Chapter 27 Twenty-seventh round

"That song is called, when my wife couldn't sleep when she was a child, Mrs. Fang would sing that song to her." In the imperial study, the upright dark guard said. After the long court case, Zhao Yin leaned on the dragon seat, supported his forehead with one hand, and supported the armrest of the chair with the other, raising his eyebrows leisurely: "That is to say, the song was written by Ye Ran?" "Yes." Tian Jiu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Ye Ran is actually quite talented and can sing and sing. Otherwise, no matter how greedy Yan Rui is, he wouldn't accept him as a disciple."

Zhao Yin said "hmm" and didn't express any other views on this. Tian Jiu said again: "Madam heard that Concubine Shu sang that song, and she sang it word for word, just like the original sound, so she regarded her as the closest person. Now, only Concubine Shu can approach her, Madam Madam sometimes understands what she said, sometimes she doesn't, and she is still in a daze..." Zhao Yin interrupted him suddenly: "What is Chen Yu doing now?" "Ms. Concubine Shu comforted Madam to go to bed in the morning, went back to Yaoguang Palace for lunch, and then left the palace."

"Leaving the palace?" Zhao Yin frowned. "Yes. She went to practice for Jiang Wanyi." "Oh?" The autumn leaves are falling, stained with a little frost, the lonely pavilion on the outskirts of the city, speechless and desolate. Jiang Chenyu was dressed as a scribe, followed by Huai Jin, who was dressed as a book boy, and came here to see Jiang Wanyi off. Half a year ago, when Jiang Wanyi left this place, hundreds of officials gathered along the way to see him off, and the scenery was the same for a while; Half a year later, he was exiled from the capital, with nothing to worry about, not even a servant, only a medicine box, which was still heavy on his emaciated shoulders.

In such a situation, in Jiang Chenyu's eyes, there is only one conclusion of "the world is hot and cold". She took out the teapot from the food box, poured the tea into a shallow bamboo-leaf cup, held it up in front of Jiang Wanyi with both hands: "Chen Yu uses tea instead of wine, and I respectfully send you off to Senior Brother. This is going to the end of the world, mountains and rivers are far away, I hope you cherish it." Jiang Wanyi also took it with both hands, and the corners of his usually gentle eyes were slightly wet and red: "Thank you." After finishing speaking, he drank it in one breath, and was about to hand back the teacup, Jiang Chenyu waved his hand and said, "This cup is for you." Treat it as a gift before leaving, and give it to senior brother. If you encounter a place that needs money in the future, you can send the cup to the biggest pawn shop to pawn it, and it will also solve the urgent need."

Hearing what she said, Jiang Wanyi knew that this must be a very valuable cup. She had mixed feelings for a while, and finally sighed softly: "The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is blowing over the building, Chen Yu, you have to be careful." Jiang Chenyu smiled lightly: "That depends on what kind of wind, what kind of rain..." "You..." Jiang Wanyi hesitated again and again, and finally couldn't help but said, "Stop now, there is still time." There were tears in Jiang Chenyu's eyes. She raised her head, looked at him with tears in her eyes, and whispered in a sleepy voice: "If I stop, then what is the son's death in vain? Yi Fei's grievance What is it? What is Xi He’s madness? What is the disability of Master Zuo? And senior brother, your being demoted... what is it?”

Jiang Wanyi shouted heartbroken: "Chen Yu!" Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, and his face regained his composure, as if the momentary gaffe just now was caused by the eyes of the people who saw it, then, with the corners of his lips curved, he smiled: "Anyway, congratulations, brother, for getting out of this place of right and wrong. , return to the life you originally wanted... Don't worry, I will take good care of Xihe." Jiang Wanyi looked at her for a long time, eyes flickering, and finally settled into parting one by one: "So...take care." A few crows flew over the long pavilion, the wind whimpered, and the grass withered. This year's autumn came earlier than in previous years.

Jiang Wanyi's leaving figure was dragged on the ground by the setting sun, looking more and more desolate. "Miss, it's getting late, let's go back to the palace." Huai Jin put a cloak on Jiang Chenyu. And Jiang Chenyu stared at the back of Jiang Wanyi, who was almost invisible at the end of the long road, and said quietly: "Huaijin, if I can walk with senior brother, it would be great to leave this place of right and wrong..." "Miss..." Huai Jin couldn't answer. Jiang Chenyu shook her head, and said haha: "But Senior Brother doesn't want me. Forget it, I'd better go back to the palace obediently. Don't forget, I'm going to be the queen of Bi Kingdom soon. Where is the queen..."

Queen... Thinking back then, I would like to have a person with one heart and never leave each other. How many times have I thought that Huang Xi Huang Xi lives from me, and I have to be entrusted to breed and become a concubine forever. There is nothing more ironic than Si. It was night, when Zhao Yin arrived at Baohua Palace, what he saw was such a scene—— All kinds of palace lanterns illuminate the colorful glazed palace brightly and softly. On the floor paved with spar, there is a hand-woven long-haired carpet.Xi He was sitting on the carpet, wearing a new dress, her hair was still wet from the shower just now, like a white gauze soaked in water.And Jiang Chenyu, sitting behind her, wiped her head with a dry towel.

Light and shadow intertwine, Jiang Chenyu's hands are delicate and gentle. The two peerless beauties formed an extremely pleasing picture, which remained in the hearts of everyone present for a long time. Just as Luo Heng was about to shout, Zhao Yin raised his hand and made a prohibitive gesture, as if he couldn't bear to let people break the warm and peaceful atmosphere in front of him. After Jiang Chenyu helped Xihe dry her hair, she tied it up with a ribbon.Just then she got up and was about to leave, but Xihe turned around and hugged her, and shouted anxiously: "Mother...don't go...don't go!"

"Okay, okay, I won't go, I won't go." Jiang Chenyu smiled gently at her, "But, I also have to do things, Xihe, can you play for a while by yourself?" Xihe blinked her big crystal-clear eyes: "Mother, are you going to sell noodles?" Jiang Chenyu thought for a while, then nodded: "Mmm... go sell noodles." Xi He narrowed her eyes and smiled with satisfaction: "Okay. Bring some back, and have noodles tonight!" "Okay. Let's have noodles tonight." Finally, Jiang Chenyu handed the washed Ji Ying's robe to Xihe to play with.When Xihe reached out to pick up the robe as a matter of course, a moment of hesitation flashed in her eyes, as if she was a little reluctant, but she finally let go, and then she saw Xihe raised her head and smiled sweetly at her, innocently and innocently. innocent.

Jiang Chenyu thought, after all, she couldn't harden her heart to this man. On Xihe, it seems that a part of her emotion is entrusted to her. That part of emotion has been suppressed, obliterated, and no longer exists in herself, but it has been extended in Xihe. How much I want to be like her, without care and care, and go crazy, so that I don't have to face the fact that Ji Ying is dead; I don't have to face the ugly side of my father who has always respected heaven; Facing the ever-changing palace battles that will not subside for a moment; you don't have to face people coming and going, and the fate is gone... Jiang Chenyu sighed secretly in her heart, and stood up.After handing over the towels and other items to the palace servants on the side, he went to the gate of the palace to pay homage to Zhao Yin: "Greetings to the emperor." Zhao Yin laughed with a "puchi".Jiang Chenyu laughed so hard that he couldn't figure it out, so he could only look up at him blankly. Zhao Yin stretched out a hand to his lips and coughed lightly. Although he held back his smile, his eyes were still half-smile, so Jiang Chenyu was even more at a loss, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty?" "Put your hand out." Jiang Chenyu was stunned when he heard the words, but his first reaction was to retract his hands behind his back, and then he remembered that this move was wrong, so he retracted his hands stiffly, and stretched them out in front of Zhao Yin tremblingly. On the slender, white and well-maintained ten fingers, there were several newly added wounds, which were broken when taking a bath for Xihe just now. Because Xihe refused to let others touch it, she could only complete the whole process by herself.I don't want Zhao Yin's sharp eyes to see that she was injured at a glance. And Zhao Yin's smile was naturally laughing at her for being a rich girl and clumsy.Therefore, Jiang Chenyu's cheeks were slightly red, and she said with shame: "I have been spoiled by my parents since I was a child, but I can't even do such small things well... I made the emperor laugh." Zhao Yin neither admitted nor denied it, but said leisurely: "Don't forget to apply the medicine." After finishing speaking, he turned around and looked up at the night sky.Zhao Yin was smiling all day long, and occasionally got angry, either with a smirk or furious anger, in short, his expression was always very lively, and he was rarely too calm.Therefore, once he doesn't smile like this at this moment, he seems to be preoccupied and has an unspeakable depression. Seeing that he looked not in a good mood, Jiang Chenyu couldn't help asking: "What happened? Your Majesty." Zhao Yin sighed softly: "Look at the sunny weather here, how can you imagine that Jiangdu, thousands of miles away, has suffered a hundred-year drought and no crops." Jiang Chenyu had also heard about this matter. Jiangdu is a well-known land of fish and rice in the country of Bi, and the harvest of one capital accounts for 50% of the country's granary. Therefore, it can be said that Jiangdu is rich and the world is full.This year was also good, but for some reason, it hasn't rained since summer, the sun is scorching, the river dries up, and the crops are sunburned to death.It was time for the handover of the old city director Man and the new city owner, and by the time the news of the severe drought was reported to the court, it was already too late. "Has your majesty decided who to go to Jiangdu to deal with this matter?" Zhao Yin squinted at her, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What? Are you going to recommend yourself again?" Jiang Chenyu looked back at Xihe, shook her head and said: "The concubine wants to go, but I'm afraid I can't." "Oh? I really can't see that you would put Xihe more important than state affairs." When Zhao Yin said this, it was hard to tell whether it was ridicule or emotion. Jiang Chenyu stared into his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The concubine just thinks that there are people who can do better than the concubine in Jiangdu's affairs. The concubine is not necessary, but Mrs. Xihe... only the concubine is there. ..." Zhao Yin was shocked, and after a long time, he suddenly stretched out his right hand, and slowly pressed it against her eyelid.The force was gentle, with no intention of punishment, as if he just didn't want to be looked at by those eyes again. Jiang Chenyu hurriedly took a step back, lowered his head, and stopped looking at the emperor. Zhao Yin also seemed to feel that his behavior was a bit disrespectful, so he smiled, withdrew his hand and said, "How about I give you a chance to make meritorious deeds?" "Huh?" She became more and more unpredictable about the emperor's thoughts. "The candidate for drought relief, I will let you choose on my behalf." Zhao Yin blinked as he spoke. Jiang Chenyu couldn't help asking: "Can anyone do it?" "Yeah." Zhao Yin put on a look of "I don't believe you dare to say that a bad person was selected". Jiang Chenyu almost didn't even think about it, and said the name: "Xue Cai." Zhao Yin showed another expression of "it really is him", sighed softly, turned around and left without saying a word. Jiang Chenyu quickly followed up and asked: "Can't you?" Zhao Yin still didn't make a statement, so Jiang Chenyu asked again: "Really... can't it?" Zhao Yin continued to move forward, Jiang Chenyu bit her lip and said, "Your Majesty?" What responded to her was a sentence that slid into her ears like fine sand, neither light nor heavy, neither fast nor slow, with a color of reproach but no tone of reproach—— "You're annoying." Jiang Chenyu stopped in his tracks, staring at the back of the figure that was drifting away without looking back, this time, he was completely stunned. The candidate to go to Jiangdu to deal with the drought was announced in the early morning of the next day, and Xue Cai was chosen as expected. Faced with this decision of King Bi, the courtiers were naturally very surprised. After being shocked, they began to obstruct it in every possible way, shouting that it should not be done. The reason given is nothing more than: disaster relief is not a child's play, it is not a trivial matter such as entertainment in front of the palace, how can you send an inexperienced yellow-mouthed boy there?Not to mention that Xue Cai is not only no longer a nobleman, but also a humble slave, how can he take on such an important task? When Chaoshang was arguing in a mess, the young emperor on the Dragon Throne said a word leisurely, which immediately stunned everyone. What Zhao Yin said was—— "Since this is the case, Jiang Xiaocheng, captain of Yulin Army Cavalry, will go together and preside over the overall situation along the way." Who is Jiang Xiaocheng, Captain of the Habayashi Army Cavalry? Son of Prime Minister Jiang Zhong, elder brother of Jiang Guiren and Concubine Jiang Shu.Not only that, but as we all know, he is still—a big idiot.Therefore, the emperor actually said to let him go with Xue Cai, isn't it just adding to the chaos? All the ministers were shaken into chaos by the wind, and even Jiang Zhong himself never expected that the emperor would throw this yam to himself.Just wanted to object, but Zhao Yin had already stood up and said: "This matter is decided here, and we will withdraw from the court." A group of palace people hurriedly arranged battles to wait for the master to retreat, so Zhao Yin gracefully exited the stage under the unbelievable, heartbroken or inexplicable dementia eyes of all the courtiers. And when he returned to the imperial study room, Jiang Chenyu was already waiting in the Baiyan hall, seeing Zhao Yin, although reserved, but the smile in his eyes couldn't be concealed, it flowed out from the corners of his brows and lips. Zhao Yin looked at her with a smile that was not a smile: "Are you satisfied?" Jiang Chenyu bowed profusely: "The emperor is wise." "Oh, tell me, where is Yingming?" Zhao Yin calmly leaned back on the brocade couch, narrowing his eyes slightly like a cat. Jiang Chenyu said in a respectful voice: "The concubine is superficial and ignorant of the holy will. If there is a slip of the tongue, please forgive me the emperor." "I grant you innocence." "The concubine thinks that the emperor let Xiaocheng go with Xue Cai for three reasons. First, the current Xue Cai is really not convincing. Sending him to Jiangdu is not justified, but if my brother is allowed to go with him, it will be very different. .Although my brother..." Jiang Chenyu wanted to laugh a little when he said this, but he held back, "It's not practical, but at least his qualifications and wealth are there. And this is his first time Taking on such an important task is also a good time to make a name for yourself, no matter what my father will secretly help him pave the way, and when he does things, he will naturally get twice the result with half the effort." "En." Zhao Yin nodded, motioning for her to continue. "Secondly, the drought, unlike the snow disaster, did not happen overnight. The local officials should have been alerted earlier, but they have been reluctant to report it for a long time, whitewashing the peace, and now it has finally dragged on. Li, find a new person to clean up the mess. If it's cleaned up, everyone will be happy. If it can't be cleaned up, it doesn't matter. The emperor will pursue it. Anyway, there is a scapegoat..." Jiang Chenyu sneered, "How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? Relying on the heights of the sky and the emperor's distance, they bullied everything, the emperor simply followed suit and sent Xue Cai and my brother, one young and one idiot, in their eyes, they would not take it too seriously. It is the real intention of the emperor—disaster relief is of course important, but cleaning up pollution is even more imperative. When they are all convicted of ransacking their homes, they will know how wrong they are." Faced with such compliments from her, Zhao Yin just smiled lightly, and still refused to express his opinion: "What about the third one?" "Third..." Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, and his expression suddenly became solemn, "After the collapse of the Xue family and the death of Ji Ying, now, the court is full of civil and military affairs. It can be said that most of them are mediocre, and there are no outstanding people." Zhao Yin's expression, which was originally as lazy as a cat, suddenly became serious.Jiang Chenyu's words were extremely serious, if it was changed at another time, or if it was leaked by a third person, it would be a catastrophe.But she just stood in front of him so softly and weakly, and said these words calmly... His heart was suddenly hit by something, and it became sore and painful. "It's time to re-select talents. The emperor selected Xue Cai to tell the world that high-ranking officials have important responsibilities, and talented people live there. No matter what your status is, no matter how disgraceful your background is, it doesn't matter. " Jiang Chenyu spoke impassionedly, but Zhao Yin smiled when he heard it: "Really?" After getting along with this emperor for a long time, I gradually grasped some of his character traits.For example, he didn't lift his eyelids at the moment, but just slightly raised his left lip - this kind of smile showed that he didn't agree. So Jiang Chenyu stopped and asked: "Your Majesty, did the concubine say something wrong?" Zhao Yin glanced over her shoulders and looked back, and said with an indescribable expression: "Xue Cai...it is impossible to return to official status." After a pause, he added: "It can be reused, but not rewarded." Although he didn't continue to speak, Jiang Chenyu already understood what he meant, a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet, and for a moment, his hands and feet were icy cold. It is a pity for the dusty jade. It is the merciless sorrow of the emperor. It is also an awakening to the cruelty of the world. It is impossible for the Xue family who died at the hands of Zhao Yin to stand up again at the hands of Zhao Yin.That is the dignity of an emperor.It is also the rule of a dynasty. Throughout history, why were many injustice cases unable to be appealed at the time, and the case could only be overturned after the change of dynasty?It is because there are such rules. Therefore, no matter how outstanding Xue Cai is, no matter how much credit he has made for the country, it is impossible for him to be promoted.At least, not when Zhao Yin was still in power. "The so-called officialdom is nothing more than two things: power and money. At the beginning of Tubi, power was in the hands of Xue Huai, and money was in the hands of the Ji family. Although I am an emperor, I am subject to these two things. Now, power is back, but what about money?" ?" Zhao Yin looked away and smiled at her, with a lot of bitterness in his smile, "The money is gone." Jiang Chenyu's heart tightened suddenly. "The Ji family is like a bottomless pit, swallowing up all the money from the country of Bi. When Ji Ying was alive, it was not obvious. When he died, all the banknotes requesting money flew in like snowflakes. Every one of them was important. Big things, big things, but the treasury...is empty." Zhao Yin stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the ground, his long eyelashes covering his expression, "Actually, I don't know how to deal with the disaster in Jiangdu." So... two scapegoats were sent...? Jiang Chenyu suddenly realized: everything turned out to be more complicated than she imagined. The window was open, and a gust of wind came, blowing the unexpected coolness on her body, Jiang Chenyu rubbed her arms in the gauze, and only then did she really feel—autumn has really come. Before the imperial decree was officially issued, Jiang Xiaocheng had already learned the news that he had been appointed as an imperial envoy, and immediately invited a group of friends to celebrate.After spending a lot of time in the famous Xiaojin Grotto, he went to Ruanrou Township and messed around, and finally got drunk and fell asleep on the bed of the first courtesan in the imperial capital, Mi Xiaoxian. Half awake and half drunk, he vaguely noticed someone sitting on the bed, thought it was Mi Xiaoxian, immediately stretched out his hands, leaned over with a pouty face, and muttered: "Come, come, my good little fairy, let me Grandpa kisses..." An elegant fragrance flooded into the nostrils, which was quite different from the nectar that Mi Xiaoxian usually used. After sniffing carefully, it was still a little familiar, and the eyes couldn't help but widen.It doesn't matter if it doesn't open, it's a shock when you see it—— Sitting on the head of the bed, who was struggling with being hugged by her, where was Mi Xiaoxian, she was clearly her younger sister! Jiang Xiaocheng was so frightened that he woke up immediately from the wine, jumped up from the bed and said, "Chen Yu? Why are you?" Jiang Chenyu straightened his messed-up clothes and looked at him with a half-smile. Jiang Xiaocheng quickly jumped out of bed, not even caring about wearing shoes, ran around the room barefoot, and after making sure that there was no third person present, he walked back to Jiang Chenyu, and said anxiously: "I My aunt, what kind of place is this? Why did you come here? Did anyone else see it? Do your parents and your sister-in-law know?" Jiang Chenyu blew on her fingertips, and said leisurely: "So my brother kept it a secret when he came here? You really bought Mi Xiaoxian's lottery with ten strings of pearls in Hongxiulou, and then held a three-day flowing banquet and let others Eating and drinking—once such a feat is made, I only think that everyone in the entire imperial capital knows about it.” Jiang Xiaocheng's expression turned ashen, and he stammered, "No, no way? Did I really, really do that?" Jiang Chenyu gave a "what do you say" look. Jiang Xiaocheng looked at the flower bed that was said to be the most difficult to access in the entire imperial capital, and then recalled the situation last night, and got a little impression.But what followed was even greater fear: "It's over, it's over, it's over! If my father and your sister-in-law know about this, I'm finished! It's not too late, let's go!" As he spoke, he began to get dressed in a hurry. Although he is lustful and greedy for drinking, his family has been strictly controlled since he was a child, so it is rare for him to get drunk and hang out.I drank too much yesterday, and in the end I didn't know where I was.Seeing Jiang Chenyu appearing here now, his first reaction was - it's over, both father and daughter-in-law must know about it too!It's fine if Dad knows, at most it's a burst of scolding, and it's fine if you plug your ears and pretend you can't hear.But Mrs. Li knew that she would never think about Ansheng for at least half a year, and she would be ridiculed from time to time for the rest of her life... When he thought of the miserable situation, he regretted it again and again. After he hurriedly put on his coat and shoes, he was about to leave, but he saw his sister sitting by the bed as if nothing had happened, so he stretched out his hand to pull her: "What are you waiting for?" ? Why don't you go quickly?" Jiang Chenyu raised her eyebrows: "Go? Where are you going?" "Of course I'm going home..." After the words came out, he realized something was wrong, Jiang Xiaocheng looked his sister up and down from head to toe, then slapped his head and said, "That's right, aren't you in the palace? How did you come here? You left the palace privately?" "Brother, sit down." "Why do you sit? What time is it now? Let's see if it's too late to get back before Dad finds out." Jiang Chenyu coughed, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, sit down, I have something to tell you." She has always been the most favored at home, and although she is young, she is the most dignified. It can be said that Jiang Xiaocheng is a little afraid of this younger sister who is five years younger than him, so when she put on a serious face and asked him to sit, Although my heart was terribly anxious, my body still sat down obediently. "Brother, the emperor has decided to let you and Xue Cai go to Jiangdu for drought relief..." Hearing this, Jiang Xiaocheng smiled and said triumphantly: "The emperor really knows people with his eyes, and he has seen my extraordinary talent and ability. I have finally ascended to heaven, and I don't need to be secretly said to be a battle anymore." My father's face. Don't say it, Jiangdu is a good place, and every year there is a talent show, and there are the most beauties!" Speaking of this, my saliva almost flowed out. Jiang Chenyu sighed secretly in his heart, and said seriously: "Brother, do you know that Jiangdu is severely drought, and it hasn't rained for three whole months?" "Oh, I heard about this." Jiang Xiaocheng waved his hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I've already figured out a countermeasure." This answer really surprised Jiang Chenyu, and he couldn't help asking: "What countermeasures?" "Think about it, the weather in Jiangdu is smooth every year, and there are very few droughts. Why? Because it is the geomantic treasure land of our Bi country. Why is there a drought now? It must be that the geomantic omen has been destroyed." Jiang Xiaocheng said He lowered his voice here, and said mysteriously, "Some people say that Ji Ying died strangely, maybe it has something to do with Feng Shui." Jiang Chenyu tried her best to suppress the suffocation in her chest, and tightened her voice: "Then?" Jiang Xiaocheng patted his chest and said: "So, I found the most effective Feng Shui master, and then asked him to open an altar there and do a ritual, just pray for rain or something." Jiang Chenyu's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted.She knew that her brother must have nothing good to do, but when she heard this sentence, it was beyond what her heart could bear. For a moment, she was deeply saddened and felt very hopeless. However, Jiang Xiaocheng was still complacent: "This feng shui master is very expensive, and if it doesn't matter, you won't be able to ask him at all. Your brother and I are good at life on weekdays, and I have met some good friends who are reliable and helpful at critical moments. busy." Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Brother, do you know why the emperor didn't choose someone else, but chose you to handle such an important event?" "Of course it's because I'm capable..." Jiang Chenyu shot towards him with a cold gaze, Jiang Xiaocheng swallowed his saliva, and swallowed the second half of the sentence. Jiang Chenyu looked at him coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Because the emperor wants you to be the scapegoat. You and Xue Cai are two chess pieces that will be sacrificed!" Jiang Xiaocheng was taken aback: "What, what, what?" "There is a severe drought in Jiangdu, and there is no harvest. This year's harvest will be poor. If the harvest is poor, the price of food will rise, and the people will starve! Once the famine spreads, the imperial court will open warehouses to provide food... But the fact is that the treasury is now empty. , There is no money to buy food at all!" "What?" Jiang Xiaocheng's eyes widened immediately. "Do you think this is a problem that can be solved by asking for rain and applying a method? The most critical problem now is not whether it will rain at all, but—money! Brother! There is no money in the treasury now! So, whether it is drought relief or disaster relief Forget it, the emperor won't give you a penny, and you have to pay for all the money yourself!" Jiang Xiaocheng's legs went limp, he sat down on the ground, and muttered, "Why, how did this happen..." "You thought there was oil and water to be found in it, and you felt flattered that you were valued and promoted...but you don't know that disasters will come from the sky, and if you make a mistake, you will die forever!" Jiang Chenyu was angry and hurt, and breathed out. The chest did not come up. Jiang Xiaocheng saw it, and quickly got up and poured water to feed her: "Sister, don't worry, talk slowly, drink some, talk slowly..." Jiang Xiaocheng's actions evoke Jiang Chenyu's childhood memories: when she was a child, her brother used to feed her like this, and when she saw that she was sick, he stood by the side like everyone else and was anxious... Hey. After all, he is a brother.No matter how useless, no matter how bad, he couldn't let him die.What's more, it also involved Xue Cai and thousands of innocent people in Jiangdu. "Brother, do you believe me?" Jiang Chenyu grabbed Jiang Xiaocheng's hand tightly and asked. "Believe me, believe me, believe me one hundred times, ten thousand times! The person I believe in the most in this world is you, Chen Yu!" "Then, about Jiangdu, you listen to me, okay?" "Okay, okay, I listen to you, what do you say..." Jiang Chenyu exerted force on his hands, and said in a more emphatic tone: "Brother! I'm not joking! If you agree to me, you must do it, and you must not make any mistakes. Otherwise, not only you, but the entire Jiang family will be implicated and become the second Xue Shi!" Jiang Xiaocheng's originally perfunctory expression turned into shock, with his mouth open, he stood helplessly for a long time, and finally whispered: "So serious?" Jiang Chenyu nodded: "Very serious." "Then...is it still too late to ask the emperor to withdraw the decree?" Jiang Chenyu shook his head. Jiang Xiaocheng was so disappointed, he sat on the ground, and after a moment of silence, he said in a muffled voice: "So the emperor has no money... Lizi, why did I suddenly think of such a talent as me and want to promote me, dare you feel uneasy and kind?" The emperor's kid is really insidious, he treated Xue Huai so well back then, now it's his turn to deal with..." "elder brother!" "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this... I thought it was Hua Chahua, but I'm glad I can finally go to the capital..." After Jiang Xiaocheng grumbled a few times in depression, he suddenly turned his head and asked solemnly, "You Let’s talk about why the emperor has no money? Where did the money go? Didn’t he confiscate three million taels when he copied Xue’s house in April? Such a corrupt official... Ah! Could it be that Dad used it to train dead soldiers or something?" Jiang Chenyu gave him a sympathetic look, and said in a low voice, "It's not dad." "Who is that?" Jiang Xiaocheng turned his head, which is not much smarter than a pig, "Ah! That's Mrs. Xihe! It must be her! The extravagant spendthrift every day..." Jiang Chenyu wailed in her heart, but she could only say: "Brother, please save some morals, Mrs. Xihe is crazy." "Yes, yes, don't talk about her, don't talk about her, abrupt beauty, sinful sin... Hey, I can't think of it." Jiang Chenyu lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "It's the Ji family." "Ji's family?" Jiang Xiaocheng raised his eyebrows funny, "Are you kidding me? Ji Ying is famous for his frugality, and all his followers have to plow the fields to feed themselves..." "It's not Ji Ying, it's the Ji family." Jiang Chenyu said emphatically, "The entire Ji family." Jiang Xiaocheng scratched his head: "You mean he is not greedy, but his relatives are greedy? Just like our family, father is not greedy and you are not greedy, but I am greedy, so I swallowed all the money? " Jiang Chenyu nodded. Jiang Xiaocheng stared blankly for a while with his mouth open again: "That concealed it well... No, no... Sister! This is wrong! The Ji family has the legendary Lianchengbi, so they are not short of money!" "What Lianchengbi?" Seeing something that his younger sister didn't even know, Jiang Xiaocheng finally regained his masculinity. He straightened his chest and belly, and was about to explain it in detail when he heard a mournful cry from outside: "Jiang Dasha, what are you doing?" I get out!" Jiang Xiaocheng trembled in fright, for no other reason, the shrill voice, the cry of a ghost, and the merciless word "big fool", fully demonstrated that the person who came was none other than him. The first wife and tigress - Li. He opened the window and was about to jump out. Jiang Chenyu said leisurely: "Brother, this is the third floor." Jiang Xiaocheng hastily retracted a leg that had been stepped on the window sill, sweating profusely: "What should I do? How did she come here? What should I do?" "I'll settle sister-in-law for you." Jiang Xiaocheng was overjoyed: "Really?" "But as I said before, this time Jiangdu..." Before Jiang Chenyu finished speaking, Jiang Xiaocheng nodded desperately and said: "I listen to you, I listen to you, I listen to you! I can do whatever you want me to do. I'm still waiting for your help. My goodness. younger sister!" "Deal." Jiang Chenyu got up, walked over to open the door, and said softly, "We are here." Li Shi, who led a group of servants aggressively preparing to catch the traitor, was caught by Jiang Chenyu's wrist before he could be surprised when he saw who was inside the door. Immediately afterwards, the door of the room was closed, shutting all the servants out. Because Li Shi was the only one who saw Jiang Chenyu, the servants outside the door didn't know what happened, just about to go in, they heard Li Shi drink in the room: "You are not allowed to come in".Everyone hastily stopped.After standing outside the door for about half a cup of tea, the door opened again, and Mrs. Li walked out calmly. If it is said that the Li family who went in was stormy; then the Li family who came out became sunny and sunny. I saw her twirling her hair in a bun, and said with a smile: "It's all right, let's go back." The little maid didn't know how to tell the facial expressions, and asked in a daze, "Young Madam? Where's the Eldest Young Master?" "Young master?" Li spat and scolded, "Don't you even look at this place? Will your young master come? You're as stupid as a pig, come back with me, don't be ashamed!" With a twist, he got on the sedan chair. The little girl was so scolded that she didn't dare to speak, she hurriedly followed the sedan chair, and the group left the Hongxiu Tower in a mighty manner. After the news got out, it was naturally discussed as a joke in the streets and alleys for a long time. Of course, there are different opinions, which are farther and farther away from the truth. And when Tian Jiu reported the real inside story of this matter to Zhao Yin, Zhao Yin just smiled lightly, and while using a Chinese ink pen to approve the letter on the memorial, he said: "I want this effect. Jiang Family will not give up This precious son is just thinking about Jiangdu, how to save himself." Tian Jiu hesitated to speak. Zhao Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "Speak up if you have something to say." "Yes. The emperor really thinks that Concubine Shu will have a solution to this matter?" "She will." "What if she fails? The Jiangdu incident is not a child's play after all. Once she fails, the consequences will be disastrous..." Zhao Yin sighed, put down the pen and the memorial in his hand, and said, "Tian Jiu thinks, who are the two most influential families in Bi Kingdom?" Tian Jiu pondered for a while: "Jiang and Ji clans." "So, who is the most influential person among these two families?" "Of course the former is right minister Jiang Zhong, while the latter..." Tian Jiu shook his head and said, "The Ji family is different from other families. Each of the Ji family's children can be their own, and there are many outstanding ones. Besides Ji Ying, who else can overwhelm the crowd and command the overall situation..." Zhao Yin shook his head, looked at him with a smile and said, "Wrong." "Wrong?" Tian Jiu was stunned, "Please tell the emperor clearly." "The Jiang and Ji clans are all in these two people now." Zhao Yin picked up a pen and drew two circles in a dense list, and the two names in the circles were exactly—— Jiang Chenyu, Xue Cai.