If anyone is the most frustrated person in Daming Mansion now, it must be Cui Ang.

Of course, this must exclude those who are dead, because they no longer have the problem of frustration. Only the living are qualified to talk about frustration or success.

Half a month ago, he was the pacification envoy of Hebei Road, in charge of more than twenty states and more than a dozen armies on the Hebei Road. The prosperity and destiny of countless people depended on his thoughts.

And now, he has become the special envoy to negotiate with the Liao people.

His status has naturally plummeted.

Now the Liao people are aggressive, and two groups of soldiers are encircling Daming Mansion. Now is naturally not the time for negotiation. Only when the two sides have another big fight to confirm that no one can take advantage, the rhythm of the war will return to before.

Only at the stalemate stage will the two parties sit at the negotiating table.

Xia Jie took over as the pacifier, but Xia Jie had his own mansion in Daming Mansion, and Xia Jie had run that mansion for many years and lived comfortably, so naturally he would not move to the pacifier's mansion.

But this does not mean that Cui Ang can still live here, so on the second day after receiving the imperial edict, Cui Ang consciously moved out of the pacification ambassador's residence and took a group of people to live in the official post.

The pacification envoy is the highest local official, while the negotiation envoy has become a temporary dispatch. Of course, he can only live in the official post.

Cui Ang's life is quite difficult now.

His son Cui Jin understands this most deeply.

Cui Ang can no longer be the pacifier, and he certainly cannot be the pacifier in charge of Gouji and writing. When he was still the pacifier in charge of Gouji and writing, the princes and brothers in this famous mansion were naturally led by him.

. Putting aside this layer, just the official position of Guan Se Ji Yi Wen is enough to make most of the officials in Daming Mansion bow their heads in front of him.

But now?

He has almost become the object of avoidance by everyone.

Seeing him from a distance, all those who tried to curry favor with him in the past stayed away from him. This was considered kind, and some people were sarcastic in person, as if they were sure that I and him would definitely be together.

It will be really bad luck.

Cui Jin finally realized what it means to be in a cold world.

Of course, this is barely bearable, as long as the mentality is strong enough, but the other kind is very painful. That is the pressure from the general public.

For example, when Cui Jin walked into the gate just now, something suddenly flew in from outside the courtyard wall. If Cui Jin hadn't dodged quickly, it would have hit him directly, and the package fell to the ground and scattered with a snap.

When he opened it, it turned out to be a bag of feces, which fell to the ground and spattered, and the stench overflowed.

"Are you dead?" Cui Jin was furious and roared at the soldiers guarding the door of the post house.

The soldier rushed out and came back immediately.

"With so many people outside, we really don't know who did it?" said the leading soldier, "Young Master just came in from outside. I know that this street is always very lively."

Cui Jin looked at the other person for a long time. Although his face was still ugly, he still nodded, "Excuse me."

Now is no different than in the past, it is better not to offend the soldiers guarding the gate, otherwise it would be terrible if they let a few people in in the dead of night.

Cui Ang and his group are the only ones living in the entire post house now.

"Sir!" Cui Jin walked into the post house, climbed to the second floor, and entered her father's room. Cui Jin saw her father standing at the window at a glance. She must have seen the scene just now. "I don't know if it was my son who was outside.

Who have I offended and want to punish me?"

Cui Ang smiled and said, "You don't need to comfort me. In the officialdom, it's normal to have ups and downs, to be praised by others and criticized by others. Your father has experienced so many such things in his life. If he is so fragile, and

Do you know Cui Ang, the Privy Councilor now?"

Cui Jin exhaled. It seemed that his father was in a good mood.

"You handled it well just now. This time out, you have experienced it." Cui Ang said with a smile: "Now that we are in trouble, don't look at the few soldiers at the door. They have many ways to embarrass us!

"

"yes!"

"You can get more money later and reward these people heavily. We will live here for a long time!" Cui Ang said: "Win them over well, there are only benefits."

"I'll have someone do it later!"

"Go there yourself!" Cui Ang said.

"Yes, my son will go in person."

Cui Ang nodded, walked back, sat at the table, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said: "Zhang Chao arrived at Daming Mansion and also went to see Xia Jie. What did you find out?"

"I heard that Xia Jie completely handed over the military command to Zhang Chao, and he promised to do logistical work for Zhang Chao!" Cui Jin said: "It seems that they have reached an agreement."

"What does Zhang Chao have to say about Xin'an Army Qin Kuan and others?"

"My son inquired carefully." Cui Jin said: "Zhang Chao requested that the heads of Qin Kuan and others be taken off and returned to the Qin family. He didn't say anything else!"

"Zhang Chao and Xia Jie are both smart people." Cui Ang was a little disappointed, "It would be better if they didn't get involved in this muddy water."

Cui Jin swallowed and said with some difficulty: "Sir, that one is the prince after all. If we do this this time, we will leave no room for ourselves. If we fail, we will die without a burial place."

Cui Ang glanced at the second son and sneered: "Do you think our current situation is far from a place of death without burial? Speaking of which, I really regret now that I didn't listen to Qin Kuan's words. If I had followed his

If he did it that way, maybe things would be really different. But since I didn't follow his way and I failed, then Qin Kuan and the others will have no choice but to die."

Cui Jin nodded silently.

"And death alone cannot solve the problem. Because there are people in the court who are familiar with military affairs. People like King Jing and Zhang Chao can immediately judge the situation by just reading the military reports and official documents.

The general situation of the matter has been revealed, so in the end, the blame will still fall on the father, and he will even be charged with killing Zhongliang indiscriminately." Cui Ang sneered: "So, we can only do one without doing the other.

If we completely muddy the waters and make things bigger, to a certain extent, my military failure this time will be nothing more than a trivial matter."

"So we must say that King Jing colluded with the border troops and had evil intentions?" Cui Jin whispered.

"He doesn't need me to frame him for colluding with the border army. Those letters he exchanged with the border army generals are real. I didn't make them up. I just added a few more letters to them." Cui Ang laughed ferociously. He added in

Those few letters were the ones that were really fatal. Although the words were cryptic, anyone who read those letters would undoubtedly think that King Jing really wanted to do something.

"This time, I have formed a deadly feud with King Jing!" Cui Jin fell down on the chair, looked at Cui Ang and said, "Sir, even so, the officials will not kill King Jing."

"So what? A prince who is accused of treason, what threat does he have to me?" Cui Ang said. "Are you disapproving in your heart and feel that there is no need to do this as a father?"

Cui Jin lowered his head and remained silent.

"I knew you would think so!" Cui Ang snorted coldly: "If one of you and your brother is more ambitious, can be admitted to the Jinshi, and has a decent background, why should I do this? This time?

If you fail, the great thing is to resign and go home. The country has fought against the Liao people one after another. How many people have been defeated? But you two brothers are not living up to expectations! If I fall down, I am afraid that I will die immediately.

Someone added insult to injury and knocked you two brothers into the dust. Without me, and you don’t have a decent background, what will the Cui family do in the future? Let me tell you, without the support of power, our Cui family will fall, or just

It will take ten to twenty years or even less. What's more, now someone has given me the disgusting task of negotiating with the Liao people."

"It would be a great achievement if we could negotiate with the Liao people," Cui Jin said.

Cui Ang laughed: "You are so naive! Haven't you seen Xia Jie's plan clearly now? Gather all the troops around Daming Mansion and fight Yelujun. As long as Daming Mansion can be defended, he will definitely

Negotiation, but this time the negotiation will inevitably be an alliance under the city. Whoever goes to negotiate and whoever signs the alliance letter will definitely bear this infamy and be reviled by the world!"

Cui Jin was shocked: "Sir, now we can resign and return home instead of being the special envoys for negotiation."

Cui Ang smiled bitterly: "Now that your father is the voice of justice, how can you resign if you want to atone for your sins? Resigning at this time will only make the officials more disgusted, and you won't even get an evaluation of your courage to do the job, so even so

, I want to talk too."

Cui Jin's eyes immediately turned red.

"This is why I want to overthrow King Jing!" Cui Ang said: "We can't count on the current official, I made him lose face. So I have to please the next official!

Do you think King Jing can tolerate me? He can't tolerate me. So I want to overthrow him and support King Chu. King Chu has always wanted to overthrow King Jing, but he has nowhere to say it, and he doesn't want to tell the truth.

, this time I put the knife into his hands. After he takes the knife, he will accept my favor. Even if he doesn't sell it to me, he will sell it to you or your brother in the future.

Erlang, do you understand what I mean now?"

"I understand!" Cui Jin nodded.

"This time, I will ask for the task of escorting the Xin'an Army and other rebellious officers of the Fourth Army for you." Cui Ang said with a smile: "Tonight, there will be a welcome banquet for Zhang Chao, and I am also invited. Yes.

With this mission, you can take the opportunity to return to Beijing to avoid the subsequent war and avoid post-war negotiations with the Liao people. This infamy will not affect you. And after you return to Beijing, you want to

Find a way to meet the King of Chu."

"Xia Jie will leave this matter to me?" Cui Jin was a little doubtful.

"He would love it!" Cui Ang sneered: "He relies on his status and is unwilling to get involved in this matter, let alone show his kindness to a certain prince now, and in his opinion, this matter is also a hot one.

"Potato, I stepped in to take over, but he couldn't be happier! His arsenic is my honey!"

"Sir, will we win?" Cui Jin was very worried. Originally, his father had a transcendent status and did not have to get involved in such things, but now, he has to step in. Once you are contaminated by some things, you can

It won't be clean anymore.

"This is the only way out for our Cui family now." Cui Ang exhaled heavily: "If there was another way, how could I do such a thing."

Yes, such a thing!

A matter stained with the blood of countless innocent people. Once this matter is done, more people will fall into this millstone of flesh and blood.

Zhou He got into a low thatched hut. This was a slum in Daming Prefecture, and it was also where the poorest people among the hundreds of thousands of people in Daming Prefecture gathered.

Qin Min and others are hiding here.

"The heads of the general, commander and others have been removed. I inquired about them and they said they were returned to their families so that they could be buried with their whole bodies," Zhou He said.
To be continued...