Although most of the soldiers, horses, food and grass were lost in the Tongling landslide, the two officials in charge of the disaster relief in Xingqing were not seriously injured.After commanding everyone to hastily bandage and rectify, Wan Zixiao hurried to the front with the rest of his strength.

Distributing food and grass, evacuating refugees, and preventing and controlling plagues, everything is busy enough for the newly appointed cabinet bachelor to keep his feet on the ground.

The torrential rain in the past few days cut off the connection between the Jiangdong front and the mainland, and the news of the explosion in the capital was stopped halfway. It was not until the imperial decree came that Wan Zixiao realized that something was wrong.It was about returning to Beijing to assist in the investigation of the Tongling accident, but the eunuch who delivered the decree had a sky-falling expression.

At the same time, Zhang Huaiyu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was in charge of the reconstruction of Qiantang's hydraulic power, was also recalled.

I thought that the guesses along the way would not be revealed until I entered the palace, but I didn't expect to see the eunuch waiting at the gate as soon as I entered the city gate.

"Following the imperial decree of the Chengyu Emperor, Wan Zixiao, a cabinet co-organizer, and Zhang Huaiyu, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, neglected their duties and caused the Tongling accident, which was not good for disaster relief. They are now in prison for trial."

Without seeing the emperor, Wan Zixiao and Zhang Huaiyu were thrown into prison without saying a word of the already prepared statement.

As for the news that Guo Ziqian was struck to death by lightning, he only found out when he was chatting with the guards escorting them. Apart from being shocked, what Wan Zixiao cared more about was another person's reaction.

Zhang Huaiyu is an old fritter in the officialdom, he is always careless in doing things, he can make fun of everything when it comes, and he is always flattering and perfunctory to everyone.Speaking of which, Zhang Huaiyu can be regarded as a member of King Jin, but his attitude towards King Jin can only be regarded as respectful, and he always looks like he doesn't care.But when he heard the news that Guo Ziqian was struck to death by lightning, Zhang Huaiyu became stiff, and his hands trembled slightly. For several days in a row, he was in a state of wandering, and he didn't know what he was thinking in a trance.

The people in the prison were still thinking about each other's thoughts, and Han Jing outside the prison had already started to circle around.He didn't care about Zhang Huaiyu's life, but Wan Zixiao couldn't make any mistakes.

In the summer of the fifth year of Jiayou, Han Jing was busy apologizing for Wan Zixiao, Han Qi was concentrating on planning the country, and Emperor Jiayou was not idle at this time.He wants to secure a matchmaker, a marriage that the world is optimistic about.

"I won't do it!" The straightforward and stubborn young general said with a smug face, "I won't marry her! Whoever wants to marry, I won't marry anyway!"

"You are useless." The Gao family has been a hero for generations. Although the old general no longer serves in the army, his oppressive aura has not diminished at all. "If you don't want to marry the princess, who do you plan to marry?"

Gao Gong puffed his cheeks, and stretched his face angrily, wanting to say something but obviously afraid that his father would not dare to answer.

"I told you to talk!" He didn't look like an elderly person. General Gao's resonant voice made people's ears "buzzing", "You're a bear! You're dumb! Speak up if you have the guts!"

"Qingmei", Gao Gong spoke very quickly, the two words seemed to be slid off the tip of his tongue, and then he closed his mouth tightly after finishing speaking.

Picking up the teacup at hand and smashing it, Old General Gao was very angry, the corners of his mouth trembling: "Just because of such a servant, you let the princess not marry?!"

"She's not a servant." Gao Gong stared back at the old father, solemnly: "I promised Qingmei that I would marry her. Father, it was you who taught the child not to break his promise since childhood!"

What I taught my son was turned around to teach Lao Tzu. Old General Gao was speechless for a moment to refute, and then he shouted angrily, "It's against you!"

He took down the nine-section whip that accompanied him in all directions from the wall, and was about to beat his son.Seeing this, Mrs. Gao cried and stood in front of Gao Gong: "Let's hit! Let's hit! Just kill me! Anyway, you won't feel sorry for anyone! If you kill our mother and son, you will be able to explain to the emperor!"

"You're trying to piss me off!" Old General Gao stood still, pinching and pinching the whip in his hand but couldn't lift it up.

All the servants of the Gao family know that the majestic old general has a deathbed - fear of guilt.It's not the kind of trembling fear of the law that is usually talked about, but helplessness and helplessness.Madam Gao can be regarded as a hero among women, she used to fight with her husband everywhere, and her undeniable and capable style won the respect of all the soldiers under the tent, but once she was disarmed, no one could match her slapstick.Generally speaking, even if he met Mrs. Gao, the old general would have no use for a hundred reasons, at most he would only be sulking. For decades, he had only been such a precious lady and a precious son.

Seeing that the old man was silent, Mrs. Gao turned around and said to the young one: "It's not that you are not allowed to marry Qingmei. Parents mean that when you marry the princess, you can still marry Qingmei as a side room, right? Son, mother... ..."

Before Mrs. Gao finished speaking, Gao Gong said in a muffled voice: "I only marry Qingmei! I don't want anyone else! What's wrong with the princess, if you don't like it, you don't like it! Why bother to delay others and wrong yourself!"

"You're wronged!" Old General Gao raised his eyebrows and shouted loudly, "Do you know that it is our Gao family's honor to marry a princess!"

"If you don't like it, you don't like it." Gao Gong couldn't pull a few cows back when he twisted it, and he didn't show any weakness: "I won't marry her! If you have the ability, you can tie me up and marry her!"

This is another conversation collapsed, Mrs. Gao was about to open her mouth to teach her son a lesson, Gao Gong had already escaped from the yard without paying attention, leaving the couple standing there helplessly.

"Forget it." After waiting for a long time, I didn't expect that the old general with a blushing face and a thick neck who opened his mouth after arguing with his son said, "Love and righteousness are always good. When the child grows up, let him go!"

The little eunuch who delivered the decree brought back the message—Gao Gong resisted the decree and refused to marry!

Emperor Jiayou knocked on the table angrily: "He Gao Gong thinks that relying on King Jin can be confident? I am the emperor! I am!"

While grinding, Eunuch Gao said unhurriedly: "Don't be angry, Your Majesty! Just ignore someone like Gao Gong who doesn't know what's good!"

"At the beginning, you said that if you want to clean up Wan Zixiao, you must first win over the people around King Jin to support me. Giving a marriage to Gao Gong is considered to be a big favor to him. Now, what do you mean by saying this the other way around!" Emperor Jiayou Standing up, he sneered and said, "Eunuch Gao, could it be that he also deceived me into being incompetent?"

"The emperor was wronged!" Eunuch Gao hurriedly put down the ink stick, knelt down at Emperor Jiayou's feet, gently grabbed the corner of the dragon robe, and his unique pattern trembled out of tune: "Your Majesty, it's the old slave who is stupid! The old slave pretends to be smart , deserve death! But your majesty, you know the heart of a slave!"

Letting Eunuch Gao pull the hem of his clothes, Emperor Jiayou managed to regain some sense of superiority as an emperor from the slaves kneeling on the ground. He had long forgotten who nodded in agreement with this "stupid idea": "Look at you I'm usually sincere, but this time I won't pursue responsibility! Be smarter in doing things in the future!"

Eunuch Gao didn't care about the pain from bumping his forehead, and kowtowed his head repeatedly to thank him.

Emperor Jiayou smiled in satisfaction, and kicked the old eunuch: "If you think of another way to deal with Wan Zixiao, it will be an atonement!"

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