoarse voice, “Why…why do you treat her like this? Why is she sorry for you?”

Zhou Ping was stunned for a while, before realizing that Zhu Nanxian was asking herself, and hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, The minister never thought of killing Shi Yu, and the ten years of friendship with her are all from the sincerity, but…the minister was born in a family. After falling off the list, he was desperate, and it was only with the help of the Tenth Highness that he was able to enter the capital and serve in the Yamen. I said, I just need to help him with some things in the future. Later, Lord Liu found the minister, but he just read some secret letters. The minister thought it was no big deal. He never thought it would hurt Shiyu like this. Can I save her, but she has been imprisoned, the minister has no certainty, and if Wan is discovered by the tenth highness, won’t the ten-year official career of the minister be ruined? On this occasion, come to meet His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to spare the life of the minister for the sake of his ten-year friendship with Shi Yu.”

“Oh, so you were driven by Zhu Yiheng and others, but you were unwilling to ruin these ten years. Years of official career, playing for the tiger? You can stop losses, but you are greedy for fame and fortune, and you hurt old friends around you?”

Zhu Nanxian’s voice was cold to the bone: “A person like you deserves to mention ten years of friendship with Su Shiyu?”

“She treats people with sincerity. As long as she communicates with her heart, it can be called ‘never let down’. She was only a governor back then, and she could sacrifice her life for Chao Qing, and she also communicates with you. What about you? You treat her like this?!”

Zhou Ping kowtowed and said, “Your Majesty, the minister knows it’s wrong, and really knows it’s wrong. Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and I beg Your Majesty to spare the minister’s life.

” Why would you beg for mercy from your opponent?”

“But I won’t kill you.” He put away the knife and handed it back to Mao Zuofeng, “Because I’m afraid of dirtying the blade in my hand.”

Then he clasped his hands and shouted, “Someone, drag Zhou Ping down, and the military order will execute him!” The

two guards who were guarding outside the tent dragged Zhou Ping away, and the tent became quiet again.

The sand table where the troops were formed at the beginning was still there, but in an instant, the situation changed.

Mao Zuofeng said: “Your Majesty, why don’t the last general and the Zuo general lead the 150,000-strong army into the capital, and take Zhu Yushen with——” Before he finished speaking

, he saw Zhu Nanxian shaking his head.

The nine-dragon dagger in his hand is ferocious, as if spitting out a letter in his palm, but it has a soft dampness, like taking the palm of his hand to catch the rain in the warm and cold spring.

She was in a desperate situation and tried her best to get Tan Zhaolin to bring him the news of the capital. Did she want him to turn south and transfer troops to Beijing?

But how could he leave her alone?

Zhu Nanxian reached out and touched his heart, where a jade was hidden.

A jade pendant with the word “rain” carved.

He went to the battlefield, went to court, presided over government affairs, and fought with foreign enemies, all of which were carefully treasured and never left.

Reached into the lapel collar, took out the jade.

On the jade pendant, there was a red thread wrapped around it. This was when he was imprisoned in the East Palace, and he wound it up and down. At that time, he was also in a desperate situation. This was his only hope.

There are thousands of red threads, just like she is wearing a red robe to impeach a traitor in the court, and it is also like she is wearing a wedding dress, saying that she will wait for him to return and never be separated again for the rest of her life.

This bright and vermilion color has long since ignited a fire in his heart, which will burn his entire life.

Zhu Nanxian turned around silently, returned to the desk and sat down again, put the dagger on the desk, and then yanked it from his neck, breaking the red rope on the jade pendant.

He gently placed the jade pendant with the word “rain” engraved on it next to the dagger, and said in a hoarse voice, “I… I will return to Beijing today.”

[End of This Chapter]