stonecrandall Chapter 319 Subordinates Are Persevering
Chapter 319 Subordinates Are Persevering
Near the fourth watch of the night, Su Yan returned to his main house under the escort of Jing Hongzhui.When he took off the cloak, he touched the tide with his hand, which turned out to be wet with the dew on a spring night.
"My lord, let's go to bed, I'll take the cloak and toast it." Jing Hong chased.
Su Yan passed the bedtime and was in high spirits at the moment, and there was no morning morning today, so he asked Jing Hong to bring in the charcoal basin, and baked the coats of the two of them in the room.
Jing Hongzhui sat on the footboard in front of the bed to dry the clothes.Su Yan washed his face, went to the medicine cabinet and found a can of anti-inflammatory and analgesic herbal ointment, applied it on his chapped lips, and moaned, "Fortunately, the next court meeting will be in three days, and it will be over by then." If people ask me about the scabs, I will say that the blisters burst from the fire.”
"Who is 'person'?" Jing Hong asked, her tone a bit chilly.
Su Yan choked.
Indeed, those who are not familiar with him may not notice this small wound even if they meet; those who are familiar with him, even if they find out, it is not easy to ask about such a personal matter.After all, there was only one person in the court who would press or even interrogate him.
"...Your Excellency seems a little afraid of him?" Jing Hong chased and asked again.
"No such thing!" Su Yan sullenly said, "I haven't been afraid of him since the first day we met, and it's even more impossible to be afraid now."
Jing Hongzui said lightly: "Really. I see that the adults dare to stroke the old emperor's beard, kick the young emperor's chest, and smash the king of Yu's face with a chessboard. Not to mention the subordinates, only the adults follow the lead. To Shen Qi alone, the lord is always cautious, like holding the key to the animal cage in his heart."
Su Yan was startled, remembering Zhu Jinkui's questioning and evaluation of Shen Qi -
"He is a dark blade, designed to kill monsters and monsters in the dark night, but if he kills too many monsters, he will become a monster himself."
"Every time I talk to him, I look at his seemingly obedient face, and I can see through his eyes all the way to the bottom of his heart—what do you think I see and hear in his heart? A man chained at one end, A roaring and biting beast."
"In my opinion, he is a ferocious beast. Violence and bloodthirsty are his nature. Even if he is restrained by ethics, order, or emotion, it is just a series of precarious iron chains that will be broken at any time. "
He also remembered that he had promised in front of the emperor: he would use his body as a chain to restrain Shen Qi, if he couldn't restrain him, he was willing to feed him with his own flesh and blood.
Looking back, although the emperor's evaluation was sharp, it was not a fallacy.From time to time, he could feel the dark part of Shen Qi's soul.Those parts were well hidden by Shen Qi, especially in front of him, she restrained herself in every possible way and tried her best to cover them up, but after getting along for a long time and experiencing many things, some black mist that couldn't be hidden always came from behind the gate Escaping out, like wisps of chill that cannot be thought deeply and studied deeply.
But Su Yan still wanted to accept everything about Shen Qi, whether it was hot or cold, bright or dark.
Yu Gong, he restrained and pulled Shen Qi, like holding a double-edged sword, like blocking the last iron chain on the edge of an out-of-control cliff.Yu Shi... He promised Shen Qi to stay together for the rest of his life, this was a promise and also his original wish.
What made him gratified was that Shen Qi was also trying her best to control herself. After being with him, she never did anything that went against the laws of nature and went beyond the limits, and she never hurt him at all.
except...
"Is your lord thinking - what a mad dog this man is in bed?"
Su Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, his cheeks were flushed, half ashamed, half angry, grabbed the feather pillow and threw Jing Hong at him: "Shut up, you shameless traitor who listens to the corner!"
Jing Hongzhui took his angry words seriously, and justified himself with a bit of embarrassment: "The subordinate is the gatekeeper, not listening to the corner, and it is even less likely to betray the lord... Next time the lord calls me, no matter where you are." Under any circumstances, I will come here. But please don't be angry with me afterwards."
Su Yan always felt that there was something in Jing Hong's chasing words, but judging by his expression and tone, he was extremely serious, and he couldn't do anything about him for a while.
A good swordsman, from a silent cold-blooded killer to a thorn-headed guard, and from a thorn-headed bodyguard to a hob meat master, made it difficult for him to even find a reason to take advantage of the attack... Su Yan huffed Lie back suddenly, the back of his head hit the bed, making a "dong" sound.
Grass, forgot just smashed the pillow out!
Su Yan suffered two injuries in one night - even though they were insignificant, it still made Su Yan a little mentally weak. He turned over and buried his face in the quilt, not wanting to talk anymore.
Jing Hongzhui grabbed the feather pillow with one hand and touched the thick mattress with the other. She couldn't understand why she would hit the back of her head when she lay down.He suspects that Mr. Su is not only the skin of tofu, but also the brain of an egg.
So he ignored the half-dry cloak, and lightly stuffed the pillow under Su Yan's head, took off his boots and coat, and climbed onto the bed.
Without raising his face, Su Yan said sullenly, "Get out! Don't beat me up."
Jing Hongzhui felt that Master Su was scolding gently, and that she was quite useful as a subordinate, so she also lay down on her side, embraced the beloved and beloved Sir from behind, and rubbed her face against the root of his hair on the back of his neck.
Master Su itched, and there was a little smile in his scolding: "Go away, you are like a dog. If you rub me again, I won't soften my heart."
Jing Hong pursued: "Sir, you don't have to be soft-hearted, just be tough when it's time to be tough."
Su Yan hit him hard with his back elbow first, but it didn't work, so he turned around and smothered him with a quilt.Stuffed and bored, I also stuffed myself into the same bed.
The bed swayed for a moment, and a low pleading voice came out: "Don't, my mouth hurts..."
Su Yan poked his head out and took a deep breath.Jing Hong chased her head and neck out from between the quilt and his chest, like a concubine following the rules of the Qing palace, looking at his monarch eagerly and patiently.
Su Yan took a breath, and asked: "Tell me, if I stay behind closed doors for three days, will Shen Qi insist on coming to see me, and then find that my mouth is broken, and come to force me to ask who the adulterer is? "
Jing Hongzui gritted her teeth with a sullen face and said, "My lord is still thinking about this! If you think it's unfair to him, then next time my lord calls his name on my bed, let him guard the door?"
Su Yan was choked again.
Immediately, the conversation changed: "Do you think that if I agree with Yan Xing, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I will attach a ticket of 'agree' to the next time they bring up the old story and implore the new emperor to choose a concubine? Will Zhu Helin seriously consider it?"
Jing Hong didn't care about that, she forced herself to think about it, and said, "If you get involved, the little emperor might make a big fuss in the court and directly announce that Prime Minister Su will be his queen."
Su Yan shivered, and immediately decided not to get involved in this matter openly.
"—Who else, my lord might as well think about it together. The subordinates can wait slowly beforehand, once they start to work...the lord knows that the subordinate is a persevering person."
The word "perseverance" made Su Yan regret and fear, but there was no turning back, even if he wanted to regret it, it was too late.
Su Yan took two days of sick leave and thanked guests behind closed doors.
On the third day, Shen Qi visited the house, and the servant who was on leave also came back.
"There's a scab on your mouth, was it broken before?" Shen Qi asked.
The peach blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom. Su Yan felt sleepy in spring, reclined limply on the bamboo rocking chair under the tree, and swayed back and forth: "I've been soaking in the fire for a long time, and there's a small hole in my mouth, it's almost healed now. Yes Now, is there anything noteworthy in the past two days?"
Shen Qi pulled Zhang Taishi's chair, sat down beside him, looked around his face and body with concern and scrutiny, and said calmly: "It's some bad news.
"Jin Yiwei also discovered that demon book was circulating secretly in the capital, and there were quite a few of them. Not long ago, the guards at the city gate had stepped up their guard and searched the things brought by the people entering the city, but did not find a large number of books flowing in, so it is speculated that this The first batch of booklets was printed in the capital. Several spies tried to follow the clues to find out the underground printing factory where the demon books were printed, but they got stuck in it for no apparent reason. The corpse was exposed in the wild mountains outside the city. He was bitten to death. Beizhen Fusi is still investigating this matter."
The bamboo rocking chair stopped shaking, and Su Yan's face became a little dignified.
"The second thing is that something happened to Fang Qing, the right servant of the Ministry of War. He was ambushed when he led his army across the river in Cangzhou. It is said that he died at the hands of brothers Wang Wu and Wang Chen. The news was just sent back to the court yesterday. Yu Chezhi heard the news in the cabinet, Crying and furious, I immediately asked the emperor to supervise the military affairs, to take over from Fang Qing to wipe out Wang's rebellious army."
Su Yan immediately asked, "Have you agreed?"
Shen Qi shook her head: "Now he handles government affairs with a lot of caution, and plans to discuss this matter at the court meeting tomorrow, and after listening to the opinions of all the ministers, he will determine the candidate for the admiral."
Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "It should be like this. If you listen to it, you will understand. And after the meeting of the court, if the admiral who takes over tries to harm the bandits again, the courtiers will not feel that it is the fault of the emperor himself for employing people poorly."
Shen Qi asked him: "You think Yu Chezhi is not good?"
"No, he's pretty good. But he alone is not enough, there needs to be someone who complements him." After thinking carefully, Su Yan spit out a name, "—Qi Jingtang."
Shen Qi suddenly felt a little dazed.
He remembered the name.
Just when Su Yan Er went to Shaanxi, Emperor Jinglong issued a secret order to Beizhen Fusi through Lanxi—"There are two people, Qi Jingtang and Wang Anming, and let Jin Yiwei find out their identities. First, in the army check".
No one knew how the emperor knew these two little-known names, even Lan Xi didn't know why they were suddenly investigated.
Shen Qi took the task, and secretly ordered the spies from all prefectures and states to cast a wide net and screen carefully.After two months, the identities were finally found out, and there really were two of them.One is in Shandong, serving as the governor of the Weisuo, from the fifth grade; the other resigned from the county magistrate two years ago, and now he is teaching in a private academy.
A middle-level military officer in a place, an old Confucian who resigned from office and gave lectures, how did his name get into the eyes of the emperor?Shen Qi was once puzzled.
But now, one of the names spit out from Su Yan's mouth, naturally, with a well-thought-out plan, as if he had expected it long ago.
Shen Qi vaguely understood something, her pupils shrank, and she suddenly turned her head and shouted in a stern voice: "—Who's eavesdropping there?"
At the corner of the corridor, Su Xiaojing was so frightened that the tray almost dropped from his hand, and quickly stabilized the jug and wine glass on the plate.
Hearing the reputation, Su Yan looked away, and said with a broken smile: "This is my residence, not Beizhen Fusi or the imperial palace, Qilang, please relax. Xiaojing, come here, and give the Commander a taste of my newly brewed peach blossom wine this year." .”
Su Xiaojing walked over with a pair of wooden clogs, put the tray on the stone table under the tree, and complained: "I was scared to death. It is said that Jin Yiwei is very evil. I don't feel it normally, but I have seen it today."
Su Yan poured him a glass with a smile: "Take it and drink it, so as not to be shocked."
Su Xiaojing thanked the adults, drank happily, and wanted to ask for another drink.Shen Qi stared at him so hard that he had no choice but to put down his wine glass, and said with a smile: "You two adults are chatting, I don't want to disturb, so I'll leave now." Said and ran away.
"...This child." Su Yan shook his head with a smile.
Shen Qi withdrew her gaze from Su Xiaojing's back, took a new cup to finish drinking, and handed it to Su Yan: "The servants in the mansion have grown up, at least we have to establish a rule to let them know the dignity and propriety, otherwise sooner or later Be pampered and proud."
Su Yan took the wine and didn't drink it, and poured him a glass of wine. After the two toasted each other, he slowly sipped it and said, "It's okay. I like to see them so wild. Wild is the real thing." , living people, not slaves and objects.”