Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Commander Shen saved the last face for Mr. Su Ge, and did not continue to ask, but his attitude was obvious enough:

I know that when Zhu Helin was still a young boy, he had ulterior motives for you and made troubles with you; I also know that you and him have been in Nanjing for more than a year, and you can almost say that you are dependent on each other.But now back in the capital, he is the king and you are the minister, and there is also the relationship of Emperor Jinglong involved, so we can no longer let his temper go, lest he really lose his head one day and indulge himself to do something irreparable thing.

Su Yan was also a little conflicted.

On the one hand, he and Zhu Helin have been together for a long time, whether they are chatting or petting cats together, they are in a very relaxed and comfortable state.If he deliberately distanced himself, he would regret losing this natural atmosphere—this is not a big deal, I'm afraid Zhu Helin would have a psychological rebound because of this, and even explode his hair.Nowadays, the situation at home and abroad is tense, and the conspiracy and the smell of gunpowder in the air are imminent. As the king of a country, Zhu Helin's mentality at this time is particularly important and must be stabilized.

On the other hand, he also knew that Shen Qi's concerns were not unreasonable.The biggest difference between Zhu Helin and his father is that he is too young and vigorous, willful and reckless, and will not restrain his feelings and desires. Even if he must restrain his selfishness for the sake of the overall situation, it is quite difficult and cannot last long.The closer you are to Zhu Helin and the longer you spend with him, the easier it will be for the fire to burn on him, and it may be too late for you to pounce.

Su Yan sighed silently, and said: "The owner of the stinky tofu stall across the street has seven or eight kittens in his mother's house. I'll ask him for one and bring him home to raise."

Shen Qi understood what he meant, and tried not to give Zhu Helin an excuse to get along in private, so she smiled slightly: "There's no need to ask for it. I'll give you a well-trained Xiyi cat, with long hair and blue eyes, snow-white all over, very beautiful .”

Su Yan guessed that he was talking about Persian cats, which are still very rare these days. Occasionally, they flowed into the capital of Daming from the merchants of the Safavid Dynasty in the Middle East.

He didn't want Shen Qi to spend money, but since the other party said so, he must have already bought it, so he didn't refuse, thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to give Shen Qi a precious gift in return.

On the carriage returning home from Beizhen Fusi, Su Yan had a ball of snow-white hair on his knee.This is a male cat. Because of the rare breed, he has never been gelded, but he has a gentle personality, and he can be rubbed as he pleases. He is not as arrogant and hot-tempered as Lihua, who loves to step on his chest.And because the hair is soft and long, like fluffy clouds, it feels better when you roll it up.

Su Yan liked this Persian cat very much, but for some reason, she still felt that Lihua was different from all other cats.

It was the trough of life when he was hesitating in his heart. In the mutual support and tenacious waiting, he accompanied him...their cat.

——Bai Xue rustled outside the window, and the palace on a spring night was silent.The prince leaned over, not knowing whether he was rubbing the cat through the servant, or getting close to the servant through the cat.The prince said: "'Only because the spring is coming to an end, keep the pear blossoms'. Qinghe, this is our cat."

Su Yan lost his mind.

He didn't come back to his senses until the carriage stopped under the steps of the main gate of Su Mansion and Su Xiaojing came out from the porter to move the steps for him.

When getting out of the car with the cat in his arms, Su Xiaojing exclaimed, "Hey, such a beautiful cat!"

Su Yan smiled, and put the Persian cat in his arms: "Fetch it for you?"

Su Xiaojing touched a few carefully, with a happy face.Su Yan smiled and said: "You like it so much, feeding, grooming, and shoveling are all left to you?"

Su Xiaojing frowned slightly when he heard that he was going to shovel shit.In fact, he doesn’t like raising animals. Before his mother was alive, in order to supplement his health, his mother secretly raised a hen that laid eggs in the house behind the landlord’s back. it stink.He had to curse and go to wash the quilt, and when he turned around, he twisted a straw rope and tied the chicken to the leg of the dining table.The dining table had only three legs, and one day it couldn't support it and fell down, crushing the chicken to death. He was also secretly thankful: Although there would be no eggs to eat in the future, he would no longer have to endure the noise and smell.

——From this point of view, he has been different from ordinary civilian children since he was a child. Even if he is hungry, there are some things that cannot be settled, Su Xiaojing thinks so.Maybe it's because he shouldn't be a commoner by blood?

"My lord..." Su Xiaojing even forgot to unload the carriage, hugged the Persian cat, and followed Su Yan into the yard, "My lord, tell me... If I go to participate in the scientific examination, will I have a chance to be ranked?"

Su Yan turned his head and looked at Xiao Jing in surprise, wanting to say that you only know all the commonly used characters, and writing a family letter is just barely enough, let alone making a fuss... But out of protecting the other party's self-esteem, he still tactfully Said: "The scientific examination is very difficult, why don't you study for a few more years. I am busy now, and I have no time to teach. Later, I will invite you, Xiaobei, and the servants in our family who want to study and practice calligraphy together." Teacher, how is it?"

Su Xiaojing doesn't want this kind of literacy class for his subordinates—although such a kind master is rare, he will no longer be as grateful as before when adults teach him a few big characters and give him a pair of cloth shoes up.

He thought of the glass of peach blossom wine he drank this morning... such a delicious wine, but he was only allowed to drink one glass. Commander Shen looked at him as if he was just an insignificant but ignorant servant.

I, Su Xiaojing... No, I'm Zhu Xian, not a servant!

Seeing that Su Xiaojing's face was cloudy and uncertain, Su Yan thought that he was depressed because of the hopelessness of the imperial examination, so he comforted him: "Besides the imperial examination, there are many ways to go. For example... If you want to do business, you can first ask the accountant in our house if you have time. Ask for advice, sir."

As a scholar, farmer, businessman, and businessman, his status is only higher than that of actresses, prostitutes, etc., Su Xiaojing's face is even more ugly.He lowered his head, unwilling to be seen by others.

Su Yan is not constrained by the concepts of this era. If he hadn't cast himself on the nobles, he still wanted to rely on the formula in his memory to make a fortune and become a great businessman.

Speaking of which, sister Ruan's store seems to have opened last month?He had to take some time to go over and see if the formulas he used to invest in stocks worked.Especially the formula of monosodium glutamate is much simpler than the research subject of Tiangong Institute, and the raw materials are easy to obtain. With gluten as the main raw material, hydrochloric acid, activated carbon, and caustic soda are used for hydrolysis, decolorization, and reaction respectively, and mass production can be realized.Among them, hydrochloric acid is not difficult to obtain. European pharmacists have already developed the primitive but convenient method of distillation and extraction of table salt and alum oil. As for caustic soda, it is easier. In this era, there is already soap, which is to react with slaked lime to form caustic soda and saponify fat. made.

Su Yan thought about it to himself, and didn't notice Su Xiaojing's strange behavior. Suddenly, he heard "Wow!" and the Persian cat jumped out of Xiaojing's arms and quickly ran across the corridor.

Su Xiaojing realized that because of his ups and downs, he accidentally pinched the cat and said hurriedly: "I will ask a few servants to chase the cat together, and my lord will go back to the house to rest."

Su Yan knew that he couldn't even run away from the cat, so he didn't go off to chase it himself.Just after entering the room and washing her face, Jing Hong knocked on the door and came in, holding the Persian cat's neck with her fingers, the cat seemed to be stiff and motionless.

"My lord, is your new Xiyi cat?" Jing Hong asked.

Su Yan stepped forward to catch the cat, and said: "Where can I afford it, Shen Qi gave it to me."

Jing Hongzui was silent for a while, then asked again: "Does your lord like dogs? I can tame them."

...and I already have several of them!Su Yan smiled dryly: "No need, Ah Zhui, cats and dogs will fight, I don't want the house to be full of voices."

Early the next morning, after Su Yan had breakfast, Jing Hong chased him and drove him to the yamen to be on duty.Su Xiaojing said that he went to the market to purchase ingredients, said hello to Xiaobei and went out.

But before he reached the market, he turned a corner on the street and went to a big house in the east of the outer city.

Madam Fan is working in this house, but the master's family is old and young, and she is also responsible for education, stewardship, etc., basically she has the final say on the whole mansion.

Seeing that Su Xiaojing took the initiative to look for him, Madam Fan was very happy, and invited him to the house to kowtow and salute, calling out "little master" one by one.

Su Xiaojing asked: "Do you have peach blossom brew here? The kind brewed by yourself."

Mother Fan was taken aback, and replied: "Yes, but it's not brewed in the mansion, but bought from wine shops outside."

"It's okay, take a bottle... no, give me a jar."

Soon a maid brought a jar of peach blossom wine, and Su Xiaojing took a big wine glass and drank it one after another.Although the peach blossom wine is not strong, Mammy Fan worried that he would drink too much and hurt himself, so she persuaded him: "Little master, drink it slowly, or you will ask someone to serve some dishes and snacks when you are old, so that it will not be easy to get drunk." ?”

"No need." Su Xiaojing was half drunk, and shook his head vigorously, "I'm going to drink this wine... I want to drink as many glasses as I want!"

Mammy Fan sighed: "I know the sorrow in the young master's heart...how about we ignore the affairs of the capital and go to the young master's uncle, His Highness Prince Ning?"

Su Xiaojing burped a few times loudly: "He is a dear, hiccup, prince, even if he recognizes me as Ye Luzi's nephew, why should he support me? I have to vindicate my father first, belch, and vindicate him." .”

Mother Fan said: "Why don't you write a letter to His Highness King Ning first. To be honest, his fief is far away in Henan, and it is said that he suffers from tuberculosis and is a clay bodhisattva who can't take care of himself. But he and His Highness Xin I have had deep feelings since I was a child, so I will never just ignore you, little master. Even if I can’t pick you up right away, at least I can send someone to bring you money and goods. When the time comes, the little master will buy a property, and the old man will be responsible for notifying the old man in Xinwang’s mansion Come back, let's set up our own family. Little master, what do you think?"

Su Xiaojing put down the cup, hugged the small wine jar and poured it into his mouth. Suddenly, the wine jar dropped his hands and lay down on the table, his face flushed and his eyes misty.

Madam Fan straightened the wine jar, saw that he was very drunk, and asked, "Does the young master still want to be a servant in that Su Shier's mansion?"

"Small servant...not to be a servant...I'm not a servant!" Su Xiaojing murmured vaguely.

"The old man has the guts to write this letter for the young master. Before His Royal Highness King Ning replies, I ask the young master to feel wronged and stay in the Su residence for the time being." Nunnery Fan leaned down, approached Su Xiaojing, and said in a low voice , "By the way, nothing happened in the Su residence these two days?"

"What's the matter... My lord has a new beautiful white cat..."

"anything else?"

"Gone……"

"Did Shen Qi come to look for him? And Jinshang, I remember you said that when he was still the crown prince, he often came to Su's mansion in low clothes, is he still coming now?"

"I didn't come... My lord went to Beizhen Fusi this morning, and came back to hug a cat..."

Mammy Fan wanted to ask more questions, but Su Xiaojing didn't respond at all, and fell asleep snoring like thunder.

After pondering for a moment, Madam Fan called two maids to come in and helped Su Xiaojing onto the bed.She put down the bed curtain and was about to leave when she suddenly glanced at the two maidservants and ordered: "You two, take off your clothes and go to bed and wait on you."

The maidservant seemed to be well-trained, she promised very obediently, and began to undress.

Mammy Fan went out of the house and closed the door behind her.When passing through the corridor, the oncoming servants bowed to the side.She walked to the master room without turning her eyes. The first sitting in the hall, a white-haired old man who was drinking tea, immediately left his seat and saluted her.

"Remember, you are the old and sick master, you don't need to show your face in front of him." Sister Fan ordered, "If he asks the servants, you have to teach him what to say in advance."

The white-haired old man responded one by one, and he was slightly relieved when she left.

Su Yan was at the official office in the morning, and went to Wenyuan Pavilion in the afternoon, and asked the servant to deliver a briefing to Zhu Helin, explaining the matter of Qi Jingtang.

Zhu Helin rushed back because of the messenger he sent, and came back to report that Qi Jingtang was missing, and was planning to send an edict to Dengzhou to find him out.After receiving this briefing and reading it, he laughed loudly: "Old Xie Ge actually has such courage! This person surnamed Qi is a bit interesting."

He turned his head and told the servant: "Raise your shoulders and come here, I'm going to Wenyuan Pavilion."

He said he was going to the cabinet to watch matters, but he didn't enter the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion at all, and the holy car fell directly in the vacant East Pavilion next to him.Su Yan was ordered to come to see him, and saw Zhu Helin sitting on the couch with Lihua in his arms.

As soon as Lihua saw Su Yan, she jumped off Zhu Helin's lap and wrapped him around him.

Su Yan couldn't help but bent down and reached out to stroke the cat.Lihua sniffed at his hand, suddenly let out a sharp cry, and turned her head to ignore him.Su Yan was a little surprised, picked up Lihua, and wanted to bury it.

As a result, Lihua lost her temper and scratched Su Yan's face with her paw.

Zhu Helin exclaimed.Fortunately, Su Yan reacted in time and turned his face to the side. The claws scratched three bloodstains on the side of his jaw and neck.

The bloodstains are very shallow and will not leave scars when they heal.But Zhu Helin was very angry, jumped off the couch, rushed over, picked up Lihua and threw it on the floor.

The cat is light and agile, and naturally it cannot be hurt by such a throw.Lihua seemed to be angry too, and raised her tail, but instead of Zhu Helin, she meowed angrily at Su Yan: You have other cats outside!You don't love me anymore!

"This beast!" Zhu Helin cursed angrily, raised Su Yan's jaw slightly with his fingers, checked the wound on his neck, and called Fu Bao to fetch the medicine box.

Su Yan didn't care about a slight flesh injury. Which cat owner hasn't been scratched by a cat?But Zhu Helin forcefully dragged him to the arhat couch to apply medicine.There are two kinds of medicine to be applied, the first one is in the form of thick juice, in order to prevent it from dripping down and staining his collar, Su Yan had to lie down on his back, and let Zhu Helin sterilize his wound first, and then apply the second kind of ointment medicine.

After applying the medicine, he took a look in the mirror, and saw the bruises on the side of his face, chin and neck, which were more terrifying than not applying it.Zhu Helin said: "Bring gauze to wrap it up for you?"

Su Yan laughed: "It's not like my throat was cut, what's the matter with such an exaggerated bandage? Just leave it open like this, and the scab will scab tomorrow."

After treating his wound, Zhu Helin was relieved, and turned to settle accounts with the unfilial beast.It's a pity that Lihua is very clever, knowing that she has done something bad, she has already escaped from the palace.Still angry, Zhu Helin ordered the servant: "Look for it. If you find it, lock her into the cattery, and don't let her come out for a day."

Su Yan persuaded: "Master, there's really no need to do this. It's very common for a cat to be scratched by a cat."

Zhu Helin said: "How can I do that? She is now arrogant. When she lost her temper, she wanted to tickle me. If she didn't succeed, she would attack you. If you don't give her some punishment, she will become more and more bullying in the future."

Su Yan: ...I'm soft?

Zhu Helin said: "By the way, you said that you plan to promote Qi Jingtang to be Yu Chezhi's deputy? If Xie Shiyan knew about it, there are nine out of ten that he will hate you."

Su Yan said: "I also know that doing so will offend Mr. Xie Ge, but I can't let him cut off Qi Jingtang. Before the appointment, I will ask Xiao Qi to come to his house to apologize. Mr. Xie Ge has always had a sticky temper, and he should I will understand."

Zhu Helin shook his head: "Although Xie Shiyan loves making peace and being a peacemaker, he is actually small-minded. This matter is not so easy for him."

Su Yan smiled and said, "Then I have nothing to do. I have to use Qi Jingtang. Young Master, you can figure it out."

Zhu Helin also smiled and said: "What else can I do, just do what you say. Later, I will send an imperial doctor to visit Xie Shiyan with some tonics, and give him a wind first, so that he will not pursue it anymore."

The matter was so happily decided.As for Xie Ge Laoyu’s unhappiness, our lord Su is still a little guilty about it, but the new emperor doesn’t care—it’s because Xie Shiyan himself was greedy for curative effects and took too many aphrodisiacs. He can send an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him. En mighty.

Before Su Yan left, Zhu Helin remembered a detail reported by the messenger, saying that there were a group of black-clothed assassins who seemed to be going to assassinate Qi Jingtang, but they were all in vain.

Assassin in black?Su Yan was alert.

He was once bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. When he turned around and mentioned it to Qi Jingtang, the other party didn't bite because there were too many lice. He replied nonchalantly: "In Dengzhou, there are many people who want to kill me. Bandits Ronin, and pirates. I have seen many assassins over the years, those with higher martial arts than me are not as lucky as me, and those with good luck are worse than me, so I am still alive and well, Lord Su, don’t worry.”

After hearing this, Su Yan also admired him for being open-minded.Although this matter was not investigated further, Su Yan did not forget to tell Shen Qi about it.After hearing this, Shen Qi didn't say much, she just nodded, expressing that she understood.

The new bandit suppression deployment is in full swing. Zhu Helin issued an order to send Yu Chezhi and Qi Jingtang to supervise the military affairs, command the border troops of the guard station and the Beijing camp army, and block the Liao and Wang coalition forces that joined forces in Beizhili.

Zhu Helin attached great importance to this counterattack. In the three major battalions of the Beijing army alone, he dispatched the left, right, and middle armies of the five most powerful battalions, a total of 7 horses.He also personally gave royal wine to see Yu Chezhi and Qi Jingtang off.

It is important to pay attention to it, but compared to the guerrilla "rebels" everywhere, the rumors that are intensifying in various places bother him more.

As the demonic book was repeatedly banned, the capital city also fell into a cloud of suspicion, and even some officials couldn't help discussing it in secret.The censors, who are not afraid of death, began to plan a direct remonstrance, and wanted to ask the empress dowager to come forward to explain the truth.

How could Zhu Helin allow the Empress Dowager to appear in court again?What's more, she may not be able to tell it, and no one may believe it if she says it.

In order to come up with a solution, he went to his father's bed for three nights to chatter.Regrettably, this important event about the orthodoxy of the throne did not seem to be exciting enough for his father.

Chen Shiyu replied that the emperor's condition has indeed improved. Sometimes he sees the eyeballs moving rapidly under the eyelids, and occasionally the fingertips move slightly, but it may also be just an unconscious body reaction. This is quite common in coma patients, and it may not be certain It's a sign of waking up.

Zhu Helin had no choice but to give up asking his father for help.Then he went to the Taimiao again, burned incense for his mother, and asked her if there was anything she could do?Maybe you can entrust a dream and give him some inspiration.

As a result, even the queen mother ignored him.Maybe he was angry at him for competing with his father for a man, which was unseemly, Zhu Helin thought sadly.

After returning to the palace, he washed his sad face and showed a determined face again - only as a king, he calmed down first, could he stabilize the surprise in the hearts of his subjects, Zhu Helin told himself.

As for Su Yan, he has been tossing and turning for two nights trying to think of a countermeasure.