Standing up to the west wind and geese not returning

Yan Ci didn't struggle, but let the tears flow more and more. When Du Zijin stopped, he only saw the jade-like person in front of him, looking at him with cold eyes.

Those eyes were full of joy and laughter, but at the moment they were filled with nothing, deserted.

Du Zijin suddenly became frightened, he could no longer control his emotions, but Yan Ci seemed to be getting further and further away from him.Panting slightly, Du Zijin supported Yan Ci's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry..."

Yan Ci got up.Taking a step back, raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, then put on a respectful expression and said, "If your Highness has nothing else to do, Yan will leave."

Yan Ci raised his body slightly, and added another sentence, "By the way, Yuan Jie is in the third room on the right. If there is anything His Highness wants to know, just ask."

After Yan Ci finished speaking, he turned around and left, walking in a hurry almost to escape. Du Zijin got up and said, "Yuan Jie was ordered by you to visit the people and secretly investigate the taxation of last year. Ding Xiangui has already I know, I am afraid that he has become suspicious of you, so you should be more careful."

Yan Ci's footsteps paused for a while, and then he walked away again without looking back.

Du Zijin paused for a while, and shouted to the empty front corridor, "Yuan Jie!"

"Your Majesty is here!" Yuan Jie jumped out of the darkness and said, "What orders does Your Highness have?"

Du Zijin turned around, looked at the shadows of flowers all over the garden, raised his head to the moon and sighed softly, "Go and guard his room. If Ding Xiangui really does something, let me know as soon as possible, and if the situation is critical , you only need to protect his life, don't worry about other court laws and regulations."

"Yes!" Yuan Jie cupped his fists, "This subordinate obeys."

Yuan Jie led away, and Du Zijin stood alone on the corridor, the moonlight was moving, but it was also unavoidably sad.Du Zijin took out the jade carving from his bosom, and remained silent.

The night gradually deepened, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about the night, Yan Ci waited until it was getting light before slowly falling asleep.In the dream, flower petals fluttered, and a person stood with a sword.

Yan Ci walked over, and the man pointed his long sword at him.Suddenly that person disappeared again, only the petals flying in the sky remained in the dream, Yan Ci felt sad, so he began to cry.

"My lord. My lord..." Someone called him, "What's the matter with you, my lord, but you were trapped by a nightmare."

Yan Ci opened his eyes, and saw Yuan Jie looking at him worriedly, Yan Ci slowed down a little before he came back to his senses.

"My lord, it's getting late. I'm afraid Lord Ding will see you later." While serving Yan Ci, Yuan Jie got up and told Yan Ci to know.

"Didn't I say, you go to investigate for another day today, and see him tomorrow?" Yan Ci thought of Ding Xiangui, who had a headache and was a man who did all kinds of evil.

If you can't list all the evidence of his crimes one by one, it will be to scare the snake away.Let the opponent have a chance to survive with a broken arm.Take the easy way out.

Yuan Jie suddenly stopped what he was doing, and knelt down in front of Yan Ci, "The villain is not good at doing things. A family I visited yesterday accidentally leaked the news. That Ding Xiangui, I think he will come to you today I want to go back to the volume that was moved to the posthouse last time, and test it again by the way. Please punish Yuan Jie, my lord."

Yan Ci glanced at Yuan Jie lightly, and said, "Get up, sooner or later. You just follow the plan. If he comes here, I can handle it."

"My lord!" Yuan Jie panicked, "Your lord must put your own safety first. Yuan Jie was ordered to protect your lord's safety, so he really didn't dare to leave rashly. Please forgive me."

Yan Ci sneered, knelt down slowly, and twisted Yuan Jie's face lightly, "You should listen to him."

Yuan Jie was startled, then bowed his head again, "Please forgive me, my lord!"

Yan Ci stopped talking, put on his robe, and said, "You just asked about last year's taxes. It's not to the point where you can force him to kill the imperial envoy. But if you let him get the chance and take precautions, it will be It fell short.”

Yuan Jie still knelt on the ground and refused to get up, Yan Ci turned his head and said, "Go and check all the silk tea businesses in Yunzhou. Don't worry about my safety."

"My lord." Yuan Jie was still hesitating, but Yan Ci was a little angry, "Why, do you want me to show you the imperial decree?"

Yuan Jie hurriedly lowered his head, "The villain dare not, so the villain will go now."

Yuan Jie took the order to retreat, and as soon as he left the house, he hurried back to the door of the wing room.A white pigeon was parked under the eaves, Yuan Jie gently took the white pigeon back to the room.

After Yan Ci washed himself up, he went straight to the front hall. A postman sent some light food. Yan Ci ate some casually, so he asked someone to cancel the meal and sat in the front hall with a book drink tea.

It was almost noon, and sure enough, there was a rumor that Ding Xiangui, the magistrate of Yunzhou, was asking to see him. Yan Ci put the book down, and saw Ding Xiangui coming quickly with his clothes on his hem. He walked up to Yan Ci, knelt down and said , "Ding Xiangui, magistrate of Yunzhou, pays homage to imperial envoy Lord Yan."

Yan Ci smiled slightly, straightened his sleeves, and said, "Master Ding, why bother to be so polite. Get up quickly."

Ding Xiangui said, "Thank you sir..."

"Master Ding, please sit down." Yan Ci pointed to the chair next to him.Ding Xiangui didn't refuse, he went straight to sit on the grand master's chair, and said, "Master Yan, please stand back. I have something important to announce."

Yan Ci signaled slightly, and the attendants on the left and right retreated one by one.Yan Ci smiled and motioned for Ding Xiangui to speak.

"My lord. Ming people don't speak dark words. My people received news that you sent people among the people to inquire about last year's taxes. I don't know if it's true or not? What does your lord mean by doing this?" Ding Xiangui At the end, there was some faint anger coming up, and the voice became louder and louder.

Yan Ci flipped the teacup in his hand, and said, "Brother Ding, what are you doing so loudly? If people outside heard it, why would you let me keep them away?"

Yan Ci took a sip of his tea as he spoke, calmly as if chatting about romance.

When Ding Xiangui heard Yan Ci's voice, Brother Ding, he was a little confused for a moment, but his face slowly calmed down, and he said, "It's not that I was loud, it's Master Yan who did this, I..."

"You, what's wrong with you." Yan Ci said with a three-pointed stern look, "You lied to the top and the bottom, and you didn't report it. If I don't check it, someone else will check you someday, and I'll ask you for it. head!"

Ding Xiangui was taken aback for a moment, then stammered, "My... my lord, you are, say, you are helping..."

Yan Ci threw the teacup in his hand on the table, pointed at Ding Xiangui with his index finger and scolded with a smile, "I've come here to act wildly, I'm so kind as to be a donkey's liver and lungs. If I want to expose you, Yuan Jie As soon as I come back, I can write a letter and report it to the Holy Majesty.

But you ask, if there are any horses coming to Beijing from this post station.I wanted to block the hole for you, but you didn't even allow me to check where the hole is.It was really a dog biting Lu Dongbin! "

What Yan Ci said was half-truth and half-false, Na Ding Xiangui couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked carefully, "Your Excellency asked it out? But he deliberately covered it up for the lower officials."

Yan Ci's eyebrows slanted, and he said, "I checked, and the government affairs in Yunzhou are quite clear, and there are no deficiencies, so why cover it up?"

Ding Xiangui was overjoyed, and nodded quickly, "Yes, yes. Yunzhou's government affairs are clear and clear, so there is no need to cover up. There is no need to cover up. The villain is confused, the villain is confused."

Yan Ci didn't speak, he just picked up the teacup again, his chest heaved and heaved, and he said with a look of urgency, "Since Brother Ding doubts me, why don't you take back all your files and household registers, so that you don't have to worry about it?" I'm about to burn my eyes out, and I want to correct and make up for you, but you misunderstand me like this!"

Na Ding Xiangui fell to his knees in panic, "My lord, don't be angry, what's the use of putting that thing in the warehouse of the Zhizhou government, your lord still needs it. Please also work hard on my lord's government affairs in Yunzhou, my lord."

Yan Ci was silent, but his expression was quite relaxed. Ding Xiangui rolled his eyes and said immediately, "The villain does not disturb the adult's business, so I will leave. Later, the villain will ask the people in the house to send some Come for supper, please accept it with a smile."

Ding Xiangui bit the last two words very hard, and raised his eyebrows to secretly look at Yan Ci.Seeing Yan Ci nod his head slightly, he was overjoyed and backed out.

Seeing Ding Xiangui walking away, Yan Ci let out a soft breath just now.Today, if Yuan Jie did not find strong evidence that Ding Xiangui bent the law for personal gain, the matter would be even more difficult.

When it was getting dark and Yuan Jie was still missing, Yan Ci began to feel a little uneasy, so he walked out of the house and walked aimlessly in the courtyard. When Yan Ci had just walked to the flower garden in the backyard, he heard The sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air flew past Yan Ci's ears.

A section of flying arrow sank into the ground, and a piece of cloth wrapped around the arrow body, Yan Ci took off the strip of cloth.Look at the words written on it by the moonlight.

Want to save Yuan Jie.Then I went to Liuyunfang in the west of the city.

Yan Ci's heart sank, and he turned and walked out the gate.Liuyunfang in the west of the city is a wine shop, there are all kinds of people from all walks of life on weekdays, but if you want to take Yuan Jie down easily, then you are not an ordinary person.

While Yan Ci was making various guesses in his mind, he was speculating on the possible cause of this incident.

Since the other party invited me to meet, I think it would not kill me, at least not Yuan Jie's life.

If you were looking for money, why didn't you tell yourself to bring enough ransom money.It was late at night, and the sky was gradually darkening.Yan Ci hurriedly walked towards Liuyun Square in the west of the city.

On a big tree in the west of the city, a huge wine gourd was hung, and the wine shop not far away was still lit. This was Liuyunfang.

Yan Ci paused, but still walked towards the wine shop.

There is no door to the winery, and a cloth curtain hangs over the door. Yan Ci lifted the curtain and entered inside, only to see that the lobby below was empty, and the wooden ladder was gently illuminated by the light. Yan Ci walked along the wooden ladder step by step. Go up to the second floor.The door of the private room was ajar, and there was a bright light inside.

Yan Ci gently pushed open the door of the private room.The wind from the opening of the door made the lights in the private room flicker.

Yan Ci saw the people sitting inside.The bright color in his eyes dimmed a little bit.