Emperor's Trophy

The day after tomorrow, I will go to Mount Tai to worship the heavens. Qingsong is busy packing things at night. Although Yun Zhen always ignores these small things, he still asks Qingsong: "Shall I ask the mansion to send the things I usually carry with me?"

Qingsong said: "Hey, why do you still need to worry about this! The servant has already asked Luo Changshi to clean up some of your usual ones, and most of the rest of the palace has them. The emperor also made a special trip to explain the internal affairs office. Get ready, just rest assured."

Yun Zhen said: "Oh, by the way, is there any news from my residence?"

Qingsong said: "There is no news, but a housekeeper from Ding Guogong's mansion came to ask you when you will return to the mansion, probably Zhu Wugong wanted to see you, but he also said it was nothing serious, we will talk about it when you return to the mansion."

Yun Zhen thought for a while and said: "There is nothing wrong in the left and right palaces, I will go back to the mansion tomorrow to have a look and explain a few words."

Qingsong smiled and said, "Luo Changshi is here, what are you worried about?"

Yun Zhen didn't speak, he actually wanted to see Zhu Jiang, the emperor's attitude these past few days, he could vaguely see what he meant, he probably wouldn't let him go to the border, but he dismissed it without knowing his face, just in such a roundabout way Reasoning to him, laying the groundwork for him, he is not a child who doesn't understand anything, and his heart is touched.

The emperor treats me well, so I naturally have to know what is good and what is bad. After Jitian went back and forth for more than ten days, I don't know when Zhu Jiang will leave. Maybe she will come back. Zhu Jiang has left, but I still have some things to explain Zhu Jiang.

He made up his mind, and indeed he reported it to the emperor at breakfast the next day, and wanted to go back to the mansion to have a look and explain some things.

Ding Dai almost held his breath aside.

Ji Bingyuan was not in a good mood: "Go, it will take some time to go back and forth, and everything that needs to be explained has been explained clearly." His complexion changed, but he still lacked some maturity.

Yun Zhen happily ate his breakfast, sent Ji Bingyuan off to court, and returned to Zhaoxinhou's mansion by himself.

Chief Shi Luo Caiqing came over to report to him, and sure enough everything was in order, Yun Zhen was relieved, but turned to look for Lao Lantou.

Lao Lantou reported some recent affairs of the Escort, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, recently we have been doing things in Huainan. I feel that it is not clean a few times, but it seems that someone is smoothing the beginning and the end for us. I started I thought it was a coincidence, and then I deliberately left some clues, and sure enough, when I went back to see it, I was cleaned up again."

Yun Zhen was startled, and looked at Lao Lan: "Is someone following us?"

Lao Lantou smiled bitterly: "I guess it's someone from the Longxiang Camp, and they behave like that. After thinking about it, you're right. Hou Ye, you sell gems and run an escort agency. You are under the eyes of the emperor every day. If you are a dragon Xiang Ying didn’t realize that was a dereliction of duty.”

Yun Zhen's ears warmed slightly, thinking that he was playing tricks under his nose these days. It turned out that the emperor saw it clearly, but he didn't say anything. He just let him mess around. He whispered: "It should be the emperor who knows, I was afraid that we would not do things cleanly, so I let Mr. Gao and the others clean it up for me, it wasn't a deceitful thing, that's all."

Lao Lan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. At first I was worried that the emperor would suspect you. After all, this was a private storage of troops and weapons, which scared me so much that I didn't sleep well for a few days. Later, I thought about it, since I can replace you." We wiped it off, but we didn't cover up the weapons and methods of the Longxiang Camp, so I don't think we're afraid of us knowing, now that you say that, I feel relieved."

Yun Zhen smiled slightly: "Old Lantou, don't be afraid, if the emperor wants to suspect me, there is no way, why bother to find so many reasons - he is not that kind of person."

Lao Lan nodded his head: "That's right, isn't it afraid that people will change after sitting in that seat for a long time?"

Yun Zhen was slightly lost in thought: "Your Majesty—everyone is too far away from him, and everyone thinks he should change, but in fact he has always been like that from beginning to end."

He came back to his senses and continued to tell Lao Lantou: "Has Zhu Jiang been appointed by the Ministry of War? I thought about it. When he is appointed, you can see where he is, and go there to open a branch of the Escort Bureau, and let Fang Qing Suo went to be the supervisor. He is good at nailing and inquiring about news. He will try his best to assist Zhu Wu at that time. In addition, I have to pick a boy to follow him by Zhu Wu's side so that he can be easily contacted. Let's see which of these children needs to be used. Pick a few candidates and show me."

He thought for a while, and Lao Lan nodded: "Isn't this ready-made? Linghuyi, he is not familiar with Fang Luyun. I heard that Fang Luyun is going to go with Mr. Zhu Wu."

Yun Zhen thought for a while and said: "Linghuyi... I originally had an arrangement, but I'll ask his opinion. You can pick a few more and ask them what they think. If you are willing to go, the monthly quota will be doubled. If they get rid of slavery in the future, if they have military merits, there must be a future for them."

Lao Lantou said with a smile: "My brother really thinks too much. I'll let you know. There will be many people who are willing to go. It's just that you have to choose the clever ones."

Yun Zhen nodded and asked Lao Lan to do it, and went back to the study by himself. Seeing Linghu Yi serving in the study, he asked him: "Mr. Zhu Wu is going to guard the border. I have come back from Mount Tai to worship the heavens, and I will go immediately." I have a job at Xishan Daying, and there will be less use of the study at that time. I will ask them to follow Luo Caiqing to do business and listen to them, and they can learn something, but I will ask for your opinion on your side. One is to guard the border with Mr. Zhu Wu, I need a smart contact person, of course not only you, I also sent a few more, Fang Luyun also went to guard the border; the second is to go to Zhang Yan to serve him, the Tsing Yi military commander is famous all over the world , you are also known as a child prodigy, how much you can learn from him is your ability."

Linghu Yi raised his head and glanced at him: "I choose Mr. Zhang." He never thought that he would make a decision so quickly, and was even afraid that Lord Yun would directly decide to let him go to the border.

Yun Zhen smiled: "Smart man."

Linghu Yi's face gradually turned red.

Yun Zhen knocked on the table: "Don't be sad, there is nothing wrong with choosing the best path, neither of you is wrong." Linghu Yi could have been discovered by Ji Huaisu back then, and kept by his side as a think tank. Give him a chance, and he will surely blossom Glory, but Fang Luyun is the knot in his heart, whether he can overcome it depends on himself, although he doesn't know the last life, what happened to them in the last life, and it's not very good if he thinks about it.

Because the way you want to go is different from the beginning.

Someone outside sent a message: "Dingguo Duke's Mansion Zhu Wuzi has come, please see Lord Hou."

Yun Zhen said: "Let him come in." Then he said to Linghu Yi: "You don't need to wait on me, you go back and prepare."

Linghu Yi bowed his head in response, walked out, and waited outside the study. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Jiang bringing Fang Luyun. He also left Fang Luyun outside to wait on him, and went into the study by himself.

He raised his eyes to look at Fang Luyun, he had grown a lot taller, lean and strong, as silent as before.

Fang Luyun saw that he was looking at him, and said: "I will go to the border with Mr. Zhu in a few days."

Linghu Yi glanced at him, and suddenly wanted to tell him his choice: "Master Hou asked me if I would like to go to the border with Mr. Zhu. He needs a few people to help, and it is convenient to communicate. If not, he is going to send me off." Go to Zhang Yan's side as an errand."

Fang Luyun did not rush to ask him about his choice.

He felt happy for a while: "I chose Mr. Zhang."

Fang Luyun nodded: "Military Master Tsing Yi has learned a lot from others. If you follow him, you will be successful." But there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Linghu Yi snorted coldly, Fang Luyun finally changed his tone: "I'm sorry."

Linghuyi pretended not to understand: "I'm sorry for what? I'm sorry for you. I ruined your good future. I wish you success in the future and make meritorious deeds early. Don't worry, I will not only take care of my mother but also the wet nurse when I am in Beijing." I'll take care of it too."

Fang Luyun smiled: "I know, I just wanted to say I'm sorry, but it's not what Lord Hou said, which made you more hostile and excluded by others."

Linghu Yi's face burned with embarrassment and anger at his past weakness: "It doesn't matter anymore!"

Fang Luyun smiled: "It's really not important, it's just to make you feel less uncomfortable - I do have ulterior motives, and Lord Hou didn't wrong me."

Linghu Yi turned his eyes to look at him, his eyes seemed to be on fire: "What's wrong with you!"

Fang Luyun smiled and said: "Those are not important anymore, as long as you take care of yourself."

Linghu Yi turned his head and walked away.

Fang Luyun stared at his back and lowered his eyes.

In the study, Zhu Jiang and Yun Zhen said with emotion: "I knew the emperor would not let you go, but don't worry about me."

"What hard work do you know? The appointment of the Ministry of War has not yet been issued. My grandfather has made a big move in the mansion. He has ordered hundreds of people to serve as my followers. Hundreds of people, such as servants, servants, servants, slaves, etc., are the guards. After recruiting dozens of people, I finally realized why the army hates our noble second-generation ancestors. Joining the army like this is compared to those generals who climbed up step by step with real knives and guns. It is simply ironic, hey. "

Zhu Jiang shook her head and just smiled: "But my grandfather said, every family is like this, don't say that people like us are civil servants, but anyone with some family background, where to work is not like a servant like a cloud, wait until I go After reporting for resettlement, a lot of family members and servants will be sent over for convenience.”

Yun Zhen said: "It's like this. I was just about to say that I also have a few clever servants for you to use. You don't have to refuse. The main reason is to facilitate the communication. In addition, I asked Luo Changshi to also cover it. I gave you a lot of things, nothing more than things like paper and pens that are difficult to buy over there, and everything else is fine. The only thing is that there is a shortage of medicine and medicine over there, so I sent people to pack a lot of commonly used proprietary medicines, There are also good wound medicines for you to treat injuries, and some self-governed ones in our mansion. My mother used them before and said they are good. You bring all the books you have, and some manuscripts that are useful in the frontier."

He approached Zhu Jiang and said in a low voice: "The things I copied from the palace are all the things of the garrisons on the nine sides, some of the guards of the pass, and the things of the generals who guard the pass. It's hard to find outside. You have time to think about it carefully, but Don’t be as muddle-headed as before.”

Hearing what he said, Zhu Jiang felt a rush of heat in her heart, her eyes became hot, she held his hand and said, "My good brother, I will definitely write you a letter when I get there."

Yun Zhen waved his hand: "It's nothing, your old man is a well-known lucky general, I hope that you will also turn bad luck into good fortune, and that you will be safe and sound. Don't be greedy for merit in everything."

Zhu Jiang held back her tears desperately, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have to be good too."

Without me leading you astray, with the emperor watching over you, auspiciously, you will surely live a better life than before.