Hidden Sky Light

When Ning Xiang arrived, Chen Ling was already waiting in the outer pavilion. He was wearing a black dragon robe. He was meticulous and sat upright, showing the majesty of the emperor.

Ning Rutao stepped forward and cupped his hands, "The old minister has seen His Majesty."

Chen Ling said warmly, "Teacher excuses the courtesy, this trip back from Cang Yue is full of wind and dust, and the boat is exhausted."

Ning Rutao got up, "The old minister was in Cang Yue, and when he heard that Tan Jin was in trouble, he went back to the country."

Chen Ling said, "Tan Jin has already subdued, so don't worry, teacher, Qi Shan, give him a seat."

Qishan stepped forward and led Ning Rutao to take a seat on the side of the emperor.

The Son of Heaven was talking to Ning Xiang, but most of the others were not in front of him, so Qi Shan withdrew.

Ning Rutao looked at Chen Ling and said solemnly, "Tan Jin is not easy to deal with. His Majesty can turn the situation around within two months, which means that he has been able to control the overall situation of the DPRK and the military, and the old minister is relieved."

Chen Ling said truthfully, "It was mentioned in the letter to the teacher that this time Tan Jin was in a hurry and suffered from the loss of food and grass. I just happened to have someone tighten the food supply, which is equivalent to tightening his life. Tan Jin There is no way..."

Ning Rutao sighed, "If Your Majesty is not in control of the overall situation, it will not help Tan Jin if you tighten the food supply."

The teacher applauded, but Chen Ling did not refuse.

It happened that Qishan was outside, "Your Majesty, Xiangye, use tea."

"Come in." Chen Ling ordered.

Qi Shan took the tea cups and placed them on the high tables beside Chen Ling and Ning Rutao, then stepped back and closed the door.

Ning Rutao took a sip of the tea cup and said slowly, "The old minister heard that originally because of the garrison in Tanzhou and other places, most of the food in the city was used as military ration, and many people had conflicts with the garrison because of the food. , A lot of people died, but the chaos in Huaicheng was pacified, and grain was transported to Huaicheng from the DPRK, and the people were grateful. If the two armies were fighting, if His Majesty just wanted to hold back Tan Jin's food supply, he would not have made such troubles. Is there a reason to go to Huaicheng and other places to raise food, or let King Jingping personally raise food?"

Chen Ling also put down the tea cup and said in a low voice, "This time Tan Jin rebelled, I was lucky not to fall into Tan Jin's hands. When I escaped, I passed by a village in Fuyang County called Yong Village, and I was able to be safe with the protection of the villagers. I escaped. When I was in Yong Village, I stayed at Deng Weng's house. I saw that there was only one person in him. Only then did I know that there was an epidemic in Fuyang County the year before, and many people died. The whole village and the whole household are gone. Yanhan is very big. Today’s epidemic, tomorrow’s floods, and the day after tomorrow’s heavy snowfall, such things happen every day, living in the height of the temple, but not necessarily everywhere. Doing something is doing something. Fuyang County has been hit by floods, and there are refugees everywhere. Huaicheng and the granary have been emptied. If you don’t do things, many people will starve to death. In front of you, you can’t help but do…”

Ning Rutao stroked his beard with a smile in his eyes, "What is Mingjun? When a ten thousand zhang tall building rises from the ground, small things are the clues. Without these little things, how can the people's hearts and the military's hearts be stable? To be a Mingjun, you are most afraid of being powerless, Your Majesty. If you do it well, you must have the skills to control the court and the love of the people. The icing on the cake is good, but in the opinion of the old minister, this is the help in the snow, and the people of Fuyang County will remember His Majesty's kindness, This is what the superiors should do, if the Huaicheng Rebellion can already be resolved, then this matter is far more important than pacifying the Huaicheng Revolt.”

After Ning Rutao finished speaking, he coughed twice.

Chen Ling was worried, "Teacher?"

Ning Rutao shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just that I was in a hurry on the way back. It's just the wind and cold by chance. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry."

Chen Ling said again, "Have you called an imperial physician to see you?"

Ning Rutao smiled, "I called the doctor to see it, and I have used the medicine. It's getting better soon."

Chen Ling nodded, "That's good."

Ning Rutao asked again, "Old minister heard that Shen Zi'an is back?"

Chen Ling paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Yes, he happened to be returning to Pingnan Wang Aunt Tan."

Ning Rutao said, "Miaocheng and Huaicheng are two directions."

Chen Ling: "…"

Chen Ling was not sure what Ning Rutao meant, so he didn't say anything, just pretended to drink tea.

Ning Rutao continued, "Shen Zi'an was the companion selected by the late emperor for His Majesty. Earlier in the East Palace, the old minister felt that he trusted him. When the late emperor suppressed the Shen family, he wanted His Majesty to use the Shen family well, and the late emperor suppressed the Shen family. His Majesty used the Shen family so much that the Shen family was grateful to His Majesty, but His Majesty didn't like it earlier and sent him to the border gate. The old minister objected to it at first, but never thought that Shen Zi'an had been following Old General Liu for several years at the border gate of Licheng, and he also stood up. He has achieved great military exploits. Miaocheng and Huaicheng are both directions. If Shen Zi'an is not concerned about His Majesty's safety, he will not be able to save him along the way. The old minister wants to say that Shen Zi'an is an old man of the East Palace and is loyal to His Majesty. Even if you don't want to keep him, you should keep him, and appease the Shen family, so that everyone in the court can see that the emperor is under the emperor, and both kindness and power will be given, and the past will not be held accountable."

A stone fell in Chen Ling's heart, "I wrote down what the teacher said."

Ning Rutao then nodded, "The old minister may not have seen him for a long time."

Chen Ling said peacefully, "He is in the official residence, knowing that the teacher is coming, he will definitely come to see the teacher."

Ning Rutao nodded again.

The topic of Shen Ci's passage passed, and Ning Rutao asked again, "Can Tan Jin's party members find out, this matter cannot be delayed."

Chen Ling nodded, "Yes. Tan carried out things carefully and planned for many years. Tan Jin's party members are very secretive. If it wasn't for Shen Ci who happened to run into it, I'm afraid they wouldn't know that Qu Guangtong and Fu Menci were Tan Jin's people. , I almost fell into Tan Jin's hands because of this. This time I asked Sheng Wenyu to besiege Huaicheng without attacking, and let Tan Weiming create chaos in Tanzhou, and then let Chen Xiuyuan go to collect food, just to see the reaction of others. This is the roster, teacher Take a look."

Ning Rutao took it and frowned when he saw the first few names, while asking, "What is Your Majesty going to do?"

Chen Ling replied, "The teacher has also seen that there are people in many places. If they are uprooted, it will inevitably cause panic in the court, and everyone will be in danger. In the matter of the spring tune, the real power is vacated and replaced slowly, there are many reasons for the replacement, and there is no need to rely on the chaos of King Tan, and try to let this matter slowly end."

Ning Rutao smiled again, "Your Majesty knows what to do, the old minister thinks that this is appropriate, and it is not dangerous for Yan and South Korea to be the first to settle accounts."

Chen Ling nodded, "I mean this too."

Ning Rutao stroked his beard, "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. After the rebellion of King Tan, the imperial power in His Majesty's hands is more stable, and the court and the army are more devoted to His Majesty, which is a good thing."

Chen Ling looked at Ning Rutao, "There's just one more thing, teacher, I didn't expect to understand."

Ning Rutao looked at her, "Your Majesty, please speak."

Chen Ling sighed lightly, "Tan Jin asked Chen Xian to be delivered to Xirong people, what does Xirong want Chen Xian to do?"

At present, Chen Xian has not been found, and everything is an unknown mystery.

But to some extent, it has nothing to do with Harmiya who appeared in Qucheng.

Ning Rutao lowered his eyebrows and smiled, raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes were deep, "How can Your Majesty confirm that it must be Chen Xian who was wanted by Xirong?"

Chen Ling was slightly startled.

Ning Rutao continued, "Your Majesty think about it again, Tan Jin and Xirong people do not trust each other, who is threading the needle?"

After the teacher said a word, Chen Ling came back to his senses.

Ning Rutao added, "Tan Jin is very clear that even if he sits on the throne, he will not be able to sit on the throne, but Chen Xian can put his name first; and Xi Rong is also very clear that he can't get rid of Tan Jin first, and then if Tan Jin does not Under control, they can use Chen Xian to act again. Your Majesty thinks, why can Tan Jin and Xirong people think of Chen Xian?"

Chen Ling said solemnly, "That's because Chen Xian is looking for them, and he knows exactly what they both want, he can make money from it, he's not timid, he's bold, he's hiding behind his back and borrowing strength It is no wonder that he saw me with Shen Ci at the same time, and ran away immediately, because he found that I was not in Tan Jin's hands, and Tan Jin was not in control of the overall situation. He wanted to remove himself from the situation as soon as possible. It was picked between Tan Jin and Xirong people. My grandfather and uncle reminded me earlier that Chen Xian could not stay any longer, because I was confused. Seeing him in public was so frightened that he urinated his pants, thinking that he was not good enough..."

Ning Rutao didn't mention the old things again, but said, "The rebellion of King Tan has come to an end, but there is a Harmiya in the west, you can meet, there will be no peace in the west in the future, the old minister just wants to talk to His Majesty about this, this On a trip to Cang Yue, I met Cang Yue Crown Prince Bo Jin. Cang Yue is now the crown prince supervising the country. This Bo Jin is not simple, and the old minister can't guess what he is thinking. This time something happened in the middle school, the old minister returned to Yan ahead of schedule. Han, Bo Jin mentioned that he will visit Yanhan in person after the year to meet His Majesty."

Chen Ling was surprised.

Ning Rutao said again, "Nan Shun and Cang Yue have all arrived at Yanhan one after the other, and the surroundings are bound to change. Your Majesty should keep the same and respond to all changes."

Chen Ling nodded, "I know."

At this point, Ning Rutao had finished saying what he had to say, and then changed his gentle expression, "If your majesty wants to do something, you can go now. Here in Miaocheng, the old minister will watch for your majesty."

Chen Ling also said, "Thank you teacher."

Ning Rutao covered his sleeves and coughed twice, "Don't pass on the cold to Your Majesty."

"How come?" Chen Ling smiled and said, "Teacher, how is your grand-uncle doing recently?"

Ning Rutao smiled, "The adoptive father is still very good, even though he is old, he also misses His Majesty. This time, I was in a hurry to come back to King Tan of Wanzhou. Before returning to Beijing, His Majesty can take time to have a look."

Chen Ling should be fine.

Just as Qishan stepped forward, "Your Majesty, Ning Xiang, Your Highness is back."

It was Mother Fang who brought Anian back.

"Ning Xiang~" A Nian said kindly, "I picked the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes one by one."

Ning Rutao laughed, "Your Highness has a heart, the old minister thanked him."

Chen Ling also laughed.

***

Shaking the city, Chen Xiu picked up the teacup far away and glanced ahead.

Three, two, one...

Chen Xiuyuan dropped the cup.

Suddenly, the people around him suddenly stood up, pressing down the people in front of him, unable to move at all. Chen Xiuyuan then got up and stepped forward, and said slowly, "I watched all the way, and I felt that something was wrong with you."

Harmia struggled to look at him, "What's wrong with me?"

Chen Xiuyuan said, "It's because everything is right, so it's not right..."

Harmia gritted her teeth, "Nonsense!"

"Oh~" Chen Xiuyuan sighed, "That's because you are unlucky...meeting me."

Harmia struggled again, but was pressed.

Chen Xiuyuan turned to look at Qu Bianying, "How is it, is there a problem?"

The people around had already set up Harmiya, Qu Bianying glanced at Chen Xiuyuan, did not speak, but stepped forward to watch the purple-clothed guard search Harmiya's body.

"General!" Ziyiwei found an amulet and presented it to Qu Bianying.

Qu Bianying took it, such amulet is rare, the text on it is not in Chinese...

Qu Bianying looked at Harmiya, "You are not Han."

Harmia smiled strangely.

Chen Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows, always feeling that something was wrong with this person, "Qu Bianying, stay away from him."

Chen Xiu was far away, while Qu Bianying was close.

Qu Bianying glanced at him, didn't pay any attention, and continued to approach Harmiya, "I remember that the amulet of the Xirong people will have their own name engraved on it. Is this your own name? Are you a Xirong person?"

As soon as Qu Bianying finished speaking, Harmiya suddenly shook off the four people who had just supported him.

The speed is so fast and the strength is so great, it was clearly pretending just now!

Qu Bianying was already very fast, but before he could pull out his saber, the dagger in his hand clasped his neck, and he saw blood in an instant.

The surrounding Ziyiwei didn't dare to step forward, and the corners of Harmiya's mouth twitched slightly, looking at Chen Xiuyuan on the side.

Chen Xiuyuan sighed, "If you have something to say, don't you Xirong feel ashamed of using a woman as a shield?"