The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Xiao Jiuqin thought that his heart was strong enough, and after five years in northern Xinjiang, he could rarely remember the past.

I thought it was an annihilated memory, but I didn't expect to see Bai Yan, it was like a rotten branch and rotten leaves that once saw the light, sprouted again, and flourished into a towering tree.

When Bai Yan got out of the car, Uncle Xiao happened to be outside the mansion. When he saw the carriage in the Marquis of Pingjin, he looked around Bai Yan worriedly, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Bai Yan turned his head and followed Uncle Xiao's gaze.

The carriage swayed slowly away, and Bai Yan said softly, "He is violent and irritable now, Uncle Xiao, find someone to watch over..."

Uncle Xiao nodded.

That night, the palace sent Jian Zhao over.

As soon as the person left, Uncle Xiao became angry, "Bai Yan, are you dying?!" He never expected that Bai Yan would invite him to help the disaster, "What can you, a scholar, do?! There are so many people there. Riots, mobs, plague, let alone other things, you can't keep money and food for disaster relief... Don't you know how chaotic Yongzhou Prefecture is?!"

It's not surprising that Uncle Xiao's anger came, Bai Yan also expected it early in the morning, he rolled up the brief edict in his hand, "Uncle Xiao, I know it well."

The meaning was very clear, Uncle Xiao was so angry that he wanted to give him a kick, but thinking about his thin body, he still held back.

"I recruited so many people to go in before, just for this day, Uncle Xiao, I can't wait..." Bai Yan's face paled, "If we wait a few more years, once the officials of the household department are changed, nothing will be left gone."

There are some words that no one can understand, Xiao Jiuqin is not a suitable person to confide in, Bai Yan endured, turning a blind eye to all doubts and speculations.

Uncle Xiao was stunned and sighed for a while.

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With the emperor's brief edict, everything went smoothly. If Wei Chengfeng's lingering figure was ignored, Bai Yan's mood would be much better.

"Your Highness, I don't know what you're talking about today?" Bai Yan closed the account book at hand, and looked at the person who came. Wei Chengfeng was dressed in brocade clothes, and there was a string of servants hanging behind him.

"Bai Yan, I heard that you have cleaned up the household department, and now you can't even get out a single copper coin from the household department." Wei Chengfeng said and looked around, "The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in a few days, and the palace banquet needs For a batch of silver taels, if you turn over the Ministry of Accounts, how will the Ministry of Rites arrange it?"

Without thinking about it, Bai Yan knew Wei Chengfeng's reason for coming.

A few days ago, a side concubine of the Fourth Prince's Mansion gave birth to a little grandson, Wei Chengfeng's eldest son and the eldest grandson of the emperor.Although it was a concubine, the emperor was quite happy and rewarded many rare playthings.

The side concubine's status has risen accordingly, and her father is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He probably lost face for a while, so he wanted to make a big deal during the Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to gain face from the emperor.

Originally, these things were not very public, but fortunately Mr. Ba had heard about everything, so he passed by here not long ago, and gave Bai Yan a word, which gave Bai Yan a solid mind.

"Disaster relief is imminent, and His Majesty also has a brief edict. Your majesty is only concerned with disaster relief matters. For the rest, I am sorry that your majesty can't do anything." A steamed bun has nothing to do with him.

"Bo Yan, you!" Wei Chengfeng stretched out his foot and was about to kick him, but Bai Yan "missed" and swept a teapot, which coincidentally hit Wei Chengfeng's calf, the scalding hot tea almost made Wei Chengfeng jump up, and the slaves behind him rushed over Dealing with it, Bai Yan turned around indifferently.

"What courage!" An official from the household department next to him shouted loudly.

Bai Yan put a teacup on his mouth casually, "Sorry, I'm slippery."

"You!" Wei Chengfeng was so angry that his teeth itched, he picked up a stack of books and threw them on Bai Yan's face, Bai Yan didn't move, and the corner of the book made a cut under his clear eyebrows, and immediately Bleeding.

Bai Yan was still expressionless, his face was still dripping with blood, and the groom was startled when he came out of the household, "My lord, you are..."

"Enter the palace."

After a cup of tea, Bai Yan knelt down in front of the emperor, "...That's it, I feel that I don't have any honor on my face...Your Majesty please judge."

There was no embellishment or any accusation, but with such a "fair" attitude, the emperor waved his hand and let people pass Wei Chengfeng into the palace.

Wei Chengfeng thought of many excuses along the way, but when he got in front of the emperor, he showed timidity first.

"Fourth, make a big fuss at the household department, injure officials, obstruct official duties, this is what you should do?!" The emperor threw it down regardless of what was in hand, Bai Yan moved a little silently, and the inkstone fell on Wei Chengfeng , the pain is not very painful, but the ink is full of ink all over the body, and there is a lot of splash on the face.

Wei Chengfeng didn't dare to hide, he plopped down on his knees, his body was covered with dirt.

"Father, the minister didn't make a big fuss with the household department, let alone beat anyone. Instead, it was Bai Yan, he..."

"Your Highness." Bai Yan didn't give him a chance to speak, "Could it be that the wound on this minister's face was done by himself? Or, what the adults in the household department saw was all illusions." He didn't kneel, just stood like that, He never kowtowed, let alone cried miserably, and calmly narrated, "I personally thought that the disaster relief matter was a major issue related to the people of Li and even the country, but in His Highness's mind, those are not as good as other people's gimmicks."

"Your Majesty is benevolent, and distributed all the tribute paid by Beidi into the disaster relief funds, but Your Highness...seems to have other plans." When the hat was buttoned, Wei Chengfeng almost couldn't stand up, and he quickly argued, "Father , I have absolutely no other plans..."

"I hope that what His Highness says is the truth, I think about it every day, lest there is something wrong, but Your Highness doesn't have to stare at my ministers every day, they are all loyal to the country, it is better to perform their own duties. "

One sentence left Wei Chengfeng speechless.

While bragging about how devoted he is to his duties, he also did not forget to step on Wei Chengfeng.The emperor arranged a job for Wei Chengfeng after he came back. It was not a busy place, but it was not a leisurely place, but according to Bai Yan's words, it was clear that Wei Chengfeng never did things with peace of mind.

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't hold back his anger, and dropped a few more items on the table, leaving them in pieces all over the place, making everyone silent.

But Bai Yan was definitely not included in this group of people, he said at the right time, "Your Majesty, I think I have a clear conscience, and now I have nothing else to ask, I just hope that the disaster relief can be done with all my strength, so that the king's boat and the people's water will hurt the people of the whole government. For Daliang, it is as important as cutting off a bone."

Bai Yan first gave the emperor a high opinion, and then showed his loyalty, but after a few words, Wei Chengfeng's face changed several times.

So did the emperor, with a long sigh at the end, "It's better to be aware of the overall situation. This time, the fourth brother is narrow-minded. I will definitely punish him well. You should continue to prepare..." He felt that what Wei Chengfeng did this time Things went too wrong, so I added another sentence, "How about this, I will send another hundred people to help you, just waiting for good news from Xingzhang."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Yan kowtowed and left.

As soon as the people left, the emperor came down from the top and kicked Wei Chengfeng on the chest, "It's not good to provoke anyone, but I want to provoke Bai Yan. His city is quite deep, and I'm afraid he would have opened his net long ago and waited for you to plunge in. You Fortunately, he is stupid enough to come to his door and cause trouble according to his will!"

"Father, my son..." Wei Chengfeng was dizzy from this series of changes, and he hesitated, "That guy Bai Yan can't wait to take out all your private treasury, but my son just wants to..."

"Shut up!" The emperor kicked him angrily again, "Do you think I don't know anything?! The wind blowing on your concubine's pillow makes you unable to tell the difference between south, east and north. You just gave birth to a bastard. You have lost all reason, if one day the concubine gives birth to a son-in-law, don't you want to find a position as the chief minister of the cabinet for your Taishan lords!"

Although the emperor has a few children, Wei Chengfeng is the one he knows best. When he was young, he didn't look so stupid and had a lot of wit, but now he's getting older, and he's becoming more and more brainless. Once he is flattered by others, he will be complacent regardless of east, west, north, south .

"Bai Yan saw that you were going to make trouble, so he waited for the right time, but you are not good, but you are going to hurt him at this time..." The emperor was furious, wishing to throw this idiot out, "It's okay to beat someone How can he come here to sue for a broken leg in the place covered by his clothes? I don’t know how many people saw it along the way. It’s just a rumor, and it’s enough for him to complain. You peel off a layer of skin."

At other times, others would naturally only applaud. Bai Yan has always had a bad reputation, but this time he asked for disaster relief himself. Not to mention outside the palace, even inside the palace there were faint words of admiration.

No matter which dynasty, disaster relief is nothing short of a mess. Others, except those who want to keep secrets and are greedy for money and money, all avoid it. After all, if there is a little carelessness, it will cause riots.

Now Bai Yan doesn't say that he has washed away the dirt on his body, but that he has regained some of his reputation.

The emperor frowned slightly, "Bai Yan is all about disaster relief this time, what is he planning?"

Wei Chengfeng was paralyzed on the ground and dared not answer. After a long while, seeing the emperor's face was not very good-looking, he opened his mouth carefully, "Relief for disasters is always a thankless task, except for...money..."

The emperor glared at him, "Short-sighted!"

"Bo Yan has been an official for many years, when was it mentioned because of taking bribes, his eyelids are not so shallow..."

Wei Chengfeng with shallow eyelids: "..."

"If it is said that this disaster relief is meritorious..." the emperor took pains to speculate, "at most it will help him earn some fame, but if he really cares about reputation, he wouldn't let everyone abuse and bully him for so many years..."

The emperor was quite puzzled. Wei Chengfeng rubbed his chest and secretly wrote down today's revenge. Isn't Bai Yan determined to help the disaster? No matter how many schemes he has, as long as... die on the way, it doesn't matter if you are No matter how powerful, what can a dead person do? If he really has that ability, he will turn into a ghost and come to the hall...

Here, Wei Chengfeng hated Bai Yan deeply, and wanted to get rid of him quickly.

On the other side, Bai Yan was desperate to meet Xiao Jiuqin.