Chronicle of Emperor Jing

In late May of the first year of Hongqing, at nightfall, a carriage stopped at the gate of a mansion near the county government office in Tonghua County.

This house was originally owned by a rich family in the city, and now, Xie Meng, Xie Shaosi, the imperial envoy who is in charge of the Qingzhang Litian affairs in the world, is staying here.

After the carriage stopped, a thin middle-aged man quickly got out of the carriage.

The man got out of the car, looked around for a while, then straightened his clothes, and walked towards the door.

There are guards stationed at the gate of the mansion, and Xie's family also has servants guarding the gate.Seeing that man, the young man who had already been clever ran over, greeted the man "Mr. Jin" with a smile on his face, and welcomed the man in.

Xie Meng has been busy with the council these days, and he has not returned to the inner courtyard to rest at this time. After hearing the news, he asked someone to wait for the person to wash up, and after eating, he met the person in the study.

"Proprietor!" The man entered the study and saluted first.

"Sir, there is no need to be polite, please sit down!" Xie Meng held his hand, preventing him from prostrating, and asked him to sit down and talk instead.

The host and the guest were courteous, took their seats, served tea, and chatted for a while before Xie Meng asked about the business: "I don't know if your trip is going well, sir?"

"Proprietor, Jin is lucky to fulfill his mission!"

Mr. Jin is one of Xie Meng's staff. He is very quick-witted and often helps Xie Meng with difficult errands.Earlier, Xie Meng gave him a list and asked him to find something to do for the people on the list.

Taking advantage of the east wind in Litian, he took the Zhou family as a breakthrough point, spent some time planning, provoked the greed of some members of the Zhou family, and filed a lawsuit for family property.The Zhou family's lawsuit is still pending, and the other families on the list have also fallen into similar turmoil. He fished in troubled waters, did everything he needed to do, and then waved his sleeves to erase all traces. Gong and fame quietly retreated.

As for the families that have suffered, will they attack the families with old grievances because they suspect someone is doing something wrong, and involve more families, and finally make the situation escalate?

Anyway, when the situation escalated, there was a tall man to support him, and this matter was obviously beneficial to the tall man, so he was not afraid that no one would take action to clean up the follow-up.

"It's so good!" Xie Meng felt relieved after hearing what he said, instead of discussing the methods in detail with him, he talked about other things instead.

The sacred order he got was to clean up the Zhang Litian, and helping the emperor to make trouble for others was just a matter of passing. Now that Mr. Jin has already helped him deal with it, he will not ask any more questions, and only focus on the next big thing.

Xie Meng didn't care much about this trivial matter, and His Majesty the Emperor who instructed Xie Meng to do such a thing, of course didn't care much more.

If Concubine Zhou knew the cause and effect of this, she would definitely spit out the heartache she had suppressed.It's a pity that the emperor ordered someone to clean up the Zhou family, but she didn't even know that the main messenger was the emperor.

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, for a villain to take revenge, all the time, and for the emperor to take revenge on Qian Weiyan for being bullied after a few months, in a sense, he is probably somewhere in between.

During this period of time, other people have their important matters to pay attention to, and Jing Li also has his important matters to pay attention to.

Wei Yan's birthday is in late May. Although this year is not Wei Yan's entire birthday, it is Wei Yan's first birthday after returning, and also the first birthday after falling in love with him. It must be different from the past , Jing Li thought about giving Wei Yan a special gift.

He gave Wei Yan many things.

Some things are not valuable enough, Wei Yan regards them as treasures, and he himself feels that he is out of place. For example, Wei Yan takes two red silk threads as treasures, and he is happy and sad at the same time. Wei Yan doesn't know how to appreciate elegance. After experiencing such a situation outside, it seems to have become even more tacky now.The red silk thread can get into his eyes, the taste is so terrible, is there any help in the future?

Wei Yan will not always carry valuable things with him, but should be kept properly, for fear of being bumped, and it will be difficult to explain to him, so he decided to give one that is valuable this time, but Wei Yan A gift that will be used every day.

What Wei Yan uses every day, needless to say, is his sword.

When waking up in the morning, Wei Yan would practice his sword. When doing errands, Wei Yan would carry his sword. Even if he was by his side, Wei Yan would carry his sword with him.It was Wei Yan's duty to guard his safety with a sword.

Jing Li decided that the birthday gift this time is a sword, but there are many differences between swords and swords.

There are swords of ordinary people, swords of princes, and swords of emperors.For example, Tai Ah is the famous Sword of the Son of Heaven.

The Tai Ah sword, which has been handed down to the present, is not just a single sword, but a symbol of the emperor's authority. In many cases, Tai Ah is used to refer to the emperor's authority. If Jing Li gives this sword to him, his mother will I'm afraid I won't be able to sit still.

Of course, Wei Yan would not accept this birthday gift either.

If someone puts a lot of thought into choosing a gift carefully, but fails to please the recipient, and is told by the recipient that such a stupid thing, a smart person will definitely not do it.

Jing Li has always thought that he is a smart person and Wei Yan is an idiot, so he would not do such a stupid thing.

As for between him and Wei Yan, who is more stupid, who is more stupid, whoever has a pulse, can make the other party act according to his own wishes, even if the people around him can see it, no one has eaten Xiong's heart Leopard dared to come to discuss this issue with him. Anyway, whatever the emperor thinks, so be it. The facts are not important at all.

In private, the Marquis of Yongning can make a nest on the emperor's head, and from time to time he wants the emperor to bow his head and admit his mistakes. The emperor still thinks that Marquis Yongning is good everywhere. In this way, with such a biased mind, what others say is useless.

And those who are qualified to discuss this issue with him, such as the queen mother, have seen him still the same since he was put on eye drops, and don't know how to reflect. Now Sun Wan is full of things and doesn't bother to talk to him.

Anyway, the more the Marquis of Yongning does not know how to advance or retreat, the more arrogant he is to be favored, the more he wants to control the emperor. When the emperor likes him, he is naturally very kind and can tolerate everything. When the emperor gets bored someday, what will happen to Marquis Yongning? No need to say much at all.

Since no one reminded the emperor, Jing Li was naturally not aware of these problems, and even if someone did, Jing Li would not think it was a big deal.

He was happy that Wei Yan got along with him like this.

Money can't buy him to be happy.

Thinking that Wei Yan must serve him with the courtesy of a courtier is originally a misunderstanding by others, or, in addition, he deceives himself and others from time to time.

Wei Yan broke into his heart at the moment when he was most helpless in his youth, and it made him realize that he took the sharp sword that was supposed to be guarded in front of him by his pillow, and Allow this sword to enter his heart step by step. After these years of getting along, this sword has become a part of his body. He is unwilling and unable to give up.

What an emperor should do, of course he knows how to do it, but he is unwilling to do it.

People in the world always want to ask why when they encounter something. In fact, there are so many reasons for things in this world. It’s just that he is willing and he is not willing.

No one asked him these words.

The most qualified person in the world to ask him is Wei Yan, but Wei Yan trusts him and believes that since he said he will treat him well, he will definitely do it, and Wei Yan himself is not a hypocritical person, although sometimes He was awkward with him, but every time he discussed the matter on a case-by-case basis, he would not dwell on this kind of issue, so he had no chance to think about it, nor did he have a chance to talk about it.

Maybe one day, Jing Li will tell Wei Yan if he has a chance, maybe Wei Yan will understand if he doesn't tell.

Some things never need words to tell.

Now, anyway, His Majesty the Emperor thinks that he is a smart man, and he doesn't want to do thankless things, so what he wants to give to Wei Yan, Wei Yan will accept it with pleasure, it is the sword of princes.

There are also many swords of the princes, and the one Jing Li wants to give to Wei Yan is naturally the most suitable for him.

He thought carefully for a long time, and found that there was a sword in the legend, which was the most suitable for Wei Yan.

The name of this sword is Zhanlu. It is a sharp sword that cuts iron like mud and blows hair and hair, but it has the name that the benevolent is invincible.When the sword is drawn against the enemy, it is invincible; when the sword is in the sheath, it is generous and benevolent.

Jing Li sometimes feels that Wei Yan is soft on people from time to time, and he wants to plead for this or that, and he is suspected of deliberately opposing him. If he wants to, of course he has many ways to make Wei Yan get rid of this habit, but he doesn't want to do this Do.

There are advantages and disadvantages in everything, this is what Wei Yan reassures him, and he can bear a little trouble occasionally.

Besides, because of Wei Yan's generous and soft temperament, even if he did something that displeased Wei Yan, Wei Yan could forgive him in the end.If Wei Yan really changed his temper, once he did something one day but couldn't coax Wei Yan, it would be a lot of fun.

This kind of stupid thing that might trick him, whoever loves to do it, will do it, anyway, he won't do it.

Anyway, Jing Li felt that this sword was very suitable for Wei Yan, and many people wanted this sword, so many people moved for it.

But even if he is the emperor, he can't get what he wants immediately.

Because this sword has been lost for a long time, it may have been taken underground, or it may be stored in a secret room of a certain family.

After all, if something like a famous sword is still soaring in the secular world, various news will inevitably spread.Now that there is no sound, the biggest possibility is that it was collected somewhere in the dust.

Jingli sent a large number of people to find out about the sword, and the hard work paid off. After many months of hard work, there was finally good news.

Someone learned that the emperor was looking for this sword, so he took the sword out of his secret room and presented it to the emperor to please the emperor.

That man was so good, Jing Li naturally didn't hesitate to reward him, and ordered him to hurry up and send the sword back to the capital.

On the eve of Wei Shengchen, the sword finally reached the hands of the emperor.

Jing Li originally thought that he would not be in time to give this gift this time, so he had already exchanged for a new one, but now that the sword was delivered, he was going to hand it over to Wei Yan himself.

May 25th was Wei Yan's birthday.

Wei Yan is thirty-six this year, because it is not a full birthday, so he didn't plan to make a big deal, he only prepared a little wine, invited a few close family members and close friends, and held a few tables at random to get together.

But even if he deliberately kept a low profile, he is now the commander of the guard battalion, in charge of the selection and promotion of all the guards, and the guard battalion is actually a shortcut for the children of officials and nobles to become officials.

At that time, if a person wanted to be an official, there were roughly two ways to go.

One is the imperial examination road, which is prepared for scholars. It is relatively fair, but the competition is very fierce. After taking the exam for half of your life, you are still an old boy, and there is no shortage of people.

The other is Mengyin Road, which is prepared for the children of officials and nobles.If the father and grandfather were high-ranking officials, their descendants will have a certain number of spots. These people can become officials without passing the imperial examination.This road will be relatively easier, but the competition starts from reincarnation.

The Guard Camp is one of the Mengyin Roads, and it is a very important Mengyin Road.

There are too many things that can be said here.

For example, through the same way of becoming an official, some people are selected into the guard camp, and they will have the opportunity to be on duty next to the emperor, and they can make a familiar face in front of the emperor. One day the emperor is happy and releases him outside As an official, that person's official career can go straight up, and some people, who were not selected into the guard camp, can only be a small official in a place far away from the emperor. It is more difficult to be promoted, and the official career is muddy.

So, who decides who can enter the Guards camp and who cannot enter the Guards camp?

The first person who has the right to be the master is of course His Majesty the Emperor.If the emperor has a young man he likes, he will simply pull him into the guard camp, or if the emperor has a close and trustworthy minister, he will simply push his children into the guard camp to show his favor to the minister.

The other one is the Commander of the Guards Battalion.

Generally speaking, there are only a few candidates who are worthy of the emperor's decision. Whether the others are selected or not is the responsibility of the commander of the guard battalion.

Furthermore, even if this person enters the guard camp, how to arrange the guards so that he can see the emperor often, and if he is transferred to any place, he will have the opportunity to make meritorious service and be promoted. There are many tricks in it.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. For example, Wei Yan wanted to pave the way for Zhao Shi's promotion, so he was transferred to guard Xie Meng. Although the emperor was very depressed, he didn't want Wei Yan to know his true thoughts, so he couldn't blatantly object.

People who understand these things will naturally understand, and those who don't understand will not be able to reach them anyway.

Because of the above reasons, those sensible people who want to arrange for their children and grandchildren to take this path of yin and yang should not only please the emperor, but also have a good relationship with Wei Yan.

However, Wei Yan is in charge of the emperor's army, and has a close relationship with Wei Yan in the past, so he can easily be targeted by the emperor. Therefore, we must make good friends with Wei Yan, but we must grasp the speed in this, so as not to cause the emperor's attention. Suspect.

It is not good for them to give gifts to Wei Yan without a suitable reason, so as not to make the emperor overwhelmed. Today, Wei Yan celebrates his birthday, and many people have this opportunity to give gifts in an upright manner. Since the early morning, this birthday gift has been continuously received. Sent to Yongning Hou Mansion.

The emperor's reward was delivered before the banquet.

Of course, all the guests attending the banquet had arrived at this time.

Everyone saw that with the roll call of the leading servant, the boxes moved in quickly filled the yard, and they knew more about the sacred favor that Yongninghou received.

Jing Li himself arrived at dusk.

He didn't let anyone notify Wei Yan, but brought someone over quietly.

When the emperor arrived, the defense of Yongninghou Mansion was naturally strengthened.

Wei Yan didn't drink a few glasses of wine today, and he felt it when the defense at the gate of the courtyard changed.After thinking for a while, he realized that the emperor had arrived.

"Mincheng, you take Minwen to treat the guests well. I'm a little too drunk, so I'll leave the table first." Wei Mincheng is the eldest grandson of the old Hou Ye of Wei, and the leader of the younger generation of the Wei family. Wei Yan greeted him , Let him take his son to entertain guests.

"Father, my son will take you back." Wei Minwen didn't find anything wrong yet, thinking that his father was really uncomfortable, and wanted to send him back to the main courtyard.

"No, you will follow Mincheng today and treat the guests well." Wei Yan waved his hand, sent his son away, walked over to talk to the guests with a smile, and then left the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard gate, there were indeed a few more guards guarding it. Wei Yan walked in along the Qingshi Road.

He entered the gate of the main courtyard and found that there were not many people inside, only Fudge and two or three people were guarding the gate.

"Master Hou, you are back." Seeing him coming in, Fudge greeted him in a low voice.

"Your Majesty is here? Have you had dinner yet?" Wei Yan walked over quickly and asked him.

"Not yet."

"Then I'll send someone to prepare some meals."

"Master Hou, you go in quickly, the servants will take care of these things." Fuji quickly let him in.

Wei Yan heard movement in the small kitchen, apparently someone was preparing meals, so he entered the main hall without saying anything.

The emperor was not in the main hall, but in the living room to the east.

After Wei Yan entered, he saluted and sat beside him, and the emperor pushed a box on the table in front of him.

"Come on, this is my birthday present for you, open it and have a look, do you like it?"

Wei Yan took a closer look and saw that it was a flat ebony box about three feet long. With the emperor's excited appearance, there must be something good inside.

He opened the box carefully, only to find a sword inside.

The scabbard of this sword is very simple and unadorned, there is neither gold, jade nor gem decoration on it, the scabbard and the hilt are black, it is not known what it is made of.

He grabbed the scabbard with his left hand and the hilt with his right hand, and pulled it lightly, a cold light was imprinted into his eyes like rippling water waves.

"This is..." Wei Yan pondered for a moment, but didn't say what it was.

The thing that the emperor gave must have an extraordinary origin, but Wei Yan didn't know which famous sword it was for a while.

"Zhan Lu!" Jing Li waited for a while, seeing that Wei Yan still couldn't give his name, he could only solve the mystery by himself.

He has a tacit understanding with Wei Yan, he is definitely thinking too much.

"Zhanlu?" Wei Yan pulled out the whole sword body, admired it carefully for a while, then reset the sword body with a clang, then put the sword back into the box, and pushed it back in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, this gift It's too expensive, I can't accept it."

"Oh, is Qing looking down on Zhan Lu?" Jing Li raised his eyebrows and looked at him for a while before asking him, "Could it be that Qing wants Tai Ah?"

He said that on purpose, and it was the first time in the world that he was given a gift like this.

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that. It's not that I don't like Zhanlu, let alone want Tai'a. This sword is really too precious, I can't accept it." Tai'a is the sword of the emperor, more precious than Zhanlu, Wei Yan Even Zhanlu can't be accepted, so how could he ask for Tai'a?

The emperor knew that he didn't mean it that way, but if he still said that, he was clearly going to mess around and be unreasonable again.

"Your Majesty, today is the minister's birthday." Wei Yan's words were to remind the emperor that he is the birthday man today, and the emperor should let him go.

The last time the emperor celebrated his birthday, the emperor felt that Wei Yan should let him go, but he let the emperor do whatever he wanted, even if he found out that the emperor had been cheating, he was not in a hurry to settle the score with the emperor.It's his birthday this time, so the emperor can't be unreasonable with him, right?

"Yes, today is your birthday, I remember it. Since that's the case, I won't tell you any more, so I'll give you a present instead." Jing Li looked at Wei Yan and laughed.

Wei Yan vaguely felt that the emperor's smile was a bit malicious, but when the meal was brought in, the emperor turned to greet him to eat longevity noodles, and changed the topic in a few moments.

During the meal, the emperor persuaded him to drink several times, but Wei Yan kept his eyes open and didn't drink too much.

Seeing that he didn't drink, the emperor didn't persuade him much.

The two of them ate their meals and chatted for a while. The emperor was very talkative throughout the night, and everything followed Wei Yan. Wei Yan's vigilance gradually decreased, so when the emperor wanted to take a bath with him, He didn't refuse.

It was too late for him to refuse when he found out that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, I don't want you anymore..." Wei Yan snorted and begged for mercy softly.

He barely lifted his spirits and looked around.

There was nothing in the bathtub, not even the cloth towel for washing the bath was thrown away by the emperor. He wanted to find something to stop himself from screaming, but he couldn't find it.

Tonight, the emperor used eighteen martial arts, only attacking where he felt the most, trying to make him speak out.Because the emperor obviously knew better than himself what could make him comfortable, Wei Yan couldn't stand up to the emperor's methods at all.

"Aiqing, tonight is Aiqing's birthday gift. This is my reward, and you are not allowed to say no." Since he gave Zhanlu, Wei Yan refused to accept it, Jing Li decided to treat himself as a birthday present and give it to Wei Yan.

"Your Majesty, I don't want you to be here..." Seeing that the emperor refused to let him go, Wei Yan could only settle for the next best thing, hoping that the emperor would do it in another place.

In the couch, he still has a quilt to bite, but here, he really can't last long, and he is about to be thrown out of his composure by the emperor.

"No, I just like this place." Jing Li refused firmly, working hard.

"Your Majesty, what exactly do you want?" Wei Yan persisted for a while, but gave up, put his arms around the emperor's neck, and asked helplessly.

There were people guarding outside, and if the movement was a little louder, people would hear it. The emperor wanted him to lose his composure on purpose.

"The birthday gift from Zhen, which one should Aiqing choose? Zhan Lu or Zhen?" Wei Yan was blushing all over at this time, Jing Li resisted the throbbing in her heart, and suppressed the temptation to talk after finishing. , stopped very kindly, and gave Wei Yan a chance to choose.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Yan hesitated for a moment, and the emperor started to play tricks again. He could only shout, "I want Zhanlu, I want Zhanlu! Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

"Idiot asking for trouble, just be obedient and obedient earlier." Jing Li kissed Wei Yan's forehead with a smile, came out of the tub with Wei Yan in his arms, changed places, and continued his gift-giving tonight OK.

Although Wei Yan wanted to scold him when he was free, but during the whole process, Wei Yan's body was always entangled with him, and he was obviously enjoying it. The complaints in Wei Yan's mouth, Jing Li just regarded him as his usual insincere words up.