The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 175. Fire granary

Zhang Ji has been an official in the court for so many years, and he can be regarded as quite important. It is really rare to look like this embarrassed. Even the emperor could not easily beat and scold him, otherwise the hearts of the courtiers would be chilled. He said: “Ai Qing is flat.”

Zhang Ji raised his head and was not in a hurry to stand up. He just raised his head and looked angry, as if he was going to faint with anger in the next second. He slowly said, “The old minister asked himself that he had never done anything shameless in his life. He insisted to pour dirty water on the veteran, which spoiled the reputation of the veteran, and his intentions were extremely sinister. Please also ask your Majesty to call the shots for the veteran!”

The emperor sighed and turned his eyes to Xuanhua abruptly. Xuanhua opened his mouth slightly, as if he hadn’t been relieved from the sudden change. Suddenly aware of the emperor’s gaze, he raised his head, and suddenly felt cold in his heart by the ice in the emperor’s eyes.

Zhang Ji was proved to be innocent, and that batch of military pay was not low at all. Naturally, someone was going to wrong Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji has been an official for his entire life, and he has a heavy weight in the court. If Zhang Ji is framed, the first person to be suspected is Xuanli. Now, whoever sees Xuanli as a thorn in the eyes of the ruling and the opposition is naturally the fifth prince Xuanhua.

Those courtiers who were still in trouble just now did not dare to say a word. The people of the Xuanhua faction were silent, and no one understood what was going on. The news they got in their hands is naturally that Zhang Ji will be investigated and punished for stealing military salaries today. But now Zhang Ji is safe and sound, the news must be wrong, how dare he hit the edge of the knife.

The courtiers of the Xuanli faction each put up a good show and couldn’t hide the arrogance in their eyes.

Xuanli sighed and said gently and comfortingly: “Master Zhang does not have to be sad. For so many years, he has been an official and has a fair character and is at his heart. The father will definitely be the master for you.”

Zhang Ji said angrily: “If it’s just an insult to the veteran, but this movement is obviously to delay the footwork of the heavy-duty troops. If this military payment is not sent to the border a day, the soldiers will survive the bitter cold for one more day. This… It is obviously a bad intention, and wants to embarrass me the soldiers at the border of Dajin Dynasty!”

When this remark came out, everyone was shocked. Even the emperor sitting on the nine-fold dragon chair suddenly burst into a cold color in his eyes.

Xuanhua yelled badly. It was the turbulent undercurrent between the princes, but he taught the old man to say a word about the frontier war. Everyone knows that the war between the Dajin Dynasty and the Tianjin Kingdom is the most difficult to mention. Although it seemed that Da Jinchao had made great successes because of the arrival of Jin Yiwei, the dangers in it could not be for outsiders. This is a knife hanging on the Dajin Dynasty Flower Tuanjintuo Palace. No one can touch it. Now Zhang Ji has clearly placed the knife in front of everyone, and also brought out the blood on the knife. Since ancient times, the emperor was suspicious, and the emperor would how to think? I am afraid that I will think that I am thinking of harming the country, and further guessing, there is a possibility of connecting with the enemy!

There is no conviction for the matter without sufficient evidence. The news came out inexplicably, and even Xuanhua could not determine the source of the news. The emperor couldn’t find the person to spread the word, and he must be even more surprised in his heart, thinking that Xuanhua’s ability was so great that he could even reach him. To the point where they can’t control it, this is really not a good sign to the emperor.

“Aiqing, there is indeed something strange in this matter, rest assured, I will definitely give you an explanation.” The emperor Shen Shen said, the chill in the words made everyone present couldn’t help being surprised. No matter how clear the emperor is on weekdays, the natural majesty in his bones cannot be violated. Since the man behind today has played with him like a monkey, he is really going to be caught, where can he end up? He looked at Zhang Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, tearful and soothed: “I still need you, and the soldiers of the Dajin Dynasty also need you. Today is so in vain, I must have that person pay for it. But now the border is tight. , Aiqing will have to take a trip for the rest of the matter. It is too late now, so I will leave tomorrow. Aiqing will return to the house today to take a good rest. I will make a plan later.”

This is to appease Zhang Ji and seriously investigate the matter. The more Xuanhua listened, the more he felt bad, but if he spoke at this moment, it would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire, and had to swallow all the grievances dullly, but his face was strangely ugly, and he almost went away.

Now that the emperor had put down the air, Zhang Ji had no reason to take Qiao, and thanked the emperor for his grace. This mighty military turmoil slowly subsided. After Zhang Ji returned to the mansion, he would naturally receive compensation from the palace. It is indeed not a pleasant thing for a generation of veterans to be slandered by others. On the surface, it looks like Zhang Ji has been wronged, but in fact it doesn’t hurt or itchy, but it makes the emperor more trustworthy. In the end of this scene, only Xuanhua lost.

The emperor didn’t blame Xuanhua at the moment, but today’s every move fell in the eyes of the emperor, he would also think and look at it in his heart. Sometimes, to achieve a certain goal does not require full evidence and certainty, as long as a seed of doubt is quietly buried in the heart of the other party, and waiting for it to break through the soil to germinate, one day this seed will burst out at a certain opportunity. Great power. Today’s matter is a seed buried in the emperor’s heart. The emperor became suspicious of Xuanhua. From then on, what Xuanhua did fell into the emperor’s eyes. Machine.

Today’s loser is Xuanhua, but the biggest winner is Xuanli. He didn’t do anything at all, did not even show up, but easily won the emperor’s sympathy and trust, and paved the way for his next plan. When he slowly passed by Xuanhua’s side, he smiled slightly, and looked at Xuanhua’s gloomy eyes as if there was a slight contempt in his sullen eyes. Xuanhua squeezed his fists tightly, only to control them without slamming them with a fist.

Behind Xuan Li, there was a smiling gaze staring at him. This gaze came from the crowd among hundreds of officials, and was not particularly noticeable. It was a young man in a purple official uniform, with a moustache, and the light in his eyes was very meaningful. When he retracted his gaze, he was surprised to find that a person standing beside him was watching Xuanli quietly not far away. The figure was not yet mature, but a young child with a beautiful and delicate spirit. The light in his eyes was as brilliant as the good colored glaze stone, but his eyes were cold and cold, and he was a bit familiar.

The child seemed to feel his gaze, turned his head, stared at him coldly, turned around, and the little eunuch on one side hurriedly greeted him: “His Royal Highness, go slowly…”

Qi Feng was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, and then left.

Zhang Ji returned to the mansion, and as expected, the emperor’s imperial decree came next, and rewarding some gold and silver power should be a comfort. After calming the people in the mansion, it was already dark. Zhang Ji returned to the study, lit the oil lamp, took out a box from under the study table, and handed it to the person standing opposite.

The man obviously had been waiting in the study for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Ji’s actions, he smiled with satisfaction: “Master Zhang’s movements are really agile, so I will return to His Highness. In the future, His Highness will have 10% of his great deeds. First class work.”

Zhang Ji smiled and said: “Gongzi Jiang is well-known, and the old man is now a man whose half of his foot will fall into the loess. There is no glory and wealth. It is the hero of Jiangzi who was born in a young age, and he will become a legend in the Dajin Dynasty in the future. .”

The person in the study is not someone else, but Jiang Chao. At this moment, he and Zhang Ji had reached a consensus between the two touting each other. However, this alliance originally came together because of interests, in which the true heart and the false were distinguished. Zhang Ji secretly cursed the opposite boy with a vicious mind, and was more willing to be a dog Xuanli, begging for food from Xuanli’s hands with a shy face. However, Jiang Chao also secretly despised Zhang Ji’s demeanor, not all for power.

However, no matter what he felt, his face was always smiling. Zhang Ji looked at the small box handed over to Jiang Chao, and smiled: “This is the key to the army’s salary warehouse. There are a total of 800 vehicles. Jiang Gongzi needs to be cleaner and save the handle.”

“Naturally,” Jiang Chao said with a smile: “This is an important part of His Royal Highness’s great cause. How could something go wrong. Today, I would like to thank Master Zhang for presenting the key. I wish Master Zhang a good journey tomorrow.”

Zhang Ji also smiled back at him: “Master Cheng Jiyan.”

The two had spoken, and Jiang Chao left from the back door of Zhang Mansion. It was midnight and it was midnight. The capital was dark and there was no star in the sky. Perhaps the weather was going to rain, and even the moon would not be seen, dark clouds. Hanging heavy in the sky. It was a night where I could not see my fingers.

Jiang Chao rode a horse and hurried all the way to the back of a huge house warehouse in the east of the city. He saw that the warehouse was really unattainable. It was half the wall high, and all the military expenses to be transported by the heavy troops were in it. The people and horses that were prepared outside are already there. Jiang Chao threw the key to the person standing in the front. The person took the key to open the warehouse door, as if they had received a uniform order, and the people waiting around were all together. While moving, put down the things on the other side’s car, one side brought things in from the warehouse, and the other side carried things out from the warehouse.

This is what is going to be done, Jiang Chao watched triumphantly, until a person walked up to him and said, “Is everything ready?”

Jiang Chao looked back and saw that Xia Jun stood in the deep night, holding only a small torch, his eyes were a little red from the fire light, and he looked a little weird. He had a look, and said: “It’s done everything, and even the people around him who got in the way have been killed.”

Xia Jun nodded and looked at the people entering and leaving the tall warehouse, but there was not much joy on his face. Jiang Chao noticed his expression and said strangely: “Cousin, what are you still worried about?”

Xia Jun shook his head with a strange look in his eyes: “I don’t know why, there is always a feeling of anxiety…” All this happened so smoothly. Whether it’s a play at the Golden Luang Temple, directed and performed by Zhang Ji, or stealing posts in the warehouse at this moment, everything happened too naturally and smoothly. A pair of uplifting eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, and the brows were slightly slightly. At a bend, I was smiling, and everything in my eyes was ridicule. Xia Jun was taken aback, only to feel like a basin of cold water was falling down, and immediately took a breath.

After a while, he said to Jiang Chao, “What’s wrong with Jiang Ruan?”

“She stayed in Jinying Palace all day and never went in the palace,” Jiang Chao smiled coldly: “Cousin, don’t worry too much. She didn’t come out in the palace at all. How can we know our plan? Will the prophet be unpredictable?”

Xia Jun’s eyes moved lightly: “Yes, she can’t tell the prophet.” A person living in the palace, the original news is slower than others, and the source of all the news must come from outside. It is impossible for Jiang Ruan to know what they want to do first. Tomorrow morning, this army will follow the heavy troops to the border gate thousands of miles away. And this army pay is not the other army pay, everything is unknowingly, it is really too late when Jiang Ruan finds out the wrong news.

For example, if they are stealing their posts here, how can Jiang Ruan know and how can she stop them? It is impossible for her to know their plan, unless she is not a human being, and she can’t tell the prophet.

Xia Jun calmed down slowly, and then slowly said: “Go ahead, while it is not dawn…” While it is not dawn, let everything drown in the night, and Jiang Ruan is also destined to lose in the confrontation. The game is out. Winners and losers, this is the eternal truth.

That night, the lights in Xiao Shao’s study in the Jinying Palace were not extinguished. Walking from outside, they were as bright and warm as a cluster of fireworks in the dark night. As if opening the door, you can see the indifferent and introverted young man in black sitting at the desk. At this moment, there was indeed a person sitting in front of the desk, but it was curled up, and the girl had just grown up.

The fragrance of tea curls up, and the steaming mist separates the desk, and a small beautiful flower blooms under the light of the light. What is more beautiful than the mist flower is the girl’s face. It is clearly a moon-white long skirt and a skirt with a dress outside. The dark purple cloak is more and more lining the face like a fine white jade carved out of it, and the facial features seem to be carved out by the heavens, and every place is just right, beautiful and beautiful. From the bones, there is a kind of stunning charm, this beauty is full of style in every move, but a pair of uplifting eyes but cold and glamorous, it vigorously suppresses the vulgarity, like a mandala in the moonlight , Cold and enchanting.

Jiang Ruan looked at the purple-clothed youth in front of him, and Qi Feng was obsessed with the power of court in his life, and couldn’t help being slightly lost by the stunning beauty of the world.

There are beauties in the world, who are rare to be beautiful and clever. If the appearance of good looks is a skin, then the wisdom of this girl injects a vivid soul into this beautiful skin, making it lively and fragrant, with a special taste.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “Today’s palace, thanks to Master Qi’s action.” Xuanli and Zhang Ji jointly sang this drama, from the beginning to the end, she never thought of blocking, since Qi Feng is playing court power, Naturally there is another identity in North Korea. This identity looks inconspicuous, neither too high nor too small, but it is the most subtle existence. If you want to do something in the middle, it is also the easiest to hide your identity without being noticed. And Qi Feng also acted just as Jiang Ruan had ordered. He pushed the boat along in the play that Zhang Ji sang, and made the play sing more smoothly.

It’s just…In addition to his secret arrangements, there seems to be another part of the force involved. So today Zhang Ji’s performance in this drama was completed, but there is actually another person who contributed, but I don’t know what the purpose of that person is, and who is it. By. Qi Feng’s mind suddenly flashed the beautiful child’s face in the temple today, his eyes sank slightly, and he turned to say: “They have already done it.” It’s hard to think that Xuan Li would take such a desperate risk.”

Jiang Ruan took a quick sip of the white tea in front of him, and said lightly: “Tonight they steal the beams and change the posts, and replace all the military pay in the warehouse with moldy rice and supplies, which has been reduced by half. Except the most. The outside and the inside are filled with grass flocks. And with the good show Zhang Ji sang in the court today, there will be no more accidents tomorrow. Once the military expenses are safely transported out of the capital, the mountains will grow taller. After the heavy troops leave, the soldiers at the border must be the ones who will suffer. There will be no money and food, and sooner or later they will run out of ammunition and food. When the whole army is annihilated, where will someone hold Zhang Ji’s responsibility? They can also kill them one by one. It is indeed a good deal.”

Qi Feng took a deep breath and said: “Xuan Li, as the prince of the Dajin Dynasty, even ignored the lives of tens of thousands of frontier soldiers for his own benefit, and regarded the land of the Dajin Dynasty as a child’s play. It is really frantic.”

Jiang Ruan glanced at him with a faint smile: “Oh? You really think so?”

When Qi Feng was looked at by those eyes, he immediately felt that his mind was incapable of hiding. He had always been slick, but for some reason, he scratched his head in embarrassment when he felt frustrated in front of a young girl younger than his age. , Smiled and said: “Sansao, I have one thing I want to ask you, what did you ask Jin Er to do with Jin Yiwei?”

Before Xiao Shao left, all the Jin Yiwei that could be transferred in the capital were handed over to the Jin Yijin Second Hand. Jin Yi Jin Er was all ordered by Jiang Ruan, which is equivalent to Xiao Shao handing all the Jin Yiwei in the capital to Jiang Ruan’s hands. . For Qi Feng, this is a very unbelievable thing. For one thing, although the Jinyiweis are secret guards, all of them are elites, but all outstanding people are always arrogant. It is not easy for them to surrender Jiang Ruan willingly and Jin Yi Jin Er as the leader of Jin Yi Wei. But they left without saying a word after hearing Jiang Ruan’s order at the time. It was enough to see Jiang Ruan’s status in their hearts. Second, Xiao Shao is not a person who trusts others easily. In the early years, he was accustomed to being alone, but he just gave Jiang Ruan the power of hiding himself in the dark. It is obvious that Jiang Ruan is different in his heart. of.

Jiang Ruan suddenly smiled: “Master Qi, you are smart and wise, why do you have to play dumb riddles in front of me now? You clearly know why Xuanli wants to exchange the military salary in the warehouse.”

Qi Feng was stunned, looking at Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan looked at her quietly, her smile was gentle and quiet in the firelight, but her eyes were long and deep, as if looking at the long years of the next few decades through the firelight, there was a clear vision in her eyes. The insight into the world is like a spectator who has watched the whole play watching the play and starting from the beginning—just an outsider who looks at it coldly. No matter how the actor struggled up and down, she was always out of the dust, watching everything happen soberly and cruelly.

He slowly shook his head and smiled bitterly: “Sansao, you are so smart that makes people feel terrible. Yes, I know why. I knew about the collusion between Xuanli and the Kingdom of Tianjin a long time ago. Jin Yiwei’s intelligence is the number one in the world. One, there is nothing we don’t know.” Except for your secret, he added in his heart.

“Yes, since Tianjin has colluded with Xuanli, should Xuanli always show something. In other words, in this war, he must guarantee that Tianjin will win. Such a large sum of military pay is just left in his hands. Hot potato, Xuan Li can’t leave these things in the capital, he can only transport them out. And there is only one way to use these military payments to the greatest extent and safely.” Jiang Ruan said lightly.

“Send to the Tianjin Nation to serve as the military pay of the Tianjin Nation.” Qi Feng took her words.

Talking to smart people is that simple. Jiang Ruan smiled: “Yes, but Xuanli’s method is not necessarily good in my eyes.”

“This method looks simple on the surface, but in fact it requires a great price. It is because it is too dangerous, but no one thought of it. Xuan Li would do the opposite, and it would be considered a tyrannical man. Besides, if the idea is to be shipped out, it is also determined. There is a perfect solution, I don’t understand, what’s the answer to you saying it may not be good?” Qi Fengdao. He didn’t believe how Jiang Ruan, a woman in her boudoir, could compare to Xuanli who was a conspirator. Even if she can guess people’s hearts, things about the court can achieve goals not just by trying to win people’s hearts.

“No matter what you do, you can’t leave anyone with a handle,” Jiang Ruan said with a faint cold eye: “Xuanli left this batch of military pay, which is to leave the handle, and it is precisely because of this that I have the opportunity to break this game. If I stood in his place, I would never leave this batch of military pay. Once the items are replaced, they will be burned and cleaned immediately, leaving no traces.”

Qi Feng stared at her dumbfounded: “It burned?” He couldn’t see the joking in Jiang Ruan’s eyes. She was telling the truth. If she and Xuanli switched positions today, she would really do it. The fire burned the whole batch of grain and grass. God, how could she have such courage? What did she eat to grow up?

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “Didn’t you ask me what Jin Er and the others did? I’m telling you that they are going to set the fire. Xuanli is all right in this scene, but owes a little fire, but this fire, but It’s not for him to decide.”

Qi Feng felt cold and asked, “What kind of fire?”

“Don’t you understand?” Jiang Ruan smiled softly: “I want them to have their teeth and blood swallowed this time. They suffered a huge loss, but they couldn’t say a word.”

The grain and grass in the warehouse have all been transferred to the place to be transferred under the arrangement. At this moment, someone in the warehouse of the Chengdong Courtyard closed the warehouse door and handed Jiang Chao the key in his hand.

The warehouse door was restored to its previous appearance, as if it had never been opened before. These things were restored to an excellent position, and everything looked no different from the day.

Xia Jun stood beside Jiang Chao, not knowing why, the anxiety in his heart resurfaced, as if some subtle emotion was about to break through the ground. Jiang Chao looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, and smiled: “Now that everything is done, I have turned over to your Highness, and he must have done a great job.” This time when things are done, Xuanli’s great cause of the world has succeeded. Half, in this world, there is always a bit of his merits, and it will definitely be a great success in the future, and the future is immeasurable. It is not in vain that he has spent so much effort on this.

“My lord, when things are done right now, do you want to go back first?” the guard asked.

“Dadao—” Before the word “Huifu” came out, I heard a “boom”. Something fell from the sky, hit the top of the warehouse, and rolled down along the inclined top of the warehouse. Rolled in front of everyone. The guards were all taken aback, guarding Jiang Chao back a few steps, and seeing that there was no response, they carried the torch and boldly stepped forward to investigate. At this sight, it was unbelievable. The guard suddenly sat on the ground in shock, the torch fell off, and his lips were shaking and said: “My lord… my lord…”

When Jiang Chao saw that his appearance was different, he stepped forward strangely, and was shocked when he saw it. The person on the ground was not someone else, but Zhang Ji, the leader of the heavy-duty army. At this moment, his whole body was stiff, there was a blood stain in his throat, his eyes were wide open, and he was obviously dead in anger.

Jiang Chao was separated from him by only two hours, and Zhang Ji had become a dead body when he didn’t want to see each other again, and he couldn’t help being shocked. Before he could react, he heard a few swishes, and a few black shadows flashed by nature. No one saw how the warehouse door was opened, and no one saw how sparks were drawn into it. I only saw Lao Gao, who was slammed by the sparks on the hay, without any other incitement, and rose rapidly like a line of fire, but after a while, the entire warehouse was shrouded in a sea of flames.

The rumbling fire light almost reflected the entire street, brightly lit like daylight, and the fire light was bloody, with an unknown breath faintly attached. No one expected such a change, Jiang Chao and Xia Jun were both stunned, and the black men came and went without a trace, and immediately disappeared again. Xia Jun’s heart moved, just as he was about to call out to retreat, he heard someone yelling: “The water is running out, it’s not good, the warehouse is running out of water!”

Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of horseshoes coming from far away in the long street, accompanied by the neat torches illuminating the fire, a voice shouted: “Bold madman, dare to burn the army’s salary and take it for the officer! ”