Wishful Things

"Is the news true?" Xie Shoufu asked the sender holding the secret letter.

The man replied: "According to the investigation, the king of Yan fell ill a month ago, and these days, the Yan army camp has been on abnormal alert, and has been trying to block the news - it is the eyeliner that His Majesty planted in the Yan army for many years earlier." It was only after many investigations in the camp that I found out about it! And after more than a month of investigations, it can be seen that the Yan army has repeatedly sent people in and out of Cangzhou to seek medical treatment secretly, and they are all looking for people who are good at treating heart diseases!"

Heart disease?

The faces of the ministers were all different.

Xie Shoufu also frowned in thought.

The so-called heart disease must not be a sudden and sudden illness - did King Yan suffer from heart disease in the past?

He had never heard of this, and even if it was true, King Yan would try his best to conceal it, otherwise it would be tantamount to announcing his weakness to the public.

King Yan has no sons, whether his body is strong enough or not has a lot to do with it, military spirit is one of them...

If something really happened to King Yan, then King Yan's army...

"Will there be any fraud in this?" A minister guessed—it was too sudden, just like the sky that was about to collapse not only suddenly held up, but also dropped the pie!

It will inevitably make people feel unreal.

Some ministers nodded in agreement.

Whether there is fraud, really hard to say.

After all, no one saw it with their own eyes at the moment, and the extent of the illness, and whether there will be a turnaround, these are all unknown.

It should be noted that just two months ago, the three grandparents and grandchildren of King Dingnan were all buried, and in a blink of an eye they performed a resurrection from the dead!

What's more, it's King Yan?

"It's true that you shouldn't believe it..." The Minister of the Ministry of Rites was very confused: "But if it is a fraud, what is it?"

These words caused several people to think for a while.

It is indeed strange...

The previous deceit by the Wu family was to force the traitor to show up, and it was in his own home.

As for King Yan's current situation, if he wants to win, to put it bluntly, he just needs to fight forward. After a year or a half, he will join up with the Wu family's army in Ningyang, and then Xu's family's army will be there to support him. there.

Who can pretend to be sick?

To the court?

But they couldn't relax their defense just because King Yan was ill. On the contrary, in this way, it gave the imperial court time to strengthen defense everywhere!

However, King Yan's army delayed the march and missed the opportunity to take advantage of the victory and continue to attack. Undoubtedly, there was a big problem with the army's morale...

As for using this fake news to trick the imperial soldiers and horses into killing them? ——Wouldn’t it be nice to kill directly, why bother? Isn't this sick?

No matter how you think about it, it seems that there is nothing to plot.

All the ministers were dubious about this.

Xie Shoufu glanced at the secret letter in his hand again, and then confessed: "Send the letter to various places around Cangzhou, continue to investigate the truth of this matter, and must find out the cause and effect. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen defense, and always To deal with it, we must not relax our carelessness because of this undistinguished news, and give people an opportunity to take advantage of—”

Right now, everything has to be done with care.

The person who sent the letter responded and took the order to go.

...

After another half a month in such a calm situation, when the news came back, it was almost a definite statement——

According to the spy's report, different doctors come and go in and out of the camp of the commander-in-chief of King Yan's army every day, and all those who enter the tent are put under house arrest and are not allowed to leave the barracks.

Their eyeliners in the barracks managed to secretly question a doctor. The doctor said that King Yan had suffered a heart attack due to exhaustion from many days of marching.

This is one of them.

Second, according to the investigation, Princess Yan and Princess Sangyun, the daughter of King Yan, have now left Mizhou and are secretly escorted by King Yan's confidantes to Cangzhou.

Third, after news spread that King Yan might have fallen ill due to heart disease, Imperial Physician Zheng also came forward to confirm the matter. He said that when King Yan came to Beijing before, he had met him once and observed his facial features and earlobes. Changes are indeed very similar to the symptoms of heart disease.

There is one more, and the most important one——

There was civil strife in Yan Wang's army.

The two capable lieutenants under his command now each hold nearly half of the troops, and the two have their own thoughts, both intending to annex and get rid of each other. Because of this gradually expanding civil strife, the hearts of King Yan's army were fluctuating, and the news that King Yan was seriously ill could hardly be concealed.

King Yan had no sons under his knees. Once he fell, the army would have no master, and it was inevitable that the situation in the army would get out of control and internal strife would be inevitable.

And this is undoubtedly good news for the court.

It's even great news!

The ruling and opposition parties breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people say that this is God Bless Daqing.

In the East Palace, the prince with pale lips stood in front of the window, looking at the white snow in the courtyard, he felt a loss in front of him, and his heart lost its direction in this vastness.

He was even puzzled.

In the current Daqing, such a king, what else is worthy of God's blessing?

Is this blessing or destruction?

Second Uncle... Is something really wrong?

The boy's eyes were full of worry, his emotions touched his heart, and he coughed again.

Hearing the sound, the inner eunuch hurried over, closed the window, and helped the boy to sit down on the side of the couch with the smoking cage.

The internal supervisor is also worried.

The earth dragon is burning in the hall, but His Highness is afraid of the cold, so he always puts another charcoal basin...

Even so, when this winter came, the naked eye could tell that His Highness's body was getting worse.

If this continues, what should I do?

...

The news of King Yan's illness also reached Emperor Qingming's ears.

Originally, the recent political affairs would no longer be reported to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This news was brought in by Ming Yushi.

For this reason, Ming Xiaozhi also had a dispute with Xie Shoufu and his party.

At first, Ming Xiaozhi wanted to go to Yangxin Palace to report something, but was stopped by the palace servants. When he asked why, the palace servants replied that it was the confession from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xie Shoufu.

Ming Xiaozhi was furious and publicly accused the cabinet officials of being dishonest. The monarch still refused to allow the officials to meet. Such an act is appalling and outrageous!

What he said was extremely serious, and it was more like a scolding than an accusation.

Let's say he was scolding cabinet officials, but in fact, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince scolded him too.

After cursing, he forced his way into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Seeing the emaciated and sickly Emperor, he threw himself in front of the dragon couch and wept bitterly. He scolded the courtiers for their bad intentions, which resulted in the loss of the dignity of the monarch, and bewitched the young prince to control political affairs. Treating the way of the monarch and ministers as nothing, if this continues, I am afraid that the country will not be the country.

He wept bitterly and indignantly, as if the sky would collapse in the next moment, and the country and the country would collapse. It was so infected that Emperor Qingming on the hospital bed could not help but shed two lines of dirty tears.

"Ming Aiqing doesn't know something, they are now imprisoning me in a disguised form... They don't allow anyone to ask to see me, and I don't know anything about the situation outside!"

"Your Majesty sees it all." Ming Yushi's eyes were firm and his words resonated: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, with my ministers around, it is impossible for them to treat His Majesty like this!"

The eyes of Emperor Qingming, who was almost unconscious during the illness, were extremely red, and he held his hand tremblingly, as if he was struggling to grab the last straw: "Okay...okay, Ming Aiqing, I believe in you, and now I only believe in you." you!"

...

Xie Shoufu and others were indignant but helpless.

Speaking of truth, since Ming Xiaozhi is the censor of Zuodu, he does have the power to supervise all officials——

Although his words are alarmist, they are also true in a certain way...

But what are their intentions, does the other party really not understand?

"This Mingxiao has always been rigid and pedantic, and he likes to contradict others! He advocated peace talks before, but he knew that he couldn't do it, but he insisted on going. He stayed in Qicheng for several months!"

"That's right, this is a stubborn donkey. If you reason with him, he will knock you out with so many reasons!"

"Just stick to the principles and rules, and can't see the situation clearly!"

But he claims to be loyal only to the king, can you say he is wrong? Can you say he has a bad heart?

Of course, he has no evil intentions, but if the timing is wrong, ignorance is the biggest evil!

Xie Shoufu felt that there was nothing he could do about it.

Now this person would go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to report matters almost every day, and sometimes he would act with the emperor's oral instructions. If they disagreed, they would knock down a hat of disobedience.

He thought about it yesterday and wanted to have a long talk with the other party, but before he had time to invite someone, the other party came to find him first, and he cursed at him when he came up!

At that moment, looking at the other person's saliva, he admitted that he was on top——

I think he was also a censor back then, and he was never afraid of anyone in the matter of scolding!

So, the two had a big scolding in the cabinet.

Seeing that the situation was too fierce, the other officials were afraid that if this continued, there would be another death, so they gradually changed from helping each other to persuading them to fight.

In the end, he was slightly defeated...

After all, I have not been a censor for many years. After leaving that circle, some heart-wrenching words are unfamiliar to me. Compared with these young people who are still studying and improving, he is old and unable to keep up with the latest situation. There is a decline.

The imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty left, and the imperial physician came.

I scolded yesterday and ended it with this.

This made Xie Shoufu feel a little bit embarrassed today. Hearing what everyone said, he seldom expressed his opinion.

A minister suggested that it is better to find a wrong place and remove him from the position of Zuodu censor, so as not to delay further.

The Minister of Rites smiled wryly upon hearing this.

Wrong place?

It's really not that difficult.

Above official business, the censor has always been strict with others and even more strict with himself. He has always been in business and set an example.

If not, with the opponent's mouth that has even scolded the emperor, how can he still occupy the position of Zuodu censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate until now?

This is a master who can't even catch the crime guards.

As for personal morality, it is even more difficult. This person neither pays attention to fine clothes, nor loves jewelry and money.

If you want to ask, if you don’t love money, then do you love sex? Did you secretly raise a prostitute or something like that?

Heh, he doesn't even bother to marry a wife, so he can raise a ghostly concubine!

If you say what this lord censor loves, well, he really does, the only thing is that he likes to pick people's mistakes!

It is said that even when I am on duty or taking a rest on weekdays, I also like to wander around someone's mansion to hear what the neighbors think about the people in this official's family; Just listen to the gossip in the officialdom.

Isn't Princess Jingrong one of the victims?

Anyway, people have such a hobby of raising noodles, and he has been tirelessly impeaching them for these years. Before the eldest princess's mansion entered a new noodle, he made a book, and also made clear the origin of the name of the noodle. It's clear - he probably knows better than the eldest princess herself how many face heads are raised in the eldest princess's mansion!

Listening to the ministers' words, Xie Shoufu's head started to hurt again just after he had recovered.

"Don't say any more."

He interrupted the crowd, frowned and said: "Just keep an eye on him, as long as you don't cause trouble, don't bother with him."

This kind of person, the more you pay attention to him, the more energetic he will be.

Anyway, he didn't want to be scolded by the other party anymore!

On the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Qingming's complexion has slightly improved recently.

On this day, Ming Yushi came to see him again, and the two eunuchs guarding outside the hall looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to stop him.

Hearing about King Yan's serious illness, Emperor Qingming sat on the head of the bed and relieved his anger with a sinister laugh: "...This is the retribution of the rebels! Even the heavens can't see it!"

He is the real dragon emperor protected by the heavens, no one wants to compete with him!

Those who dare to covet his position will not end well!

Then he asked, "How did the Wu family and the Xu family react?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is no action on both sides now. Once this accident happens, everyone is waiting and watching, and no one dares to act rashly."

Emperor Qingming laughed even louder.

"I knew that without King Yan, the Xu and Wu families would be like dogs without a master! Without a title, let's see what they can come up with!"

For a long time, the reason why he was jealous of the Xu family and the Wu family was because he was jealous of the King of Yan, fearing that they would fall to the King of Yan together—and as long as the King of Yan died, it would be a matter of time before the Xu and Wu families were defeated one by one !

What the censor of the Ming Dynasty said was true. Now that the news of King Yan's serious illness has spread to Cangzhou, there is indeed a wait-and-see tendency everywhere.

As a result, the imperial court was able to take a little breather, and many officials privately felt that they could barely live a stable year.

Soon it will be New Years Eve.

In the early morning of New Year's Eve, Xu Mingyi was arranging the bookshelves in the study outside the Ming family.

Since he is pretending to be a servant, there must be one thing that the servant should do.

When Ming Yushi came back from the outside and saw that she was still busy, he felt a little sorry—this little girl is so real, no matter whether there is someone or no one, she works hard enough.

However, the girls of Xu's family do chores under him every day, if their hands are roughened and they develop chilblains, Duke Zhen may ask him to settle accounts later.

"Okay, there's no need to clean up. Today is New Year's Eve. The whole family has given two days off. You should go back and rest."

Xu Mingyi put down the book in his hand, and said: "The left and right are also idle, and I just want to borrow the adults' pen and paper."

"I need to handle some business, you can do whatever you want." Ming Yushi sat down behind the desk.

Xu Mingyi nodded, seeing the strong wind outside, he wanted to close the door of the study.

The imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty was Qingjian, and there was no earth dragon in the house, only a brazier was burning.

She came to the door, and as soon as she put her hands on the door, she saw a group of black shadows climbing up the stone steps and coming.

It is the third eye.

It walked into the study, flapped its wings and hopped its feet, shaking off the snow on its paws.

Xu Mingyi took a look at the big bird's overly round belly, and knew that it must have just returned from eating.

It’s not just about eating——

Seeing the big bird's leg tied with a small piece of bamboo tube, she squatted down to take it off.

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