[Rebirth] The lord wants a minister to die

Ning Jin followed He Zhan's suggestion and set up a recruiting hall in the mansion.Hearing that Wei Yuanhou's mansion was recruiting disciples, many celebrities and strangers came to visit the mansion, many of them admired Ning Jin's talent, and finally stayed in the recruiting hall.

Ning Jin talked about current affairs with these people all day long, but he didn't talk to He Zhan for a long time.

He Zhan would not stay at Nangezi at night, because he had many matters to be concerned about as an envoy, and he would read official documents late at night. He didn't want to disturb Ning Jin, so he moved to the guest room in the outer courtyard on his own initiative.

When it was Chinese New Year, although the two lived under the same roof, they hadn't seen each other for more than half a month.

During the New Year, the mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, fire trees and silver flowers, and joyous New Year pictures, couplets and lanterns.

Ning Jin was pacing slowly in the plum garden, wanting to break some plum blossom branches and find a way to meet He Zhan at night.Ever since he came to Lord Hou's mansion, He Zhan has treated him very coldly. Even if they met, He Zhan was respectful.It's been better for more than half a month, and I can't even see him.

A shadow suddenly emerged from the night, kneeling behind Ning Jin.

He broke off a branch of plain wintersweet, looked it over carefully in his hand, and said in a loud voice, "Are you back?"

The shadow guard put a stack of documents on top of his head, and said: "It has been verified, and the information obtained before is not wrong. The few people who often appeared by your side in the past are indeed from the southern caravan. I went to check the clues and found that they were the caravan of Yongzhou City, and the person in charge was a man named San Ye. Besides, the person who told you that Mr. He joined the army at Yuping Pass had his ancestral home in Yongzhou. Li's restaurant is under the name of Mr. He, and he is familiar with Mr. He."

Ning Jin's eyes darkened: "What do you mean? Are you saying that Uncle San has been sending people to watch Gu all these years?"

"Subordinates dare not make rash judgments."

"What else?"

"The caravan traveling between Yongzhou and the capital should be Master He's eyes and ears in the capital. My subordinates have found their letters, most of which are about changes in court officials, and your every move."

Ning Jin shook the hand holding the plum blossom branch lightly, and the plum blossom petals at the top suddenly shattered and fell to the ground like dust.

The shadow guard held his breath and buried his head lower.

Ning Jin's voice was extremely indifferent: "There is no need to follow this line, go and check Jiang Guoxie's house."

"Then... the shadow guard who has been following Mr. He has been withdrawn?"

Ning Jin threw the plum blossom branch in his hand to the side, stroked the fallen flowers on his shoulder, and said, "No, just protect him and don't make any mistakes."

He Zhan's affairs at hand were finally dealt with at the end of the year.At night, he sorted out the last official documents and let out a tired sigh of relief.

The diners of the recruiting hall should have gone home for the New Year, presumably Ning Jin had also been free, He Zhan was thinking about how to spend the New Year with Ning Jin, this gentleman came in through the window.

…It is probably not the first time Ning Jin has done this, leaving the door open and not going out, yet he has to climb in through the window.

"Isn't it okay to go through the main entrance?" He Zhan smiled, and was about to say a few words to him, but he didn't want this man to rush up, smelling of alcohol on his body, and press him hard against the desk with his backhand.

Ning Jin doesn't drink often, and rarely gets drunk.

"Is it because if you don't come alone, uncle will never see Gu for the rest of your life?"

He Zhan was pressed on the desk with his hands cut behind him, and Ning Jin's face could not be seen, but his anger was inexplicable, which made He Zhan terrified.He Zhan was busy with official duties, and Ning Jin also had to deal with those diners. Both of them had to work on their own, so it was a common thing that they didn't have time to spend together.

He Zhan snapped hard a few times: "Let go!"

"It's great to see my uncle angry with Gu." Ning Jin's subordinates continued, "From the day he entered the Marquis's mansion, Gu could tell that Uncle was afraid. After thinking about it for a long time, Gu didn't think about what it was. Let third uncle be so afraid."

No? !Really not!

Ning Jin turned He Zhan over and stared at his almost frightened face.The strong smell of alcohol sprayed on He Zhan's face, which only made his scalp tingle.Ning Jin asked: "Is uncle afraid of being alone? Why?"

...Can't we just sit down and talk calmly?

He moved to He Zhan's lips and kissed, almost biting.

Ning Jin pulled He Zhan's face: "Didn't Uncle agree that night? Third Uncle...doesn't he like me?"

The strong smell of alcohol made He Zhan's head hurt. He sighed, opened Ning Jin's hand, and rubbed it in his hand, as if coaxing a child: "Wuchen, you drank too much. What's the matter?" , let's talk about it tomorrow, okay? Let's keep the New Year's Eve together tomorrow..."

Ning Jin squinted his eyes, stared at He Zhan, and said, "What kind of answer is this? Isn't Third Uncle the best at deceiving people? Seven years ago, he lied to me that he would pick me up. You didn't make me wait." Is it? I've been waiting...for so many years, but third uncle didn't come..."

He seemed to be in a hurry, and even changed his name, as if this was just a contest between the two of them, it had nothing to do with status or status.

"I have already explained to you why..."

"Yeah, you are forced to... I also think that if uncle doesn't come to pick me up, I can come to uncle..."

When he was in Sirius Gorge, he saw He Zhan.He can recognize the person who has haunted him for seven years, even if he just glances at his back.His third uncle ran away the first time he saw him.

He slowly let go of He Zhan and took a few steps back.

"But you are afraid of me."

Ning Jin never understood why He Zhan was so afraid of him.If He Zhan didn't say anything, he could only investigate by himself.

Ning Jin threw a stack of papers from his sleeve, threw them at He Zhan's feet, and said coldly, "I sent someone to check the contacts in the industry under your name, and found that most of the caravans in Yongzhou City are operated by you. Caravans go north to Kyoto and south to Yongzhou, you use them to control all the movements of the capital..."

He Zhan glanced at the documents on the ground, and sure enough, he found several familiar names on them, and immediately closed his eyes: "You sent someone to check me...?"

Ning Jin casually picked up an inkstone and smashed it hard at He Zhan's feet: "So what if I check you!"

"If I didn't check you, how could I have thought that the so-called third uncle who treated me wholeheartedly was just trying to use me? You have been sending people to watch me for the past seven years, and you were the one who revealed that you joined the army at Yuping Pass Give it to me! You want to use me to return to the capital? You want to get a high-ranking official from me! Great salary!"

No!

not like this!

He was just afraid, afraid that Ning Jin would not come here...

If Ning Jin didn't come, all his hard work here would be in vain.

Ning Jin said: "But you are not greedy enough! Is a mere envoy enough to satisfy you? Why don't you continue to lie to me! Please me!"

He Zhan was able to stabilize his body by supporting the book case. He looked at Ning Jin who was in a rage, and was a little at a loss.

He did let businessmen traveling from north to south pay attention to Ning Jin's movements and bring back news about Ning Jin, but he... really only worried about Ning Jin.

When people are at a loss, they will always find the usual way of speaking to prevaricate. He Zhan laughed: "Why do you think so? These years, Uncle has no way to be by your side, and I want to know Wuchen How did you grow up, that's why you sent someone to follow you. Uncle did something wrong, I admit my mistake, okay?"

Ning Jin came over, reached out and grabbed He Zhan's wrist, and held it up to his eyes.Ning Jin looked at his tightly clenched hands and said, "He Zhan, do you know that whenever you are afraid, you will subconsciously make such small movements."

He Zhan let go suddenly, broke away in shock, and hid his hands in his sleeves.

"Are you afraid of me? Why are you afraid of me?"

"The minister... is just afraid of the majesty of the monarch."

Ning Jin sneered, and even his eyes were cold: "Fear? From Yang Kun's promotion, to dealing with the food shortage in the Atole department, to the recruiting hall, which one of you doesn't want to influence Gu's will? What you are afraid of is not The majesty of the monarch, what you are afraid of is that Gu will not be controlled by you like a puppet!"

He Zhan's pupils shrank suddenly. It turned out that Ning Jin often asked him what he thought, but it was also... a test?

Yang Kun's failure to be promoted was indeed beyond He Zhan's expectations. After all, Han Yang was able to return to the barracks safe and sound, and Yang Kun contributed a lot.But Ning Jin's will has been made, he can only pick a few good words for Yang Kun when Ning Jin is in a good mood.

There is also the matter of Atole's request for food aid from Yasukuni. Because it involves the relationship between the two countries, he is afraid that Ning Jin will mishandle it, which will only increase the disaster, so he will talk too much; as for the recruiting hall...he really just mentioned it in passing.

So... From Ning Jin's point of view, it's all a matter of influence?

He wanted to explain a lot, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say a word.

There are eight sufferings in human beings: birth, old age, sickness, death, meeting with hatred and hatred, parting from love, not getting what one wants, and the abundance of the five yins.He Zhan escaped the cycle of life and death, and was not afraid of the four sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death, but he suffered a lot from resentment, parting, refusal, and five Yins.

It was the same in the previous life. Two people who were apparently well-behaved would argue without any reason. At first it was because of love, and later it was because of power.At the beginning, He Zhan could argue a few words, but in the end he didn't even have the strength to argue.

It shouldn't be messed up for a while, ruining a long-term plan.

"This is the end of these words, okay?" The ink stained the corner of He Zhan's clothes, he bent down to pick up the inkstone, and sighed, "I don't know what the lord has found. I've never thought of it like this before, Lord Xin?"

"Will you believe it?"

He Zhan smiled: "Then I don't believe it."

He picked up the brocade box with the official seal on the book case, and respectfully knelt down on the ground: "I think I am ignorant, and it is difficult for me to take on the position of envoy. Please take back my life and choose another talented person. There are many famous people in the recruiting hall. There are many, I hope the lord will choose the virtuous to give it to him."

"Don't even think about it!"

Ning Jin almost gritted his teeth and said this, dragged He Zhan who was kneeling and threw him on the bed.Even though the couch was so soft, He Zhan's back hurt and he was dizzy from the bump.

One night, He Zhan felt that he was just wrestling with a wild beast all night. In the end, he hated him so much that he even used the most clumsy means of gnawing and biting, but he still couldn't win against Ning Jin.

Although this child is sometimes extremely indifferent to others, he is usually tolerant and harmless.Even though He Zhan had hinted to himself many times that he should never go the way of his previous life again, but once he saw Ning Jin's very pleasing expression from time to time and heard him say something sticky like sugar, he couldn't hold back his emotions. Mind.

He likes Ning Jin so much, he chased Ning Jin from his previous life to this life, although sometimes he feels tired, but he is still secretly happy in his heart, happy to see him again.

He Zhan has always felt that if he can see him, resentment and hatred will not be bitter, love will not be bitter, separation will not be bitter, seeking will not be bitter, and five yins will not be bitter.But thinking about it, I was still wrong, let him taste the taste of these four hardships...

Isn't it Ning Jin?

It was already noon when Ning Jin woke up.The window in the guest room is closed, and the light that is not very strong passes through the window sash, making it almost gloomy.There was still a lewd smell in the room, and there were still some blood stains on the bed quilt, and he couldn't remember where He Zhan was hurt.

"Finally woke up, I thought lunch was going to be removed." He Zhan came in with the meal, with the usual smile on his face.

Today's sunshine is fine, but it's still cold. Yongzhou rarely sees such sunshine in winter.

"uncle…?"

He Zhan walked to the bed, wrapped Ning Jin in a quilt, and said, "The guest room is a bit cold, so I'd better go back to Nangezi next time."

He was dressed very thinly inside, and he gave up his official robes, and changed into ordinary clothes, with a fur coat outside to keep out the cold.

Ning Jin opened his neckline, and sure enough, he saw bruises, and he was afraid there would be more on his body.Ning Jin felt that everything was extremely absurd, and hurriedly tried to explain: "Uncle...Last night...Gu was just out of breath, you haven't come to see Gu for so many days..."

"I don't remember." He Zhan touched Ning Jin's head with a smile, and his tone was usual pampering, "Get up and eat, a few people from the recruiting hall have been waiting in the main hall for a long time, and my lord asked me to follow along stop."

As if nothing had happened, He Zhan joked with Ning Jin as usual and stayed by Ning Jin's side every day.

When Ning Jin and his disciples discussed the strategy of governing the world, He Zhan listened from the sidelines and offered his own opinions from time to time, but he didn't talk too much, and most of the time he sat on the sidelines and listened.

During the Lantern Festival, He Zhan and Ning Jin cooked Lantern Festival together, and went to the long street of Tianji Fucheng to enjoy the lanterns.

The long street is lit up like a galaxy, and the dragon lantern dance team swims from the end along the set route, with gongs and drums blaring; two civil and military lions are dancing in front, and the lion man is teasing the two "lions" with dragon balls in his hand. They were shaking their bodies and kicking their feet, laughing and beating drunk, vividly, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

He Zhan was holding a lantern that Ning Jin had just won by guessing the crossword puzzle in his hand. The half of his finger out of the sleeve had been frozen stiff, but he was still holding the lantern firmly.

Fireworks suddenly exploded in the night sky, which made He Zhan tremble all over. The fireworks are beautiful, but the sound is too loud, like thunder, which makes people's heart ache.

"Is uncle cold?" Ning Jin moved a little closer to He Zhan, and took the lantern in his hand.Touching his cold fingers, Ning Jin's heart tightened, and he subconsciously held He Zhan's hand together: "Why is it so cold?"

He Zhan withdrew his hand indiscriminately, stroked the fireworks crumbs that fell on Ning Jin's shoulders, and said, "It's like this in winter. It's just that the hands are cold, and the body is not cold. Is there anything else you want to see, my lord? I will accompany you." D?"

Ning Jin focused on his cold hands: "...it should be a cold body, please ask the doctor to come to your house to recuperate you?"

He Zhan smiled slightly: "Okay..."

The two distanced themselves a little further.Looking at He Zhan's back, Ning Jin felt a faint sense of melancholy in his heart, only then did he realize that his third uncle really hated him.

He stepped forward to hold He Zhan's hand.He Zhan looked back at him in surprise, then asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"I made a mistake that day... I was just afraid that you would leave again." Ning Jin's eyes sparkled, as if he was not the same person who was ruthless that night, and his tone was earnest, like a child admitting his mistake.He said: "In the future, Gu will definitely become stronger. Gu can give you whatever uncle wants, whether it's the governor of Yongzhou, or... the military power in Han Guangyi's hands."

He Zhan's face was calm and his expression didn't change a little: "I can't understand what the lord said.

The person smiling in front of him didn't seem to be his third uncle.He Zhan never treats people like this - he has no temper.But this is not tolerance.He Zhan smiled, but Ning Jin couldn't feel that he was smiling. Even though He Zhan's eyes never left Ning Jin, he couldn't feel that He Zhan was really by his side.

Ning Jin was really in a hurry this time, and said earnestly: "I believe in you, and no one will check you anymore...You beat me, scold me, punish me for copying books, punish me for carrying you, whatever. Uncle...I know I was wrong gone."

Ning Jin admitted his mistake in this way, which gave He Zhanyou an illusion.That night was just a trip back to the previous life, and such a person has never existed in this life.

He Zhan nodded slightly, as if he had listened to all his apologies.He said: "Well, I know... there are a lot of interesting things ahead, so hurry up and take a look while it's still early, otherwise it would be too unfair to come out in such a frozen state."

Ning Jin: "..."

He Zhan followed behind him inseparably, but he never discussed official business with Ning Jin, nor called "Wuchen" again.

Because of the food shortage in Yongzhou, Ning Jin was afraid that some merchants would hoard and start to hold down prices, and he was also afraid that these people would sell the grain outside the customs, so he ordered Yuping to close the customs for two months to survive this winter.By the beginning of spring, everything will return to normal.

In the spring, Yongzhou had a good harvest, and the taxes levied filled up the granary that was filled last year, and the treasury was full.Yongzhou survived the food shortage unharmed.

Caravans began to run outside the pass one after another, selling the surplus grain to the Huyanbu Prairie.

However, Yu Changfeng, the governor of the county, had just reported the good situation of Haiyan River in Yongzhou to Wei Yuanhou. On the next day, Atole ransacked the Yongzhou caravan. team of people as hostages.

Yu Changfeng knelt in front of Ning Jin, unable to raise his head for a while.He Zhan was serving at the side, and when Yu Changfeng said that Atole had also taken hostages, he asked in surprise, "Didn't it be agreed that the soldiers from Yongzhou Mansion would escort the caravan along the way?"

Yu Changfeng wiped off his sweat: "Xiaguan... Xiaguan has indeed transferred troops... It's just that nothing happened for a few months, Xiaguan sees that going on like this will only waste manpower and financial resources, and the soldiers have been slack again and again. The next official...just turn a blind eye."

Ning Jin smiled slightly: "Open one eye and close the other eye? It seems that only one eye is useful for the sheriff, so it doesn't matter if you don't need the other eye. Don't you think so?"

"Your Majesty! My Majesty! I would like to atone for my crimes, and personally go to the Atole Department to negotiate and let them release the hostages first!"

He Zhan closed his eyes and covered his chest, feeling so angry that his heart ached.

I asked Yu Changfeng to talk about it before, but he really didn't come back with one condition, but came back with the head box.

Forget it, thinking about the looting of the caravan this time, it was just a pretext for Atole to provoke the war. Since the war will start no matter what, what we can do now is to try our best to rescue the hostages.

Ning Jin didn't speak for a long time, bowed his head in thought for a while, and asked He Zhan, "What do you think, Uncle?"

"I'm stupid, I don't know what to do in this dilemma."

Ning Jin said: "The governor of Yu County is the governor of Yongzhou. We must not take such a big risk. Who do you think is better to send?"

He Zhan bowed his head: "I can't think of a suitable candidate."

Yu Changfeng took over the words and said: "I think Mr. He is the best candidate. Mr. He is the confidant of Lord Hou, and he can speak on behalf of Lord Hou. Mr. He had the upper hand in the battle with Atole before. It will definitely have a certain deterrent effect on the monarch of Atole."

deterrence?Deterrence ass!The monarch of Atol almost hated He Zhan to death, wishing to take off his skin, gnaw his bones and eat his flesh, so as to vent his hatred.Yu Changfeng sent him to vent his anger on Atole's people.

But He Zhan almost fell in love with Chang Feng's little trick. Yu Changfeng was simply a high-level pusher who pushed the plot in the right direction, and instantly pulled back the line that had been deviated by thousands of miles.

He Zhan looked solemnly, knelt down and said, "If there is no suitable candidate..."

"You can't be alone."

"I would like to give it a try."

Ning Jin paused, looked at He Zhan's expression carefully, and asked him, "Do you really want to go to Atole...?"

"I will live up to my lord's expectations and rescue the hostages intact, but I hope that my lord and fair minister will personally choose the accompanying people."

"……it is good."

Obtaining the order of Marquis Wei Yuan, He Zhan selected [-] soldiers from the barracks to accompany him as an envoy to Atole.