Chapter 159: Heaven and Earth are not benevolent, treat all things as cud dogs
In a daze, Xiao Yuanche slowly opened his eyes.
He seemed to feel that there was someone in front of him, but he felt that he was too exhausted and closed his eyes again.
After a long time, Xiao Yuanche slowly opened his eyes again.
After calming down, he finally saw the two people in front of him clearly.
"Su Ling...girl Jingshu..." he called in a low voice.
Xiao Jingshu cried loudly, and Su Ling's eyes turned red.
Xiao Yuanche slowly stretched out his hand, patted Xiao Jingshu's shoulder, and said softly: "Girl Jingshu, don't cry, your father is fine..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice: "Husband, what do you think? Does your head still hurt?"
As soon as the figure flashed, Mrs. Ding quickly came to Xiao Yuanche's bed, held his hand, and looked at him with concern.
Xiao Yuanche then smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't hurt anymore, and I feel much more relaxed than before. Madam, you took the trouble."
Mrs. Ding then smiled softly and said: "What are you talking about, husband? We husband and wife are one and the same. If you want to thank me, you still have to thank Su Ling. It was he who used Shen Nong's seven needles to revive my husband."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and whispered towards Su Ling: "Su Ling, you have worked hard too..."
Su Ling smiled slightly and said, "As long as Sikong is fine, my hard work will be worth it."
"Help me sit up..." Xiao Yuanche said softly.
Mrs. Ding was still a little worried and asked Su Ling, "Can I move now?"
Su Ling nodded and said: "These small actions are okay, just don't get angry or do any strenuous activities."
Xiao Jingshu and Mrs. Ding helped Xiao Yuanche sit down.
Xiao Yuanche then said again: "Madam, you have worked so hard and I can't bear it. Now I have nothing to do. Let Jingshu accompany you back to the other courtyard. There are so many people here..."
Mrs. Ding knew that Xiao Yuanche still had things to deal with and it would be inconvenient for her to stay here. She nodded and said to Xiao Jingshu: "Girl Jingshu, let's go back. Su Caopu and the others are here to accompany them."
, your father will be fine."
Xiao Jingshu nodded, stood up slowly, and followed Mrs. Ding towards the outside. However, after taking a few steps, Xiao Jingshu suddenly came back, smiled softly at Su Ling and said, "Su Ling,
Can you go to the Long Huang Poetry Festival on the first day of spring?"
Su Ling scratched her head in embarrassment and glanced at Madam Ding first, only to see Madam Ding looking at them with a smile on her face.
He looked back at Xiao Yuanche on the couch and saw that Xiao Yuanche's expression was neither happy nor angry, but always a little unnatural and weird.
Su Ling scratched his head in embarrassment, Fang nodded and said, "I wasn't going, but Sikong asked me to go, so I'll go and see the excitement..."
Xiao Jingshu was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "It's agreed, you must go that day, there will be a surprise..."
Su Ling asked in confusion: "Surprise? What's the surprise in memorizing poems..."
Xiao Jingshu did not reply to him, but followed Mrs. Ding and ran away with a smile.
After the two of them left, Xiao Yuanche glanced at Su Ling with a deep look and said, "Su Ling, you already knew it when you diagnosed the pulse."
Su Ling's heart tightened and she said in a deep voice: "Yes, there is a chronic poison in Sikong's body. Although this poison is not fatal, it will cause you to have more frequent headaches and you will have to rely on this poison. Over time...
.”
Su Ling stopped talking and sighed.
Xiao Yuanche smiled faintly and said, "Then do you know what poison is in my body?"
Su Ling did not hide anything and said truthfully: "I know that among the pills prepared by Immortal Master Chengtian Guanyuji, there is a medicinal material called ginkgo..."
Xiao Yuanche looked at him thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled and said: "Su Ling, it seems that you went to Chengtian Temple and got the pill...it seems that you know things far away."
There are more than I thought."
Su Ling nodded and said, "I thought Sikong didn't know that the pill was poisonous, so I just thought it was..."
Xiao Yuanche remained calm and said in a deep voice: "Go on..."
"Just think of it as a token of filial piety given to you by the second young master, Xiao Jianshu..."
After Su Ling finished speaking, he lowered his head and stopped talking.
Xiao Yuanche smiled calmly for a long time, then waved his hand and said: "Su Ling, you really thought wrong this time... I asked Jian Shu to ask for these pills.
I also know that there is poison in it...it wasn't Jianshu's idea..."
"What?..." Su Ling was shocked, suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiao Yuanche and said anxiously: "Since Sikong knows, why do you still..."
"Is drinking poison to quench thirst?" Xiao Yuanche looked at Su Ling and said with a faint smile.
Su Ling lowered his head and whispered: "Yes..."
"Su Ling, people say that I, Xiao Yuanche, dominate the Jin Dynasty, but is this really true? There are Qingliu and royalists in the court who want to fight with me, and there are various warlords and princes in the local area who are eyeing Xiao Yuanche.
You can't fall down, once you fall down, you will lose everything!" Xiao Yuanche said in a low voice.
He shook Su Ling's hand and said word by word: "Right now, the war in the north is about to break out. The eyes of everyone in the world are on my Sikong Mansion, Xiao Yuanche. At this moment, I can't even fall down. That pill
Although the pill is poisonous, nothing major will happen in three to five years. As long as it can help me survive a big battle with the north, we will talk about it then... Besides, Su Ling, I have no choice...
....”
Su Ling sighed and was silent.
"Su Ling, I know you are very perceptive, and you also understand that whether it was the water transportation, the interception of Shadow Secretary Tan Jing, or even the fire in Jizhen Lane, it was all under the instruction of me, Xiao Yuanche, right...
..." Xiao Yuanche said still calmly.
But when Su Ling heard it, he was shocked.
He didn't expect that Xiao Yuanche would reveal everything he was thinking without hiding anything.
Su Ling thought to himself, that's all, it's just a death. He has said so. If he denies it again, he will be too spineless.
Su Ling nodded and said: "Yes, I do suspect that it was Sikong who ordered it... There was such a big movement from the Shadow Division, but Sikong didn't go, and the two deputies from the Water Transport Division were not arrested, but they were sent to the army...
..I think they have gone to the underworld to join the army at this time... And just when the boy here said that he wanted to thoroughly investigate Tan Jing's house, there was a fire there. What a coincidence...
.After much thought, there is only one possibility. This is your handiwork, Sikong."
Xiao Yuanche was not angry, but looked at Su Ling with great admiration and said: "When I decided on these things, I knew that you would know the inside story sooner or later. Now it seems, Su Ling, you really did not disappoint me.
!”
Su Ling's expression suddenly turned cold, and he slowly stood up and asked word for word: "It's just that Su Ling doesn't understand why Sikong did this."
Xiao Yuanche pointed at him and said: "You have become cautious after knowing that I am Sikong. You should ask directly like this. If there is anything else, just ask. I am not going to hide it from you today."
Su Ling nodded, without a hint of cowardice in his eyes: "First of all, Tan Jing is the only insider of the cave, the secret passages, and the tea leaves mixed into gunpowder. I have been worried about the large amount of gunpowder appearing in Longtai. Sikong also knows about it, so why bother?"
Send people from the Purple Clothes Sect to kill dozens of masters from the Shadow Division, and even kill Tan Jing to silence him. In this way, the matter of gunpowder, caves and secret passages will no longer be investigated."
Xiao Yuanche's eyes were slightly narrowed, as if he was falling asleep, and he seemed to be listening attentively, with a calm expression on his face.
Su Ling added: "Secondly, since Tan Jing is dead, why didn't he arrest the two deputy commanders immediately? Instead, he marched the troops out of Longtai and committed murders on the road. In this way, there would be no clues about the gunpowder matter.
.”
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said, "Is there anything else?"
Su Ling nodded, neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Thirdly, since Tan Jing is dead, why bother their family and burn down his house? If his family is dead, forget it. Even sitting has been around since ancient times.
It can be regarded as a reason, but why did Jizhen Lane burn down? How can the more than 300 souls who were burned to death get justice..."
After Su Ling said this, he slowly raised his hands towards Xiao Yuanche and said, "I'm sorry for your foolishness and offense, but please give me some advice from Sikong."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "That's all, let me answer first why you wanted to kill Tan Jing at all costs, even risking the lives of dozens of Shadow Division people, and why you didn't let the deputy director of the Water Transport Department go.
.”
Xiao Yuanche paused and then said: "Su Ling, do you know what is needed most to strengthen a force? Good soldiers and good generals, or many counselors? In fact, it is neither, but money. If there is no money to support the army, generals
, counselor, Xiao Yuanche cannot possibly have the strength he has today."
Su Ling nodded and said, "This kid knows a lot about chopping hands."
Xiao Yuanche smiled and said: "Now that you understand, it will be easy to handle. Now that the Jin Dynasty is in decline, my generals, officials and ministers are said to be officials of the Jin Dynasty. They receive the salary of the Jin Dynasty. In fact, none of the expenses are from our Sikong Mansion.
You have to pay for yourself and support your own people? Money is used to raise generals, money is used to support counselors, and money is used to build ordnance, but there is no need for money? Where do these expenses come from?"
Su Ling shook his head and said, "Su Ling doesn't know."
Xiao Yuanche laughed and said: "You are not a superior, so of course you don't know these things. I, Xiao Yuanche, have been enduring all kinds of provocations from Shen Jizhou and Xu from the north for many years. Why? Instead of gathering money, I also recuperate and strengthen my troops.
When will we have a showdown with him? Fighting requires money..."
Su Ling suddenly understood and said, "So all the money exploited from the entire water transport in Dajin goes to the Sikong Mansion, and the Sikong Mansion will be used as the financial resources for various developments, right?"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he nodded calmly and said, "That's right, Su Ling, you can tell the truth in just one step."
"How much water transportation is there?..." Su Ling asked a little puzzled.
"How much? Since ancient times, water transportation has been a waste of money! It can be said that if I, Xiao Yuanche, had not had the income from water transportation, I would not have been able to develop to where I am now if I had been given another five years." Xiao Yuanche said.
Twisting his long beard.
Su Ling then sighed and said, "I understand. Tan Jing and the two deputy envoys were exposed because I investigated the water transportation matter, so none of them, nor their families, can survive." ....”
Xiao Yuanche nodded and did not deny it: "From the day the three of them became the commanders of the Water Transport Department, they were destined to die..."
Xiao Yuanche sighed again and said: "Su Ling, the Xiao family can't be in chaos, and nothing can happen. If someone with ulterior motives finds out about this matter, such as Shen Jizhou, he can take advantage of it and attack me under the banner of Qingjun. , then I, Xiao Yuanche, will have an edict from the emperor, and I am afraid that I will not be able to justify myself. The situation will be reversed, and I will have no choice but to wait for death. Therefore, Tan Jing, the others, and their families cannot stay in this world."
When Su Ling heard this, she felt extremely depressed.
The game played by the superior is betting on the lives of ordinary people...
Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs.
Su Ling finally understood some of the truth in this sentence.
When Xiao Yuanche saw that Su Ling was silent, he shook his head and said, "Su Ling, do you think I treat ordinary people's lives too much?"
Su Ling said expressionlessly: "Su Ling, I don't dare..."
Xiao Yuanche smiled and said: "Su Ling, for the sake of overall stability, I will not hesitate to taste poison. How can I waste all my efforts on this matter? So if they die, the overall situation can be stable... Besides, I am still thinking about Tan." In order to serve me for many years, I gave his son Tan Baimen a great favor, sparing him from death and becoming a member of my Xiao family's imperial guard. This is worthy of his Tan family... ..”
When Su Ling heard this, he suddenly said in a cold voice: "You kill someone, and then the son of the person who was killed continues to work for his life. Sikong, do you call this grace?"
Xiao Yuanche raised his eyebrows and said word by word: "Isn't it? At the very least, if you become a guard, you will always have enough food and clothing. It will be better than being helpless in the world and dying of cold and hunger. ...This is not grace, what is it..."
Su Ling lowered his head again, his heart full of disappointment and stopped talking.
Xiao Yuanche didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "Su Ling, I know you are a rare child. Maybe you can't figure it out for a moment, but being able to survive in troubled times is the greatest gift to him, isn't it? ....."
Xiao Yuanche waved his hand and said: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I think you will figure it out slowly. I will answer your second question again. As for the gunpowder matter, you should not investigate anymore..."
When Su Ling heard this, he was stunned and said: "Why? Sikong Kezhi knows that the amount of gunpowder is..."
Xiao Yuanche waved his hand and said decisively: "Su Ling, sometimes it's not a good thing to get to the bottom of something, you know? I've said before, don't investigate the matter of gunpowder and secret passages anymore. Do you understand?"
Su Ling was stubborn in his heart. He felt that Xiao Yuanche's attitude was really weird. He secretly made up his mind to find out clearly.
According to Xiao Yuanche's nature, if he uses this countless gunpowder in Longtai City, then the people who will suffer...
Therefore, this matter needs to be investigated, and it must be investigated carefully.
Su Ling made up his mind, but said: "Young man is a measured person. Since Sikong won't let me investigate, I won't investigate anymore, and I will be at ease."
Xiao Yuanche nodded with satisfaction, smiled lightly and said: "That's right... As for the last question, why did the entire Jizhen Lane burn down? If I say, it was an accident...
..”
Xiao Yuanche suddenly raised his head, looked at Su Ling with burning eyes and said: "Su Ling, do you believe it..."
"Accident...how could this be an accident?" Su Ling looked at Xiao Yuanche in disbelief.
Only then did Xiao Yuanche let out a long sigh and shouted to the door in a deep voice: "Xiao Jianshu...get in here!"