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Chapter 16 Strength Obuki Xu Jingyan

At night and the moon is setting, Kyoto does not have the tense and solemn atmosphere of the frontier city, and it is still peaceful under the bustling and noisy night scene.

At this moment in Prince Jin's mansion, Zhao Xu's face was reflected uncertainly under the slightly dim candlelight.In the room, you could hear the sound of needles dropping, but he wasn't the only one.Mu Qianshan, now hidden in the dark under the desk, looks like a statue.

There is no need to talk about the tacit understanding between master and servant for many years.At this time, Zhao Xu was sorting out what happened these days at high speed in his mind, and Mu Qianshan would not disturb him. When he wanted to reduce his sense of presence, it was completely like a cloud of air.

"Is there anyone else in the mansion who knows about me and my senior brother?" Zhao Xu asked suddenly, rubbing a piece of lustrous suet jade in his hands.

"Steward Lin, I should have guessed it." Mu Qianshan thought for a while.When I bought a house for General Jiang, I used the treasury of the palace.In addition, during this period of time, Zhao Xu had been running towards Jiang Yunya, so he had to tell him.

"Old Lin..." Zhao Xu muttered in a low voice, closing his eyes, not wanting to doubt this kind old housekeeper who was as kind as an elder.

When I first entered the capital, I was like a bumpkin entering the city. It was Lin Butler who made a lot of mentions overtly and secretly, so that no jokes were made.Although this is his duty, Zhao Xu has regarded him as his relative after getting along with him in the past few years.

And the cruelest thing about the power struggle is that you can't bear it, but at the same time you have to tear off the surface of warmth with your own hands to pry into the truth.

"Then go and check." Zhao Xu opened his eyes, rubbed his eyebrows, and asked, "Still no news?"

"...The subordinates are incompetent."

"Oh." The boy's voice was soft, expressionless, calmly looking at the pile of letters on the shore.

"Talk to Xu Lin tomorrow, thank you for joining the king. And Qin Zhennan, tell him that the king is going to lead the army at the front, and let him arrange the affairs in the army."

"Yes."

Zhao Xu felt that he was really cautious enough. This time, he didn't want to continue to pretend to be false.That being the case, let's not be happy together, even if we hurt the enemy a thousand, we hurt ourselves eight hundred.

"Go back and rest." Zhao Xu blew out the last candle and said softly.

"Yes." The room was pitch black, and Mu Qianshan had already quietly retreated. The moment he stepped out of the door, he stopped and said in a low voice, "Your Highness also rested earlier."

"Ah."

Zhao Xu groped and got on the bed with his clothes, and closed his eyes.

He can't collapse, Zhao Xu thought in his heart.The blood feud of the Shangguan family and the burden of the Prince Jin's mansion are all on his shoulders, how could he be so distracted by his personal affairs.Zhao Xu could only pray in his heart that the man would not break the promise and return safely.

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When he came to court the next day, Xu Lin was accused of seven crimes including forming a party for personal gain, embezzlement and accepting bribes.The purpose of this move is obvious.Zhongshu ordered Xu Lin and Tiance's general Qin Zhennan to be the former member of the Shangguan family, and Jin Wang followed Jin Wang after he returned to the palace.The faction leaning towards King Jin and the Prince's party headed by Taiwei Zhou Ming and the Wang family have always been undercurrents.Today, it was suddenly put on the bright side, and it was completely torn apart.

Sure enough, after Xu Lin participated in the performance, Qin Zhennan asked the emperor to join the battle on the front line.There was another uproar in the court, let's not show it for the time being.

Days went by day by day, but it was only three days since the news came, but Zhao Xu lived like March.

Over the past few days, many forces have been mobilized openly and secretly, and Wang Xie has been removed from the position of Minister of Punishment.Naturally, the prince would not let him go too well, and many of his cronies were suppressed.

As for the front line, there are signs of it gradually.Not only Qin Zhennan's side, but Zhao Xu also went to meet the present queen mother.So far, Zhao Xu and this grandmother have only known each other for four years. It is said that they should be far inferior to the East Palace in terms of closeness and estrangement, but the empress dowager who is in a high position in the deep palace is more affectionate to him.After learning about Zhao Xu's intentions, he agreed and gave him a fox fur cloak embroidered by himself.

When Zhao Xu couldn't help asking why the imperial grandmother treated him so well, she just replied with a smile, because you are the only blood of the Shangguan family.

Zhao Xu always felt that it was too smooth, as if someone had been helping him.Although he is a friend rather than an enemy, he has no time to distract himself from investigating.

After a few days of busy and tense days, when Zhao Xu heard the news from Mu Qianshan, his heart was actually very calm.Just smiled and said "It's okay."

"After General Jiang tried his best to break out of the siege, he traveled for several days to avoid the pursuers. He was rescued by a herdsman on the way, so his life was safe." Mu Qianshan tried his best to think about how to say it. "After returning to the army, the general was furious and ordered a staff of one hundred. General Xu Jingyan interceded, so he was spared fifty apostles. He was only fined for one year's salary and demoted to be a centurion."

Xu Jingyan is the son of Xu Lin, he is seventeen years old, younger than Zhao Xu.But his family is prominent, and he himself is a general. He fought with Sun Dao in the north and south at a young age, and was granted the title of Marquis of Qingtian.Because of his father's influence, Xu Jingyan is also on the side of Prince Jin's mansion, and he is the one that troubles Zhao Xu the most. When this kid was in Beijing, he would run to him almost every day, and he would be annoyed to death.

"I didn't expect Jingyan to be reliable once again." Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, his heart jumped with joy.

He wasn't worried at all about his senior being demoted, as long as he had the ability to be promoted slowly.What he has to do now is to find out the man behind the back.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflects the sunset glow in the sky, which is as desolate and lonely as blood.

In the military barracks in Liangzhou City, the soldiers still patrolled mechanically and stood guard.When Jiang Yunya came back, it was like throwing a small stone into a calm lake, rippling a few times and returning to calm.

Jiang Yunya's not-so-short military career gave Jiang Yunya great prestige among the soldiers. The soldiers and colleagues obviously could not accept that Jiang Yunya sent troops without authorization and caused so many sacrifices of his comrades.

But this is the verdict issued by the general, and the military order is like a mountain, they can only obey.

Jiang Yunya was demoted to be a centurion, and moved from the former general's sole account to the ordinary account.His back injury was still unhealed, and he was hit with another [-] spinal sticks. He couldn't turn over, so he had to be carried on a stretcher, and he thanked his colleagues who helped him pack his things with guilt.

He couldn't argue with his mouth, and no fourth person knew what happened that day.He originally thought that Tang Ming's indifference to him was due to his poor background, so he just did his duty with due diligence.But yesterday, after returning to the camp with all his might, he saw Sun Dao's icy angry face. Tang Ming and Liu Jinyun told him that he was from the Prince Jin's mansion, and they begged the general to give him a light punishment.He understood that everything was arranged.

Sun Dao had always disliked the dispute between the crown prince and the king of Jin, and after hearing that, he even hated him for arrogance because of his power, how could it be so easy.It wasn't Xu Jingyan's intercession, he probably had already been dealt with by the military law.

Jiang Yunya felt infinite remorse and remorse in his heart. He regretted that he was not thorough enough to fear that he would hurt Zhao Xu, and he hated himself even more for ruining the lives of so many colleagues.

They had the opportunity to defend their families and the country and make contributions, even if they died, they would die in battle, and they deserved to die.But now he died alone in the conspiracy of his own people.

The burning pain on his back made him more awake, and his clenched fist was full of veins.

Jiang Yunya suddenly felt a chill on his back, and the person behind him was applying the ointment while smiling cheerfully, "What is Jiang Baihu thinking so preoccupied with? Tell Jingyan."

"The last general dare not bother General Xu."

Jiang Yunya heard Xu Jingyan's voice, and was surprised in his heart. He was about to get up, but Xu Jingyan pushed him down.

"Hey, what are you doing with so much etiquette!" Xu Jingyan was only seventeen years old, but like Tang Ming, each led a vanguard army, and he was really the second in command in the army, second only to Sun Dao.This heroic young general in golden armor became famous at a young age, but he was not arrogant and had many contacts in the army.Although there are many people who are interested in his father's background, they are more attracted by the ease brought by this lively young man.

"I'm just watching Tang Ming and the sly-eyed person next to him not deal with each other. Who would have thought that the two of them would really defect to Taiwei Zhou."

"..."

Jiang Yunya was surprised at the familiarity of this person, and was even more surprised that he said it directly, not afraid that the walls have ears.

"Don't worry, have you forgotten who my father is? Everyone knows that our family has always been on the side of Prince Jin. Hey, how about this medicine? My father insisted on stuffing it in a package for me. There is still a lot left. I'll bring it for you." The handsome young man behind him was talking nonchalantly, not forgetting to apply the medicine carefully, he looked very much like Zhao Xu. "They all thought that our family supported Brother Xu, hey, it's Prince Jin, I'm called Shunzui, don't say it... Supporting Prince Jin is to get the treatment of a new emperor and an extremely human minister, but my father is already The Zhongshu order has been issued, and I still have to enter. Where can I go? I think Prince Jin really has people in his heart. He is really a very talented and powerful person. Although he has not yet been crowned, he is definitely the one I have seen. The most virtuous prince..."

Jiang Yunya took a wait-and-see attitude for the time being because of his surprise at the beginning, this little general Xu is completely better than blue, and the level of talking about mountains is even more extreme than Zhao Xuna.After praising Zhao Xu in a few hundred words with an idiotic face, he began to reprimand Tang Ming and Liu Jinyun for their insidious, cunning, and shameful acts of being in vain ministers. To be fair and aboveboard, to seek the well-being of the people, and to seek a peaceful ending for the country, so that Jiang Yunya can fully realize how wise and powerful the decision to follow Prince Jin is.

Jiang Yunya suspected for a moment that many of the people who followed the Prince Jin's residence in the army were probably fooled away by Xu Jingyan in this way.

Naturally, it didn't sound like a fool to Jiang Yunya.Xiao Xu is so smart and powerful, this is just a guide.