Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen
Mrs. Yang Hao entered Fugu Nancheng peacefully, and did not see a Tang Sect disciple before, so she felt relieved.He, Cheng Dexuan and a group of people were led to the inn and checked in separately. The boiling soup and hot water had already been prepared, and everyone bathed and changed clothes, had their hair trimmed and shaved separately.Ma Zongqiang has returned to Baihuawu to report that Zhe Yuqing may meet with them at any time after the Yong'an Army Jiedu stays.
After entering Fuzhou City, Yang Hao had a brief understanding of the current situation, and knew that General Zhe had personally led his troops to suppress the bandits, and now that General Zhe's younger brother is in charge of the house, naturally he should pay a visit to the mansion.Yang Hao tidied up, sat in the room and thought to himself: On this journey, everything is up to him, and everyone looks up to him. Cheng Dexuan, the official imperial envoy, is almost ignored by everyone. He has no choice but to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. And for it.Now that my mission has been completed, can I go beyond the past?On the imperial palace newspapers obtained by the local governments, it is clearly stated that the imperial envoys have Cheng Dexuan as the principal and Yang Hao as the deputy.
Sitting in the room, Yang Hao thought over and over again, and couldn't help but think of the words Luo Kedi confided to himself in Ziwu Valley.He really listened to those words in his heart, but he was so entangled in many things along the way, how could he have the opportunity to ease his personal feelings with Cheng Dexuan, and when Cheng Dexuan met for the first time, when he saw anyone, he always had a smile on his face. A smile that makes people feel like a spring breeze, but now they have a gloomy face all the time, and it is really difficult to approach without the right time.
The Sri Lankan man has gone, but the plan he took painstakingly for himself is still in his ears. From an emotional point of view, Yang Hao is unwilling to go against the kindness of a dead friend.At the same time, he also believes that bringing Cheng Dexuan in and sharing the credit with him is actually a matter of mutual benefit.Since the interests are related to himself, then Cheng Dexuan will not be so stupid to make a fuss about seizing festivals.
As for whether it can resolve the previous suspicion with Cheng Dexuan, it doesn't matter.Right now is the top priority, now it is obvious that Cheng Dexuan's backing is strong, but he is like a piece of duckweed in the officialdom, with no foundation at all, it is reasonable to avoid making a strong enemy right now.
As for the future... Who knows what will happen in the future?Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the dynasty, had a 20-year grievance with the prefect of Naha Prefecture, didn't he endure it until today to find an opportunity to break out and pull the prefect of Bazhou off his horse?Cheng Dexuan's achievements in the future may not be comparable to Zhao Pu, how do you know that his status will not be higher than him in the future?
Thinking of this, Yang Hao made up his mind, and immediately rushed to find Cheng Dexuan, wanting to invite him to meet with Yongan Army Jieduliu, and talk about his plans along the way, but unexpectedly when he arrived at Cheng Dexuan's room, he rushed to the inn When asked by the little official on board, he found out that Cheng Dexuan had gone shopping by himself.
Yang Hao returned to his residence, meditated for a while, then studied ink and picked up a pen, and wrote a memorial in his ugly handwriting. He followed Luo Kedi's instructions, when he mentioned that there was no hope of traveling eastward and he decided to return westward, He gently bypassed the matter of seizing the festival, and only said that he had a dispute with the imperial envoy, but in the end, under the persuasion of him and the generals, the imperial envoy Cheng followed suit and decided to return west, and finally arrived in the Song Dynasty safely.
After finishing writing the memorandum, Yang Hao thought whether he should discuss it with Cheng Dexuan first, then thought again, and felt that this would be a show of kindness.You might as well send the memorial table away first, and then tell Cheng Dexuan about the matter. This is a matter of mutual benefit, and Cheng Dexuan has no reason to refuse.At that time, he didn't need to say anything, he should know how to do it, tacit understanding is better than putting everything on the surface, and each other's faces are better.
Thinking of this, Yang Hao asked someone to call Yi Cheng.Although Yang Hao's handwriting was ugly, his literary talent was not up to the mark, and he felt a little embarrassed when he asked the postman to make a fire seal in person.I don’t want to think about that Yicheng, but he doesn’t care at all, because although the Song Dynasty was a dynasty of literary talents, it was still the beginning of the Song Dynasty, and many officials in the court were old and rough. A big man like Zhao Pu ruled the world with half of the Analects. It's not that he was praised for his ability to govern the world in an orderly manner with only half of the Analects, but that he laughed at himself for not even learning the entire Analects.Even if the prime minister is like this, the cultural quality of the entire court officials can be imagined.The little official saw too many ugly characters, so of course he was not surprised.
Yang Hao stamped the sealed performance written in the official format he imagined and sealed it with fire, and asked the little official to deliver it to Bianliang by military post.The efficiency of military mail is naturally high, not to mention that this is a matter assigned by the imperial envoy to report to the emperor. The postman registered the letter and immediately sent it out on a six-hundred-mile horse.
As soon as this matter was completed, Ma Zongqiang came to visit, and wanted to lead the imperial envoy to see Jieduliu and then turn to Yuqing.Yang Hao and Ma Chongqiang went to Cheng Dexuan's place again, seeing that he hadn't come back yet, it was inconvenient for General Zhe to wait for a long time, so they had to follow General Ma to Baihuawu to meet Zhe Yuqing.
On the street, Cheng Dexuan was leisurely, wandering around the market like ordinary people, sometimes stopping to ask the price of the goods peddled on the roadside, sometimes squeezed into the crowd to enjoy a section of the street style of crushing boulders with relish, and throwing two Money to others.He seems to be leisurely, but his eyes are always vigilantly scanning the left and right. On the way to the south, Yang Hao asked several soldiers belonging to the Zhe clan to watch him secretly to prevent him from making troubles. He didn't stop doing this until he passed Zhulangchuan Nursing akin to house arrest.But Cheng Dexuan judged others by himself, and he was always afraid that Yang Hao would arrange a manpower secretly, but now he has a very important secret letter in his arms. Cheng Dexuan wandered through the streets and alleys of Fuzhou City for a long time, when he suddenly saw a shop, his eyes lit up immediately, and he stopped in his tracks.He harbored evil intentions and did not dare to pass the secret letter to Bianliang through the military post station, but he knew that Zhao Guangyi had a wide range of eyes and ears, and he had set up secret letter stations in every big city and big city in the world.And all the secret letter stations have an unobtrusive logo on the signboard. Unless someone knows the secret, it is difficult to find out what is different about the logo. Of course, Cheng Dexuan couldn't remember whether there was Zhao Guangyi's secret letter station in Fuzhou, let alone where it was located if there was such a letter station, so he could only walk around the city with a glimmer of hope, and now he finally found it.Cheng Dexuan couldn't help being overjoyed, he stood still, and carefully identified it again to confirm that the logo was correct, then he looked around and went into the shop in a flash. This is a fur shop. Who would buy fur in July and August?So there was no business in the store, and the two young men were lazily dozing off on the counter. When they saw Cheng Dexuan coming in, they looked up, and one of them asked lazily: "What does this guest officer want to buy?" ?” Cheng Dexuan walked over slowly, and said calmly, "I want to buy some ramie cloth." The guy rolled his eyes after hearing this, stretched out a finger and pointed upwards, Cheng Dexuan asked in surprise, "What do you mean?" The guy yawned and said, "Guest officer, please take a closer look, our place...is a leather goods store." "Hehe, the fur shop may not have no cloth, right? I came to your house to buy cloth after being instructed by others. Don't drive away the customers and be reprimanded by your shopkeeper. Please come out and answer!" The guy just opened his eyes and looked at him, looked up and down a few times, saw that he was dignified, calm and concise, and looked like a man, so he parted the curtain and went into the back room in doubt.After a while, a skinny old man with a goatee came out in a hurry, and when he saw Cheng Dexuan, he cupped his fists and said: "This old man is the shopkeeper of this store. This guest officer wants to buy cloth?" "good." "Listen to the accent of the guest officer, isn't it a local?" Cheng Dexuan smiled and said to him, "I'm from Bianliang." "Oh?" The shopkeeper's expression moved slightly, his eyes sank downward, and seeing the rhythm of Cheng Dexuan's boot toe, he suddenly changed into a smiling face, and laughed haha: "The guest officer is well-informed, the old man is originally I'm in the leather goods business, but a few days ago a customer bought leather goods on credit and had no money to repay the debt, but he did use a batch of cloth to pay off the debt. I haven't thought about how to deal with it. If you don't want to, I will come to you. How much cloth?" "How much do you have, how much do I buy." The old shopkeeper had a smile all over his face: "Okay, okay, come, come, guest officer, please come in, let's talk in detail." The two entered the inner room one by one, and the remaining two waiters looked at each other in dismay: "When did our shopkeeper bring in a batch of cloth? Why didn't I know?" In the inner room, Cheng Dexuan and the shopkeeper confirmed each other's identities, Cheng Dexuan was relieved, he took out the secret letter, put it lightly on the table, pushed it in front of the old shopkeeper, and said solemnly: "This secret letter, please Send it to the Southern Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, and hand it over to Mr. Fuyin, there must be no mistakes." The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Yes, tomorrow I will arrange for someone to go to Kaifeng to buy a batch of silk, and take this secret letter there." Cheng Dexuan said in a deep voice: "No, when will we arrive in Kaifeng? This is a very urgent matter, we must go there immediately, and travel day and night, and deliver it to Mr. Fu Yin as quickly as possible." "So serious?" The shopkeeper was a little surprised. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "My lord, I have just set up in a remote place, and there is usually nothing important. They are all ordinary people, and they don't know their status as old people. Such an important event must not be entrusted to them. My nephew just married a relative, and he just visited the church yesterday. It's unreasonable. Let's do it this way, since this matter is so important, the old man will make a trip himself." Cheng Dexuan turned his anger into joy, and said: "The old shopkeeper has worked hard, this matter is indeed very important, and it is related to the layout of the governor in the northwest, so you must be careful, and you must send this letter as soon as possible. Send the letter to Mr. Fu Yin." The two reached an agreement, and Cheng Dexuan took his leave.He left the leather goods shop on his front legs, and the old shopkeeper behind him told the two clerks to close the shop immediately, saying that there was an urgent matter that needed to be returned to his hometown, and he would close the shop for a few days until his nephew was married.Then he drove a carriage in a hurry and rushed to Kaifeng mansion as if flying. Standing on the street, Cheng Dexuan looked at the carriage going away, and seemed to have seen the official butcher's knife resting on Yang Hao's neck, he felt very happy, since he was taken away, it was the first time he showed a smile from the bottom of his heart , that smile is full of kindness, making you feel like a spring breeze.
Cheng Dexuan wandered happily for a long time before returning to the station.As soon as he entered the gate of the post station, the little official nodded and said: "Cheng Qinchao, you are back. Yang Qinchao has been looking for you several times." Cheng Dexuan said coldly: "What did he ask me for?" The little official laughed and said, "Marquis Ma Yu invited the two imperial envoys to go to the house and stay with Jiedu to talk to the adults, but they couldn't find the adults, so the imperial envoy Yang had to go by himself. Now that the imperial envoys are back, you just arrived." Cheng Dexuan sneered and walked away with a sneer. He just sat down in his room and poured a cup of herbal tea when the door was knocked. Cheng Dexuan turned his head and said, "Come in." The door squeaked, and Yang Hao pushed the door in. When he saw him, Cheng Dexuan's expression darkened immediately, he put the teacup down, and said hesitantly: "A rare guest, a rare guest, Mr. Yang rarely comes to Cheng Dexuan's door, but I There is not even a cup of hot tea in this room, only a cup of cold tea, do you want to drink it?" While talking mockingly, he thought nervously in his heart: "What did he come for? Could it be that... he found out something wrong? Hey, there is more than one way to go to Kaifeng. Even if you find out now, you will have no way to catch up." gone." Yang Hao didn't think it was disobedient, he smiled and cupped his hands, and said sincerely: "Master Cheng, at the beginning you and I spoke to the officials together to move people to weaken the Northern Han Dynasty. You and I are jointly responsible for this matter, along the way, we have lived and died together, shared weal and woe, and we have just come to this day." Cheng Dexuan snorted coldly, and relaxed: "So he didn't notice it, so why did he come here? Did he want to repair the relationship with me? Hey! It's too late to show weakness to me at this time!" Yang Hao said earnestly: "Actually, whether you are going east or west, you and I are both aiming to complete the mission entrusted by the government. At that time, even though the distance to the east was extremely short, the Khitan cavalry had clearly laid down on that section of the plain road. If Mr. Cheng insists on going east, he will not only lose his own life, but also cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and he will be entrusted by the government. I don't think Mr. Cheng wants to end up like that. If Mr. Cheng If you thought there was something wrong with the path I chose at the beginning, you should now know that the choice of the lower official is not wrong. You and I have no personal grudges, everything is for business. For the offense, please forgive me, Mr. Cheng." Cheng Dexuan chuckled, sat down slowly at the table, and said with an upright face: "Master Yang is open and honest, so Cheng will also tell the truth. Your choice to go west is right or wrong, merit or demerit, Cheng is inconvenient To be honest, the imperial court has its own opinion. As for you and I, there is indeed no personal grievance, and I, Cheng Dexuan, am frank and upright, and I will not care about any personal grievances with you, well...you can rest assured." He changed the subject and said again: "However, I am a righteous angel bestowed by the imperial court. When you disagree with me, you should take my opinion as the main priority, but you took my axe, issued orders without authorization, and swung the army back west. Cheng Dexuan may not care about you personally, but as a minister of the imperial court, countless people have seen such acts of contempt for the king's law and deceiving the emperor and committing crimes. Cheng does not dare to hide it. Liang, this matter must be reported to the officials." "I think it's better not to mention this matter." Yang Hao smiled gently, sat down at the table, and said: "Master Cheng, we sacrificed 3,000 soldiers and thousands of people to bring them out safely. Do you think... the court will At this time, do you think it is right to go east? Didn’t you indirectly admit that the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers and civilians were meaningless? Since the imperial court would recognize that traveling westward was the right thing to do, the seizure of festivals was not a heinous crime.However, when this matter was submitted to the imperial court, Yang must be accused of contempt for the imperial power. When the time comes, I, Yang Hao, will balance my merits and demerits, and I will just maintain the status quo, while you, Mr. Cheng, ignored the dangers and insisted on traveling eastward, only to be arrested at the last moment. I took advantage of the festival and changed the road, and a "self-willed" comment cannot escape.Tell me, why bother..." Cheng Dexuan looked up to the sky and laughed, and finally couldn't help the resentment in his heart. He sneered and said, "Then what should you do according to your opinion, Mr. Yang? Do you want my official to put on the table and add to the icing on the cake for you, and then say a few good words to protect you?" Mr. Yang will be promoted to rank, and the sky will go straight up?" Yang Hao smiled and said: "No, it's not that Mr. Yang wants to ask Mr. Cheng to speak well of Mr. Yang in front of the officials. In fact, it is Mr. Yang who wants to speak well of Mr. Cheng in front of the officials. As long as you I skipped mentioning that everyone is carrying bridal sedan chairs, who would make fun of themselves at this time? It is obvious that the officials also hope that he can know people with insight, and the two imperial envoys made a decisive decision, which shows that the official family is a decent person, and the official family has a face It’s not a good thing. What’s more, the generals who know about it all came out together with you and me, and no one will break the secret..." Cheng Dexuan didn't hear the words behind him at all, his heart was completely attracted by the phrase "Yang wants to speak well for Mr. Cheng in front of the officials", so he hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "Master Yang, what are you doing?" Said...to speak well for Cheng in front of the officials, what is the explanation for this statement?" Yang Hao cupped his hands and smiled, and said: "Please forgive Yang for being presumptuous. Before discussing it with Mr. Cheng, he wrote a memorial and ordered the post office to report it to the officials. In the memorial, Yang made a critical decision and changed his journey to the west. The person who made the decision added Mr. Cheng's name." His face became serious, and he said solemnly: "Of course, what Yang said focused on the various hardships of the long journey, the struggle with the sky, the earth, and the enemy. Among them, the most mentioned are those The soldiers on the bloody battlefield. This credit is first of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, including Commander Luo, Commander Liu, and Commander He. With their heroic spirits in front, how dare Yang Mou dare to fight for merit! He De cherishes the merit! This A share of the credit is shared with Mr. Cheng, so what's the point if we can let go of our past grievances and laugh at our grievances?" Cheng Dexuan was stunned, completely stunned.He couldn't imagine that after Yang Hao broke with him, he risked his life to make such a great contribution, and he was willing to share the credit for his life with him. Yes, he knew that even if his memorial was sent to Bianliang and aroused the fear of the officials, it would only harm Yang Hao, and he would still be impeached by the imperial envoys after all.So what?He really couldn't see that Yang Hao had a better life than him. If everyone was unlucky, he would feel better. But... But Yang Hao gave him a great contribution so generously.He is an imperial envoy, as long as he has his share of the work, then he must get the biggest share.What's more, he is a member of Zhao Guangyi, the prefect of Kaifeng. There are people in the court who are good at being an official. The current emperor's younger brother is there to support him.Mr. Fu Yin is deliberately trying to expand his power and influence. With this great achievement, Mr. Fu Yin will help him further. Is he afraid that he will not be able to open a mansion and build a government office, so that he will flourish? But...but..., once my memorial...and Yang Hao's memorial are placed on the official's imperial book case at the same time, then...what will the official think?In his memorial, Yang Hao was accused by him of seizing festivals, deceiving the emperor, being disrespectful and disloyal, greedy for merit and power, gaining the hearts of the people, living wild ambitions, shameless, making cronies, and extremely human and ministers. Evil is not tolerated by the king's law.But what would the officials think if they saw the content of Yang Hao's performance list, pleading for the lives of the fallen soldiers, and the two mirrored each other?What would you think of Cheng Dexuan? Today's official family is not the master of obedience, and he knows the kindness and righteousness, and appreciates the kind and righteous people the most. These two memorials are sent to Beijing. If you compare them, I am afraid that the official family will not even take the festival. He was blamed.This is really... This is simply shooting yourself in the foot. Thinking of this, Cheng Dexuan's hands and feet were cold, and he was sweating in bursts.The weather was hot, and Cheng Dexuan's heart felt like frying oil, and he was sweating profusely after a while, as if he had just been fished out of the water. A wise man has a saying, if there is heaven in your heart, there will be heaven everywhere.If there is hell in your heart, even if you are in heaven, you will become hell by yourself.Now, Cheng Dexuan is like being trapped in the flames of hell. This hell was created for himself by himself. Cheng Dexuan was dizzy for a while, he raised his head and looked at Yang Hao, only to feel that Yang Hao's shadow was far and near, clear and blurred, he got angry, stood up abruptly, pointed at Yang Hao and was about to speak, when his eyes went dark fell to the ground. In front of his eyes, the stars were flying around, and he seemed to be in a daze, when he heard Yang Hao shouting urgently: "Master Cheng? Master Cheng?" Immediately there was a "wow", a cup of herbal tea was splashed on his face, and then Yang Hao shouted loudly: "Come on, Mr. Cheng is suffering from heat stroke." Cheng Dexuan's heart was bleeding, he couldn't stand this kind of torture any longer, he fell unconscious when he tilted his head.
On the street, Cheng Dexuan was leisurely, wandering around the market like ordinary people, sometimes stopping to ask the price of the goods peddled on the roadside, sometimes squeezed into the crowd to enjoy a section of the street style of crushing boulders with relish, and throwing two Money to others.He seems to be leisurely, but his eyes are always vigilantly scanning the left and right. On the way to the south, Yang Hao asked several soldiers belonging to the Zhe clan to watch him secretly to prevent him from making troubles. He didn't stop doing this until he passed Zhulangchuan Nursing akin to house arrest.But Cheng Dexuan judged others by himself, and he was always afraid that Yang Hao would arrange a manpower secretly, but now he has a very important secret letter in his arms. Cheng Dexuan wandered through the streets and alleys of Fuzhou City for a long time, when he suddenly saw a shop, his eyes lit up immediately, and he stopped in his tracks.He harbored evil intentions and did not dare to pass the secret letter to Bianliang through the military post station, but he knew that Zhao Guangyi had a wide range of eyes and ears, and he had set up secret letter stations in every big city and big city in the world.And all the secret letter stations have an unobtrusive logo on the signboard. Unless someone knows the secret, it is difficult to find out what is different about the logo. Of course, Cheng Dexuan couldn't remember whether there was Zhao Guangyi's secret letter station in Fuzhou, let alone where it was located if there was such a letter station, so he could only walk around the city with a glimmer of hope, and now he finally found it.Cheng Dexuan couldn't help being overjoyed, he stood still, and carefully identified it again to confirm that the logo was correct, then he looked around and went into the shop in a flash. This is a fur shop. Who would buy fur in July and August?So there was no business in the store, and the two young men were lazily dozing off on the counter. When they saw Cheng Dexuan coming in, they looked up, and one of them asked lazily: "What does this guest officer want to buy?" ?” Cheng Dexuan walked over slowly, and said calmly, "I want to buy some ramie cloth." The guy rolled his eyes after hearing this, stretched out a finger and pointed upwards, Cheng Dexuan asked in surprise, "What do you mean?" The guy yawned and said, "Guest officer, please take a closer look, our place...is a leather goods store." "Hehe, the fur shop may not have no cloth, right? I came to your house to buy cloth after being instructed by others. Don't drive away the customers and be reprimanded by your shopkeeper. Please come out and answer!" The guy just opened his eyes and looked at him, looked up and down a few times, saw that he was dignified, calm and concise, and looked like a man, so he parted the curtain and went into the back room in doubt.After a while, a skinny old man with a goatee came out in a hurry, and when he saw Cheng Dexuan, he cupped his fists and said: "This old man is the shopkeeper of this store. This guest officer wants to buy cloth?" "good." "Listen to the accent of the guest officer, isn't it a local?" Cheng Dexuan smiled and said to him, "I'm from Bianliang." "Oh?" The shopkeeper's expression moved slightly, his eyes sank downward, and seeing the rhythm of Cheng Dexuan's boot toe, he suddenly changed into a smiling face, and laughed haha: "The guest officer is well-informed, the old man is originally I'm in the leather goods business, but a few days ago a customer bought leather goods on credit and had no money to repay the debt, but he did use a batch of cloth to pay off the debt. I haven't thought about how to deal with it. If you don't want to, I will come to you. How much cloth?" "How much do you have, how much do I buy." The old shopkeeper had a smile all over his face: "Okay, okay, come, come, guest officer, please come in, let's talk in detail." The two entered the inner room one by one, and the remaining two waiters looked at each other in dismay: "When did our shopkeeper bring in a batch of cloth? Why didn't I know?" In the inner room, Cheng Dexuan and the shopkeeper confirmed each other's identities, Cheng Dexuan was relieved, he took out the secret letter, put it lightly on the table, pushed it in front of the old shopkeeper, and said solemnly: "This secret letter, please Send it to the Southern Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, and hand it over to Mr. Fuyin, there must be no mistakes." The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Yes, tomorrow I will arrange for someone to go to Kaifeng to buy a batch of silk, and take this secret letter there." Cheng Dexuan said in a deep voice: "No, when will we arrive in Kaifeng? This is a very urgent matter, we must go there immediately, and travel day and night, and deliver it to Mr. Fu Yin as quickly as possible." "So serious?" The shopkeeper was a little surprised. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "My lord, I have just set up in a remote place, and there is usually nothing important. They are all ordinary people, and they don't know their status as old people. Such an important event must not be entrusted to them. My nephew just married a relative, and he just visited the church yesterday. It's unreasonable. Let's do it this way, since this matter is so important, the old man will make a trip himself." Cheng Dexuan turned his anger into joy, and said: "The old shopkeeper has worked hard, this matter is indeed very important, and it is related to the layout of the governor in the northwest, so you must be careful, and you must send this letter as soon as possible. Send the letter to Mr. Fu Yin." The two reached an agreement, and Cheng Dexuan took his leave.He left the leather goods shop on his front legs, and the old shopkeeper behind him told the two clerks to close the shop immediately, saying that there was an urgent matter that needed to be returned to his hometown, and he would close the shop for a few days until his nephew was married.Then he drove a carriage in a hurry and rushed to Kaifeng mansion as if flying. Standing on the street, Cheng Dexuan looked at the carriage going away, and seemed to have seen the official butcher's knife resting on Yang Hao's neck, he felt very happy, since he was taken away, it was the first time he showed a smile from the bottom of his heart , that smile is full of kindness, making you feel like a spring breeze.
Cheng Dexuan wandered happily for a long time before returning to the station.As soon as he entered the gate of the post station, the little official nodded and said: "Cheng Qinchao, you are back. Yang Qinchao has been looking for you several times." Cheng Dexuan said coldly: "What did he ask me for?" The little official laughed and said, "Marquis Ma Yu invited the two imperial envoys to go to the house and stay with Jiedu to talk to the adults, but they couldn't find the adults, so the imperial envoy Yang had to go by himself. Now that the imperial envoys are back, you just arrived." Cheng Dexuan sneered and walked away with a sneer. He just sat down in his room and poured a cup of herbal tea when the door was knocked. Cheng Dexuan turned his head and said, "Come in." The door squeaked, and Yang Hao pushed the door in. When he saw him, Cheng Dexuan's expression darkened immediately, he put the teacup down, and said hesitantly: "A rare guest, a rare guest, Mr. Yang rarely comes to Cheng Dexuan's door, but I There is not even a cup of hot tea in this room, only a cup of cold tea, do you want to drink it?" While talking mockingly, he thought nervously in his heart: "What did he come for? Could it be that... he found out something wrong? Hey, there is more than one way to go to Kaifeng. Even if you find out now, you will have no way to catch up." gone." Yang Hao didn't think it was disobedient, he smiled and cupped his hands, and said sincerely: "Master Cheng, at the beginning you and I spoke to the officials together to move people to weaken the Northern Han Dynasty. You and I are jointly responsible for this matter, along the way, we have lived and died together, shared weal and woe, and we have just come to this day." Cheng Dexuan snorted coldly, and relaxed: "So he didn't notice it, so why did he come here? Did he want to repair the relationship with me? Hey! It's too late to show weakness to me at this time!" Yang Hao said earnestly: "Actually, whether you are going east or west, you and I are both aiming to complete the mission entrusted by the government. At that time, even though the distance to the east was extremely short, the Khitan cavalry had clearly laid down on that section of the plain road. If Mr. Cheng insists on going east, he will not only lose his own life, but also cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and he will be entrusted by the government. I don't think Mr. Cheng wants to end up like that. If Mr. Cheng If you thought there was something wrong with the path I chose at the beginning, you should now know that the choice of the lower official is not wrong. You and I have no personal grudges, everything is for business. For the offense, please forgive me, Mr. Cheng." Cheng Dexuan chuckled, sat down slowly at the table, and said with an upright face: "Master Yang is open and honest, so Cheng will also tell the truth. Your choice to go west is right or wrong, merit or demerit, Cheng is inconvenient To be honest, the imperial court has its own opinion. As for you and I, there is indeed no personal grievance, and I, Cheng Dexuan, am frank and upright, and I will not care about any personal grievances with you, well...you can rest assured." He changed the subject and said again: "However, I am a righteous angel bestowed by the imperial court. When you disagree with me, you should take my opinion as the main priority, but you took my axe, issued orders without authorization, and swung the army back west. Cheng Dexuan may not care about you personally, but as a minister of the imperial court, countless people have seen such acts of contempt for the king's law and deceiving the emperor and committing crimes. Cheng does not dare to hide it. Liang, this matter must be reported to the officials." "I think it's better not to mention this matter." Yang Hao smiled gently, sat down at the table, and said: "Master Cheng, we sacrificed 3,000 soldiers and thousands of people to bring them out safely. Do you think... the court will At this time, do you think it is right to go east? Didn’t you indirectly admit that the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers and civilians were meaningless? Since the imperial court would recognize that traveling westward was the right thing to do, the seizure of festivals was not a heinous crime.However, when this matter was submitted to the imperial court, Yang must be accused of contempt for the imperial power. When the time comes, I, Yang Hao, will balance my merits and demerits, and I will just maintain the status quo, while you, Mr. Cheng, ignored the dangers and insisted on traveling eastward, only to be arrested at the last moment. I took advantage of the festival and changed the road, and a "self-willed" comment cannot escape.Tell me, why bother..." Cheng Dexuan looked up to the sky and laughed, and finally couldn't help the resentment in his heart. He sneered and said, "Then what should you do according to your opinion, Mr. Yang? Do you want my official to put on the table and add to the icing on the cake for you, and then say a few good words to protect you?" Mr. Yang will be promoted to rank, and the sky will go straight up?" Yang Hao smiled and said: "No, it's not that Mr. Yang wants to ask Mr. Cheng to speak well of Mr. Yang in front of the officials. In fact, it is Mr. Yang who wants to speak well of Mr. Cheng in front of the officials. As long as you I skipped mentioning that everyone is carrying bridal sedan chairs, who would make fun of themselves at this time? It is obvious that the officials also hope that he can know people with insight, and the two imperial envoys made a decisive decision, which shows that the official family is a decent person, and the official family has a face It’s not a good thing. What’s more, the generals who know about it all came out together with you and me, and no one will break the secret..." Cheng Dexuan didn't hear the words behind him at all, his heart was completely attracted by the phrase "Yang wants to speak well for Mr. Cheng in front of the officials", so he hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "Master Yang, what are you doing?" Said...to speak well for Cheng in front of the officials, what is the explanation for this statement?" Yang Hao cupped his hands and smiled, and said: "Please forgive Yang for being presumptuous. Before discussing it with Mr. Cheng, he wrote a memorial and ordered the post office to report it to the officials. In the memorial, Yang made a critical decision and changed his journey to the west. The person who made the decision added Mr. Cheng's name." His face became serious, and he said solemnly: "Of course, what Yang said focused on the various hardships of the long journey, the struggle with the sky, the earth, and the enemy. Among them, the most mentioned are those The soldiers on the bloody battlefield. This credit is first of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, including Commander Luo, Commander Liu, and Commander He. With their heroic spirits in front, how dare Yang Mou dare to fight for merit! He De cherishes the merit! This A share of the credit is shared with Mr. Cheng, so what's the point if we can let go of our past grievances and laugh at our grievances?" Cheng Dexuan was stunned, completely stunned.He couldn't imagine that after Yang Hao broke with him, he risked his life to make such a great contribution, and he was willing to share the credit for his life with him. Yes, he knew that even if his memorial was sent to Bianliang and aroused the fear of the officials, it would only harm Yang Hao, and he would still be impeached by the imperial envoys after all.So what?He really couldn't see that Yang Hao had a better life than him. If everyone was unlucky, he would feel better. But... But Yang Hao gave him a great contribution so generously.He is an imperial envoy, as long as he has his share of the work, then he must get the biggest share.What's more, he is a member of Zhao Guangyi, the prefect of Kaifeng. There are people in the court who are good at being an official. The current emperor's younger brother is there to support him.Mr. Fu Yin is deliberately trying to expand his power and influence. With this great achievement, Mr. Fu Yin will help him further. Is he afraid that he will not be able to open a mansion and build a government office, so that he will flourish? But...but..., once my memorial...and Yang Hao's memorial are placed on the official's imperial book case at the same time, then...what will the official think?In his memorial, Yang Hao was accused by him of seizing festivals, deceiving the emperor, being disrespectful and disloyal, greedy for merit and power, gaining the hearts of the people, living wild ambitions, shameless, making cronies, and extremely human and ministers. Evil is not tolerated by the king's law.But what would the officials think if they saw the content of Yang Hao's performance list, pleading for the lives of the fallen soldiers, and the two mirrored each other?What would you think of Cheng Dexuan? Today's official family is not the master of obedience, and he knows the kindness and righteousness, and appreciates the kind and righteous people the most. These two memorials are sent to Beijing. If you compare them, I am afraid that the official family will not even take the festival. He was blamed.This is really... This is simply shooting yourself in the foot. Thinking of this, Cheng Dexuan's hands and feet were cold, and he was sweating in bursts.The weather was hot, and Cheng Dexuan's heart felt like frying oil, and he was sweating profusely after a while, as if he had just been fished out of the water. A wise man has a saying, if there is heaven in your heart, there will be heaven everywhere.If there is hell in your heart, even if you are in heaven, you will become hell by yourself.Now, Cheng Dexuan is like being trapped in the flames of hell. This hell was created for himself by himself. Cheng Dexuan was dizzy for a while, he raised his head and looked at Yang Hao, only to feel that Yang Hao's shadow was far and near, clear and blurred, he got angry, stood up abruptly, pointed at Yang Hao and was about to speak, when his eyes went dark fell to the ground. In front of his eyes, the stars were flying around, and he seemed to be in a daze, when he heard Yang Hao shouting urgently: "Master Cheng? Master Cheng?" Immediately there was a "wow", a cup of herbal tea was splashed on his face, and then Yang Hao shouted loudly: "Come on, Mr. Cheng is suffering from heat stroke." Cheng Dexuan's heart was bleeding, he couldn't stand this kind of torture any longer, he fell unconscious when he tilted his head.