Chapter 185 Goodbye

Prince Yan Mansion in Beiping.

The flowers outside the flower hall next to the inner hall are blooming, competing for beauty. It is midsummer but the garden is still full of spring. Clusters of peonies and peonies are colorful, making the walls of the flower hall more bright and bright.

In the flower hall, Zhu Di stood up with surprise and asked anxiously: "What? The capital sent an imperial envoy to patrol the north?"

Monk Daoyan's face was calm, neither happy nor angry, and slowly took a sip of tea and said, "Yes, the spies from the capital have sent a quick report. The emperor ascended the throne. In order to appease the people of the world and the vassal kings in various places, he specially ordered the imperial envoy to inspect the vassal kings on behalf of the emperor and reward the vassal kings and border troops. Now the imperial envoy has left the capital and has arrived at Xuzhou Prefecture, Jiangbei..."

Zhu Di frowned deeply and said with a serious expression: "Inspecting the various vassals and rewarding the vassal kings? Humph! What is the reason?"

Monk Daoyan smiled happily and said, "The court took the initiative to show goodwill to the vassal kings, saying that rewards are nothing more than delaying the troops and slowing down the morale of the vassal kings. The prince, from this, it can be seen that the emperor is imperative to reduce the vassal kings. The court has taken the first step. After the imperial envoy shows goodwill to the vassal kings, it is believed that the next second step will be the court to expand the military equipment of various governments, train soldiers, hoard food and grass, and prepare to provide military support for the vassal kings. At that time, which vassal king dared not obey the order to reduce the vassal kings, what would be waiting for him would be the head-on attack of the imperial army..."

Zhu Di's face gradually changed. He clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhu Yunwen, this yellow-mouthed boy! How dare you treat you, the emperor's uncle like this! It's so blind God to make you an unfilial person the emperor!"

Daoyan looked at Zhu Di's resentful expression and said leisurely: "Prince, when the late emperor was alive, I heard the debate between the ministers in the court about the reduction of the vassals. At that time, the commander of the Jinyiwei and the imperial teacher Huang Zicheng had different opinions. Xiao Fan advocated that it was difficult first and then easy, Huang Zicheng advocated that it was easy first and then difficult. The two of them fought hard at that time. Recently, news came from the capital that Huang Zicheng lost in the dispute between the court and was demoted to Dengzhou Prefecture by the emperor..."

Zhu Di jumped and said in a deep voice: "So, Xiao Fan has the upper hand in the capital court? Then the emperor must have adopted his strategy of reducing the vassals by being difficult first and then easy..."

Daoyan nodded and said, "Yes, the prince can think deeper. Who is stronger and weak in the world? If the court starts to reduce the vassal states, who will be the first to bear the brunt?"

"There are only a few powerful people in the world, only this king, Ning, and Jin..."

Daoyan said: "King Ning was young and brave but not scheming. King Jin Xin died. His son inherited the throne. The superiors and subordinates could not return to their hearts. The two kings could not cause any major trouble to the court, and the rest..."

Zhu Di's eyelids twitched, he was silent for a while, and said gloomyly: "The rest is this king."

Daoyan nodded and said, "The imperial envoy visited the north and was obviously to comfort the various vassals. In fact, he came for you, the prince. The first one in the court to appease you, just means that the first one the court wants to cut off in the future is, the prince!"

Zhu Di's cold and hard face had turned pale, his teeth were chewing, and he said with hatred: "I have expected that Zhu Yunwen, Xiao Fan, is so vicious! Sir, now we..."

Daoyan quickly interrupted Zhu Di and said, "We can't rebel now!"

Zhu Di remained silent, and he also understood that his strength was not enough to fight the imperial army.

"Prince, the court needs time to prepare, so why do we also need time? Although the prince now has a 150,000 army, the newly recruited soldiers are not trained enough. This spring, all the purchase of grain and grass will be entrusted to Wang Gui of Dafeng Rice Store. Now the food and grass of each thousand households can be enough for our Yan army soldiers to use for half a year, but... these food and grass are still far from enough. It will take at least a few years to fight the court. There is not enough food and grass, and the soldiers are not trained enough. We are very prepared in a hurry!"

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Sir, what he means..."

Daoyan smiled and said, "The court delays time, so we might as well make plans. If the time can be delayed for a year, our Yan army soldiers will train into an army and have enough food and grass. At that time, we will find an excuse to raise the flag of righteousness and go out to Peiping to occupy Shandong and Henan first to go south. The court caught off guard and we will definitely be able to gain the opportunity for this battle."

Zhu Di nodded and smiled, "Sir, since I have made plans, I will not be anxious. Humph! Those corrupt and incompetent ministers of the court are supporting a foolish and ignorant emperor. How can he not replace such a weak court?"

Daoyan glanced at Zhu Di and said slowly: "Prince, there is another thing..."

"What's the matter?"

"This time the imperial envoy who was ordered to patrol the north was the one who had a deep grudge against the prince... Xiao Fan!"

Zhu Di suddenly rose, slapped the table in shock and angrily, and shouted: "Xiao Fan? Is he an imperial envoy? He is coming to my Peking Mansion? Is he afraid of his life?"

"Have you found the whereabouts of Princess Jiangdu?"

Xiao Fan, the imperial envoy of Xuzhou City, stood up and asked in surprise.

"Yes! Sir, now His Highness the Princess is worshiping a woman in the Pengzu Temple in Dapeng Town, Xuzhou. The Jinyiwei has sent a message that the tiqi scattered from all over Xuzhou are rushing to Dapeng Town to gather."

Xiao Fan said happily: "I finally found it! From robbing the imperial envoy, to leaving Beijing, to going to Peking, all this is for her! Unexpectedly, she discovered her trace as soon as she arrived in Xuzhou. Come! Come quickly to prepare the ceremony and go to Dapeng Town!"

The captain took his fist and left.

Cao Yi hesitated: "Brother Xiao, my brother and sister have found it, are we..."

Xiao Fan was stunned and then slowly shook his head: "Brother Cao, I understand what you mean. I still have to go to Peking. I have told you the reason..."

Cao Yi said: "How about this? After we entered Shandong, the imperial envoy's ceremonial guards were divided into two parts. You lead the ceremonial guards to Shanxi to reward the King of Jin. I lead more than a hundred lieutenants to Peiping to reward the King of Yan..."

Xiao Fan understood Cao Yi's meaning as soon as he heard this, and couldn't help but be moved: "Brother Cao, you are loyal to me, how can I let you take risks alone? Then am I still a human being? Don't forget that although you were once a general under the command of the King of Yan, you have long since broken up. Moreover, when you were in the capital, you also formed a deep hatred with the King of Yan for me. You are not an imperial envoy. If you go to Peking, the King of Yan will have no scruples, and you will definitely kill you. No, we have to go together!"

Cao Yi said anxiously: "You have offended the King of Yan, can the imperial envoy protect your life?"

Xiao Fan smiled and said, "The King of Yan is not equipped with enough military equipment. If he dares to kill me now, it is equivalent to declaring war on the court. At this time, the Yan army will be defeated. The King of Yan is a hero. He can distinguish between personal grudges and great causes. It is not that easy to want my life..."

"But……"

Xiao Fan said confidently: "Besides, if I don't have a few aces in my hand, I dare to jump into his territory alone under the imperial envoy's name? I'm not a fool. Brother Cao, don't worry, you will definitely be in danger and safe when you go to Peking."

Cao Yi sighed and shook his head without saying a word.

After a turmoil at the headquarters of the Xuzhou imperial envoy, Xiao Fan's imperial envoy quickly started his journey. Three thousand personal troops camped outside the city gathered quickly. Then, with Xiao Fan's carriage, the group drove towards Dapeng Town west of Xuzhou City.

The officials from the Xuzhou Prefectural Office stood far away at the city wall and watched the imperial envoy leave without a trace. Everyone looked at each other and found that the cold sweat on each other was falling, with an unconcealed look of horror in their eyes.

The imperial envoy did not go to the headquarters for three days. As soon as he came out, he was so loud that he didn't say what he was going to do. This Lord Xiao... is really unpredictable! I don't know which colleague is going to be in trouble...

Dapeng Town is under the jurisdiction of Peng County. When Xiao Fan's ceremonial war was still more than twenty miles away from Peng County, the county yard runners quickly reported to the magistrate of Peng County Chen Anyi. When Chen Anyi heard that the imperial envoy had used the ceremonial war and came to Peng County, he couldn't help but be frightened and looked like earth. In addition to frightened and despair, Chen Anyi couldn't help but be sad and angry, - I just greedy for some more money and sentenced several unjust cases? As for using the ceremonial war to set up such a big show, come to me personally to trouble me?

The number one figure in the Jinyiwei came straight to his county. Who can end up with a good ending under the murderous devil? Who is not a bloody person who has suffered from the torture of his hands and feet?

So, when Xiao Fan's ceremonial guard was only more than ten miles away from Peng County, Chen Anyi, the magistrate of Peng County, found a strong hemp rope in the second hall of the county government and hanged himself...

No one expected that at the moment when Chen Anyi died, Xiao Fan's ceremonial guard suddenly turned on the official road and turned straight to Dapeng Town, without even entering the county town of Peng County.

When the yamen runners reported the message to the magistrate in surprise, they found that Chen Anyi had already died of anger...

This guy died so unfairly...

When he was about to arrive in Dapeng Town, Xiao Fan received a news report from the Jinyiwei Tiqi, saying that the magistrate of Peng County, Chen Anyi, came in person when he heard that the imperial envoy had come. Perhaps he had done something wrong before, and actually committed suicide for fear of his crime.

Xiao Fan opened his mouth wide, was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed heavily.

Turning his head and looking at Cao Yi and said in a heavy tone, "This matter teaches us how important it is to be calm and calm when encountering things. Everything is not at the last moment. We must be calm and let the bullets fly for a while..."

Cao Yi scratched his head with no idea: "…………”

Xiao Fan looked into the sky with a deep and solemn look, and said in a deep voice: "... At the same time, he also taught me that you should be like Conan, and have a domineering attitude of going all the way!"

Cao Yi: “…………”

The first to open the way were more than a hundred celebratory lieutenants. They wore flying fish suits, embroidered spring swords on their waists, and quietly sneaked to the Pengzu Temple in Dapeng Town, and soon surrounded the Pengzu Temple.

The guarding outside the temple were dozens of personal guards of Princess Jiangdu. Seeing that there were shadows not far outside the temple, everyone was shocked and hurriedly drew out their swords and looked around vigilantly, and went forward without hesitation. The two sides became closer and closer, and the situation was unclear, and they were about to fight.

"What are you bastards! Do you dare to attack me?" A deep shout ordered both parties to stop the castration.

The guards dispersed, Xiao Fan walked out in a flying fish suit, frosty face, and stared at the guards who were left outside the temple by Princess Jiangdu.

The guards naturally recognized Xiao Fan. When they saw him coming, they were so scared that they were shocked. They hurriedly put their swords into the sheath, knelt down and saluted, and said in unison: "See Commander Xiao!"

The closer he got to Jiangdu, the more angry Xiao Fan felt. He was always thinking about how to deal with this disobedient wife. Seeing the guard saluted, Xiao Fan snorted: "Can Jiangdu be inside?"

"Return to the commander, the princess and shopkeeper Chen are paying homage to Peng Zu."

Xiao Fan was so angry that he gritted his teeth. I was so anxious that I was almost hanging. They were still in the mood to worship God...

"You all stay outside, I'll go in alone!"

Inside the main hall of Pengzu Temple.

Jiang Du looked at Chen Ying'er in sobs with pity, and a complicated feeling appeared in his heart.

She didn't expect that Chen Ying'er, who had known her for a long time, was her husband's former fiancée. She didn't expect that after she got engaged with her husband, she was obsessed with her husband. She did not marry anyone else, but her sister-in-law was alone and waited until now. This silly woman is pitiful and lamentable. She loves him silently in her heart and hates him. Is it worth it to be full of love and fall in love with her?

If she hadn't accidentally told the secret today, how long would she have planned to bury this secret in her heart?

My husband, how can you repay this love debt if you provoke it?

Jiang Du sighed quietly and said, "Ying'er, I really didn't expect that you have such deep affection for your husband. Is he... worthy of your hatred and love like this?"

Chen Ying'er raised her hand to wipe the tears on her cheeks, and said resentfully: "Princess, you are his wife. You said yourself, is he... worthy of your love?"

Jiang Du was stunned by the question, then smiled sweetly, his eyes gradually faded: "He... is not actually a good person..."

Chen Ying'er seemed to remember all the evil things Xiao Fan had done in the past, and laughed and said, "He is not just a good person, he is simply a bad person, a bad person. He is wearing a gentle cloak, but he is a complete bastard in his bones..."

Seeing that she said her husband so badly, Jiang Du couldn't help but stare at Chen Ying'er angrily.

Chen Ying'er smiled and said, "Princess, don't be upset. After you married him, you lived in the mansion and never went out to walk. Do you know that your husband is now in the capital?"

Jiang Du covered his mouth in surprise, his beautiful eyes and said straight: "Hehe...notorious?"

"Do you think that the commander of the Jinyiwei, a kind and just person, can take responsibility?" Chen Ying'er smiled.

Jiang Du opened his mouth wide and said, "…………”

Chen Ying'er said leisurely: "Maybe you don't know yet. Now I am a subordinate of your husband. Not only me, but my entire Chen family business has been tied to the Jinyiwei on a boat. Both losses will be lost, and all the prosperity will be prosperous."

Jiang Du's eyes widened: "…………”

"Your husband is now the leader of the treacherous party in the court. The ministers of the Qingliu Lieu, such as Huang Zicheng, would scold you for a few words to eat every day. They would curse you for a few words to sleep before going to bed. Well... His Highness of the King of Yan, who is far away in Beijing, would have reacted the same way as Huang Zicheng. Last year, the King of Yan was stranded in the capital. If your husband had not been imprisoned at the time, he might not have been able to return to his fiefdom now..."

“…………”

Chen Ying'er looked at Jiang Du's pretty face and felt more and more funny in her heart, and said casually: "Simply put, your husband is now in the court, and among the vassal kings, there are only a handful of people in the world who do not hate your husband..."

Jiang Du's surprise never faded. Today she realized that her husband was so fierce and famous outside. It could almost be said that everyone was afraid of others and was worried about ghosts. She was innocent and thought that her husband was just an ordinary official, taking an ordinary job in the court, but she didn't expect that his reputation was so high. Is it really a privilege to marry such a husband?

After a long silence, Jiang Du suddenly smiled brightly, as if the spring breeze had melted the ice, with a bright and gorgeous smile.

"No matter who my husband is outside, at least... he loves me, at least... he is the man we all love deeply, that's enough, right?" Jiang Du whispered with relief.

Chen Ying'er's pretty face turned red, and then sighed quietly: "Yes, women love a man, so there are no reasons. Even if he is guilty outside and is unforgivable, when he returns home, he is the woman's heaven, the backbone of a woman, everything about a woman..."

Jiang Du said seriously: "Ying'er, what do you plan to do in the future? Are you still standing in the distance alone and looking at him silently, loving and hating him in your heart like before?"
To be continued...