Of course, although Zhan Wewei has an upright nature, he is an old man who has followed Wu Ning for many years. He naturally knows about the practice of human relations.
Therefore, in fact, he still had some things that he did not say to the prince.
It's not that I don't want to say it, or that I can't say it, it's just that it's better for the prince to hear those words in person rather than convey them himself.
This is the way to go.
Wu Ningyuan walked to the door of the hall with his hands behind his back, opened the door, and looked at the early winter scene in the sunny garden.
I saw that the lush bamboo forest in the past was now covered with fallen leaves. Only the tall and straight bamboos stood in the cold wind.
Wu Ningyuan stroked his beard and said in a gentle tone to Zhan Xiong beside him: "Have the chrysanthemums in Qixia Temple withered?"
Zhan Xiong was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the prince meant by his words. He glanced at Wu Ningyuan suspiciously, but still clasped his fists and replied: "Not yet. These days are the season when autumn chrysanthemums are blooming, and the fragrance of flowers is everywhere in Qixia Temple.
It’s overflowing with tourists!”
Wu Ningyuan stroked his beard, nodded and smiled. He raised his hand, gently pulled the folds of his gown, and said to Er Zhanxiong beside him: "In that case, I will go to Qixia Temple tomorrow.
Let’s go and enjoy this rare scenery in early winter!”
"But, Your Majesty, Mr. An has just sent someone to deliver a greeting card, saying that he will come to visit you in person tomorrow!" Zhan Xiong took out the greeting card with gold characters from his arms and said to Wu Ning with a wry smile.
Wu Ningyuan just glanced lightly, and then withdrew his gaze.
"Tell him that I am not free and let him come back the day after tomorrow!" Wu Ningyuan raised his steps, crossed the threshold, and walked towards the small pavilion in the bamboo forest at a fast pace. He put his hands behind his back and threw it lazily.
I said this sentence.
Guard Zhan stood at the door, looking at the upright figure of the prince among the falling leaves, and the momentum of moving forward with his feet raised. He was stunned for a short time, but then a happy smile appeared on his face.
He casually threw the golden greeting card aside, raised his feet and walked towards the pavilion.
Thinking of the prince's disdainful expression on the gold-lettered greeting card just now, Zhan Wei thought of the time when he followed the prince in the southern and northern wars. The prince seemed to have an attitude towards overseeing the army in the army.
Hehe, it seems that the God of War of Zhou Dynasty who looked down upon the world back then is back!
Outside Jiangning City, flags were flying.
Officials of Jiangning City, big and small, dressed in bright official uniforms, stood in the cold wind, looking up at the official road in the distance.
The cold wind blew by, and these officials who had been standing in the wind for a long time couldn't help but shiver.
The wind carried dust and dead leaves and fell on these officials. Before the sun rose, these officials were already waiting here. At this time, almost three hours had passed. The bodies of these people
, has long lost its original brightness. The expensive silk and satin official uniforms are also covered with dust, looking like a group of people fleeing for food.
"Master Hong, when will the imperial envoy come?" A magistrate from Jiangning County raised his sleeve, wiped away a line of snot from his nose, sniffed, and asked in a low voice.
"How do I know?" Hong Quan was also very cold. He had no choice but to do so. He was the governor of Jiangning. No matter how cold he was, he still had to make a gesture in front of his subordinates.
At this time, when he heard this guy asking, Hong Quan, who had been stretching his fat to prevent the cold wind from entering, couldn't help but relax a little. His whole body was chilled, he shivered, and he turned around and said to him angrily.
"I said, Mr. Li, could you please stop wiping your nose with your official uniform!" Seeing that this guy's sleeves were already hard, Hong Quan, who had endured it for a long time, finally couldn't hold it in and scolded him angrily.
One sound.
"The lower official knows, the lower official knows! Hehe!" The magistrate, who was called Mr. Li, raised his sleeves and wiped his mouth, replying with a sarcastic smile.
"Hey, look, the imperial envoy team is here?" Just as Hong Quan and Mr. Li were talking, an official behind him suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed to the official road ahead, and exclaimed.
When the officials heard the sound, they hurriedly stood on tiptoes and looked forward.
Sure enough, in the whistling cold wind, a mighty imperial envoy team, with flags fluttering, appeared in their eyes.
"Damn, what a coincidence!" Hong Quan raised his sleeves, wiped the cold snot from his nose, and secretly slandered in his heart.
On the side, Mr. Li, the county magistrate, couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he saw Mr. Fu Yin acting like this.
"Comrades, take good care of yourselves and prepare to welcome the imperial envoy!" Hong Quan stretched out his hand, swept away a layer of dust from his body, turned around, and shouted at the dirty-faced officials behind him.
.
As a result, many officials waved their sleeves and patted the dust off their bodies.
Suddenly, dozens of officials beat up dust, noisily rising up, and the smoke filled the air, as if a sandstorm was coming.
The Imperial Envoy Brigade moved forward slowly. Next to the carriage An Peng was riding in, three hundred thousand cattle guards held the hilts of waist knives and accompanied them with stern eyes. On the periphery, there were thousands of sergeants, guarding the surroundings.
In front of the team, a team of hundreds of people carried black flags. In the fierce cold wind, the fluttering flags whistled in the wind. On the flags, a square character "zhou" stood out.
"Sir, Jiangning's officials are already waiting in front to greet you!" An old man wearing a luxurious silk gown was stunned for a year when he saw the billowing sand and dust in front of him. He thought there were thousands of troops and horses practicing military formations in front of him.
However, when he saw the Jiangning officials looming in the dust, he stopped laughing. He walked to An Peng's carriage and whispered to An Peng.
The carriage is very spacious. In the copper stove decorated with gold paint, incense is lingering. The spacious interior of the carriage is filled with incense.
An Peng sat by the stove and stretched out his hand to warm himself up. After hearing the butler's voice outside, he took back his hand, raised his head, and looked at Yu Shi Lu Zhi, who had been sitting opposite with a dead face, and pulled
Looking at the wrinkles on the official palace, he smiled and said to Lu Yushi: "Master Lu, Jiangning has arrived!"
"Well, I know!" Lu Yushi replied calmly, as if he didn't take An Peng seriously at all.
Seeing Lu Yushi's attitude, An Peng was surprisingly lifeless.
However, in the court, no one with a little common sense would be as knowledgeable as this Lu Yushi.
This man is a mad dog who bites anyone he sees. Even the current emperor, the Emperor of Zhou, was contradicted by him several times.
This person took Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty as an example and determined to be a direct minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, compared to Wei Zheng, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, he had nothing but appearances.
Although Wei Zheng was outspoken and dared to remonstrate, he was quite politically savvy. He did not favor any party, but in fact he was extremely loyal to Emperor Taizong. Therefore, although Wei Zheng contradicted Emperor Taizong several times, he knew very well that
Emperor Taizong, who had Wei Zheng's character, still placed him in high regard.
However, Lu Yushi was different. This person seemed to have no brains and a serious lack of political wisdom. He dared to talk nonsense. The emperor favored several concubines in one night, and this person would appear stupid in the court meeting the next day.
He advised the emperor not to be like this. He said that it was only the foolish emperors in ancient times who were dissolute and extravagant.
Although the emperor hated Lu Yushi very much and wanted to have him executed in Lingchi. However, the current Zhou court had no choice but to have such a mad dog to disrupt the situation.
Therefore, the emperor still kept him.
Although this person cannot play a big role, it is still very useful to use it to beat those unruly officials.
It will neither make the other party too sensitive nor make those officials slack off too much.
And those officials who were yelled at by Lu Zhi, after several rounds, also knew that this person was brainless and would not be as familiar with him.
This time, the emperor specially sent Lu Yushi and An Peng to Jiangnan together. He wanted this mad dog to supervise An Peng's execution of Fan Zeng, and by the way, he would beat up the officials in Jiangning, especially the damned one who had been playing tricks for many times.
Fatty Hong.
However, An Peng's mind was as bright as a mirror regarding the emperor's plans.
The emperor must have known that this Lu Yushi was no match for him, but he still insisted on doing so. The reason behind this can be understood if you think about it. On the surface, it was supervision and encouragement. In fact, secretly he was testing himself.
I will send a fool to follow you to see if An Peng is willing to disobey the order, or if he will obey the order obediently.
However, for An Peng, Fan Zeng is of no importance. Killing him will ensure the delicate balance between the An family and Dazhou, and this account will be worthwhile no matter how you calculate it.
However, despite the control of Lu Yushi, An Peng just took advantage of his temper to do something else.
For example, just yesterday, a group of them changed their route and arrived at the place where the bandit suppression operation took place a few days ago. An Peng deliberately and accidentally told Lu Yushi that Wu Ningyuan secretly mobilized troops and that Hong Quan and Wu Ningyuan were in cahoots.
.
When Lu Yushi learned about this, he became furious.
At that time, this guy was so angry that he was shaking all over. In front of many officials, he yelled at Wu Ningyuan for ruining the reputation of the royal family and taking the lead in violating the court laws. He also insulted Fatty Hong, a fat man and a corrupt official. Moreover, he threatened on the spot that he would kill these two when he arrived in Jiangning.
Good-looking people.
Therefore, along the way from the bank of the Yangtze River to Jiangning, Yushi Lu's face was ashen and his fists were clenched tightly, as if he was suppressing great anger.
An Peng raised his head and glanced at Lu Yushi, who was holding back his anger and smiled sinisterly.
Oh, sometimes a mad dog is useful!
The team stopped, and the creaking carriage stopped. The curtains of the carriage were opened by the guards. The team in front moved to both sides, revealing a group of dingy Jiangning officials under the city gate in front.
"Welcome to the imperial envoys!" After Hong Quan saw An Peng walking down the carriage, he hurriedly led many subordinates behind him, clasped his fists and bent down, saluted the two imperial envoys and sang.
He raised his head and took a look, and suddenly found that there was another person behind An Peng. This person was wearing a shabby official robe, and his face was ashen, as if his biological father had died.
At this time, this man was wearing a tattered official robe and was staring at him angrily.
Hey, is he a censor? Hong Quan took a closer look at the official uniform on this person and barely recognized the pattern on it. He was suspicious in his heart. He has lived in Jiangnan for decades. Although he has some understanding of things in Tokyo, he is not comprehensive after all.
For example, Lu Zhi, who only emerged a few years ago and took up the post of censor.
"Hong Quan, do you know your guilt?" After Lu Yushi jumped out of the carriage, regardless of the imperial envoy's demeanor, he threw off his sleeves, strode up to Hong Quan, pointed at Hong Quan's nose, his beard was trembling with anger,
He scolded sternly.
Hong Quan was bending down and lowering his head, waiting for An Peng's reply. However, he never thought that the green-faced censor jumped in front of him, pointed at him and shouted inexplicably.
Looking at the fingers close in front of him, Hong Quan was confused for a while.