Record of ups and downs in troubled times

Going through the past in his heart, thinking of Lin Lang's voice and smile, Cheng Nan's expression became even more gloomy.

"My lord," Qi Jingyang hurriedly opened the curtain and came in, bowing and asking, "You looking for me?"

"Yeah." Cheng Nan thought for a moment, then ordered slowly, "Stop the old man and get the boy surnamed Su out of the way to the capital. If it doesn't work, then give him a dirty trick, and you can figure out what to do by yourself. "Cheng Nan regards Qi Jingyang as a confidant, so he naturally treats him differently from others, and his orders are mostly ambiguous. Now the right to make decisions is actually in the hands of a young man named Qi Jingyang.

After Cheng Nan roughly explained this important matter, he glanced at Qi Jingyang who was standing silently with his head bowed, and asked again: "Since that girl traveled south with the army, I have seen that you have always looked gloomy. I said earlier that if you like it, you should quickly ask the emperor." When I returned to the mansion, I just didn't listen, so I should regret it now?"

Qi Jingyang is not old, but he has a stubborn temper: this kid listened to Cheng Nan's reprimand, but only turned his face to one side, pretending to be deaf and blind, and absolutely refused to answer the question.

Where is he unwilling to stay, Qin Changyun is obviously determined to go south with the second son of the Tan family, and he can't keep it.

Seeing his reluctance, Cheng Nan couldn't help being angry. After deliberating for a moment, he finally suppressed the words that came to his lips, and sighed: "Jingyang, you... Forget it, I'm going to work hard later Let’s walk around the palace, you first go and get the old man’s pawns who are in charge of supervising exiles, pack them up and come with me into the palace.”

"Yes." When it came to business matters, Qi Jingyang quickly agreed.He thought about it again, the "old man" in the master's mouth was still his father after all, and Cheng Nan had to decide what to do, so he bowed his head and said: "The master has a great reputation, how to plan, I hope the adults will show me."

"What do you think?" Cheng Nan asked with a smile without answering.

Qi Jingyang hesitated a little: "I think... the people of the Su family are soft-spoken, and it is unlikely that the Patriarch will take him seriously. The fact that Butler Wang was looking for you earlier was probably just to deter you, and he probably wouldn't be serious about Xiao Xiaozhi. Besides, the current situation is not stable, one thing more is worse than one thing less, and the head of the family is aiming at the capital, and blatantly killing the prisoners exiled by Zhu, I am afraid it is not in line with his usual behavior."

"It doesn't match? You haven't learned what kind of person he is yet." Cheng Nan heard Qi Jingyang's answer and sneered: "Although our father and son are at odds, we still understand each other thoroughly. He really didn't put Su's kid on the list. In my eyes, he will definitely kill Su Juan to tell me who is the master of the Cheng family. As for one thing more, it is better to have one thing less... Killing Su Juan will only lead this ladle of sewage to me, making me Wouldn't it be more to his heart's content? Wouldn't it be better to hear the news that the old father, who has long been resigned from the prime minister's position, cleans up the mess for the naughty son?"

It's funny that they are father and son, but they have to go to such lengths.

Cheng Nan looked at Qi Jingyang leading the order and stepped out of sight, then rolled up his wrist and sleeves, looked at his pale complexion which was very different from ordinary people, and smiled wryly.

For some reason, he remembered the day when he killed Su Gu, when the sharp sword was pointed at the man's neck, and he was about to kill him in the next moment, Su Gu still refused to change his words, and repeated: the death of Junior Sister Lin Lang , has nothing to do with my wife.Although my wife was born in the Western Regions, she has never used poison to harm anyone. If you still have hatred in your heart and kill me with this sword, you can still make my husband and wife reunite in the spring. It is just me and my son and daughter. There is no half connection, thinking of the brotherhood in the past, I hope Brother Cheng will be merciful under the sword.

Pianran's number one best son.

This name was given to Su Gu by some dignitaries, young masters and ladies who were bored when he was named the capital of Fei Dynasty.Cheng Nan also remembered that the first time he met this person was the Wandeng Stand in the outskirts of Beijing that had long been abandoned: this stand was originally a place to light up lanterns to pray for blessings during festivals, but it gradually became deserted and hidden in the grass.On that day, Cheng Nan happened to pass by here. When he got off his horse and rested, he heard passers-by on the high steps singing, clapping their hands and laughing loudly. .

The pedestrian who sighed alone on the stage was of course Su Gu.

Although Su Gu was born in a prosperous place of fireworks, he always has a light and cool heart in his heart.He stroked the seven strings and sang for princes and generals, but in fact, he seldom followed suit and curry favor with the powerful. He made friends with Cheng Nan, and never used the prime minister's son for his own benefit.

How could such a person kill the little junior sister whom he brought up with his own hands?

Although Cheng Nan didn't say it out loud, he still believed in Su Gu in his heart.The reason why Su Gu's life was killed by himself that day was because he thought that the Western Region Gu worm that killed Lin Lang must have come from Su Gu's wife; He hurt himself, so he was furious for a while, and finally sent the sword out.

Why doesn't he regret it?

Cheng Nan was stunned for a moment, then slowly sat back on the seat and covered his eyes with his hands.

The palm slowly soaked up some water stains, and soon dried up.

Why don't you regret it?In the past, the free and carefree son of a rich family who rode horses and laughed at the rivers and lakes has now become the impermanent prime minister who is feared by the court and has a lot of power. No one can tell how things have come to this step by step, and no one can give him pointers. Ming Lu, and no one to comfort him.

Is he really old? Cheng Nan realized that he was really old when he watched Su Gupu, whose temples were stained with frost, fall under his sword that day in the desert of the Western Regions. They have all died in sevens and eighties, leaving only myself still in the world, not knowing why or what to do.

I finally did something worthy of you.Blindfolded, Cheng Nan said to Su Gu in his heart: I have saved both of your wicked sons and daughters... If you have any knowledge, I just ask you to take care of Lin Lang's love for you bastard, at least in the underworld Take care of her a little for me.

Because of this inexplicable sentimentality, Cheng Nan was extraordinarily talkative today: when he sent people to the palace to inquire, when the emperor returned all his people with a perfunctory sentence of "Let's discuss tomorrow morning", Cheng Nan's iconic His sneer didn't show, instead he just waved his hands indifferently, and just let it go, really calm down and waited for the emperor to discuss his assassination tomorrow morning.

Qi Jingyang, who was following along, was also confused.

However, the power of the Cheng family is all over the court, and Cheng Nan is the emperor's uncle, no matter what, Liu Pu has to give him a three-pointer. Today, he is so impatient to fool the Cheng family out of the palace, it is because he is exhausted and unable to deal with Cheng. There are a lot of troubles on Nan's side - as for what went wrong in the palace, it is also related to the Cheng family: the queen mother almost died of a tire accident this morning.

The Longevity Palace quietly brought the imperial physician to see him, who knew that the imperial physician was a master who was greedy for life and fear of death, the emperor vomited everything out before he even touched a single hair of his hair, and just reprimanded him: unexpectedly someone Drugs were added to the Empress Dowager's diet to force the fetal gas to fluctuate.

Liu Pu was agitated, turned around on the ground twice, finally couldn't bear it, and punched the table.

Hearing this at the first glance, he really hoped that the evil son in the Empress Dowager's womb would have a miscarriage, but who would have thought that this damned medical official, although not strict in his words, had fair medical skills, actually rescued both the mother and the child, and gave them to the mother for nothing? The emperor added a block.And this big rock that was embarrassing the emperor was still not safe. Thinking about it carefully, the medicine in the Empress Dowager's meal was specially used for tire slipping, and conversely, someone must have known about the Empress Dowager's pregnancy? !

Who will be the poison?Liu Pu couldn't figure it out.Since the news of the Queen Mother's pregnancy reached his ears, Liu Pu had cleaned up many hidden hidden dangers for the Longevity Palace, but in the end there was still such a fish that slipped through the net.

This was a good opportunity to defeat the Cheng family. Although they killed [-] enemies and lost [-], they could still inflict serious damage on the Cheng family and let out a mouthful of anger.Liu Pu thought this way inadvertently, and hurriedly suppressed it: the queen mother is his mother, no matter whether it is surnamed Cheng or something else, he can't push his biological mother out as a bait.

hiss!

When Liu Pu thought about the message sent by the Longevity Palace just now, his headache was so severe that his eyebrows frowned a few times.

Just now the Empress Dowager sent a letter from her aunt to him, acknowledging that she was indeed pregnant with the son of Prince Xiaoxiang.To admit it is to admit that the emperor knew about it a long time ago, but what he never expected was that after the near miss, the queen mother immediately informed King Xiaoxiang instead of his dignified emperor!

Needless to say, the empress dowager's letter was probably the idea of ​​the chubby little King Xiang: both of them thought that the Cheng family saw their daughter as useless, so they became murderous.It is said that the Empress Dowager's original words are very clear: my brother is neither benevolent nor righteous in mourning the family, so let's just fight to the death!

What a fool.

Liu Pu cursed inwardly: Do you really think that guy Liu Yu is your peerless lover?When the Cheng family is overthrown, King Xiaoxiang must become king.With King Xiaoxiang's lustful temperament, after setting up the Sangong and Liuyuan, I'm afraid I've forgotten who you are, Empress Dowager Cheng!

Just ask for peace for a while, but you will be mistaken by your cleverness. There must be a day when you regret it!

The emperor was angry in his heart, when he heard Zhou Zheng step into the palace behind him, he immediately got up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Zheng bowed his head: "Your Majesty's expectations are indeed right. The attendants of King Xiang's mansion rode their horses out of the city from the south gate four hours ago. I think King Xiang is really going to collude with General Lu in the south, and he is making plans for the next step."

"Hmph!" The emperor snorted coldly, sat down with his sleeves brushed, and looked intently at the table.Most of the desks where books were usually piled up are now mostly cleared, except for a topographical drawing drawn with a fine brush: this is a map of the country.

The drawings are half-rolled, only revealing the mountains and rivers in the south of the country in the lower half.Liu Pu pressed a point in the picture with his hand and said: "This is the place where Feng Shuxing is stationed—if I guess correctly, Lu Guang must have left the southern border and stationed here. It is a good place, and it can shake the capital. , Tui was able to escape from the canal to the eighteen countries on the sea, and King Xiao Xiang didn't just grow a pig's head!"

Zhou Zheng's eyes were heavy, as if something was stuck in his throat.

"I'm not afraid of them coming to the Chao capital. If they can't resist, I'll jump off the city wall, and I'll be done... But Yan Gui is also in Feng's army, I don't know if these people will be against him..."

"Your Majesty," Zhou Zheng's voice was serious, his eyebrows lowered, "Your Majesty is going to die for the country?"

"A country is not a country, and my only dear mother, the empress, has a estrangement with me. Only death is still at ease." Liu Pu answered casually, and saw that the other side was silent, and when he raised his head to look at Zhou Zheng, he realized this. The old man's expression was extremely serious, and he actually took his joke seriously.

"Your Majesty, life and death are also important, so you shouldn't speak nonsense." Zhou Zheng's voice was hoarse, with wrinkles and ups and downs on his face.

"So what?" Liu Pu's heart was in a mess, "I have no soldiers or generals, and I can't afford to defend this capital. If you say that the Feng family and the Lu family in the northern border can still be used, then I'm afraid I have to sue you One thing - Concubine Fu entered the palace and told me that there was civil strife in the Feng family. I always thought that Fu Xiyuan sent his daughter to lie to me, but it turned out to be true."

"The northern border must be guarded by guards. Since the princess married to Fan Kingdom, her hatred for me has not diminished, and she has repeatedly urged Fan Wang to attack the border of our country. Now the Feng family is busy with civil strife and has no time to take care of others. There is only one Lu family garrison. Guarding the frontier, I absolutely cannot invite the Lu family to return to Beijing at this time. I abdicate, the court is still the court, but change the emperor; if the Lu family is recruited back to Beijing, it will be an opportunity for the Fanren. I will be a sinner through the ages, and I will die. gone."

The emperor's words were sincere and sincere, although he deliberately made his face stiff and indifferent, he still couldn't hide the sadness in his words.

The two were silent.

"Let's go." After a while of silence, Zhou Zheng suddenly knelt down on his knees, touching his head to the ground and begging in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty, maybe you can find a way out of the palace!"

The author has something to say:

The first volume is about to be finished...Because the interval between the two is not short, although I read the original text again, some details may still be contradictory. If you find out, remember to tell me, and I will revise it~