Huan Rong

When the eunuch returned to Yecheng, he reported what Murong Chong had said, which immediately caused an uproar.

The ruler of the country, Murong Wei, has always been soft-hearted, and it is rare for him to be able to insist on using Murong Chui as the commander-in-chief. He is even more stunned when he encounters Murong Ping's words of "treasoning the country and collaborating with the enemy", and he does not know how to respond.

The aristocrats and courtiers kept arguing, Murong Wei was really indecisive, and he didn't dare to take sides, so he could only hastily announce his withdrawal from the court, and shut himself in the inner hall without seeing anyone.

It's a pity that the emperor's order can stop others, but it can't stop the queen mother.

"My lord, the King of Zhongshan's words are solid and well-founded. This matter must not be ignored!"

Empress Dowager Ke Zuhun walked into the inner hall and saw Murong Wei's sad face, showing a cowardly look.

Kezu Hun's family is over forty years old, still handsome and beautiful.When she was young, she was extremely beautiful, and she was loved by Emperor Jing Zhao Murong Jun.

He is beautiful in appearance, but ambitious and narrow-minded.

Because of his humble background, the Kezuhun clan was ridiculed behind the backs of the Xianbei nobles, and had feuds with many members of the royal family and nobles, and even killed Murong Chui's original wife, forcing him to abolish his step-wife and marry Chang'an Jun as his concubine.

After the death of Emperor Jing Zhao, Murong Wei succeeded to the throne, and the Kezuhun family became the Queen Mother. She was even more unscrupulous, messing with politics and fighting for power and profit with noble ministers.Indirectly, Murong Jun's years of painstaking efforts were wasted, and the once powerful Yan State fell into decline.

Before the Di people sent troops, the Kezuhun clan did not agree with sending Murongchui as the commander-in-chief.However, the lord's order has already been issued, and it is difficult to change it, so he can only watch Murong Chui take over the military power.

Murong Chui won consecutive battles and regained the prefectures and counties that had been seized by the Di people, and the reputation of being good at fighting spread throughout Yecheng.Unwilling to be reconciled, the Kezuhun clan colluded secretly with Murong Ping, and framed the king of Wu by taking advantage of Guangxin Gong's dismissal of Yinhu, intending to seize military power, and recalled Murongchui back to Yecheng, where he was put to death.

I don't want to, Murong Ping cooperates with the Kezuhun family, but he still looks down on her background.After holding the power in his hands, he became more impudent and rude, without any respect.

Ke Zuhun gritted his teeth secretly, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The eunuch brought back Murong Chong's words, but the Hun clan took it into consideration, and decided to get rid of these two people together!

As for the Di people's invasion, the border is uneasy, and she doesn't take it to heart.

In Kezuhun's heart, power trumps everything else.What's more, when I was in Yecheng, what I saw was the "most powerful" side of the Yan Kingdom. The instability of the country, the people of Di were good at fighting, the loss of prefectures and counties, and the deaths of the people had nothing to do with her.

This is different from the Queen Mother Chu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

No matter how difficult it is for the Empress Dowager Chu, she always thinks about her family, country and family, and rarely seeks personal gain.Ke Zuhun's eyes are fascinated by power, and he is extremely selfish, even his own son is a tool that can be used. He doesn't care about the relationship between mother and child at all, and can't see others except himself.

"Murong Chui led the army outside and was not summoned, which shows that he has a heart of disobedience; Murong Ping colluded with the Di people and caused chaos in the court, and he must be severely punished!"

The Kezu Hun clan made a final decision, without giving Murong Wei a chance to refute, ordered the eunuchs to fetch paper and pens, forced Murong Wei to write down the imperial decree, took away Murong Chui's commander-in-chief seal, and escorted him back to Yecheng as a prisoner.Murong Ping was dismissed from the post of Taifu, his house was confiscated, all the males were beheaded, and the female relatives were used as military prostitutes.

"Mother, the Di people have not yet retreated." Murong Wei said boldly to the Kezuhun family, "Besides, it was Guang Xingong who dismissed Yinhu. Whether uncle participated in it is yet to be confirmed, and it is enough to call him back to court. Escorting criminals is really inappropriate."

"My lord, I am thinking of you." Ke Zuhun pressed Murong Wei's shoulders, his words were loving, but his eyes were colder than ice, and his nails stained with Kodan were as sharp as claws. The king of Wu is more prepared, and has repeatedly said that he has the appearance of a wolf."

"But Dazai said..."

"Hugh mention Murong Ke!" Ke Zuhun said angrily, "If he hadn't died so quickly, I would have smashed him to pieces! He actually elected Murong Chui as the great Sima, what kind of heart does he have!"

"Mother..."

"Do as I say!" Ke Zuhun lost his patience, and simply wrote down the will by himself, and ordered Murong Wei to copy it as it was, without missing a single word.

Murong Wei held the pen, the tip of his nose was sweating, and his lips were pursed into a line.

Ink fell on the paper, and the palace door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

"Bold!" Seeing the visitor, Kezu Hun's face was full of anger, and he reprimanded, "Break into the inner palace without passing through, Murong Ping, how brave you are!"

"The empress dowager wrote the emperor's edict instead of the edict, how audacious it is!"

Murong Ping confronted each other without any fear.

Ke Zuhun's face sank like water, and her handwriting on the bamboo slips was not completely dry.

Murong Ping strode forward, regarded the sovereign as nothing, snatched the bamboo slips with his hands, glanced at them twice, sneered immediately, and said, "Okay, that's really good! The queen mother wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge? How about sending this 'imperial decree' to Yuzhou, I don't know how King Wu will react?"

Ke Zuhun's face was livid, and he wanted to order the guards to enter the palace to take Murong Ping down.

Murong Ping didn't feel nervous, but sneered with his hands behind his back.

"Come on!"

Ke Zuhun called several times, the guards strode into the inner hall, but they stood behind Murong Ping, not like taking people, but more like guards.Seeing this situation, the eunuchs and maidservants in the palace lowered their heads and remained motionless, like wooden stakes.

"I advise the queen mother to save some effort." Murong Ping raised his right hand, and immediately two guards stepped forward, took down the eunuch who had returned from Yuzhou, drew out a long knife, and chopped off the eunuch's head on the spot.

"what!"

The head and eyes opened wide, and rolled to Murong Wei's feet.Murong Wei let out a cry of surprise, he didn't bother to get up, but crawled back.

"Hahaha!"

Murong Ping laughed, turned to the pale-faced Kezu Hun family, and threatened: "Queen Mother, I heard that Di Lord Fu Jian admires the reputation of Zhongshan King, and I really want to see him."

"You?!" Kezuhun's expression changed suddenly, and he looked at Murong Ping in disbelief, "How dare you?!"

"In ancient times, there was an agreement to exchange protons, which allowed the two countries to stop their troops to repair it. Since last year, our country has fought against the Di people, sending a total of [-] troops, and the treasury has been reduced by half. would agree."

Having said that, Murong Ping sneered.

"The king of Zhongshan is young, so he may not be able to satisfy Lord Di. It is better to write a book of state and send the princess to marry him. With the name of Princess Qinghe's beauty in six parts, Lord Di will not refuse."

Ke Zuhun was trembling with anger.

She doesn't care about Murong Wei, but she dotes on Murong Chong and Princess Qinghe very much.Hearing that Murong Ping was going to send them to Fu Jian, he wished he could immediately draw his sword and tear the person in front of him to pieces!

"How dare you!" Kezu Hun said sharply, "If my son makes a slight mistake, I will make you die without a place to bury you!"

Murong Ping snorted coldly, and said: "Since that's the case, it's best for the Empress Dowager to rest in the palace and not interfere with the affairs of the previous dynasty."

In the final analysis, he didn't want to completely break the skin with Kezuhun.Murong Chong hadn't resolved it yet, so it would be unwise for the two to tear up the covenant.

It's a pity that this woman has more than viciousness and lack of wisdom.Every day, he only thinks about removing obstacles and fighting for power and profit. He doesn't know the current situation at all, let alone military affairs.The major event was pending, but he actually wanted to tear up the covenant behind his back and assassinate him, which almost ruined the major event!

Murong Ping stared at Kezuhun's family, then at Murong Wei who retreated to the corner trembling, and warned: "I advise the queen mother to learn from the king, after all, the stability of the court is the most important."

After the words fell, Murong Ping threw the bamboo slips and the half-written imperial decree into the fire, watched the flames jump up, heard the crackling of the flame heart, and his eyes fell on Ke Zuhun with a stiff expression, showing no respect at all. His expression was full of contempt.

"My minister retire."

Since breaking into the inner palace, this is the first time Murong Ping calls him "Chen", which is really ironic.

"The lord was frightened, and it is inconvenient for him to go to court recently, and the queen mother is not in good health, it is best to rest at ease." After leaving these words, Murong Ping strode away, and his presumptuous attitude was enough to make Sima Huan bow down.

In the inner hall, the maidservant hurriedly cleaned up the dead eunuch's head, and then retreated outside the hall, with her head and neck drooping like a wooden sculpture made of clay.

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she couldn't vent it. Seeing Murong Wei who was still trembling, she grabbed the inkstone and threw it at it.

"Useless things!"

A palm-sized stone inkstone flew towards him, Murong Wei dodged hastily, but was still splashed all over by the ink.

"If you have the three points of King Wu, our mother and son will not be bullied to such a situation!"

Murong Wei looked at the Queen Mother who had an angry face and chest heaving, and suddenly smiled.

The smile is empty, without sadness or joy.

"Mother, elder brother looks like Wu Wang." Murong Wei said dryly, "People say he is smart and studious, Shen Yi is courageous, but he died, died of illness."

"You..." A trace of panic flashed across Ke Zuhun's face, and he quickly disappeared, but did not escape Murong Wei's eyes.

"Brother is a hundred times stronger than me, and he will be gone after a minor illness. Queen Mother, Mother," Murong Wei's smile was finally no longer empty, and there was unspeakable sadness in his expression, "If I really resemble King Wu, May live to the day of enthronement?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Ke Zuhun suppressed his panic and said angrily, "I think you are not clear-headed and started talking nonsense!"

"Not sober? Yes, I am not sober." Murong Wei grinned, crawled to the Empress Dowager's feet, grabbed the Queen Mother's skirt, and said with a strange expression, "Queen Dowager, the steamed cakes that brother ate back then, unknown Would you like to have a taste?"

"Let go!"

Ke Zuhun's face was flustered, he kicked Murong Wei away, and said loudly: "The lord is ill, he is not allowed to leave the palace today!"

After saying that, Ke Zuhun returned to the Empress Dowager's palace in a hurry, leaving Murong Wei lying on the ground, sneering and sneering.

From then on, the ruler of the country, Murong Wei, was sick in the palace, and the government was completely controlled by Murong Ping.The Kezu Hun family turned to unite with those who were dissatisfied with Murong Ping, and even opposed calling Murong Chui back to court in order to keep Murong Chong and Princess Qinghe.

The court was full of turmoil, Murong Chui got a chance to breathe, while Murong Wei spent the whole day with wine, twelve hours a day, and it was rare for a few quarters of an hour to be sober.

One south and one north, the Jin Emperor and the Yan Lord, all of them were powerless, their depression and anger were hard to dissipate, and they had no cronies to accompany them.

After receiving Fu Jian's order, Wang Meng gave up confronting Murong Chui head-on, but took a detour to attack Shancheng.

"withdraw troops!"

After succeeding, Wang Meng had no intention of occupying the empty city, quickly gathered his troops, ordered the withdrawal to Qin, tied the rebels into a prison cart, and escorted them back to the capital Chang'an.

The reinforcements sent by Murong Chui were long in coming, and the city of Shaanxi was already covered in black smoke and engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.The residents in the city were either slaughtered or taken away by the Di people, and all the houses and buildings were burned.

Because there was no rain for two months, the stream cut off and the river water dropped. The fire could not be extinguished, and it burned for three days and three nights.

When the fire was extinguished, the whole city was in ruins, and there was no trace of the past.

Shancheng was defeated, but Murongchui's seal of command was held more firmly.

After all, the city of Ye was not full of wine bags and rice bags. Seeing the ferocity of the Di people, they did not dare to take the battle situation as a child's play. The royal clan headed by Yuyang King Murong She worked together to contain Murong Ping and stopped the third edict to be sent to Yuzhou.

When the news came out, Wang Meng came to his senses, thumped his thigh and said, "Falsely claiming that there are no omissions, but actually fell into Murong Chui's scheme, a mistake!"

Thinking about it carefully, Murong Chui arranged the Di people's rebels in Shancheng, obviously laying down the bait and waiting for the Di people to send troops.The speed of wartime reinforcements is also unreasonably slow.

If he had known this, he would never have led troops to attack Shancheng.However, Fu Jian insisted on ordering, and he could not openly disobey the order.

Thinking of Wei Gong and Fu Liu in the prison car, Wang Meng couldn't help shaking his head.

Meeting a hero like Murong Chui, the two of them were really used thoroughly.

After the first battle in Shancheng, the Di people captured the rebel generals, and Murong Xianbei did not send anyone to re-occupy the city. The two sides did not declare a truce, but maintained a strange peace.

When Wubao of the Qin Clan learned of the battle, the head of the family, Qin Ce, said to the counselor: "The position of Lord Yan may not be long."

If Murong Chui hadn't had two ambitions before, he would have betrayed him after this time.

"Yan Kingdom's court has been corrupt for a long time, treacherous sycophants take power, and women harm the country. Even if Murong Jun is reborn, he will be powerless to recover."

Qin Jing, who was in Yandu, expressed the same emotion.

Seeing the news sent by the black eagle, Qin Jing and the accompanying counselors said: "Murong Xianbei is strong outside, but if Murong Chui is really forced to rebel, there is no need for external force to attack, internal chaos will surely arise."

The counselor took the silk cloth, read it carefully twice, and was about to blow on the fire and light it.

"No need." Qin Jing stopped him, took back the silk cloth, folded it in half and put it into the sleeve.

The adviser looked puzzled, Qin Jing smiled without saying a word, got up and left the inner room, walked through the wooden corridor, and stopped in front of the main room where Huan Rong was.

"Mr. Qin Lang?" The little boy walked out with a lacquer plate in his hand. Seeing that it was Qin Jing, he immediately bowed down and saluted, and said, "Mr.

Qin Jing came at a really unfortunate time, Huan Rong was taking a bath.

Entering April, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, as if it has entered midsummer.

Yandu is not like Jiankang, at least there have been two light rains, but after the rain, it feels more stuffy.Huan Rong was sickly and weak when he was young. He really couldn't stand the heat, so he had to take a bath every day.

When the little boy came in, Huan Rong was sitting cross-legged on the futon wiping his hair.

There is a precedent in Kuaiji, and there is also a strict order from Princess Nankang that Ami strictly guards the servants in the mansion. When Huanrong takes a bath, he is basically served by boys.

"Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin is here to visit."

"Brother Qin?" Huan Rong stopped, grabbed a handful of long hair that was still dripping, looked at the half-wet robe just above his upper body, and said decisively, "Brother Qin, please come to the guest room first, I will be there later .”

"promise!"

While Qin Jing was drinking tea soup, Huan Rong changed three cloth towels, his long hair was still not dry, so he simply put it behind his back, put on a light-colored shirt, and played Wei Jin chic for a while.

It was the first time I saw Mr. Lang dressed up like this, the servants and servants in the corridor all had their eyes widened, their faces flushed, and one of them even dropped the broom in his hand.

The little boy was waiting in front of the side room, also startled.

Lang Jun usually doesn't wear big shirts, what's wrong today?

Ignoring everyone's eyes, Huan Rong stepped into the guest room, her long hair was draped behind her back, and the ends of her hair were still dripping.Fortunately, there was warmth in the wind, and within a short while, the water stains on the wooden boards were evaporated dry.

"Brother Lao Qin is waiting for a long time."

Huan Rong sat down straight, but he couldn't get past the suspenders. A coat was added inside the overcoat, but the neckline was slightly open. It was not as strict as before, but a little more casual.

Seeing Huan Rong like this, Qin Jing's eyes flickered slightly, she put down the teacup, and said with a smile: "It's my bad timing."

"Where?" Huan Rong shook his head, waited for the servant to bring the tea soup, took a sip of it, and said, "I can't stand the heat, I will sweat when I move a little, I have to do this every day, I will make my brother laugh."

When it came to the weather, Qin Jing put away his relaxed expression and sighed: "Before I went south, there was not a single spring rain in the West River. The farmer in the castle said that this year may be a drought."

Drought?

Huan Rong put down the teacup with a look of seriousness on his face.

"Does Wubao have a way to deal with it?"

Qin Jing shook her head.

If there is a way, there is no need to buy food from outside every year.Both Dafu and Ahfu had encouraged farming, but in the end their efforts were in vain.

"I heard from Jingde that a drought is expected, so we can find a place to dig a well."

Qin Jing smiled and said: "There is indeed such a method, but there is no one in Wubao who is good at finding wells. I heard that Gongshu is good at this method. I don't know if Brother Rong is willing to give up his love?"

Huan Rong laughed dryly, wanting to slap himself very much, to make you talk fast!It's okay to look for trouble, please trouble!

"Brother Qin, this..."

"En?" Qin Jing raised her eyebrows, and seeing Huan Rong's face showing embarrassment, like a raccoon cat about to explode, she couldn't help laughing, "You don't need to worry, Brother Rong, Jing is joking."

joke?

Huan Rong stared.

What about treating each other with sincerity?What about the most basic trust between people?

"The drought in the north cannot be solved by drilling wells."

Seeing Huan Rong's puzzled face, Qin Jing explained patiently.

"Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty, in the past 200 years, the northern land has often encountered natural disasters, floods, droughts, and locust plagues. Since Jing can remember, the land under the jurisdiction of Qin's Wubao has suffered several droughts. Every time the weather changes, there will be The locust plague, the people were displaced, and died of hunger and starvation on the way. The tragedy of the refugees cannot be described in words."

"The year before last, Xihe County was plagued by locusts. The Lord sent people to buy food everywhere, but no less than a hundred people still starved to death."

"There were signs in February and March of this year, so Jing went south three times, hoping to discuss with Brother Rong face to face, whether the amount of grain traded this year can increase by a hundred stones."

Huan Rong fell silent.

It's not that he doesn't want to help, but Jingkou sent news that the Northern Expedition has been decided, most of the Beifu army's food and fodder comes from Qiao County, and Yandu is his food town, not under the jurisdiction of Qiao County, but he can't just stand by and watch.

In the past, relying on money and food, Huan Rong searched for refugees everywhere, and the population of Yandu skyrocketed, and now it is nearly [-].

The more people there are, the more food they need.

Excluding the predetermined transaction quantity and the handed-in military rations, there is not much left in the granary.

"If Brother Rong is in trouble, Jing will definitely not force it." Qin Jing said seriously.

"Thank you Brother Qin for your understanding." Huan Rong heaved a sigh of relief.It's not that he doesn't want to help, but he really can't. He can't turn food into food, right?

Change food?

Huan Rong froze for a moment, subconsciously touched his forehead.

It seems that you can give it a try?

"Brother Rong?" Qin Jing saw that Huan Rong was silent, with his fingers on his forehead in a daze, and asked with concern, "But what's wrong?"

"Ah?" Huan Rong came back to his senses, quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's probably because the hair hasn't been dried, it's blown, it will be fine later."

Qin Jing frowned, seeing that Huan Rong's long hair was still a little damp, she immediately ordered her servant to fetch a cloth towel, and said: "I heard that Brother Rong was seriously ill when he was young, so he should pay more attention to it."

Huan Rong took the cloth towel, and was stared at by Qin Jing, he was too embarrassed to make a move.Seeing that the opponent had a posture of "I'll do it if you don't do it", I could only grab a handful of black hair and wipe it.

What is digging a hole and jumping by yourself?

This is!

Qin Jing sat back in her original position, following Huan Rong's movements, her eyes lingered on the handful of black silk, and sometimes moved to the slightly open neckline, her eyes were dim, and her throat suddenly felt dry.