Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Chapter 185

Su Yan ate a small bowl of porridge with vegetables and eggs, and fell asleep lying on the side of the bucket while taking a bath.

When Su Xiaojing came in to add water, he saw that he was in a deep sleep, so he asked Su Xiaobei: "Do you want to wake up your lord? If it's too late, we won't be able to make it to the morning."

Xiaobei said: "I'm so dizzy, I vomited all the way back, why is it so early. Ask for leave!"

The two of them worked together to get Mr. Su out of the tub, wiped it clean, changed into pajamas, and stuffed it into the bed.Su Yan woke up with a start, opened his eyes and looked at the two servants, grunted a few times in relief, and fell asleep again.

Perhaps the shocking brain also wanted to get a better rest. This sleep lasted for a full six hours. When Su Yan woke up dimly, his eyes were vacantly looking at the roof of the tent, not knowing what night it was.

He was stunned for a while, and sighed: "My ancestor, I have slept for 500 years. Unexpectedly, after waking up, the world will change drastically, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will be gone, and there will be no one who breaks the void in the cultivation world. I don't know that the Taoist sect that I created back then is now What does it look like?"

Turning over with the quilt in her arms, she sighed again: "The end is coming, and zombies are besieging the city. If you go out, you will die. You may not be able to live long if you hide at home. What is the space and spiritual spring of the ancestral jade pendant? Try the seeds?"

"—So, should I call you a real person, or a farmer?"

Su Yan was startled, and suddenly turned to look at the source of the sound, and saw a man standing in the bedroom, stroking the petals of the pot of orchids by the window.

It turned out to be Emperor Jinglong in micro-clothes.

He didn't know when he came, but he didn't notice anything, and he was seen having a convulsion when he just woke up.Su Yan was so embarrassed that he retracted his head into the bed like an ostrich.

The emperor chuckled, came over and sat on the edge of the bed, patted the raised quilt, "Come out, don't hide. When He Lin was a child, he dragged the eunuchs and maids to play the Three Kingdoms, and chased the courtiers who came to play and shouted, 'Big-eared thief, don't go away. , dare to fight this Marquis', the movements are much bigger than yours."

"The emperor also said that it was when the prince was a child." Su Yan became more embarrassed, wrapped himself up in a ball, and refused to come out.

I don't know if he was infected by his childishness, the emperor became nervous and put his hand under the bed to touch the inside of his pajamas.

The emperor seemed to have been outside for a long time, and his fingers still had the chill of February.Su Yan was so cold that he couldn't bear it, he twisted and laughed, and finally lifted the quilt and said, "Don't hide, don't hide, I just admit defeat."

He wanted to get out of bed and get dressed, but was pushed back onto the pillow by the emperor.

"Lie down, I heard that the underground tunnel exploded last night, and you were injured."

"I was a little dizzy from the shock, it's okay, it's much better after a night of sleep."

Su Yan insisted on refusing to lie down, put on his robe and insisted on getting up, but finally compromised, took the quilt and put it on his back, leaning against the head of the bed.

He explained the matter of Linhua Pavilion in detail, and finally said: "I suspect that the detonation of the gunpowder store last night and the previous incident caused by the fire in Kunning Palace were done by the same person."

The emperor nodded slightly: "You call it 'player'."

"Yes. It's all my fault that I didn't notice. I lost a hand last night." Su Yan said angrily, "The emperor went out of the palace in micro-clothes, but went to Baizhifang for an unannounced visit? I don't know what's going on?"

The emperor sighed.

At midnight last night, the palace was shaken by the sound of explosions. He received secret reports one after another. First, the imperial guards said that the underground passage of Linhua Pavilion exploded, causing the ground to collapse. Fortunately, King Yu, Shen Qi and Su Yan who were chasing the thief survived. hinder.

Then Jin Yiwei came to report, saying that the firearms depot of the Ministry of War exploded, Baizhifang was engulfed in flames, and the casualties of the people were unknown.

Later, the Ministry of War came to report that all the soldiers and horses in the five cities were out and they were putting out the fire.

The emperor urgently summoned all the cabinet ministers to discuss with the Ministers of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Households, and also appointed a patrolling censor to investigate the cause of the explosion.Therefore, the Fengtian Gate was called off this morning, and all relevant personnel rushed to the scene.

Such a large-scale explosion was unprecedented.The emperor was worried, and went to Baizhifang with his guards in micro-clothes after dawn.

However, the sky was covered by smoke and dust, the day was like darkness, the collapsed houses stretched endlessly, and there were ruins within a radius of two or three miles. There were countless dead and injured people. .

After hearing this, Su Yan felt very heavy, and said, "Isolate the flammable and explosive areas quickly, prevent serial explosions, rescue the survivors in the ruins, treat the injured, and resettle the victims."

The emperor said: "The chief officials of the three ministries have already started to do it. All the nearby temples and Taoist temples have been opened to accommodate the victims of the disaster. The soldiers and horses have also issued a temporary order for the doctors in the city to go to treat them. In addition to medicinal materials, there are also drinking water , Clothes and quilts and other materials, the Ministry of Households is also counting the needs as soon as possible, and collecting them from the national treasury, or collecting from merchants."

Su Yan was only half relieved, and reminded: "Although the weather is cold, you must also be careful of the plague. The corpses of the dead and dead animals should be cleaned up in time to avoid rotting and polluting the water and air."

"It makes sense. I will dispatch a group of soldiers from the Beijing Army later to clean up the corpses. It's just that many of the victims were completely unrecognizable, and even the entire corpse could not be found. If the identity cannot be confirmed, they can only be burned."

Su Yan nodded: "In this case, I have nothing to suggest. What I have to do now is to force out the 'player' behind the scenes as soon as possible, lest he come up with more vicious tricks - trapping all people in order to fulfill his selfish desires." Water and fire, so devoid of conscience, this person will not die for a day, and the minister will not be able to calm down for a day, and the entanglement in his heart will be hard to get rid of!"

The emperor rubbed his shoulders to comfort him, "What guesses do you have about this person's identity?"

"I don't know who he is yet, but I suspect that there are several figures and forces that are closely related to him."

"You said."

"One is the owner of the Seven Killing Battalion. Although the Hidden Sword Sect is destroyed, it is only a part on the surface, like the tail of a gecko, which can be cut off if necessary; the internal Seven Killing Battalion is the core force, and the camp owner is not dead. However, many killers are still dormant in the dark under his control, so we must guard against them.

"The Seven Killing Battalion seems to use the eight-petal blood lotus as a communication signal. But when I went down to the ground last night and saw their so-called 'Ming Tang', I always felt that something was wrong. The blood lotus pattern seems to be more than a simple contact method..."

"Mingtang?" The emperor sneered, "It seems that they are not only courageous, but also ambitious."

Su Yandao: "I believe that you can only speculate on the other party's behavior if you understand the motive. If the one who burned down the Kunning Palace and detonated the gunpowder storehouse was the owner of a killer battalion, then what is he trying to do by causing chaos in the world? That's right." Does Da Ming have a blood feud, or is he plotting against the national weapon?

"I always feel that there is something missing between his identity and his purpose. If this important gap is not filled in, it is impossible to describe the true face of the 'player'."

The emperor thought for a moment, then asked again: "You just said, 'several characters and forces', what else?"

Su Yan glanced at the emperor quietly, "I dare not say anything."

"Do you want to ask, 'I forgive you for your innocence, it's okay to speak up'? Take it."

"I still dare not say it. I am afraid of offending the emperor, so verbal promises will not count."

"..."

The emperor took out a small cylindrical private seal from his sleeve, and threw it into Su Yan's arms, "Is it finally counting the words? Seal it yourself."

The jade seal is cut from the top-grade mutton fat jade.

Su Yan's first reaction: Damn, the emperor's private seal, precious cultural relics are hard to come by, a proper family heirloom!

Another thought: Who the hell can I pass it on to?

Besides, 500 years later, the bowl I used myself is also a cultural relic, okay?But even if it's worth 800 million yuan, I can't enjoy it.

The jade was so good to the touch, he rubbed the jade seal that was three inches long and two fingers thick, and said cheekily: "The emperor gave this to the minister?"

The emperor laughed and scolded: "Let you speak with peace of mind. It's good for you, but you still want to take the sheep and take my things. This is the seal of the emperor, do you dare to use it?"

Su Yan saw that the emperor was not unhappy, so he made an inch of it: "If this is the 24th seal, such as the 'Fengtian Zhibao' or 'Emperor's Treasure', I would not dare to use it if I killed a minister. But 'Jinwei'..." He looked down at the jade seal Yin, reading these two words that are extremely high, far away and close at hand, a little bit confused, "I really can't use it?"

Emperor Jinglong suddenly realized that Su Yan was not asking for rewards, but probing.

Su Yan wanted to know, in addition to being an emperor, could he still be Zhu Jinkai, without any prefixes or taboos, Jinkai.

Not in power, but in spirituality, he is on an equal footing with him.

Emperor Jinglong was silent for a moment, and said, "You keep it."

Holding the jade seal, Su Yan looked at him with a pair of clear and deep eyes, neither refusing nor thanking him.

The emperor said: "I'm not quite... used to it, but I will gradually get used to it in the future. Anyway, take it."

Su Yan smiled: "The minister will return the gift."

"No, I have accepted the gift a long time ago."

long ago?Is there any? Su Yan tried hard to remember, but couldn't remember, so he had to give up.

He hid the private seal in the lapel of his clothes, "Then I dare to continue to say——

"The second one is the Wei family. Or, the queen mother."

The emperor clasped his fingers tightly on the hardwood beside the bed, and did not respond immediately.

As if afraid of offending Long Yan, Su Yan added: "Of course, the Empress Dowager probably doesn't know about it, but it's just objectively the current that drives the boat."

The emperor breathed slowly and deeply.

Su Yan waited with bated breath, and finally said "you continue to talk".

He gritted his teeth and decided to make a big taboo for a monarch and his ministers. If he made a wrong bet... then he could only blame himself for making a wrong judgment and overestimating his own importance and influence.What kind of consequences should he bear, he will bear it all.

"The reason why I believe that the 'player' is related to the Wei family is because the Wei family is the biggest beneficiary of the layout and conspiracy against the prince."

The emperor suddenly asked back: "Do you know what will happen to the courtiers who have been involved too deeply in the struggle for the crown in the past dynasties?"

Su Yan's face turned pale, and he subconsciously reached out to touch the jade seal in his arms, as if the hardness could provide him with faith support even through thick clothes.He whispered: "I know."

"But you still have to say...for the prince."

Su Yan bowed his head, "Not only for the prince, but also for the emperor, for the stability and long-term safety of the country and the country."

The emperor stared at him with complicated eyes, weighing, admiring, doubting, pity, bitterness...all of them, even if Su Yan looked up at this moment, it would be difficult to feel all of them.

He bowed his head and waited for a long time, but he still waited for the words "you continue to talk".

"The emperor can't help but see the hidden ambitions of the Wei family. This ambition has inflated unstoppably because of the birth of the second prince - but it is not so much 'unstoppable', it is better to say 'unstoppable'. Every time When the trouble goes too far, the emperor will beat the other party as a warning, and when the other party retreats from the pain, the emperor will not pursue the matter. In this way, the Wei family is more courageous, not only deliberately wooing nobles and civil officials, but even some of the speeches. Officials are now his mouthpiece.

"——Is the emperor not vigilant about this?

"Who will benefit from assassinating the prince?"

"Who spread the rumors that slandered the prince in the market?

"Who designed the Kunning Palace fire?

"The courtiers' dissatisfaction and accusations against the prince, who is fanning the flames?

"—Isn't the emperor really thinking about all this, or is he knowingly letting go?"

Su Yan asked each sentence sharper and more aggressively, but in fact his palms were sweaty, and his guts were so strong that he was numb.

Emperor Jinglong breathed out a long breath, and said in a low voice: "If it were any other minister, I would not let him finish these words. But you are the only one who must tell the truth if you see it clearly, and ask for an answer if you tell the truth—" —Is this answer so important?"

"Of course!" Su Yan was completely desperate, "This answer determines whether I will continue to fight with the Wei family, and the 'player', or follow the will of God, and from now on, I will only seek wealth and not talk about ambition."

The emperor let out a "heh" and said, "It's so good to obey God's will! If you are really willing to obey my will, why are you in danger again and again. Now let's talk about this."

Su Yan rolled over and got out of bed, kneeling on the footboard in front of the bed: "I don't know good and bad, and I don't care about your kindness, I'm a first-class fool."

The emperor pulled him up and held him in his arms, loving and annoyed at the same time, "Okay, don't you just want to know what I really think? I don't like to talk, it's because of my nature, it's also a means of imperial control, you just have to force him to I said, just let me be a loner, okay!"

Su Yan's face was pressed against the emperor's chest. Hearing the disordered heartbeat, in this man who was used to controlling the situation and power, it was like a signal that he was out of control. For some reason, he felt relieved and happy, and replied: "Not good."

The emperor bit his earlobe as if punishing, and said softly: "Raise the scourge until it flourishes enough, and then you will know how deep its root system is, and how huge its connections are. Only then can it be uprooted, Thoroughly eradicate the evil master and his henchmen."

Su Yan was slightly startled, and then shivered.

"I didn't get rid of the Wei family before, and now the timing is even more inappropriate.

"Do you think that if the Wei family falls, the person behind the scenes who uses it as a weapon will stop there, or find another more powerful weapon?

"Let the Wei family continue to be the chess player in the hands of the 'player'. The more moves he makes, the faster he will be exposed."

Su Yan murmured: "But as long as we don't break through one step, we have to pay the price—for example, last night."

The emperor said: "All success has a price. I don't want to see what happened last night. I would rather exchange the lives of thousands of people with my own flesh and blood. But sometimes I want to avoid sacrifice too much. It's just going to cost more."

Su Yan was silent for a moment, and said: "I will find out as soon as possible the identity and real purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes."

"Over the Wei family, I will also order people to strengthen supervision."

"There are so many subordinates, followers, and contacts in the two Marquis Mansions, it may not be easy to check each of them."

The emperor smiled: "I set up Jinyiwei for this purpose."

When Su Yan asked the answer he wanted, he felt relieved while being awe-inspiring.Emperor Jinglong looked peaceful and benevolent, but in reality he was deep and thoughtful, and it wasn't the first day he knew about it, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

He was doing mental training for himself, when suddenly his stomach growled with hunger, and then he remembered that he drank a small bowl of porridge six hours ago, and now his stomach is going to be hungry.

The emperor said warmly: "I brought some imperial food from the palace and asked your servants to simmer it on the stove. You can eat it at any time. There are your favorite Buddha jumping wall and Songjiang perch. The fish is freshly cooked. When you leave the bedroom, They will be steamed."

Su Yan thanked him for his kindness. Seeing that the emperor was still hugging him, he thought for a while and added: "If you don't think it's contemptible, I would like to ask the emperor to show you kindness and have a meal with my ministers."

Only then did the emperor let go, got up from the edge of the bed, straightened his clothes and hair, and said flatly: "That's right. Last time I invited you to the palace for dinner, shouldn't you return the invitation?"