The emperor is embarrassed

Ever since the imperial capital moved to the northwest with the intention of reconciling Yanghou to return to the imperial capital, Zhao Lingyan beamed at Song Yao and said, "Our time has come."

Song Yao really didn't understand the relationship between Pingyang Hou's return to the imperial capital and their relationship.Therefore, Song Yao calmly poured a cup of tea and passed it to Zhao Lingyan.

Zhao Lingyan is a very particular person. He scavenges all the good tea that the emperor rewarded Song Yao into his room, and enjoys it by making Kungfu tea when he is free.As a result, what Song Yao left here was rough tea. In the past, Zhao Lingyan would rather drink plain water than Song Yao's tea, but this time Zhao Lingyan was not picky.He opened his sleeve with one hand, and said with bright eyes, "Ayao, as soon as Marquis Pingyang leaves, the Gansu army will be taken over by his eldest son Ma Wei. The four generals in the northwest have never been able to take the lead of Marquis Pingyang in the past. Now Ma Wei is also in the northwest Many years, but how can his prestige be compared with that of Pingyanghou. What's more, he has just become the head coach. Moreover, Liu Yishan of the Xuanfu and Jiandong of Liaodong were all promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Our prestige is not comparable to the three generals Song, Fang, and Ma." At this point, Zhao Lingyan sold a lawsuit, kept silent, and laughed complacently.

Zhao Lingyan's appearance is completely incomparable to Song Yao's domineering handsomeness, but he is delicate, smart, and gentle, especially his confident appearance, holding a secret in his hands, which is quite attractive.Seeing that Zhao Lingyan was in high spirits, Song Yao couldn't help but asked with a smile, "Yes, we can't compare to them, so what else can we say?"

"Stupid, the qualifications on the battlefield can't be compared with them, but there is one thing, you were personally selected by His Majesty to be sent to the northwest. In other words, they were promoted by the Supreme Emperor, and their favor came from the Supreme Emperor. And you are the disciple of the Son of Heaven." Zhao Lingyan stretched out his hand and punched Song Yao, then patted Song Yao's thigh, and asked in a low voice, "Think about it, does the emperor trust you more, or trust them more?"

Song Yao also thought of this, frowned and said, "If it's ten or eight years later, we can accumulate a little qualifications and be able to win. Now, the soldiers below have just taken care of themselves. Datong has just been defeated again. , if you want to compete with them, it's too early." Not to mention anything else, when it comes to military strength, he can't compare with others.

"Besides, when Pingyang Hou goes back to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, the old man will be promoted, who will not give Ma Wei face." Song Yao reminded Zhao Lingyan, "Don't be silly, there is no shadow. Now that I can serve as the guard of Datong, it is already It's luck."

Zhao Lingyan slapped him on the thigh angrily, and sighed, "If you say you are stupid, you really can't turn your head. Of course I am not talking about the present. Think about it, Marquis Pingyang has been in charge of the army in the northwest for decades. Promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. Well, let me tell you, if Marquis Pingyang understands, he will definitely find a reason to resign as Minister of the Ministry of War."

"In this world, things are always reversed, and prosperity is bound to decline." Zhao Lingyan looked solemn, "You and I have served under the command of the old general. You should know that the Marquis of Pingyang has a high prestige in the northwest. And your majesty has just ascended the throne. It may not be a good thing. There is no family in the world that does not decline, and the Marquis of Pingyang’s ability to keep the military power in Gansu is already an extraordinary vision of His Majesty. If Marquis of Pingyang really takes over the post of Minister of the Ministry of War, I am afraid that the family will be destroyed in the future.”

"Xuanhe of the Marquis of Pingyang was in power during the reign of the Supreme Emperor. Now the throne has changed. You are the No.1 sent by His Majesty to the Northwest. If His Majesty did not trust you, how could he promote you to the position of General Datong. A Yao, His Majesty has already agreed The Marquis of Pingyang is going to attack, we just need to follow the trend, if we send troops to the Tatars in the future, the troops from the northwest must join forces, and whoever leads the troops at that time will be the commander-in-chief of the soldiers and horses." Zhao Lingyan's eyes were burning, "Now, Not only do we have to hold on to this Datong Pass, but we also have to plan for the future."

Song Yao smiled, shook his head and sighed, "His Majesty has been ill for so many days. Alas, if something happens to His Majesty, we will be the emperor and courtiers. Get ready to go home and farm."

"In my opinion, His Majesty's illness should be fine." Zhao Lingyan said.

Song Yao was anxious about this matter, and hurriedly asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhao Lingyan said, "At the beginning of the chaos in the imperial capital, the four princes died accidentally, but His Majesty was the only one who was able to survive. Think about it, His Majesty has such abilities, which one is easy to get into trouble." Ming Zhan was dumb when he opened gold It's only natural for him to be the son of Zhennan Prince, and the son inherits his father's throne.But, who would have expected that the former little mute would be so stubborn that he would kill the four princes at once, defeat the emperor who was in his prime, and become the emperor himself?

Ming Zhan has been ill for a long time, so many people are ready to move but dare not move lightly. The big reason comes from the reason Zhao Lingyan said.What Ming Zhan did before was too tough, too many people were not sure whether the emperor was really sick or fake, so they didn't dare to act rashly.

Especially the border general.

The censor and civil official in the imperial court was born with a cheap mouth, so it was fine to say a few words casually.

If these generals who defended the city dared to act rashly without orders, they would definitely be punished by the clan.

Song Yao sighed, "Your Majesty is deeply blessed, I hope so."

"Don't worry." Zhao Lingyan said firmly, "There is one more thing I want to tell you now, Ayao, I heard something, maybe you are interested. Do you remember our fellow scientist Ji Yongcun?"

"Of course I remember." It is a great relationship and fate in the officialdom to be a Jinshi of Kewu.Song Yaodao, "Didn't he go to Liu Yishan under the command of General Liu? Didn't Brother Ji lead people to repel the Tatars in the small victory in Xuan Mansion a few days ago?"

Zhao Lingyan twitched his lips, with disdain in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "What Tatars? It's just a group of scattered soldiers on the grassland. Last time the Tatars entered the customs and came to the imperial capital, the User tribe The king died at the hands of the imperial capital Jing Xibo. These people returned to the grassland, Chen Jingzhong married the princess of the Usai tribe, and then annexed the Usai tribe. Those who went to Xuanfu were just Usai who refused to accept Chen Jingzhong and escaped It’s nothing more than a member of the Ministry. Liu Yishan’s exaggeration is to ask for credit. This is still a trivial matter, a common method in the army, but I heard that Brother Ji worked hard, and it turned out that General Liu’s son Liu Bin was the one who asked for credit. "

Facing Song Yao's astonished eyes, Zhao Lingyan continued, "As for Brother Ji's life-and-death struggle, General Liu didn't even mention it in his memorial."

"General Liu is so confused, so biased, how can he convince the crowd." The bloody battle field, all rely on military exploits to rise to the top, so right and wrong, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the subordinates.

Zhao Lingyan said, "I heard that there is another saying that Brother Ji is Master Liu's illegitimate son."

Song Yao's eyebrows moved slightly, and he was not in a hurry to deny Zhao Lingyan's statement. After thinking about it, he said carefully, "In terms of appearance, they are somewhat similar."

"Don't care if it's an illegitimate child or not, Ah Yao, you write a letter to Brother Ji. You don't need to say anything else, just talk about our friendship in the same discipline." Zhao Lingyan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Even an illegitimate child, there is no such thing as bullying. Brother Ji To be able to pass the Wu Tan Hua'er exam, there must be some considerations about fame and fame. Liu Yishan is overwhelming him today, so it's hard to guarantee that he won't hold grudges."

Song Yao responded.

After Zhao Lingyan finished talking, he stood up and said, "Then I'll be back."

"What's for dinner?" Song Yao asked.There is nothing to do these days, and Zhao Lingyan is a tricky mouth, and he often cooks by himself. Song Yao often has the cheek to eat, "Let's make a braised leg of lamb. In autumn and winter, it is just nourishing."

Zhao Lingyan stared wide-eyed, and asked, "Am I your cook?" Shameless, eating and drinking for free in the past is not counted, and now he started ordering.

Song Yao smiled, and put his arms around Zhao Lingyan's shoulders, "How about I cook it for you today."

"That's about the same." Zhao Lingyan had no objection.

Song Yao could subdue someone with Xue Shaoliang's temper, and Zhao Lingyan was even more petty.

The reason why Song Yao and Zhao Lingyan became close friends is not only because they are superiors and subordinates, but also because they have many similarities, for example, they both know how to cook.

This is unimaginable in the era of "gentleman far away from the kitchen".Moreover, the reason why the two of them have this ability is roughly the same, and the family situation is going downhill, so it doesn't matter too much.Although rich and honored now, he still maintains his old habits.

The two have been together for a long time, and Song Yao has already figured out Zhao Lingyan's taste.

Zhao Lingyan's yard is completely different from Song Yao's strict yard that looks like a military camp. Zhao Lingyan likes flowers and trees, but he doesn't grow any famous products, so he moved two jujube trees and planted a long rose.

Now it is late autumn, the fruits are ripe and the flowers are falling, only the leaves are green and the garden is full of autumn.After ordering the soldiers to take out the tea set, Zhao Lingyan said to Song Yao, "There are vegetables in the kitchen, you cook, and I will make a pot of good tea. Sigh, the tea from your place is a little bit better than willow leaves."

"It's a cold word." Song Yao sat down opposite Zhao Lingyan, "Go after drinking tea. I don't want to be a cook just for nothing."

Zhao Lingyan fiddled with his precious tea set and said, "Ayao, go warm up a cake for me first, I'm hungry." Seeing that Song Yao was about to speak again, Zhao Lingyan said with a straight face, "Don't forget, when someone When you are sick, who will stay by your bed for three days and three nights without closing your eyes, serving you to eat and drink. These days, it is no longer possible to repay the kindness of a drop of water..."

Before Zhao Lingyan could finish his ramblings, Song Yao hurried to the small kitchen, and said back, "Next time you watch me die, otherwise, I won't be able to repay your great kindness in my life." , but he is not willing, so he must mention "remembering the original".

In fact, that was an old story. Zhao Lingyan, except for his martial arts, was no worse than Song Yao in anything else.What's more, Xiao Zhao is second in the list and has excellent medical skills.

People eat whole grains, how can they not get sick?

Zhao Lingyan had good medical skills, so he treated Song Yao conveniently.

In this way, Zhao Lingyan cunningly thinks that he has a "life-saving grace" for Song Yao, not only that, but he often "asks for retribution" in order to achieve the purpose of ordering Song Yao.

Song Yao has a good temper, thinking that he was three months older than Zhao Lingyan, and often let him go.

Zhao Lingyan likes to eat mutton, so he is at home in the northwest.

Both of them were bachelors, and after drinking tea and dinner, they played chess and chatted together.Zhao Lingyan was leaning half-seat and half-recumbent on the top of the kang, with a wool mattress on his lap, one hand was retracted into the mattress and he was still holding a brass hand stove, his right hand was stretched out, and he chattered, "I see, your marriage is coming soon. arrive."

Song Yao raised his eyebrows, "You want to be a great matchmaker for me."

"I don't know any lady in the boudoir, so how can I be a matchmaker for you." Zhao Lingyan raised his eyes to Song Yao, "Your position as General Datong has been secured. You are young and in a high position, and you happen to be unmarried. Someone will definitely think of you."

Zhao Lingyan knew that Song Yao had no close relatives, and the two were as close as brothers on weekdays. Zhao Lingyan thought carefully before mentioning it to Song Yao, "However, if you want to go further in your official career in the future, it is best not to marry a wealthy family. .”

Song Yao's head got dizzy when he heard about getting married, and he said quickly, "There is no rush for this matter, it should be done early."

Zhao Lingyan was a little strange, and looked at Song Yao in surprise.Song Yao turned against the guest and said, "Speaking of which, you are not a few months younger than me, Ling Yan, do you have a crush on someone, or..." With a smirk on his cheeks, Song Yao suddenly stretched his hand into the mattress and sneaked up on Zhao Lingyan's little girl. The brother smiled and said, "Did you miss a woman?"

Zhao Lingyan made a strange cry, reached out to knock Song Yao on the head, and cursed with a smile, "It's against you, you dare to take advantage of the young master!"

In fact, among men, especially in the military, this kind of touching is quite common, Zhao Lingyan didn't take it seriously, instead he touched it back and squeezed it.

Song Yao gasped, twisted Zhao Lingyan's hand instead, and put his head down on the kang, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, I'm crushing me to death."

"Fuck, take it easy, I'm going to break my hand." Zhao Lingyan was completely fleshy when he fought, and Song Yao clamped his waist and couldn't move.Song Yao slapped Zhao Lingyan's butt twice and said, "Fortunately, you are still a scholar, and your mouth is never clean every day."

"Song Yao, let go, my back is dying." Zhao Lingyan froze for a long time, unable to move his hands and feet, and simply surrendered and begged for mercy. Anyway, he didn't know martial arts, so it wouldn't be shameful if he couldn't beat Song Yao.

"Hmph, say something nice."

"Song Yao, beauty Song, beauty Yao, I was wrong, can you please?"

"Don't cry when you see the coffin, I have to teach you a lesson." Song Yao pulled off Zhao Lingyan's sweat towel and took off his cotton trousers.

No matter how bold Zhao Lingyan is, he is also a scholar who has been influenced by the Four Books and Five Classics. He was pressed on the kang and his pants were stripped. He blushed and said angrily, "Song Yao, what are you doing! I am so annoyed!"

"Stop talking nonsense, show me if you are annoyed, and I won't beat you to death today." Song Yao really slapped Zhao Lingyan, glanced at him, and thought, in the past, this kid dressed indiscriminately, was sloppy, and didn't want to lose his waist Thin legs and long buttocks are not bad.Thinking of this, Song Yao glanced again.

Zhao Lingyan was in pain and ashamed, and buried his face in the couch, but he didn't dare to play rough with Song Yao.Otherwise, the beating would be in vain.So the hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, so he begged softly, "I really know I was wrong, Ah Yao, please forgive me once. Next time, I won't dare to pinch you again."

"Well, is there a next time?" Song Yao asked with a smile.

"No, no more. I don't dare to offend you anymore." Zhao Lingyan was docile like a little sheep, making Song Yao feel sorry for himself even if he didn't feel embarrassed.

Song Yao smiled sullenly and asked, "Who will cook next time?"

"I do what I do, I do what you eat, there is no difference." He directly took a pack of rat medicine and poisoned the person surnamed Song to death.

"It's not too bad. No matter how disobedient you are, you will end up like this. Remember it." Song Yao pinched his ass as a warning, and then let go of Zhao Lingyan.

Zhao Lingyan had never been bullied like this in his life, and the blush on his face hadn't faded. He lifted the cotton trousers through gritted teeth, tied them around his waist, stared at Song Yao from time to time, and said angrily, "You are too stingy, you should touch it first. It's me. Bullying me, a scholar, with martial arts, is nothing!"

Song Yao took advantage of everything, without being annoyed at all, and said with a smile, "Yeah, that's all I can do to bully you, a flesh-footed scholar."

Zhao Lingyan angrily blasted Song Yao out.