The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

No one would have thought that Yu Zhuo, now the chief scholar of the Imperial Academy, would be sent to the southwest to subdue the rioters.The date is set for the first day of next month.

The southwestern border is filled with poisonous miasma. If it is midsummer, I am afraid that I will die after an hour. It is better in midwinter, but it is not a place to wait.All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Sure enough, as soon as the edict was issued, a large number of courtiers played it one after another. Xia Houzhan saw that everything involved in the Southwest War, wrote the word "read" lightly, and it passed.This perfunctory attitude made those people very dissatisfied.

"I'm tired." Xia Houzhan handed the pen to Xiao Dezi who was aside and Xiao Xianzi who was newly transferred to the imperial study, and said, "You two can fill these with the word 'reading' on my behalf."

A gleam of light quickly flickered in Xiao Xianzi's eyes, and he took the pen and wrote respectfully.

Eunuch Zhao originally followed Xia Houzhan to the harem, thinking that the emperor finally knew how to cherish the fragrance and jade, but he stepped into the Chengluan Palace to meet the Queen Mother in a blink of an eye.

The Empress Dowager Yan is teaching the two little princes to learn calligraphy, but unfortunately they are too young to speak well, which makes them even more lovable.

"How is the emperor these days?"

"Very good. Empress, I don't know why you asked someone to come here yesterday?"

The Empress Dowager Yan glanced at the group of people following the emperor, stood up and said, "Stand back, the Ai family has something to say to the emperor." After finishing speaking, she ordered Huazhu to make a pot of tea.

Looking at this posture, it doesn't seem simple.

After everyone left, the Empress Dowager Yan looked dazed and muttered to herself, "Today Aijia is always repeating a dream. Even if we sincerely pray to the Buddha, it won't help."

"What dream?" Although he didn't believe in those gods and Buddhas, Xia Houzhan still wanted to understand Queen Mother Yan's concerns.

"It's about... sending troops to the southwest."

The academicians of the Hanlin Academy are transferred in and out, and they can see a new face almost every month. In addition, he does not often come to the Imperial Academy, so Yu Zhuo has seen a lot of different expressions. Unexpectedly, the expressions of everyone today are surprisingly consistent. .

This year's champion of the new division, who still had some friendship with him, approached cautiously and asked, "Master Yu, are you really going to lead troops to the southwest? This..." The trip to the southeast last time could be said to be an accident, but this time anyone with a discerning eye would be surprised. It can be seen that he begged the emperor for such an opportunity.

"It's not just me, the Minister of the Ministry of War Ji Zhang will also go with me. Lord Sun is temporarily serving as the Minister of the Ministry of War." Yu Zhuo smiled lightly, "Why, are you worried about me?"

Civil servants have been going on expeditions since ancient times, but this time the chief general and deputy general are both civilian officials, which is a bit unreasonable.After Yu Zhuo moved to the next room, many of Zhuang Yuan Lang's colleagues gathered around to discuss.

One said bluntly: "Oh, I'm afraid there will be another Zhou Xi."

Zhuangyuan Lang frowned, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, Your Majesty is wise and holy, how can you not be able to distinguish clearly, not to mention Mr. Yu is a clean and honest official, never forming a party for personal gain, how can you compare yourself with the Zhou family?"

Zhou Xi's mistake was to meddle in taxation and officials' calls. The protection of officials and officials in the court is the most dreaded thing for the emperor.

Yu Zhuo didn't care about their whispered discussions, these whispers were not important, the important thing was the court hall early tomorrow morning - he had to quarrel with a group of old men who were not in good health.

However, the ending was in line with his expectations. Yesterday, the imperial study room gave a scolding, which made those unclean people under their hands calm down a lot. On the contrary, those few elderly veterans of the three dynasties, the pedantic old man argued with him, just speaking fluently Can't compare to him.

Yu Zhuo's breakfast is Yu Zhuo's favorite taste as always.

"It seems that His Majesty did intimidate those people, and he was too scared to say a word." Yu Zhuo sat on the chair in the imperial study and said leisurely.

"However, this time we still need to allocate money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. If we can't get those people in politics, things in the Southwest will be even more dangerous." Yu Zhuo, who made him insist on volunteering.

Yu Zhuo dodged his gaze subconsciously, and finally added: "Where does he have the guts to touch my military salary?"

"I'm not afraid of [-]." Xia Houzhan couldn't help but recall that when the tyrant of the previous dynasty was in power, the Minister of the Household Department was greedy for the army's salary in the Northwest, causing the Northwest Army to eat the corpses of their companions. Those moths were spending their days and nights in the capital, enjoying their lives and spending money, and his heart was ignited with anger.

Not long after, Su Shixue was summoned into the imperial study, and Xia Houzhan said lightly: "Tonight, when you are ugly, do it first, cut it first and then play it." There is a stack of criminal evidence collected by the Nan Yu Xingsi, and Yu Zhuo knows that it is only from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Yes."

"If it is done successfully this time, I will drop the teacher to the Suzhou Shipbuilding Bureau."

Su Shixue's eyes turned red, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times before she backed off.

"Does Hengqing think I'm cruel?"

Yu Zhuo shook his head and said, "I'm sometimes soft-hearted, but I'm also a person who has been on the battlefield." Even if he is a military adviser, the two armies are fighting, and he knows that this is the principle of life and death.

"Then why..." Xia Houzhan couldn't help but think of the first time they met, and immediately threw this thought out of his head. He must have his reasons for doing so.

Pulling him into his arms, Yu Zhuo took a deep breath, and leaned into his ear and said, "After a few months, the road is difficult and difficult, will your majesty miss you?"

Xia Houzhan couldn't help but increase the strength in his hands, and muttered a few words: "Beware of bandits, beware of Xiahouqi."

"That's all?" Yu Zhuo was still not satisfied.

"Be careful, you might as well eat more spicy peppers and write more letters to me." Xia Houzhan started to worry about how he was seduced by the beauty, and promised to let him lead the army, "The matter of the household department Leave it to me."

"Tsk." Yu Zhuo carried him into the room, "Empty words are useless, His Majesty must reward the minister with something practical."

After nightfall, Yu Zhuo went to meet someone——Yu Jie.The matter of memory is not without traces, but it affects the whole body.

Putting a rusted sword in front of Yu Jie, Yu Zhuo saw that the latter did not respond, but the resentment in his eyes remained undiminished.He had no choice but to let the people of Nan Yu Xingsi retreat first.

Under the stalemate, Yu Jie finally spoke first, her voice broken and hoarse: "Master Yu, why torture the little girl like this, the little girl knows so much."

"You are not Yu Jie."

"Master Yu, I'm not Yu Jie, who else can I be?"

"In my memory, there is no such person as Yu Jie." Yu Zhuo tried his best to hold the sword. Although the hilt and scabbard were stained with rust, the blade was still cold and cold. Let’s be a little more similar, if it weren’t for the fact that Doctor Xiao often gave me medicine these two days, I would have really been fooled by you.”

Bailian Club—Lian'er, why didn't he think of it at the beginning?

"What's your relationship with Lian'er?"

"I'm her younger sister." Yu Jie smiled sadly, "Twin sisters, it's a pity that Mrs. Yu forgets things so much. It's clear that we have met, but I don't even remember if I am there."

Every year on Lingyun Terrace, fatherless and motherless orphans are brought in from all over the place to be raised. They usually have the surname of the adopted elder, and then take a single name with "water". Perhaps the two of them have never appeared together. He only mistook one person.

"What are you looking for from me?"

"My sister and I are alone, and we don't care anymore." Yu Jie smiled miserably, "She got tuberculosis and passed away last year. I will carry out the final agreement for her."

Agreement?Yu Zhuo thought about it carefully. His memory has no effect on the present. Does it matter if he remembers it or not?

"Since I forgot, she passed away, so just pretend she doesn't exist." Yu Jie's faint tone made Yu Jie very manic, and she broke free from the shackles on her hands and feet. Yu Zhuo backed away again and again, only to find this woman Hidden strength.

Hearing the movement, Qi Ruo was the first to run in to see.He is also a busy man now, with errands all over the world. If there is no war, he will go to the southwest soon.

Picking up the pen and paper on the table, Yu Jie quickly tore off a piece of paper the size of a talisman, and it was done in one stroke.

Seeing the paper coming at him so fast, Yu Zhuo managed to dodge sideways, but this ordinary piece of paper exploded into a ball of flames in an instant, and the heat wave hit people.

Yu Zhuo felt a dull pain in his mind, but he never became sober—by the way, he never learned how to pretend to be a ghost, but he just forgot a certain part of what he had learned before.Immediately, with a wave of the folding fan, the closed prison was raging against the wind, papers flew around, and Yu Zhuo raised the sword to cut off the woman's head.

But then there was a thick fog, and Yu Jie disappeared.All the people who saw this scene looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to utter a single word.

After a long while, Yu Zhuo rubbed the center of his brows, and said coldly: "Everything that happened here must not be revealed to His Majesty."

Qi Ruo showed a troubled expression.

"I know that you are loyal to His Majesty, so you can't hide it and don't report it." Yu Zhuo picked up a piece of paper and continued, "But I am about to go out. If Your Majesty changes commanders temporarily because he is worried about me, wouldn't it be a fluctuating military spirit?"

"But……"

"Don't worry, Imperial Physician Xiao will go to the southwest with me. After I go out, you can add more embellishments to it as you like."

Yu Zhuo didn't care about what he said, Qi Ruo was going crazy, he didn't know what relationship Yu Zhuo had with the emperor, if something happened to Yu Zhuo, it was because he concealed it and didn't report it, the emperor might kill him alive.

Unexpectedly, Yu Zhuo shook the sword in his hand, showing a pleading look, Qiruo looked at his subordinates, with a livid face, and shouted: "Yes, please!"

The sun was shining brightly on the day of the expedition, as if it could dispel the winter chill.

Riding on the horse, Yu Zhuo looked back at Xia Houzhan on the city wall. The latter's expression was still the indifference of a king, but the expression hidden behind the bead was full of worry.

Yu Zhuo knew that he had finally drawn his sword.And this White Lotus Club—it really underestimated it.

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