The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

"It's nothing." Xiao Jiuqin thought, I can't tell you that I coveted your body, and one day I ate you up, and in the end you ran pitifully in front of Lord Taishan and cried, wouldn't it be bad!

At that time, it wasn't my ancestors of the Xiao family who came to look for you. I'm afraid it was the ancestors of your Bai family who came to entrust me with dreams.

Lord Xiao Hou didn't have the guts to speak out what was in his heart, Master Bai didn't care too much, the carriage staggered for a few days, and finally arrived at Yingdu before his bones softened.

"I'll take you back first." Xiao Jiuqin said without thinking, but Bai Yan shook his head, "You are busy with your work, I can go back by myself."

What he was thinking was that when he returned to Yingdu, there would be eyes everywhere. If the two of them got close enough, they might provoke people from everywhere, and they would annoy him to death.

Xiao Jiuqin looked at him, "It's up to you."

If Bai Yan was not injured, he wouldn't be so worried, but Bai Yan refused, so there was no need for him to speak again.

"Wait." Bai Yan suddenly called Xiao Jiuqin to a stop.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Jiuqin looked back at him.

"When you enter the palace to report back to Your Majesty, you just say that you don't know anything about the Xiaoyang Mansion, and leave the rest to me." Bai Yan specially instructed, Xiao Jiuqin was suspicious, but the place where you are now is indeed not a place for conversation. It's a good place, there are many pedestrians outside the city, and there are those curious and troublesome people who always look at the team.

"Well, I know." After returning from the trip to Yongzhou Mansion, there was a lot less tit-for-tat between the two, and they were finally able to speak calmly.

After the two separated outside the city gate, the servants of Bai Mansion came to pick him up as soon as they walked two streets.

In the distance, Xiao Jiuqin stood at the corner of the street watching Bai Yan's carriage leave, and then he turned his horse's head and walked towards Hou's mansion.

After finally waiting for Bai Yan to be away, He Zhaoyuan's talkativeness reappeared. He held back for a while, and now he couldn't help asking, "Master Hou, are you and Mr. Bai finally untied?"

"Why do you ask that?" Xiao Jiuqin glanced at him.

"The two of you are only separated for a short time, and we will see each other in Chaoshang every day in the future, but the spirit of reluctantly saying goodbye just now is really a bit..."

He Zhaoyuan didn't know how to describe it for a while, so he thought about it and said, "Isn't there a white-haired puppy in my house, it fell in love with a flower dog in the front street a while ago, and after every play, people in the house would take him When he came back, he was always reluctant to leave..."

"He Zhaoyuan, from tomorrow onwards you will go to the camp to guard. When your dog has a cub, you can come back." After Xiao Jiuqin finished speaking, he whipped his whip and quickly disappeared from sight.

Tuliu He Zhaoyuan was in a daze, "The dog in my house is male, how could he have cubs?"

The soldier next to him couldn't stand it any longer, so he kindly reminded him, "Master He, if you say something disrespectful, can you please keep your mouth shut in the future..." Comparing him to a dog in front of Master Hou, you It's not that it's short-sighted!

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After returning to the mansion to wash away the dust, Bai Yan rushed to the palace at dusk. The emperor's health became worse these days, and he couldn't hold on to being half-drowsy every time he sat on the dragon chair.

When Huai Chun, who was serving him, saw Bai Yan, he pulled him over first, and asked him a few words, "I heard that you almost died..."

"Which one is passing the news indiscriminately!" Bai Yan flatly denied, "It never happened."

Huai Chun didn't believe his excuse, his gentle face was full of worry, "I don't listen to what you say, you rush forward in everything, those servants are useless, and dare to go to the bandits alone Run in the nest, you really don't want your life!"

Bai Yan didn't care about being scolded, he smiled a little humbly and listened to the teaching, "Isn't he coming back well? After all, he didn't mess up the errands, so he didn't live up to the bold words in the court .”

"Only you can do it!" Knowing that Bai Yan didn't listen, Huai Chun naturally didn't bother to say any more, motioned inside, and reminded, "Just remember, you have to say what you have to say when you go in, and the rest, then If you don’t ask me, just keep your mouth shut.”

"Thank you." Bai Yan bowed.

If it were someone else, Huai Chun would not have warned him too much, Bai Yan accepted his affection, and said a few more words, and the two went in one after another.

The emperor half-closed his eyes, a blanket was placed on his knees, and there was a high pile of folded papers in his hand, which didn't seem to have been turned much.

Bai Yan knelt down to salute, the emperor seemed to be ignorant, Huai Chun looked at him, and gave Bai Yan a calm wink at the bottom.

Bai Yan understood instantly, didn't speak again, and knelt down.

After a long time, the emperor finally opened his eyes slowly, Huai Chun stepped forward to help him up just in time, and lifted the blanket up, without even glancing down.

"The kneeling... who is it?" The emperor's eyes were half lifted.

"Chen Baiyan kowtows to His Majesty." He straightened his back, "The disaster relief in Yongzhou Mansion is over, the offenders have been punished, most of the bandits who passed through Yunzhai were killed on the spot, and the rest were recruited to serve in Yongzhou Mansion."

The emperor nodded, "Ai Qing has worked hard."

"Being for the common people, I dare not speak bitterly." Bai Yan continued without arrogance or impetuosity, "This time, in the disaster relief of the Yongzhou Mansion, I acted rashly before being careless. He committed suicide in fear of crime, this crime is unavoidable, please be punished by Your Majesty."

Although the disaster relief incident was exposed safely, Fang Yue died in Yongzhou Mansion without being interrogated by the third division. Bai Yan could not escape this crime.

Instead of being impeached by other officials above the court, it is better for him to explain clearly early in the morning that it would be considered luck for him to make small punishments and big punishments for the emperor to offset his merits and demerits.

Countless speculations flashed through Bai Yan's mind, but the emperor looked at him, and it took a long time before he said, "Ai Qing dares to rush into the bandit's lair alone. This kind of courage is worthy of imitation by all officials. I will reward you with a hundred gold and a thousand silks. As for Fang Yuezhi If you die, you will be given a small punishment to silence everyone, um, let Aiqing be punished with three months' monthly salary..."

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Bai Yan pretended to thank you, but there was another thing on his mind, he leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing I have to mention, this time the Yongzhou Mansion was in chaos, thanks to the help of the magistrate of Xiaoyang Mansion, I have the courage to do it for you." Please reward."

"Master Bai..." Huai Chun reminded in a low voice.

The emperor glanced at Huai Chun, "If you have done something wrong, you should be punished, and if you have meritorious deeds, you should be rewarded. Why stop it from saying that if you can't even distinguish between rewards and punishments, then how can I have a capable minister who will do my best to serve the people and the country?"

Huai Chun knelt down, "Your Majesty is holy!"

Bai Yan also bent down together.

Zeng Xuanguan was promoted to a higher level, and he became a co-prefect of the Fourth Grade Salt Transportation Department.Although it is not a confidential place, the palm is in charge of the salt production place. On weekdays, it mostly assists the salt transport envoy and the salt law road to manage the salt administration.

In a sense, it is a fat job, and sometimes I can go to various provinces.Thinking of the irritable and irritable Song Que, Song Zhifu, Bai Yan secretly sighed: Look, I treat you two kindly. Although a pair of little mandarin mandarins are not like they can see each other every day, this is already true. It is the best result.

Perfunctory the emperor's side, Bai Yan had just left the palace when Xiao Huangmen called him to stop him.

"My lord, Eunuch Huai Chun invited you to a gathering, it's still at that place, please move."

Bai Yan recognized him, even though he got into the carriage and went with him.

After Bai Yan drank a whole cup of tea, Huai Chun finally arrived, holding two jars of wine in his hand, and put them in front of Bai Yan.

"It's Zhuyeqing?" Bai Yan guessed it at a sniff. Although he doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, it's okay to drink with Huai Chun, but, "Don't you still have to serve that person in the palace? Why do you still drink wine?" Are you not afraid of being punished by him?"

Huai Chun shook his head, "During this time, that person was rarely sober, most of them were served by the imperial doctor, and there were many people who wanted to climb up, I always give them some chances... "

Bai Yan saw that his words did not seem to be lying, so he ignored it for the time being, and instead took the jug to pour wine for the two of them.

When Huai Chun was coming, he asked Xiao Er to prepare some food and wine in advance, and now it happened to bring them over for the two of them to make up for it.Bai Yan took Huai Chun's favorite dishes for him, "In the end, you are still here today, if someone else is here, they will probably ruin my business, and no matter how bad it is, they will grab the Yongzhou mansion and gnaw at it indiscriminately. "

"Bai Yan, who are you protecting by covering up the fire and thunder?" Huai Chun ignored Bai Yan's words and asked other questions.

"Who to protect?" Bai Yan curled his lips, "I told you once before that I don't have many people to protect in this life, except Xiao Jiuqin."

"Then why did you..."

"Why did you press Zeng Xuan and not mention it?" Bai Yan took a peanut and put it in his mouth, "I am not protecting him, and I am not protecting him in essence, but if I don't press this matter, I will Someone else pressed it, and this person I know and you know."

"Who?"

"Emperor." Bai Yan spit out two words lightly, but Huai Chun suddenly changed his face, "Who are you talking about?"

"Listen to me slowly, it's something that will be found out sooner or later, there's no need to hide it from you." Bai Yan was calm, but Huai Chun couldn't help but think too much.

"It was just a guess before, and most of the rumors were groundless, so I didn't tell you." Bai Yan took a sip of the wine, and his mouth was numb from the heat, and he choked when he made a sound, "You know that Xiaoyang is now Who is the prefect?"

"Song Que." Huai Chun memorized the names and official positions of the ministers by heart, so he was no stranger to this.

Bai Yan nodded, "Then do you know the rumors about him?"

As soon as this remark came out, Huai Chun was puzzled at first, then hesitated, and finally frowned suddenly, "Could it be..."

"Yes, the rumors are almost true. Xiao Jiuqin and Song Que met, and when he came back, he said that his appearance... resembles that person..."

"Is it credible?" Huai Chun was still skeptical.

"I can't trust others, but I trust Xiao Jiuqin." Bai Yan put down his chopsticks, "So the rumors are the truth, and Song Que's identity is indeed different."

"Then why do you want to ask for credit for that Zeng Xuan? If you want to give credit for rewards, you should be asking for rewards." Huai Chun couldn't figure it out, Bai Yan would rather say that more at the risk of being guessed by the emperor. The behavior really made him hard to understand.

"Song Que's identity should not be revealed now, not to mention that I don't believe that person knows nothing, and I ask for credit for Zeng Xuan, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages." He dipped in water and scribbled a few words on the table, Huai Chun Looking at him sharply, "Really?"

"Of course it's impossible to lie to you," Bai Yan sighed again after the water stains dried up, "Speaking of which, this time I have gained a lot. What I really wanted to find was nothing, but what I accidentally discovered was another one." The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, but in the future... I am afraid that there will be no such good opportunities again."

"Nothing?" Huai Chun looked at him, "How did I hear that a certain person went out this time and went in and out with that Pingjin Hou every day, and they both rented a house. No one can figure out whether it is a reunion after a broken mirror or a rekindling of old love. ..."