In Beijing, drizzle has been falling all day long, and the whole capital is humid. The air smells of rain and earth. The weather that was already hot has become cool and pleasant under the drizzle. .
When entering the study room of a large house shaded by trees in Taipusi Hutong, Yongfang, the inner city, Yang Tinghe, wearing a raincoat and bamboo hat, stood in the yard with his sleeves rolled up, pruning a flower tree with a pair of scissors.
But I saw his scissors making a clicking sound, and branches full of flowers and leaves fell one after another. After a while, the originally lush branches were cut bare, leaving only one main pole and a few supporting poles. It looked quite weird.
Yang Tinghe stared at the bare branches for a long time with his mouth bulging. As if he was still not satisfied, he extended the scissors to the few thick branches. At this time, he heard someone sighing at the door of the small courtyard of the study.
Yang Tinghe turned around and saw Fei Hong, a bachelor, standing at the gate of the courtyard holding an umbrella and looking at him.
"Zichong? Why are you here? When did you come? Why didn't anyone report it? Damn it, are they lazy and sleeping again?" Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice.
Fei Hong waved his hand, walked slowly over, awkwardly held the handle of the umbrella and said: "Master Chief Assistant, please don't blame them, I want them not to say anything. I said that if I have anything to do, please speak to Master Chief Minister alone, and let you take charge of things in the house." Retreat. If you want to blame, blame me, I came uninvited."
Yang Tinghe nodded, stretched out the scissors in his hand to the branches again, and said calmly: "Are you coming to my house at this time? Aren't you afraid of being seen? In my current situation, if you come, won't you be causing trouble?"
Fei Hong walked up to Yang Tinghe and said softly: "Why does Mr. Chief Assistant say such things? Can I stay out of the current situation? If you, Yang Chief Assistant, are in trouble, can I, Fei Hong, get away? You and I are on the same rope now. of grasshoppers.”
Yang Tinghe sneered and said: "It seems that you understand very well. I thought you thought you could get away with it. The emperor has been in a cold mood recently and refused to see me. At this time, I have to stay home sick. As the chief minister, I , I'm afraid it won't last long. Now I'm like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. When will our wise and mighty Emperor issue an imperial edict, I, Yang Tinghe, will be responsible for the Battle of Hetao, and I will be stripped of my position and imprisoned. He's dead. Haha, now I can only live one day, just count it as one day. I can eat well and drink well while waiting to die."
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Fei Hong frowned and said: "Why are you so discouraged, Chief Assistant? Didn't you explain it clearly to the emperor last time? What happened in the Hetao was caused by Bao Guogong and Yang Yiqing underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly. Didn't the Emperor also agree with it? Chief Assistant Sir, I feel that you don’t have to do this. By complaining about illness, you will give others excuses.”
Yang Tinghe looked at Fei Hong, shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Zichong, I'm afraid you don't know yet. Duke Baoguo was killed in battle, and Yang Yiqing was rescued alive by the British Duke and others with 40,000 soldiers and horses. Yang Yiqing was already there. On the way to the capital. What do you think he will say when he meets the emperor in the capital? Yang Yiqing is completely disappointed now. He wants to tell the truth and tell the emperor that we asked him to raise the issue of the Hetao battle. He refuses to bear this crime. Do you understand?"
Fei Hong was shocked: "Seriously? How do you know it in such detail?"
Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice: "Didn't Hu Zuguang go on an expedition with Zhang Yanling and Zhang Lun? He met Yang Yiqing at Piantou Pass. Hu Zuguang made an excuse to drink with Yang Yiqing. After Yang Yiqing got drunk, Hu Zuguang tricked him into saying these things. The Legend of Hu Zuguang's Flying Pigeon
Shujingcheng informed me."
Fei Hong was speechless and speechless. After a while, he said: "Then... what should we do? Yang Yiqing... he... how could he come out alive?"
Yang Tinghe snorted and said: "How do I know? I thought that he and Zhu Hui would die in the hands of the Tatars. Who knew that he actually escaped. Zhu Hui, on the other hand, died simply. His body was also carried out.
, being sent to the capital."
Fei Hong thought for a while and whispered: "We can't let Yang Yiqing come to the capital to see the emperor. As soon as he comes, his secret will be revealed. Yang Yiqing knows that we have slandered him, and he must inform the emperor of everything. By then, we can
There is no chance of recovery. He cannot be allowed to come to the capital. Absolutely not."
Yang Tinghe looked at Fei Hong and said nothing. Fei Hong gritted his teeth and said: "I will ask someone to handle this matter. Sir, you don't have to worry about it. In short, Yang Yiqing can't come to the capital. He was incompetent in leading the army and returned in defeat. He should be ashamed and die."
He is dead. How can he still have the honor to live? He should have thrown himself into the Yellow River."
Yang Tinghe nodded slowly, understanding what Fei Hong meant.
"Actually, the biggest problem is not Yang Yiqing, Zichong, do you understand? The most Yang Yiqing said was that we asked him to propose the plan to attack the Loop. But there is no problem with the plan itself. Yang Yiqing himself agreed. He blamed us.
I can’t push it cleanly. Your Majesty
I also agreed to this plan. This is at most a failed plan, not a crime. The emperor also understands this, otherwise do you think he would let us go so easily? We pass the responsibility to Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui
, do you think the emperor doesn’t know this?”
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Fei Hong took a long breath and said softly: "What the Chief Assistant means is that the Emperor actually understands in his heart, but if he blames us heavily, he himself will not be able to get away with it. The Emperor has already issued an edict to blame himself, and what he is most afraid of now is
Yes, he made a big mistake again. So he is pretending to be confused."
Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "Exactly."
"Then why is Mr. Chief Assistant so pessimistic?" Fei Hong asked.
Yang Tinghe glanced at Fei Hong, smiled and said, "Zichong, do you think you can hide all this from Zhang Yanling?"
Fei Hong was stunned.
"Zhang Yanling is smarter than a ghost, nothing can escape his eyes. He knows everything here. This person is the biggest hidden danger. You will definitely ask why he didn't attack us after seeing it clearly, right?
That day in the palace, he directly rejected the emperor's request for him to lead the army on the expedition. This was to tell the emperor that he knew everything and that he was not satisfied with the emperor's ambiguous attitude towards us. He was knocking the emperor, do you understand?
"
"What do you mean, Lord Chief Assistant, by threatening the emperor to punish us severely in exchange for leading the army on an expedition? When he returns in triumph, the emperor will punish us, right?" Fei Hong said in a trembling voice.
"Yes, but not entirely. He does threaten to lead the army, but the threat is definitely not what to do with us. He wants more. Can't you see that he is already disappointed with the emperor? He, like us, has already
I can't stand the emperor's renegade and can't stand the emperor's nonsense. He will definitely make big moves. But we don't know it at the moment." Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice.
Fei Hong frowned and said: "Since it has nothing to do with us, we don't have to worry too much. Does he still dare to rebel? What we need to consider now is how to get through this. Even if Zhang Yanling has seen everything clearly, he knows that the emperor is pretending
Confused, he didn't take action either. Why should we worry?"
Yang Tinghe sighed and looked at Fei Hong as if he was looking at a fool.
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"Master Fei, do you really not understand, or are you just pretending to be confused? Zhang Yanling doesn't take us seriously at all. Our life and death are already in his hands. Do you understand? Let me ask you, why did he let Datong go?"
Commander-in-Chief Hu Zuguang went on the expedition with him? Who is Hu Zuguang? He wanted military exploits but not military exploits, and reputation but not reputation. Why did Zhang Yanling ask him to go on the expedition by name? Tell me."
Fei Hong frowned and thought hard, and suddenly his body trembled, with a look of horror in his eyes.
"You mean... you mean... that thing... he knows? He knows about Hu Zuguang and us...?"
Yang Tinghe nodded slightly but said nothing.
The two of them stood quietly in the rain, and raindrops fell on the umbrellas, bamboo hats, and roof tiles. The sound of the rain was very gentle. If the sound of falling rain was normal, it might be so beautiful that it could write several songs of lingering sorrow.
A little poem. But at this moment, in Fei Hong's ears, it was like the sound of heavy drums and gold.
Hu Zuguang intercepted the message sent by Qiu Yue, the deputy commander of Ningxia Town, who was asking for help, and killed Qiu Yue and his personal followers. If Hu Zuguang found out about this matter, wouldn't it mean that he wanted to confiscate his family and exterminate his family?
Zhang Yanling had no contact with Hu Zuguang, and suddenly he named Hu Zuguang to lead the army in the northern expedition. What was the reason? Is it just a coincidence?
With Zhang Yanling's shrewdness and means, could he casually select generals to go on an expedition?
After Hu Zuguang followed Hu Zuguang on the expedition, he was completely in the hands of Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling was full of tricks. Hu Zuguang was greedy for life and afraid of death. If Zhang Yanling knew about some trouble and forced him to do so, how could he grit his teeth and say nothing?
Sweat broke out on Fei Hong's forehead, his body felt weak, his throat was dry, and he could not speak.
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Only now did he understand why Yang Tinghe was so pessimistic. It was because Hu Zuguang fell into Zhang Yanling's hands. He was afraid that something big was going to happen.
"First Assistant... Sir, what should we... do now?" Fei Hong's body was shaking like a leaf in the wind and rain.
Yang Tinghe said nothing, and he began to prune the bare flower branches in front of him. Fei Hong looked at the leaves on the ground, and he recognized that this was Yang Tinghe's favorite spring begonia tree. It was a famous tree that Yang Tinghe watered and fertilized himself.
The one that he once showed off in front of him.
"Master Chief Assistant... this crabapple tree... why did you cut it like this? There is nothing left." Fei Hong asked blankly.
Yang Tinghe cut off a branch as thick as his thumb and said coldly: "Because it doesn't grow to my satisfaction, so I simply cut it all off. Maybe in this way, it will grow into what I want to see."
Fei Hong frowned and looked at Yang Tinghe, who was also turning to look at him. Fei Hong saw the light in Yang Tinghe's eyes and was so frightened that he let go of his hands and his umbrella fell to the ground.
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Chongbeifang, Protector's Mansion.
In the corridor of the main room of the back house, Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo and his young master Zhu Lin stood on the corridor and paced anxiously. Xu Wanyi's loud shouting and the chatter of a group of midwives came from the house.
Suddenly, a clear cry of a baby echoed through the courtyard. Xu Yande shouted in surprise: "My sister has given birth, my sister has given birth."
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Xu Guangzuo breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to the sky twice, and then turned his head to look into the house.
A midwife came out of the room, smiled and saluted, and said: "Congratulations to Duke Dingguo, the little prince. The princess has given birth to a little princess. The slaves are asking for rewards."
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