Seiwa

In the evening, Shen Xuan set off to return to the city.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and snowflakes like goose feathers were falling one after another. Meng Qinghe stood in the snow, the cold wind kept rushing in from the neckline and cuffs, his face was a little stiff from the cold.

This year is colder than previous years, and the clansmen have begun to worry about next year's spring plowing.

During Shen Xuan's salute, Meng Wang only left food and cloth, and two priceless jade pendants, but Commander Shen failed to give them away.

Meng Wang's reason is also very simple. Since Commander Shen regards his Twelve Langs as brothers, it's fine if he wants to, so why give such a generous gift?On the contrary, it seems out of place.

Shen Xuan did not continue to insist, and took back the jade pendant calmly, and was not unhappy because of Meng Wang's rejection.This made Meng Wang and the two sisters-in-law in the wing room breathe a sigh of relief.

Although not from everyone's background, Meng Wang's conduct has its own set of rules.

Courtesy is reciprocal, giving gifts and returning gifts is all about intentions, and Shen Xuan's intentions are a little too heavy.Accepted, how to return?

After resigning, he was still worried, would he get Twelve Lang into trouble?

Fortunately, Shen Xuan's life was as usual, and his expression became more gentle.

"It's because the younger generation didn't think carefully and was abrupt."

Shen Xuan stood up and saluted, but Meng Wang didn't even bother to say anything.He couldn't help himself, so he could only look at Meng Qinghe, but Meng Twelve Lang was in a daze.

Meng Wang is a little anxious, son, why are you in a daze at this time?

call out?Not suitable.

No one stopped him, Shen Xuan gave the full salute to the Meng Wang family at last, and straightened up, "Since the younger generation has made friends with the twelve brothers, my aunt will naturally accept this salute."

Mrs. Meng Wang is about to cry, but the jade pendant can't be accepted, but the gift is accepted?

If it wasn't for Shen's commanding status and Twelve Lang's not being a girl, Meng Wang's family would probably think that this was a scoundrel's visit, and would insist on marrying her family even if the gift was returned.

Meng Wang was frightened by his brain power, after that Shen Xuan didn't hear what he said clearly.

Meng Qinghe's two sister-in-laws also felt that this was a bit strange. After all, their knowledge was limited and their minds were not deep. It could only be attributed to Commander Shen's emphasis on Twelve Langs, so they made such a compromise.

Uncle is really amazing!

Compared with his family's anxiety, Meng Qinghe felt a little numb.

Shen Xuan's many actions today can no longer be speculated by common sense, especially the two jade pendants he took out, are these a salute to his subordinates' family members?Go to hell.

No matter how slow he was, Meng Qinghe knew that something was wrong.

There was no need for him to tear the window paper between the two of them. Commander Shen had already drawn out his knife and neatly split the window in half, even knocking down the wall.

He seemed to be able to understand Shen Xuan's intentions, it didn't matter whether he could get the gift or not, the important thing was to put on an attitude and clarify the facts.

He thought that he was the one who rushed forward with the helmet on and braved the hail of bullets, but he didn't expect that he was wrong from the beginning.

This feeling is really strange.

Should you be happy?

Maybe?

Why do you always feel that you will suffer if you continue like this?

Delusion.

Must be an illusion.

Shen Xuan didn't eat at Meng Qinghe's family, Meng Guangshun and others' thoughts were in vain.

Before leaving, Shen Xuan called Meng Qinghe to the front, turned his back to the accompanying guards, and clasped his hands under the cover of the cloak.Fingers intertwined, cool fingertips slid across the palm, and a piece of warm white jade remained in Meng Qinghe's hand.

Compared with the previous Luanfeng jade pendant, this piece of white jade is also valuable, but the carved patterns are not surprising, the only special thing is the word on it, Xuan.

"keep it."

The two words, the tone is very common, but the meaning hidden in the words is completely different.

Meng Twelve Lang scratched his head, offered me papaya, and rewarded me with Qiongju.

Shen Xuan gave him a jade pendant, what should I give in return?

Back to a papaya?

Will definitely be hacked to death.

Just as he was in a dilemma, he picked his chin with a cold finger, "I will give this jade to Shi Erlang, and I hope it will be good forever."

The voice was very low, but every word and every word could be heard in Meng Qinghe's ears.

Moving his lips, the words came to his lips, but his voice was choked in his throat.

He swears, it's not hypocritical.

But he couldn't speak, and he couldn't nod his head.

"Is Twelve Lang in trouble? There is no rush, just think about it."

The extremely handsome face and the sharpness of a blade are all hidden under the jade-like warmth.

Jumping on the horse, the hem of the crimson official uniform fluttered lightly, the cloak was blown up by the wind, and the horse neighed, like a picture swaying in the silver-white world.

Standing in the snow, Meng Qinghe seemed to be drifting away with the people on the horse.

What's going on, who is the ancient man?

Commander Shen's talented appearance really hides a thick and dark essence.

The last time I was drunk, I should have noticed.

Clenching the jade pendant in his hand, it's too late to regret it now, not to mention the word "regret" doesn't exist in his life dictionary at all.

On the way home, I ran into Meng Hu. Meng Qinghe sneezed solidly, rubbed his nose, "What's the matter, fifth cousin?"

"Twelve Lang, grandfather invites you to come home."

"But something?"

"En." Meng Hu nodded, "Big cousin offended the clansmen, and the uncle's family was imprisoned in the ancestral hall. It's useless for the chief to intercede."

"Does fifth cousin know what's going on?"

"Grandpa didn't say anything." Meng Hu shook his head, "But the fourth cousin also went, and the elders of the clan are all there."

Meng Qinghe frowned. I'm afraid this matter is not small. What did Meng Qinghai do to make the clan elders shut down Datangbo's family in the ancestral hall?

"The fifth cousin has a message for the ninth uncle. I will go home and talk to my mother first, and I will go later."

"it is good."

In the ancestral hall, Meng Qingjiang knelt in front of Meng Guangxiao and Meng Liu, and kowtowed three times, "Father, mother, my son will intercede with the clansmen for the elder brother, but there is nothing he can do to redeem his son."

"Shiro, he is your elder brother, you can't just watch him die!"

"Father, the elders of the clan have their own sense of propriety." Meng Qingjiang's face was filled with joy and anger, and he spoke a little bluntly, "Brother's mistakes may bring disaster to the whole clan. Father should persuade elder brother to act cautiously."

"You, you can be so cruel!" Meng Guangxiao said, "Now that you've made a name for yourself in the army and you can speak well in the clan, why can't you help your elder brother?"

"Cruel-hearted?" Meng Qingjiang tore off the looped jacket on his body, and a hideous scar slanted down from his left shoulder. The wound had just shed its scab, and it looked like an ugly centipede coiled on his body. How did you succeed? Eryou paid for it with his life today!"

Meng Guangxiao was stunned.

Meng Liu immediately burst into tears, rushed over and hugged Meng Qingjiang, "Silang, mother's Silang!"

"Father and mother complain that they don't help elder brother, but they don't think about it. What elder brother did can be easily excused? That's true, how could the clan elders imprison father and mother together?!"

Meng Guangxiao and Meng Liushi stopped talking, Meng Qinghai sat by the wall with his knees hugged, his head lowered, unable to see his expression clearly.Little Liu stood next to him, crying nonstop.

"Father, mother, my son is now under King Yan's command. When the eldest brother informed the imperial army, did he think about his situation? Did he think about whether his own brother would lose his life because of it? Even if he didn't want his son, what about the Meng clan? If the prince finds out about elder brother's actions, the whole family will suffer disaster!"

"It's not your elder brother!" Meng Liu said quickly, "Just now your father also said that it was not your elder brother who reported the letter, but the family members of his high school classmates. That family had an enmity with King Yan and they reported the news. Your elder brother was only entrusted take care of……"

"Mother," Meng Qingjiang interrupted Meng Liu's words, his expression was full of disappointment, "The clan elders won't believe it, but you yourself, do you believe it?"

Meng Liu's voice was blocked, Meng Guangxiao lowered his head dejectedly, as if he aged ten years overnight.

Meng Qinghai still didn't speak, Xiao Liu didn't dare to cry, and looked more and more pitiful.

Meng Qingjiang tidied up the looped jacket and stood up, "Father, mother, the son who should intercede will never refuse. It's just how the clan elders deal with it, and it is not up to the son. After all the words are here, the son is gone."

Walking out of the ancestral hall, the wind and snow that rushed towards him instantly froze the wet tears in the corners of Meng Qingjiang's eyes.

Parents and elder brothers, family affection?

Putting his hand on the wound on his shoulder, Meng Qingjiang wanted to laugh, but at the end of the laugh, he let out a low growl like a beast.

In Meng Chongjiu's family, the clan elders sat in the hall separately.

There was no place for Meng Qinghe in the hall, but because of his status as a fourth-rank military officer, he was arranged next to Meng Chongjiu.

Meng Hu didn't get such good treatment, so he could only stand behind Meng Chongjiu, serving tea and water for the clan elders.

When Meng Qingjiang came in, the clan elders were arguing over how to deal with Meng Guangxiao's family.

Because of the relationship between Meng Qing and the three of them under the rule of King Yan, the Meng clan had no other choice but to seek refuge with King Yan, and this was also the best way for the clan to advance.Meng Qinghai colluded with the imperial court, tipped off the imperial army and leaked the Beiping city defenses, endangering all the clansmen.

Meng Qinghai's work is considered confidential, so it was discovered by accident.

Not long ago, a member of the tribe happened to see Meng Qinghai going to a family surnamed Du in a neighboring village. While chatting with them, he learned that the son of the Du family was killed because he angered King Yan. He reported to the imperial army everywhere, which almost caused a major event.

Almost all the inspectors and strong men of the Meng clan who were transferred to guard the city died while guarding Beibei. Meng Qinghai had a close relationship with such a family, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the clan and immediately notified the clan elders.

There are no eternal secrets in the world, as long as you search hard, you will definitely find clues.What's more, apart from the Meng family, the people in Du's village didn't want to be burdened by Du's father. They went back and forth and quickly found out what Meng Qinghai and Du's father said that day.

Meng Chongjiu and the clan elders were furious and called Meng Qinghai to confront him, but they were stopped by Meng Guangxiao and Meng Wang.During the tearing and cursing, the members of the Meng clan somewhat understood the ins and outs of the matter, and Meng Guangxiao's family was immediately outraged.

Now King Yan is busy fighting with the imperial army, and Peiping is safe and sound, so he has no time to care about these things.When the time comes, even if King Yan doesn't deal with it, the people under him will never let Father Du and Meng Qinghai go.

Some people suggested to deal with it according to the family rules, but some people said that Meng Qinghai had a reputation as a scholar and could not be dealt with casually.

The clan elders disagreed and couldn't make up their minds, so they could only imprison Meng Guangxiao's family in the ancestral hall temporarily and discuss it later.

Thinking about the possible consequences of this matter, Meng Chongjiu and the others were extremely frightened.

Fortunately, Meng Qinghe went home to visit relatives. He has always had an idea, and the clan elders planned to ask his opinion.

"Twelve Lang, what do you mean?"

"Uncle Jiu, what did the clan plan?"

Meng Chongjiu glanced at the silent Meng Qingjiang, tapped his cigarette pouch, "Get Meng Guangxiao out of the room."

This separation is not a simple separation of the family, but the removal of the family tree and not entering the ancestral grave.It is equivalent to a complete break, never to communicate with each other.

Although it is a pity for Shiro, it is more important to protect the Quan family.

As soon as these words came out, Meng Qingjiang's expression became even colder.

Meng Qinghe thought for a while, and said, "Don't be busy for now, if Jiu Shugong trusts Qinghe, how about leaving this matter to Qinghe?"

"Does Twelve Lang want to hand over the Du family?" Meng Chongjiu's expression changed slightly. This is also a solution, but it is the next strategy.

"No." Meng Qinghe shook his head.

"That is?"

"Don't deal with the uncle's family for the time being, and don't move the Du family. Qinghe has a plan in mind. If things can happen, it's impossible to say that a disaster can turn into a good thing."

"what?!"

The clan elders were all stunned. Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang looked at Meng Qinghe at the same time, but Meng Twelve Lang didn't seem to notice the atmosphere in the hall, wrinkling his nose. The six-day holiday seemed to be coming to an end early.

What a pity.

Can you discuss it with Shizi and save up the remaining few days to continue next time?

Shaking his head, it was really whimsical.

In order for things to go smoothly, Meng Qinghe explained to the tribe in detail, only asking Meng Chongjiu to continue to lock Meng Guangxiao's family in the ancestral hall, and at the same time contact the people in Du's Village, be optimistic about Du Qi's family, and beware of any changes.

The next day, I hurried back to Peiping with four frontier soldiers.

Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang naturally followed. Along the way, Meng Qinghe simply mentioned the plan in his heart to the two, "I still need to report this matter to the lord, and if the lord accepts it, I need to ask my fourth cousin for help."

"Returning to the matter, the humble duty is inescapable!"

"Fourth cousin..."

Meng Qinghe's expression was a bit complicated, and he finally sighed without saying much.

A group of people rushed into the city before dark, and with Meng Qinghe's badge, they traveled smoothly all the way.

Back at the palace, Meng Qinghe simply washed his face and hands, swept away the dust all the way, first asked the guard in the palace where Shen Xuan was, heard that Shen Xuan had led the troops out, and simply went to see the prince.

Although the imperial army has been repulsed, there will be no major battles in the short term, and the vicinity of Beiping is still not peaceful.

First, Zeng Jun, governor of Jizhou, suddenly took the wrong medicine and brought less than 5000 people to attack Beiping.While trekking hard in the heavy snow, unfortunately, he met Xu Zhong who had been recalled to Peiping from Zhending.

Zeng Zhenfu was really a man, facing an enemy several times his own, he was not afraid of danger, and resolutely ordered the attack.

First he led his troops to charge bravely, and then he was bravely snapped.

After Xu Zhong clicked people, he didn't know where this team came from.It wasn't until several thousand households under Zeng Zhenfu were brought before him that they fully understood what was going on.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time after telling the situation to Gaoyang County King who was accompanying the army.

It seems that there are not many capable people under Emperor Jianwen, but there are quite a few people with holes in their heads.

Attack Peiping with 5000 people?Such feats are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

After the death of Zeng Zhenfu, Zhang Lun, the Hebei commander who had a close relationship with him, suddenly ascended to the top and summoned his troops, vowing, "We will not be at odds with Yan against the trend! Serve the country with death!"

Commander Zhang's head twitched, and he wanted to learn from Zeng Zhenfu to hit a stone with an egg. The generals and soldiers under him didn't want to die, so they secretly formulated various escape plans, but the plans were formulated but were useless at all.

Commander Zhang suddenly ordered the camp to be pulled out, and led the team to flee to the south.

Serve the country, where is it not a newspaper?

Going south is more proof that a heart goes to the imperial court!

Shen Xuan led his troops to chase after Zhang Lun's team.No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. How could he easily take away thousands of frontier soldiers who are used to fighting on the battlefield?

If Commander Zhang ran away by himself, the King of Yan would not talk to him at all, maybe he would be able to enter Shandong safely tomorrow.But he had to take thousands of frontier troops with him, and he was doomed to never leave Hebei in his life.

In the Nuan Pavilion of the Chengyun Hall of the Wangfu, King Yan is playing chess with Monk Daoyan.

It was the first time that Zhu Di calmed down and played chess with Daoyan after the war.The black and white chess pieces fought vertically and horizontally on the chessboard, and the black pieces quickly gained the upper hand.

King Yan twisted a sunspot in his hand, and while he was contemplating, Zheng He bowed in and reported, "Your Majesty, please see me."

"Your Majesty?" The chess piece fell, and King Yan said, "Please come in."

Monk Daoyan twirled the beads, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he remained calm.

"My son has seen the father." Zhu Gaochi lost a lot of weight, but the base is too large. Although the facial features are clear, it will take quite a while to become Zhu Di's figure.But in Zhu Di's eyes, the eldest son is much more pleasing to the eye.

"Get up, what's the matter?"

"Returning to the father, Meng Qianshi just proposed a strategy to weaken the court's troops. My son thought it was feasible, so I came to report to the father."

"Oh?" King Yan's expression changed, "Let's hear it."

"Father, this plan comes from Meng Qian's incident. I think it's better for him to tell the father himself."

"Alright, but people are waiting outside?"

"Exactly."

"Call in."

Hearing the prince's summoning, Meng Qinghe straightened his clothes, stepped into the door, bowed his head, "meet the prince for humble duty!"

"Get up." King Yan said, "Your Majesty said you have a plan to weaken the imperial court's troops?"

"Returning to the lord, the humble position does have a plan. If it succeeds, it can lure Li Jinglong from Dezhou to lead troops to help our army win another victory."

King Yan immediately became interested, "Please tell me in detail."

"Yes, there is a brother in the humble position..."

When Meng Twelve Lang offered advice to King Yan, the tug-of-war between Emperor Jianwen in Nanjing and officials in the court finally came to an end.

Officials go to the public to remonstrate day after day, but it is of no use at all.Emperor Jianwen neither beat nor scolded, and only resorted to a word of delay, which was enough to achieve his goal.

Don't want to take a vacation?

It has been procrastinating until the Chinese New Year, and it is useless to go to college again.

For the first time, the court officials discovered that the emperor in Fengtian Palace was not as easy to handle as imagined.After all, he is the grandson of Emperor Hongwu, and he is also unusually stubborn.

Fortunately, Emperor Jianwen's external image has been determined, Renjun will not kill people casually, and it should not happen that he went directly to the execution ground after going down like the Hongwu Dynasty.

The censor and the others have been jumping up and down for almost a month, but they have made no progress at all. They discussed it in private, and the one who continues to procrastinate is the one who suffers. It is better to pass a ladder to the emperor and let him come down. The emperor has face. Shouldn't be stubborn.Even in the reign of Emperor Hongwu, there was no custom of celebrating the New Year in the yamen.

This opinion was agreed by most of the people, and the big bosses of the six heavenly officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple also agreed.

The memorandum was written, and the Minister of General Affairs also greeted him. Even Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who stayed in Beijing after being dismissed and went to work underground, expressed that they would help, but unexpectedly, Emperor Jianwen suddenly released a thunderbolt, which struck When it comes to the hornet's nest, it's so terrifying that even Fang Xiaoru can't stand it.

Perhaps it was too late that the officials below handed over the ladder, or perhaps it was because Emperor Jianwen had long disliked the officials in the court.

In short, the young emperor did not discuss with anyone, and directly decreed to dismiss Liu Ke and so on.

According to the 24th year of Hongwu, each of the six subjects is assigned to one person in Shizhong, which is the official eighth grade; the left and right are each assigned to one person in Shizhong, which is the eighth grade; there are 40 people in the six departments in total.Since then, the rank and number of officials in the six subjects have not changed.

Emperor Jianwen's decree is equivalent to laying off the second and third leaders of the sixth department directly, leaving only one of them to the elder brother in the matter, and leading his men to continue to struggle on the front line of the court.

The point is, Emperor Jianwen still played in the name of Zhou Li.

Now, Fang Xiaoru and the Zhou Li faction were completely cheated, and the alliance formed with the Taizu faction also broke down.

Once again, the imperial court was in a quarrel and became a miasma.

Emperor Jianwen sat at the top, looking at all the officials in the court, with a sneer on his face.

Can't take care of the vassal for the time being, and can't take care of this group of quails?

Do you really think he is a soft persimmon, easy to bully?

At the same time, King Yan had adopted Meng Qinghe's strategy and started to implement it secretly.

Monk Daoyan suggested that Meng Qinghe could go there in person.The plan was proposed by him, and if he personally implements it, it will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

What can Meng Shierang say?With tears in my eyes, I can only thank the prince for his appreciation and reuse, and swear that I will never join a certain monk's sect in this life.

Fortunately, King Yan knew Meng's strength well, so he planned to send him some bodyguards.

"Too many people is too eye-catching, Xuan'er can't do it, but..." King Yan pondered for a moment, then said, "Zheng He, go and call Yang Duo over."

Yang Duo?

Meng Qinghe thought the name was familiar, and when Yang Duo was ordered to come and see his face clearly, he realized, isn't this the Yang Qianhu whom he had seen in Kaipingwei?