sinovels Chapter 45 Yunzhou
Chapter 45 Yunzhou
Yunzhou.
Xie Chongjin and Lu Xuechao made such a big commotion in Quling, the prefect of Yunzhou had already heard the news.The imperial envoy had just arrived in Yunzhou, and the prefect of Yunzhou had already led them to kneel down and greet them with respectful expressions: "I see Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen."
There was a cold sweat behind him.
It's not the first time your Majesty has gone south. Because the palace was built in Yunzhou, the magistrate of Yunzhou has to pick him up every year.In previous years, when the emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River, he would bring a group of concubines with him for half a month, and return to Beijing in July.The magistrate of Yunzhou was very happy to receive him. Every time before Yu Jia came in person, he had a pretentious plan to search for people's fat and people's anointing. The reason was to devote all the power of the state to receive the Holy Majesty, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Holy Majesty.
Every time the emperor went south, he had to work hard for the people and waste money, and the people dared not speak out.Little did he know that Xie Chongjin was responsible for all the blame, and most of the money fell into the pockets of the local magistrate.What the prefect of Yunzhou looks forward to most is the king going south every June.
This is not the arrival of the emperor, but the arrival of the God of Wealth.
This year, the magistrate of Yunzhou was going to be the same as before, but when he heard the news from Qu Ling, he immediately woke up from fright.
His Majesty did not bring any concubine this year, but instead brought the resourceful and resourceful Queen His Royal Highness from the legend.As soon as the two arrived in Quling, they thoroughly investigated all officials, big and small, from the magistrate to the county magistrate, and no one survived.
This is not the god of wealth, but the god of death.
If it weren't for the fear of being accused of absconding in fear of crime, he would have wanted to run away with his money overnight.
After all, the magistrate of Yunzhou has a wicked heart but no guts, so he has to bite the bullet and take over.
Xie Chongjin watched indifferently. If he didn't say he was flat, the prefect of Yunzhou would not dare to get up.
He and this magistrate are also old acquaintances, not only in this life, but also in previous lives, he has met this person many times.
In previous years when he went south, the magistrate of Yunzhou was extravagant and extravagant to receive him. Xie Chongjin was disgusted early on, and knew that he must be a corrupt official.However, it was under the control of others at that time, and it was impossible to investigate thoroughly, let alone find out.Apart from "enjoyment" in the palace, "playing" in the places that have been cleared and arranged in advance, and listening to this guy's hype and flattery, he can't do anything else.He couldn't see any of the people's livelihood that he really wanted to see.
Year after year, Xie Chongjin was already tired of it, and wished he could kill him soon.
The game uses the annual southward parade to relax as a way to improve the emperor's mood, but the result is often counterproductive, making Xie Chongjin even more unhappy.
Players in the forum are always complaining, the emperor is never happy, unhappy when he favors his concubine, unhappy when tasting delicious food, unhappy when going out to play, only when he sees Lu Xuechao, he will be a little happier, and then Deeper pain and sadness.This is not the behavior of a normal person.
He is naturally abnormal.There is no normal person who will not be unhappy after what happened to him.
Where is the joy in "Meeting Joy"? It just bases the player's joy on the emperor's pain.
The grievances accumulated over the years were vented. Although Xie Chongjin was expressionless, he didn't say a word. The long silence was enough to make the prefect of Yunzhou tremble with fear.
There was a bunch of flattery and flattery words prepared in advance, but I couldn't say a word.
Kneeling so painfully, the eyes of the prefect of Yunzhou went dark—it is bad, His Majesty is trying to show him off, and the visitor is not kind.
At this moment, Lu Xuechao's voice saved him like a ray of heaven: "Your Majesty."
He was afraid that if he kept silent, Xie Chongjin would draw his sword and kill him on the spot.
Xie Chongjin wanted to do this a long time ago, butchered the dog official, told him to shut up his flattering mouth, and let his ears be clean.
Lu Xuechao didn't want the blood of others to stain Xie Chongjin's hands.
It's not worth it to stir up Xie Chongjin's traumatic memories for these bastards.
Lu Xuechao's voice was clear and clear, which made people's hearts calm down.Xie Chongjin regained his senses from his chaotic thoughts: "Pingshen."
The prefect of Yunzhou stood up tremblingly, his legs were still a little weak.
"The minister has held a banquet in the palace to clean up the dust for Your Majesty and Empress." The prefect of Yunzhou quietly wiped off his sweat and bowed, "Respectfully invite Your Majesty and Empress to go to the palace."
The Yunzhou Palace is beautiful, like Qionglou Yuyu, and it is not too much compared to the Yujing Palace. It looks like a lot of money has been spent.
Probably learned a lesson from the magistrate of Quling County next door, this time the magistrate of Yunzhou did not dare to be too high-profile and extravagant, and ordered people to prepare meals that were quite satisfactory.
Your Majesty is investigating corruption, but he eats and drinks with public funds. Isn't that a rush to seek death?
The magistrate of Yunzhou stood aside, and was about to introduce the special dishes of Yunzhou to Her Royal Highness, who had just come to the south of the Yangtze River, when Xie Chongjin ordered everyone, including the magistrate, to step down.
The prefect of Yunzhou nodded and bowed: "...Yes."
If you step back, just step back, he doesn't really dare to serve His Majesty now.
It feels very different from previous years....
After the screen turned back to the left and right, Lu Xue held the chopsticks: "Why do you feel that you are particularly impatient today?"
In front of Lu Xuechao, Xie Chongjin didn't have such a frightening majesty, but he still said unhappily: "If you want to see his face every year, listen to him flirting, and see him cheating, you know he is a moth. If it can't be eradicated, won't it bother you to continue to make false claims with him in the coming year?"
Lu Xuechao thought for a while, and immediately expressed her deep understanding.
"It's just this time." Lu Xuechao comforted, "From now on, it will be done once and for all."
Since they have come, they don't have to wait until the autumn to be killed. The prefect of Yunzhou can't survive this summer.
No matter how dark the officialdom is, under the golden light of tomorrow, there will be nothing to hide.
"Forget it, let's not mention this." Xie Chongjin sighed softly, "I said that I would take you to Jiangnan to play. I just dealt with some bad things along the way. This is to take you to work in another place."
Qingshu followed him, always suffering.Xie Chongjin felt a little guilty.
Lu Xuechao's body couldn't handle the high-intensity business affairs all the time, so he had to relax.Xie Chongjin made a decisive decision and gave the two of them a vacation.
"I don't think about that these days. Let's concentrate on playing, just the two of us." Xie Chongjin rarely raised interest, "I have traveled south many times, and I know where the scenery in Yunzhou is good."
There is no need for them to investigate the criminal evidence of the magistrates themselves, otherwise what would the imperial envoy do?
Lu Xuechao said: "You are so familiar with Yunzhou, won't you get tired of playing?"
Xie Chongjin shook his head: "I have been to Jiangnan thousands of times, but I have never seen the real Jiangnan."
He went on tour in previous years, walking the planned route, and followed a large group of people. After the early clearance, there was no shadow of a commoner on the road, and he was cold and without a trace of humanity.
The most important thing is that Lu Xuechao is not around.
How can he have fun.
At that time, no matter how many concubines were with him, Xie Chongjin never allowed them to get close.Even with a hundred people by his side, without Lu Xuechao, he would feel that he was alone and alone.There is only loneliness and loneliness, and there is no excitement.
"Where to play is not important, the most important thing is that you can play with me." Xie Chongjin said solemnly.
Lu Xuechao was slightly startled.
He suddenly remembered that when he was young, Xie Chongjin would invite him to come with him every year during the Flower Festival, when people would go together to enjoy the flowers and enjoy the outing.He was tired from walking, so Xie Chongjin wanted to carry him too.
He thought it was Xie Chongjin who loved flowers.Every time he went back, Xie Chongjin concentrated on admiring the flowers and didn't look at him.
But one year when the spring was cold and he was recovering from a serious illness, he couldn't go out to enjoy the wind, so he asked Xie Chongjin to find someone else to enjoy the flowers.Xie Chongjin left all the purples and reds behind and came to the Prime Minister's mansion, and spent a day with him in the room filled with the smell of medicine on the days when everyone was out for fun.
Xie Chongjin also brought a bouquet of wild flowers picked by himself from the side of the road, and put them on his bedside: "Qingshu, I brought you spring."
He couldn't go out to enjoy the spring, Xie Chongjin brought it to him.
Spring flowers and autumn moons, they all have to enjoy together.
Lu Xue looked at the bouquet of wild flowers and asked, "Aren't you going to see the flowers?
The suburbs are full of colorful flowers, which is a beautiful spring scene.
"You're not here, why should I look at flowers?" Xie Chongjin said as a matter of course.
"I'm not a flower, I'm not here, why can't you watch it?" Lu Xuechao asked.
Xie Chongjin looked at him with hatred: "Why didn't you understand, Niannianhuachao, I didn't make a special trip to see the flowers, but just came to find you. It doesn't matter what you see, the important thing is that you accompany me."
Lu Xue tilted her head: "But you only look at the flowers and don't look at me."
"...I was pretending to admire the flowers, and I was peeking at you from the corner of the eye. You are so beautiful, and all the flowers will lose their color. How can I look at other flowers?" Xie Chongjin was angry and wronged, "You still let me find someone else to play with?" , don’t even think about it, which friend do I have besides you?”
……How do you say that?
Pretend not to see, peripheral vision a thousand times.
"Don't push me to others, I will only take you wherever I go, and only play with you." Xie Chongjin told him very seriously.
Lu Xuechao was still puzzled: "But why are you looking at me secretly? You can look at me openly."
Xie Chongjin: "..."
The young man blushed suddenly, not knowing how to answer.
That's right, he and Qingshu have known each other since childhood, and have met each other countless times, since when did they dare not look him in the eye?
At that time, I was too ignorant to know that it was the seeds I liked quietly sprouting in my heart.
But Lu Xuechao wrote down this sentence.Xie Chongjin said that the important thing is him, and he will only take him when going out to play.
So later, after Xie Chongjin was manipulated by the players, he brought a bunch of concubines south every year, and Lu Xuechao was always sad when he was ignored.
He knew that it wasn't that Xie Chongjin had forgotten their promise when they were young, and it was because of this that he was even more sad.
Now that Xie Chongjin said this sentence again, it immediately coincided with the boy's serious promise.
Lu Xuechao opened her mouth, and after a while, she said, "I don't know how old I am, but I still love to play so much."
Counting the memories of their previous lives, they really lived for too long, too long to remember their ages, and their moods are inevitably full of vicissitudes.
After thousands of reincarnations, they have all changed a lot, but...
"I don't know how old I am, and I don't know if I love to play." Xie Chongjin smiled, his brows were gentle and firm as before, "I know I love you after all."
His whole life was like a flower in a mirror and a moon in water, Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly, and even confused who he was.
But he knew, he always knew and never doubted that he must love Lu Xuechao.
Lu Xuechao covered her eyes and smiled slightly.
But the fiery and clear love of this person in front of him has never changed.