Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The wind blows and the fallen leaves dance, and the two of them stare at each other with a distance of several feet, as if they don't know what to say for a while.

Su Yan thought that Zhu Helin would lose his temper.After all, he was the one who left without saying goodbye, dumped a lot of mess from the ruling and opposition parties to the other party, and even broke his vow to be a lifelong assistant. He was at a loss for both emotion and reason. According to Xiao Zhu's temperament, he rushed over and beat him with flowers all over his face. Can understand.

However, Zhu Helin just stood quietly under the tree, the hem of his clothes was covered with mud and withered grass stalks, his brows were filled with dust from a long journey, and there was a sense of confusion in his expression.

After a while, Su Yan asked awkwardly: "How did the emperor find it..."

Zhu Helin took two steps forward, then stopped restrainedly, and explained: "Six days ago, at the Lantern Festival in Lanyi Town, someone from the yamen recognized you."

The man in the yamen... It seems that he sent his picture to the whole country, Su Yan was not surprised by this.It's also because I didn't hold back, which proved that even a fluke is not worth it.

What he cared more about was that even if the witnesses reported it to the court immediately, the whole journey from Shanxi to the capital would take more than six days. Xiao Zhu worked so hard, day and night, to appear in front of him at this moment?

Su Yan sighed silently, scooped a ladle of spring water from the water tank next to him to wash Zhu Helin's face.

"Clean up a little bit, let's talk in the room."

In the wooden house, the two sat cross-legged on a felt mat across a low square pine table.Su Yan picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of clear tea for Zhu Helin: "There is no good tea in the backcountry, so just drink it." Zhu Helin finished drinking it in one breath and said, "It's okay."

After hesitating, Su Yan asked, "Is the emperor here to summon his ministers back to Beijing?"

Zhu Helin didn't answer, but asked instead: "How is your health? Are you recovering? How have you been these few months?"

Su Yan didn't want to lie to him, and replied: "It's almost done. The scenery here is beautiful, and life is leisurely. I eat and sleep every day, and when I'm full, I go to play chess, fish, and swim. Ah Zhui learned how to set a trap to catch wild rabbits. He didn’t think about anything, and he didn’t worry about anything, so he lived a comfortable life.”

Zhu Helin was both gratified and bitter when he heard it: "The bustling capital city is also a prison for wealth and honor. You feel the same way as Fourth Emperor Uncle on this point."

Su Yan smiled lightly: "These days when I'm not here, the emperor has managed the country in an orderly manner, so it can be seen that the court is not incapable of losing anyone."

Zhu Helin frowned subconsciously, with a serious expression on his face, and looked away from the two coats on the spring stool at the end of the bed—the coats worn by Su Yan and Jing Hongchai.

"If you really like to live in seclusion here, I won't force you to return to Beijing. This time I came here in a hurry to say goodbye to you. You can leave without saying goodbye, but I can't. No matter what, I have to tell you face to face."

"Farewell?" Su Yan was slightly startled, and his smile faded away, "What do you mean, you are not returning to Beijing, where are you going?"

Rubbing the edge of the tea bowl with his fingers, Zhu Helin said in a deep voice, "I'm going to march in person, and I will lead the army to the north in ten days."

Su Yan was shocked, and his tone was out of control: "Yujia personally conquered Beimo? No, absolutely not!"

As soon as he grasped Zhu Helin's hand, he tried his best to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart: "Listen to me, He Lin, except for the founding emperor who fought on horseback, the imperial conquest is a great thing for any successful king. An extremely dangerous thing. Leaving aside, look at the emperor, he followed Emperor Xianzu in the Northern Expedition back then, so it can be said that he has no combat experience. But after he succeeded to the throne, he no longer led the army himself, and occasionally went to the frontier fortress to patrol, and almost Lost in the mutiny of Ganzhou, if the king of Yu hadn't sacrificed his life to save him... the consequences would have been disastrous.

"The battlefield has no eyes. In addition to ability, luck also determines life and death. No matter how good a general is, he may be killed by a stray arrow. An old hand like King Yu, and the Empress Dowager are still worried about him. You have never You have personally experienced the battle, and you must not be in danger!"

Zhu Helin remained unmoved: "Of course I know the risks involved, but I have never forgotten my great ancestral motto - the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country. Only when I personally conquer the country can I stimulate morale to the greatest extent and defeat the enemies who have repeatedly invaded the border recently. Vala army."

Su Yan shook his head, with a face of disapproval: "The imperial court is not without generals, so Yu Chezhi and Qi Jingtang should return to the imperial court as teachers."

"Yes, the Crazy Liao family has been wiped out by them, just when you left Beijing. But the rebellious army of the Wang brothers is still rampant. They sent troops from Shandong to the south, absorbed the remnants of the Liao family, and strengthened themselves." Zhu Helin used With tea on his fingertips, he drew a simple schematic diagram on the desktop, "The Wang brothers are becoming more and more blatant now. Not only did they take over from Crazy Liao to play the rebellious banner of 'go straight to the Youyan land and reopen the Chaos Heaven', they also united with the Vacuum Sect. The players, from Shandong to Henan, entered Huguang, turned to Zhili in the north, intending to go straight to the Gyeonggi area, recruiting bandits and rebels from all over the way, expanding to [-] to [-] people."

Su Yan took a breath.

Zhu Helin said: "I ordered Yu Chezhi and Qi Jingtang to lead the Beijing army to the south again to destroy the Wang family. Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly. Bei Mo could no longer hold back when he smelled the fire in the Central Plains. Knock off and invade.

"At the end of June, Altan suddenly turned his face at the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and almost killed our imperial mission. Honglu Temple Minister Zheng Ye led his team to flee back to the country overnight, almost dying.

"In July, the Tatars who surrendered to Altan united with other small tribes to attack Xuanfu and Datong, and were defeated by Li Ziyang, the general of Datong.

"At the beginning of August, Altan personally led a large army across the Hetao area and attacked Taiyuan, Yulin, and Ningxia in three directions. The frontier army could not resist, so it went deep into Shaanxi and northern Shanxi and turned eastward, intending to capture the capital."

Su Yan stood up nervously: "And then?!"

"I immediately mobilized the reserve forces of Northern Zhili, Henan, and Shanxi, and dispatched [-] defenders from Liaodong to Gyeonggi. Led by Feng Sizhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, they repelled the Oala army in the Zijingguan area. They fought twelve times and forced Ah Le Tan retreated beyond the Great Wall."

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief slowly, only then did he feel his back drenched in cold sweat.

Bauhinia Pass is the last line of defense on the west side of Gyeonggi. If it cannot be defended... it will be a desperate battle to defend the capital!

"The emperor has done a good job of dispatching..." He smiled at Zhu Helin with lingering fear, "But I still don't agree with the imperial conquest."

Su Yan was silent for a moment, and said with determination: "I have a proposal, you can see if it works - activate Yu Wang Zhu Xujing, and let him lead the troops to the Hetao Great Wall to resist Oirat."

Zhu Helin didn't seem to hear, pulled him back to sit on the felt mat, and continued: "Fortunately, you went southwest after you left Beijing, avoiding the rebellious Wang brothers in the south and the Oirat army in the north. But Shanxi is not peaceful. The battle zone is only separated by an inner Great Wall, I hope you continue to go southwest to Sichuan, it will be safer."

Su Yan relentlessly raised his voice: "I said I don't agree with your personal conquest!"

"In what capacity do you object? Subject, teacher, friend, or..." Zhu Helin stared at him with intense eyes.

Su Yan choked for a moment, then murmured: "All, all."

Zhu Helin smiled noncommittally, "There is another reason why I want to go to the imperial court personally."

"What is it?"

"At the time of internal and external troubles, the princes are also emotionally moved, and I am afraid that disaster will set Xiao Qiang."

Su Yan frowned: "Princes?"

"Who did you think of, King Yu? There are also King Gu, King Liao, King Wei, King Ning..." Zhu Helin poured tea from the pot, and the water was gurgling. Some are closely related to the Vacuum Sect, some complain loudly and openly violate words, and some... Huh. Even the most timid and fearful King Gu wrote to me a while ago, pleading for an increase in the number of soldiers in the government Save."

Su Yandao: "King Gu's fief is in Shandong, and he has been threatened and harassed by the Wang brothers. He wrote a letter to do such a stupid thing with trepidation, and it doesn't necessarily mean he has disobedience."

"It's not just stupid, it's so stupid! As soon as he wrote the letter, other princes followed suit, saying that they were threatened by the rebel army and their lives were in danger. If I don't agree with them, I will go to Beijing to avoid disaster."

"King Gu was instigated by someone and used it as a gun."

"There is also King Ning, who suddenly wrote a letter to ask for the establishment of a prince. He was so sick that half of his leg stepped into the coffin. Where did the prince come from?"

"Prince Ning's son..." Su Yan pondered, feeling that the water inside was getting muddier.

"King Wei is godlike all day long, so let's not talk about him for the time being. As for the violent and outspoken King of Liao, when the emperor's grandfather was in power, he once guarded Liaodong, holding Guangning Wei Jingqi in his hand, and fighting with King Yu during the Northern Expedition. There was a friendship of comrades-in-arms. Just last month, Jin Yiwei intercepted the communication between King Liao and King Yu."

Su Yan suddenly looked up at the emperor.

The emperor said with a sullen face, "Now you know why I can't activate King Yu!"

Su Yan gritted his teeth secretly: "Is there... proof?"

Zhu Helin shook his head: "It's just a letter from the King of Liao. The words are full of resentment towards the court and towards me, and we can't see the attitude of the King Yu from it. But just writing these words can explain a The problem—King Liao didn't treat King Yu as an outsider, thinking that they could urinate into a pit."

"In this case, it's best to check carefully, so as not to accidentally injure loyal ministers and good generals..." Su Yan said, his eyes gradually blurred, and the heart-wrenching confession beside the capital boundary marker still echoed in his ears:

Tell the emperor not to bury me in the imperial mausoleum, I don't want to be surrounded by him after I die.

Send my ashes to Datong, and bury them under the Great Wall. Even if I become a lonely ghost, I will continue to wear armor and guard the gate of the country.

The hand he put under the table involuntarily clenched his robe tightly, his heart was in a mess and the colic was unbearable.

Zhu Helin said: "If Shen Qi hadn't betrayed, I would have entrusted him with this task. Since he is familiar with King Yu, he will not be easily deceived and bewitched by him."

Su Yan murmured: "I... am also familiar with King Yu... and I won't be easily deceived and bewitched by him..."

Zhu Helin seemed to be taken aback for a moment before realizing: "What do you mean by that? No, absolutely not!" He stood up abruptly as if over-excited, and said loudly, "I will never allow you to go to Datong to inquire about King Yu. Let’s find out whether he has the heart of disobedience! Your illness is just right, not to mention the harsh conditions in the northern border, and it’s still freezing to death in winter, how much suffering you will have to suffer!”

The more resolute the emperor's attitude, the more determined Su Yan was, and said calmly: "The emperor knows in his heart that this minister is the best candidate for this task."

Zhu Helin was still angry, and turned around with his hands behind his back: "Besides, don't you know that King Yu has some ulterior motives for you? This is sending sheep to the tiger's mouth. I won't do it, I won't do it!"

Su Yan said: "The king of Yu is indeed interested in me, and he has done wrong things before, but I have settled down with him, and he has also sincerely repented. Besides, isn't there still A Zhui? If King Yu really dares to force me, I'm afraid I won't Give Ah Zhui a stab in the face."

Zhu Helin still disagreed.

Su Yan got up and walked in front of him, held his hand, and said sincerely: "Master, He Lin, it's my fault for leaving without saying goodbye. I left you in the imperial city where you are fighting openly and secretly because of your illness. Facing this situation of internal and external troubles, it is also me...I didn't think carefully. Now that the government and the public are in turmoil, how can I still be alone, hiding in the mountains and rivers and enjoying myself?

"He Lin, if you are still angry with me, you can settle this matter with me in the future. National affairs are the top priority. You must listen to me. You must not take the imperial conquest yourself. Only when the emperor sits in the capital can he stabilize the hearts of his subjects and deter you all. The feudal king dare not act rashly."

Zhu Helin sighed: "Su Qinghe, did I owe you in my previous life? I always listened to you before, but after Shen Qi escaped, you blamed me for listening to you too much. Now that I have my own plan, you want to let me I changed my mind and continued to listen to you. What exactly do you want me to do, what kind of emperor do you want to assist?"

Su Yan was heartbroken when he heard this, and couldn't help but hugged the young emperor whom he had single-handedly raised and abandoned at the same time, choked up and said, "He Lin, it's my fault, I'm too impatient... Let's take our time, in the future... "

Zhu Helin hugged Su Yan's waist and found that he was already half a head taller than Su Yan.He put his chin by Su Yan's ear, looked at the big mountain peach tree outside the window, and carefully bent the corners of his mouth: "I don't blame you, you were injured by Qiqing, and you really need a quiet place to recuperate and recuperate your mind. "

In the dense forest of the back mountain, Jing Hongzhui stood on the top of a tree, overlooking the lake in the distance.There are a few small dots moving between the branches and leaves on the shore of the lake, which are only the size of ants to the naked eye.

In Jing Hong's eyes, Xiao Dian is completely visible. It is a group of strong men hiding in the forest and grass. They are dressed in uniform uniforms, with embroidered spring knives on their waists.

Jing Hongzui shrank her pupils, her figure was like a frightened bird, and rushed towards the wooden house by the lake.

He jumped into the yard from the top of the fence and was about to rush up the stairs when the door of the wooden house opened at this moment, and Zhu Helin appeared at the door.

"...You have chased here." Jing Hong chased, secretly lucky, ready to lead Master Su out of the encirclement.

Zhu Helin didn't speak, but walked down the stairs step by step, turned his face slightly when passing by him, showing an unspeakable look, then walked through the small courtyard, pushed open the wooden fence door and left.

On the shore of the lake, Wei Liangzi found that Jing Hongzhui had appeared, fearing that the holy driver might be lost, he rushed to meet him with his men.

"emperor--"

Zhu Helin said: "Let's go, go back to Lanyi Town first."

Jing Hongzhui felt that the little emperor was not the same as before, but he didn't bother to care about him, so he hurried into the house to see Mr. Su.

Su Yan sat on the edge of his newly built big bed, meditating silently.

Jing Hong caught up with him and supported his shoulder: "My lord, are you alright? Did the little emperor make things difficult for you?"

Su Yan shook his head slowly, took a deep breath, stood up and said, "Ah Chai, although this place is good, it's not a place where you can end your life in peace. We should go."

In Lanyi Town, the county government's wing is specially used to entertain distinguished guests.

Under Fu Bao's service, Zhu Helin changed out of his dirty clothes and sat in the bathtub.While wiping his back, Fu Bao said: "What the emperor said is true, Master Su is willing to leave the hermitage and return to Beijing to resume his post?"

"Not returning to Beijing, but another mission." Zhu Helin stretched his arms on the side of the barrel, letting the hot and humid steam hit his muscular chest, "I will give him the official title of inspector of the capital, He is also in charge of the army and will set off for Datong in a few days."

"Datong?" Fu Bao was quick-witted and possessed the consonance with Zhu Helin who grew up with him, and immediately realized, "His Royal Highness King Yu is currently in the fief of Datong. Does the Emperor want Mr. Su to... check him?"

Zhu Helin didn't make a sound, it was a tacit agreement.

Fu Bao felt a little unbelievable, not because of this errand assigned to Mr. Su, but because of my master's usual thoughts and manners, he would take the initiative to let Mr. Su approach His Royal Highness King Yu?You know, when His Royal Highness King Yu harassed Master Su back then, the young master wished he could pack up his fourth uncle and send him to the high wall in Fengyang to lock him up, so as not to get close to Master Su!

But now...it's really unpredictable!

After much deliberation, Fu Bao still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, so he boldly said: "Master, at this moment, you will be a slave or a maidservant in the East Palace, and when you climb a tree to step on your feet, ask something that shouldn't be asked... ..."

Zhu Helin couldn't help laughing: "Just ask, the big deal is that if I don't answer, can I still blame you for your curiosity?"

Only then did Fu Bao settle down, and asked in a low voice: "Master, do you really feel at ease and have the heart to let Mr. Su go to Datong and get close to His Royal Highness Prince Yu?"

Zhu Helin was silent for a moment, then let out a "chi" laugh.

"First, I didn't let him go, he asked for his order to go.

"Secondly, you should also know that this Uncle Four Emperor, on the surface, is loose and unrestrained, and disdains power, but in fact has his own deceitful ways. If you send someone who is not smart enough, I am afraid that he will not be fooled around by him. Even if No matter how shrewd and formidable he is, how can Su Yan disturb his mind whenever he appears in front of him? King Yu claims to be a master in the field of love, but he suffered miserably on Su Yan. If Su Yan is not willing, how dare he Do the forced thing again?

"Third, there is still Jing Hong chasing after."

Fu Bao pondered over and over again, and felt that every sentence was reasonable, but it was... too reasonable, and it was inevitable that he would lose his affection.He is well aware of my young master's feelings for Mr. Su for many years, and also knows how nervous my young master was in the past, Mr. Su. It is impossible for him to allow someone with evil intentions to approach him.Is it true that times have changed and things have changed?

Zhu Helin raised his head back in the steaming white mist and closed his eyes.

Fu Bao only said that he was going to take a nap for a while, and then went out to get fresh water to heat up.

Zhu Helin was left alone in the room.In the dense white mist that filled the room, he still closed his eyes, and murmured as if dreaming: "You want an emperor who puts the country first... I will give it to you."