I just like the Prime Minister

The night bridge is three thousand miles away, the lights are sparkling in the Han Dynasty, the river waves cross the summer wind, the prosperous Huaidu is under the fireworks, the singing is far away, and the red-sleeved tall buildings.

Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu sat opposite Luo Wanchuan together, feeling the icy cold in this scorching summer.

"Blowing up the embankment?" Li Chengzuo frowned, "There are three thousand miles of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are full of prosperity. He destroyed this good place by himself. What is he planning?"

Luo Wanchuan's complexion was ashen, and that handsome appearance was obviously not enough at this time: "To tell you the truth, I didn't understand at first, the Cao Gang are just rough people who make a living on the water, only know that this bombing of countless docks Submerged, disputes have continued since today... It is only after consulting Master Zhang who is familiar with the "Shui Jing" that they know that the line they exploded will merge into a line within three years, and the river will change its course. After a long time, it will become difficult to cross Tianchao..."

Jiang Xizhu didn't answer this topic, was startled, raised his head and said, "Master Zhang? Which Master Zhang?"

Luo Wanchuan was taken aback, and consciously said something that shouldn't be said. At this time, he felt that it didn't matter whether he was round or not, so he continued: "It is Mr. Zhang Yishanzhang, Governor of Liangjiang."

It is unimaginable that the officials of the current dynasty colluded with the water bandits.

Li Chengzuo immediately frowned: "Zhang Yishan?"

Luo Wanchuan saw the displeasure on his face, and naturally knew what he was thinking. Naturally, it was impossible to separate the relationship. He could not hide it, nor could he tell the whole story. He could only follow the principle of "not telling the whole truth" and said: "The ancestors of the Luo family I have had friendship with the ancestors of the Zhang family, and I wait for the younger generation to just delay the shadow of the ancestors..."

Seeing him hesitating, Jiang Xizhu turned his attention.

Zhang Yishan is an old disciple of Jiangge. His ancestors moved to the capital for many years, and he can be regarded as a scholarly family of poets and books. However, this family background is really not enough compared to the complex and intricate relationships in Beijing, let alone The governor of Liangjiang is a great official in the frontier. Without Jiang Ge's recommendation back then, Zhang Yishan's family background that would not be seen in the capital would have been a shortcoming, but in that special period, it was a [-]% advantage.

Elder Jiang Ge also mentioned this proud student from time to time later. Of course Jiang Xizhu had heard about it, and vaguely remembered that this ancestral home was indeed Jiangnan.

Is it a coincidence?

A member of the court whose ancestral home was in the south of the Yangtze River and later ascended to a high position, his ancestors actually had friendship with the water bandits who dominated one side...

Luo Wanchuan stared at the expressions of the two, the feeling of remorse and unspeakableness disappeared in a flash, but Jiang Xizhu looked at them all over.

"Lord Luo didn't tell the truth." Jiang Xizhu immediately asserted, "I heard that Luo's tone when he mentioned Mr. Zhang was mostly respectful and admirable. With all due respect... your style of asking for help is not so approachable."

This is what Luo Wanchuan planned for him and Li Chengzuo to come here.Jiang Xizhu seldom speaks like this with a gun and a stick, and secretly mocks it. At first glance, it sounds like the emperor who has been enlightened by the crow.

Li Chengzuo glanced at Jiang Xizhu when he heard the words, and was glanced back by Jiang Xizhu, so he had to hold back his smile and touch his nose as if he didn't see or hear anything, thinking that the prime minister of his family was getting harder and harder to fool.

On the other hand, Luo Wanchuan's expression turned ugly when he heard this, and he was silent for a while before finally speaking again.

"I do have a relationship with Mr. Zhang's ancestors, but that's something I only discovered after I met him...I met Mr. Zhang because of a book." Luo Wanchuan gritted his teeth and continued, "It's not a book. The book of De Ya Zhi Tang is a casual book - there are often old gentlemen in teahouses and wine shops who earn some tea money by telling stories, so the plot of the book is very popular, so it is widely circulated. I wonder if you two have heard of this book in Beijing. It's called "Phoenix Tower."

Jiang Xizhu hadn't thought of this fantastic work for a long time.

Before that, Li Chengzuo and Li Chengzuo had a few casual fights and reconciled. Recently, they traveled from the capital to Yecheng in a hurry, and came to this beautiful place in Zhuxi by accident. Speaking of it, there is always a sense of a world away.

He still remembered that he had a very high opinion of this book. At that time, he had never been in the rivers and lakes. a feeling of.

But Li Chengzuo snorted from the side: "I know, it's a play, what's wrong?"

Luo Wanchuan paused: "Of course the jokes in the book can't be taken seriously... However, Mr. Zhang and I both feel that the author of this book knows some old things in the world. Although the 'Phoenix Tower' he imagined does not exist, but with it There are actually things like that..."

Jiang Xizhu: "..."

He almost blurted out the three words "Phoenix Seal", so he could hold back at least.

Li Chengzuo only looked at Luo Wanchuan with interest.

Luo Wanchuan didn't seem to be aware of the subtle emotional changes between the two, and continued: "Master Zhang is an official in the south of the Yangtze River, looking for the author of the book; Unfortunately, I ran into Mr. Zhang... It was a coincidence, and I found out that my family's ancestors and Zhang's ancestors are related people. It's just that after a long time, then... the one that can connect us all Things have been lost several times, and now I don’t know who the owner is.”

However, Jiang Xizhu seems to vaguely understand the reason why Luo Qing returned to the imperial court in the past - he turned out to be the 72 demon god on Gu Xuecheng's phoenix seal. The stand against the imperial court was the real reason for his surrender.

As for Zhang Yishan... Jiang Xizhu felt that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would go back and ask carefully about his father, who is now only caring about cultivating immortality and providing for the elderly. How can someone who is honored as "Ge Lao" be able to retire so easily and safely until the end of his life, I'm afraid Both can be promoted to immortals, and Mr. Jiang Ge can still take part in state affairs in his leisure time, which shows that he is not a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch.

Li Chengzuo didn't say a word about this, and asked him separately: "What are you looking for this thing for? Without this thing, you have no shackles on your body. No one can order you anymore, and no one needs your help anymore." .”

However, Luo Wanchuan shook his head with a wry smile: "... I thought so when I was very angry, until I heard not long ago that the phoenix is ​​alive... This is a secret passed down by my ancestors, sorry I can't go into details, since the legendary god The poultry is true, I'm afraid... another thing related to punishment is also true."

Jiang Xizhu paused for a moment, subconsciously touched the phoenix egg that was still hidden in the package beside him, and suddenly felt awe for Gu Xuecheng, whose clan had never left a name.

There are still a few people who can keep their hearts after the great ups and downs, not to mention that An Ran I was buried in the rivers and lakes.

"Don't dare to leave..." Li Chengzuo smiled, "This is a fresh rhetoric, so what can you explain if you are eager to find it? Whether forced or voluntary, Caobang is helping them transport some shady things , and Zhang Yishan is even more conspiring with them, why, no one dares to punish him because he is the uncle of the country?"

However, before he finished speaking, Jiang Xizhu saw Luo Wanchuan's expression change uncontrollably.

"Master Zhang was coerced." After Luo Wanchuan said this sentence, he didn't bother to explain, and then he widened his eyes, looked at Li Chengzuo, and blurted out in a hurry, "Uncle? Which uncle? That's obviously the imperial envoy." your……"

This is too confusing.

Jiang Xizhu looked at Luo Wanchuan's surprised expression, and it was clear that he did not seem to be cheating. An absurd thought suddenly hit his mind. Before Li Chengzuo could understand the inextricable relationship, he asked: "Who is forcing you to rebel? Marquis of Fengcheng?"

Li Chengzuo looked back at Jiang Xizhu in amazement, and then realized what was going on, but before he could speak, he heard footsteps outside the building.

The voices of soldiers fighting outside the courtyard were very short. Luo Wanchuan yelled "Not good" and immediately looked at the river outside the building. There were still several ships on the river, which was still dark and only watery, and some of them had landed. I don't know how many there are, but two columns of soldiers with fire and long knives have bravely entered the building where the flowers are blooming and the fragrance is blowing.

"Tsk." Li Chengzuo sighed after him, and said gloatingly, "It's all your good deeds. You ran to this isolated island with nowhere to go to the village to have fun. I like to catch people like you, the target is obvious, and one catch is right... Oh, you are so masculine, pretend I didn't say it."

Jiang Xizhu: "..."

Talk like you've been caught.

Luo Wanchuan didn't have time to care about Li Chengzuo's unscrupulous ridicule, stretched out his hand to close the window edge, and said to Li Chengzuo sternly: "Master Imperial Envoy, although I, Luo Wanchuan, am an outlaw, I really wanted to dominate one side and be a carefree person, but this chaos It is definitely not my original intention, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Zhang, the Governor of Liangjiang. One day, he will go to the Golden Palace of the capital to confront each other, so I hope Mr. Zhang will speak for me."

He said this to Li Chengzuo, and he unexpectedly regarded Li Chengzuo as an "imperial envoy".

Jiang Xizhu and Li Chengzuo gave a "really so" look in their eyes, and finally understood the upside-down chaos-someone was waiting for the "imperial envoy" Jiang Xizhu in the south of the Yangtze River, and when he arrived here, he would start a "rebellion" situation , forcing Li Chengzuo to cut off his arm, as for the emperor... no one even knew that the emperor was here.

The Marquis of Fengcheng who has been tied to the crown prince since the first emperor, Jiang Ge the old governor of Liangjiang who took office as his guarantor, the prime minister Jiang Xizhu who has always been close as a companion, and the forces in the rivers and lakes who have always been known as rebels, plus King Qi Ugin from the fief...

Adding all these together, I am afraid that there is only one thought missing. If these things are unified for a while and cause trouble in the capital, it seems that the evidence is convincing, even if Li Chengzuo wants to defend, he will be powerless.

It's a pity that they counted all the organs, but Li Chengzuo was on the spot if they didn't count.

Li Chengzuo thought calmly, how can these evidences that seem to be combined inside and outside be ignited all at once?It must be a plausible reason, and a very reasonable hands-on person will string these together into a primer.

However, he didn't have time to think about it, the sound of close combat passed by in an instant, and the sound of footsteps outside the door approached in an instant.

The door was pushed open immediately, and Jiang Xizhu recognized one of them with a glance at the door. That person was obviously a guide, and he was one of the people who confronted Li Chengzuo with a sword just now. Luo Wanchuan was so careful that he was killed by his own people sold.

Luo Wanchuan was furious in an instant: "Chen Liu'er! I, Luo Wanchuan, have treated you well! Both your parents died when you were ten years old. I thought you had no one to rely on, and I took you in Cao Gang! Is this how you repay me?"

When Chen Liu'er was yelled at by him, he shrank his neck subconsciously, looked at the person who led the soldiers in, and seemed to gain confidence again: "I... Lord Luo, I played money with someone the year before last, but I owed that person 300 taels of silver, I beg you, if you don’t pay it back for me, let me cut off three fingers to repay the debt...I don’t want three fingers, you are such a sweet-hearted person! You deserve it if no one follows you!”

Luo Wanchuan was about to burst into tears, but before he could make a move, a group of people held his neck and took him down with three punches and two feet: "You!"

Jiang Xizhu looked aside and sneered.

Shengmi kind fights Miqiu, love is deep and righteous, but what is raised is the root of disaster, just like Luo Wanchuan, like the former queen Yuan and queen mother, like the government of the Duke of Qin.

The leader of the person looked gentle, and swept a circle between Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu. Together with Luo Wanchuan, they took Li Chengzuo as the target, and said to him: "The imperial envoy is here, it is really far away. Welcome, my subordinates are waiting for you!" I have been waiting here for a long time for the Lord's order. Now Jiangnan is facing a catastrophe, and the refugees are all over the country. However, the court has not given a helping hand for more than a month. The faint king has closed up the country in the name of cultivating immortals and asking people to starve to death for thousands of miles. Not enough to assist, Lord Hou please imperial envoys to recruit the refugees into a rebel army, attack the immoral, punish the tyrant, and help the Great Yu Sheji..."

These words are three points reasonable, Jiang Xizhu tried to keep himself out of the matter, and found it strange that he almost believed it.

Hearing this, Li Chengzuo sized up the leader with great interest, his peach blossom eyes hooked, and he said with a leisurely smile: "Uncle has long wanted to do this, why didn't he tell me?"

The man seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and he prepared his sophistry in advance: "Master Xiang is young and has never experienced such a scene. I am afraid that you will not be able to hide the matter and reveal the important matter in advance, so I waited here specially. Xiangye and that stupid gentleman had a friendship growing up together since childhood, but if a big event happens, the six relatives will be destroyed, and Xiangye should not be pedantic for a while, indulge the innocent and stupid people, and cause harm to future generations."

This big hat is of a superlative standard, and His Majesty the Emperor feels that he can't make up such truthful words. Li Chengzuo doesn't know whether he should cry or laugh. Although this is an alternative affirmation of his all along, but really When it comes to face-to-face, it's still pretty embarrassing.

He raised his eyes to see the dense posture that was determined to take down the "imperial envoy", and smiled: "In that case, let's go?"

The leader didn't expect it to be so smooth at all, he was taken aback for a moment: "Where are you going?"

"Tsk." His Majesty the Emperor deeply felt that this class of rebels was not good enough, so he shook his head and said, "Didn't you say that Lord Hou is waiting, let's go."

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Song Yingluo waited anxiously in Beijing for seven days, and finally ordered someone to contact Taoist Master Zixu who went down to the south of the Yangtze River. After hearing the letter from Taoist Zixu who sent back the details of the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, and hearing that the refugees affected by the disaster had already formed a rebellion. The trend of the army, suddenly the whole person couldn't sit still, thinking about it, imitating Li Chengzuo's handwriting and issued nine transfer orders in a row, making Pei Wenyuan return to Beijing immediately.

Even so, her heart was always up and down, and she really didn't know when this attack would hit her head.

This is simply a knife that will decapitate one's head at any time, and it's nothing more than the most difficult process of looking at the shining blade and waiting for it to slash down.

She really had no one to discuss with, so she could only go to find Prince Rui. It happened that on this day, Prince Rui had just come out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, and the two ran into each other in the Imperial Garden.

The two of them each had a gloomy and gloomy face, neither of which was pretty.

In the previous dynasty, because of the Jiangnan incident, there had been a mess of quarrels. Originally, Song Yingluo wanted to stop Marquis Fengcheng and let her fiery father stop for a while to avoid the limelight. However, her decree has not yet come out. The palace was hit hard by Prince Rui—the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River was serious, Fengcheng Marquis went there in person, and took people away long before Song Yingluo wanted to stop him.

Song Yingluo was immediately dumbfounded, she didn't know why her father loved to stop this disrespectful cannon so much, so she could only tell the shadow guards to go forward and stop Marquis Fengcheng no matter what.

However, Miss Song Yingluo might have been with the emperor for a long time, and she was consecrated by the crow together - the shadow guard was ordered to go, and went all the way south in line with the principle of taking a shortcut to catch up quickly. Unexpectedly, Fengcheng Hou had already come forward The news of the blocked road also took a detour. Under the hesitation of the two, they accidentally embarked on a special path of "you can't see me, and I can see you", and they just missed it with the shadow guard.

The shadow guard lost three horses and failed to catch up. There is already a waterway ahead. The boat that the shadow guard can find is naturally not as good as Fengcheng Hou. In the unknown waterway, I had to turn back.

Song Yingluo found out distressedly that her disrespect against the emperor after all these years of idleness suddenly seemed to be karma, and all the bad luck of the past few years had been paid in advance, but it was not over yet.

Prince Rui went to court today, and brought a piece of news that she couldn't understand - the queen mother didn't know who was instigating her, or it was simply because there were no tigers in the mountains, she was going to call her the overlord, and she was going to take advantage of Li Chengzuo's "retirement" At that time, Li Chengzuo was the empress.

This is simply nonsense, and it is not even as good as breeding animals - even the cat ancestors in the Empress Dowager's Palace have the freedom to pursue love, and His Majesty the Emperor was ruthlessly deprived of the opportunity to choose a queen himself. What a shame.

Song Yingluo really couldn't understand the Queen Mother's determination to marry Li Chengzuo, not to mention Li Chengzuo's current whereabouts are unknown, with Li Chengzuo's "retreat" posture, the queen who took this opportunity to marry in found that the emperor was a non-existent pretense, could it be that? Will you be a widow?

Song Yingluo didn't have time to think about such complicated human relations issues as "her cousin came back and found someone gave him a cuckold" and "his majesty came back and found that he had an extra queen for no reason". Pointing fingers is too cruel, but as soon as she expresses this opinion, Prince Rui reprimands her.

Prince Rui said: "You still have the mood to worry about this... I heard that my uncle Qin Guogong has returned to Beijing recently, and he recommended the Queen Mother to be the queen."

Song Yingluo was taken aback, and said vigilantly, "What? Qin Guogong? Who did he recommend to the queen mother? The problem is that the emperor is still 'retreating'. How will this job offer? Is the queen mother planning to let them go in harmony with the will of heaven? Together? This is too nonsensical, I dare not act like this..."

"You guessed right, it really is." Prince Rui said, "Duke Qin recommended the daughter of my aunt, Princess An... Princess An is a very religious believer, and even her daughter was raised in a Taoist temple. Coincidentally, this young lady Now I am also retreating, the day of leaving the customs is not in line with the original arrangement of the emperor, the queen mother thinks it is the fate of heaven, and she is the one who prepares."

Song Yingluo: "..."

Are royal marriages so reckless?

However, Prince Rui frowned, and changed the topic: "What I want to say is not this. If there are people behind this matter who are fueling the flames, the queen mother is the order of the parents, Qin Guogong is the words of the matchmaker, and the emperor is you and I both know that he is not in court at all." Zhong... the empress is probably determined, even if the emperor does not come out of the customs, there will still be delays, anyway, the royal family is playing tricks, and others can't do anything about it."

Song Yingluo: "..."

Miss Song said in her heart, your royal family is very self-aware when they are shameless, don't do this to accumulate some virtue for yourself, okay?It's just that before she finished her slanderous words, Prince Rui's next sentence hit the nail on the head.

Prince Rui: "The empress enters the palace, but the emperor is not around. You, the noble concubine who favors the harem... I am afraid that you will be the end."

Song Yingluo's nerves as thick as a bucket were finally brought back on track by Prince Rui's words, her eyelids twitched several times in succession, she turned her head and walked away, walking like flying while talking: "No, I can't be here anymore. I'm going to stay in the palace, I have to leave the palace quickly..."

She had just taken a few steps when she heard a "plop" sound of her knees kneeling on the ground behind her, she didn't think about it, and said strangely: "It's not Chinese New Year, Prince Rui, you give me such a big gift..."

But there is no red envelope.

She turned her head while she was talking, and before she could finish speaking, she saw a bright yellow palace dress suddenly appearing in the imperial garden, Prince Rui was kneeling, and kept winking at her, and Song Yingluo hadn't "run away" and Before making a decision between "kneeling down and begging for mercy", the Queen Mother was already approaching.

"Where is the noble concubine going?" The queen mother hugged the cat ancestor who had just got rid of the oil bottle son a few days ago, and she didn't feel the slightest bit about the chubby fat man's hand. On the one hand, he said, "What a hurry! Look at me, the emperor's favor is about to make the imperial concubine lawless!"

Song Yingluo kept complaining, but in front of the "grandmother wolf"... oh no, in front of the queen mother, she could only lower her eyebrows and do a small prostration to greet her: "The queen mother is auspicious, are you in good health? This... the imperial garden is very windy, how can you please?" Wan take care."

The Empress Dowager came slowly from the other side of the imperial garden, she couldn't see the appearance of being ill at all, she looked at Song Yingluo lightly, and snorted coldly.

"There are noble concubines in the harem to share the worries of the Ai family, and the Ai family is naturally a phoenix."

Song Yingluo had an intuition that this was not a harbinger of something good to say, and as expected, before she could come up with a new word to flatter her, she heard the Queen Mother's words and volleyed down.

"Since Prince Rui told you just now, the Ai family will not hide it from you. For the emperor, the uncle fell in love with Princess An and the young lady of the Pingcheng Hou family. This girl is very fond of the Ai family. When the emperor leaves the customs, prepare Sealed as empress." The queen mother looked at Song Yingluo and said, "Now the emperor is retreating, and it happens that this girl is also retreating, just outside the city in the Xuantian Temple, since the emperor and her have a destiny destined for this day, the thoughts of praying for blessings are here. It's the same everywhere, let's move this girl's retreat to the palace with the emperor. Originally, welcoming the emperor's wife should be the responsibility of the priest, but this person has not yet been canonized, and he has meddled in the affairs of the harem to the end It's inconvenient, Ai Jia thought, in the future, this person will get along well with the concubine when he enters the Central Palace, so let's go for the emperor first."