Fragrance Stealer

"Does the lord think that Jia Sidao will issue this letter of appointment?" Ruan Xingzhu asked while peeling grapes and feeding them to the mouth of the man lying on the couch on the Jinghu.

This man is naturally Song Qingshu who turned his hands into clouds and his hands into rain during this period of time. Ruan Xingzhu changed his name. On the one hand, he admired him for actually taking care of Sichuan in a short period of time. On the other hand, his King Qi was entrusted by the court. Yes, there is no lack of Han Tuozhou's credit, she used this to comfort herself that she was doing something for Han Xiang, not a betrayal.

Grape juice flowed from his mouth, and Song Qingshu was so comfortable that he was about to cry out. These days are really corrupt. You must know that most of the TV dramas in the past portrayed a licentious tyrant. There are all kinds of beauties entangled, and the grapes are peeled by hand and delivered to the mouth one by one

The question from the beautiful woman next to him interrupted his recollection, and he replied: "Now Sichuan has gone through several turmoil in just one month, and it can no longer stand any troubles. Even if Jia Sidao doesn't want to, he can only admit that Shen Xiaolong's status, not to mention that the emperor will not allow him to mess around, the entire Lin'an court can't risk losing Sichuan again by parachuting a high official to take over, for the time being, stability must be the main priority."

"Of course," Song Qingshu smiled, "the Lin'an court will definitely send some officials over, maybe Sichuan will fall under the control of Lin'an again in two or three years, but it seems that Shen Xiaolong is the top official in Sichuan. "

Ruan Xingzhu also smiled happily: "Now the power in Sichuan is firmly controlled by Shen Xiaolong and our Ruan family and Yang family. The only son of our Ruan family and Yang family is following the lead, and the son has saved Shen Xiaolong's life. Now The young master is the real master of Sichuan."

Song Qingshu smiled lightly, and didn't take her deliberate flattery to heart. It's okay to say that he can influence the situation in Sichuan to a certain extent, but it's completely nonsense to say that he can completely control the entire Sichuan.

The Ruan family, the Yang family and myself are in the honeymoon period for the time being, but they have not completely surrendered to themselves. As for Shen Xiaolong, there is no affiliation relationship, so they are still far away from controlling Sichuan, unless the key departments of Sichuan, military power, personnel power, etc. The government, financial power, etc. are all controlled by his subordinates, so it can be called complete control.

"Shen Xiaolong is also a main combat faction. During this period of time, we are gearing up for the Northern Expedition, hoping to alleviate Prime Minister Han's crisis." Ruan Xingzhu continued to outline his future plans, his starry eyes glowed with brilliance, and his emotions were extremely high.

Song Qingshu frowned secretly, now that Sichuan's army is attacking the Kingdom of Jin, this is a side he doesn't want to see, but Ruan Xingzhu is loyal to Han Tuozhou, it's not easy for him to stop her heart, and Shen Xiaolong is dedicated to the country, so naturally he wants to The Northern Expedition fought for more interests for the imperial court.

Thinking of the problems he was about to face, Song Qingshu couldn't help feeling a headache, it really was a wave of ups and downs.

At this moment, there was an emergency message. Because Ruan Xingzhu was peeling grapes for Song Qingshu, it was inconvenient, so he asked the person to speak directly outside the door, but the grapes in her hand fell to the ground in the next news I don't know:

Xia Zhen, the former secretary of the Central Military Command and Power Management Hall, suddenly attacked Han Yuzhou when he was in court, and killed him within the wall of Yujin Garden. Although the emperor was angry, it was a done deal. Jia Sidao's subordinates cut off the heads of Han Yuzhou and Su Shidan, sent envoy Wang Nan to the Jin Dynasty, and accepted all the conditions proposed by the Jin Dynasty. The encroachment is withdrawn.The Southern Song Dynasty once again bowed its knees and lowered the gold, which can be regarded as the completion of the "peace agreement".

Chapter 1712 The world-famous cousin

Ruan Xingzhu's first reaction was disbelief, and after confirming with the spies again and again, he found out that this incident was actually true, and it happened two or three days ago, using the strongholds laid by the Ruan family along the way to send letters.

"Xia Zhen?" Song Qingshu frowned. He had stayed in Lin'an for a while at the beginning, and the name sounded a little strange, but at that time, the people who had dealings with him were either princes and grandsons or chancellors. Even if they had seen such officials, they might not have seen them before. What impression do you have.

"How could a mere Xia Zhen have the guts? Jia Sidao must have instructed him behind his back." Ruan Xingzhu said bitterly, his knuckles turned white.

Song Qingshu still shook his head: "As far as I know, it is impossible for Jin Guoyihe to ask for Han Yuzhou's head, and they don't want to start a full-scale war with the Southern Song Dynasty, so how can they ask for the heads of the heads of the Southern Song Dynasty officials? Isn't this forcing the peace talks to fail? .”

Back then in Jiangling Mansion, Ruan Xingzhu witnessed the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin wipe out all the masters from the Knight Island. Even though Song Qingshu never mentioned anything, she was smart and careful and guessed that the other party should have a certain connection and influence with the Kingdom of Jin. No matter how imaginative she was, she would never have guessed that Jin Guo was in charge of him now, so after hearing what he said, she believed that Jin Guo did not mean to take Han Tuozhou's head.

"It must be that Jia Sidao colluded with the envoys to tell this big lie!" Ruan Xingzhu's lips were about to bleed. The Han faction and the Jia faction have been fighting endlessly for these years, and now she has such an ending, how can she be reconciled, "Full Chaowu didn't know the situation in Jin Kingdom, so he was confused by him, seeing that the situation was done, for the sake of the overall situation, he could only acquiesce in his actions!"

"However, there are not many expert guards around Han Yuzhou, so why was he killed so easily?" Song Qingshu wondered, Han Yuzhou was rescued by Linghu Chong when he was in danger on the way to Yangzhou, and since then he has strengthened the guards around him. There are a few masters at the half-step master level, let alone Xia Zhen, even the masters of Jia Sidao's Knight Island may not be able to succeed.

In fact, it can be understood from another angle. If Jia Sidao really had the ability to easily eliminate Han Tuozhou's body, he would not have been fighting with him for so many years and still faintly lose the wind.

What's more, he was still working inside the palace, even if Han Tuozhou's guards would be less than usual, but there was still the unfathomable Huang Chang in the palace, so how could he allow Jia Sidao to mess around?

Ruan Xingzhu suddenly exclaimed: "I remembered, Zuo Lengchan and Shi Potian left Chengdu suddenly a few days ago. At that time, we wondered why we transferred them away when the situation in Sichuan was so unstable. The more important thing to do is to assassinate Prime Minister Han!"

Song Qingshu was taken aback, and felt more and more that her guess was somewhat reasonable. Although Shi Potian's current martial arts might not be able to defeat Huang Shang, it would be no problem to stop him, and then let other masters surround and kill Han Tuozhou, who was weak at the time. , is indeed very likely to succeed.

Ruan Xingzhu gritted his teeth, stood up suddenly, then knelt down on the ground and bowed to the other party: "My lord, do you still remember our original agreement?"

Song Qingshu was startled: "What agreement?"

Ruan Xingzhu replied: "Back then in Jiangling, you said that Prime Minister Han's fall is inevitable. If he falls, I will bring the Ruan family to join you."

Song Qingshu actually thought of this too, but the other party just heard such bad news, so it's inconvenient to mention it in front of her.

Before he had time to answer, Ruan Xingzhu continued: "The concubine brought the Ruan family and the Yang family to worship the prince as the master. Everything is at the mercy of the prince. The only request is that the prince can kill Jia Sidao in the future to avenge Prime Minister Han." .”

As she spoke, she shed tears: "The Han family has been kind to our Ruan family for generations, now that Prime Minister Han has come to such a fate, how can I remain indifferent."

Song Qingshu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I promise you!" He was not impulsive, but after careful consideration. First, getting her allegiance is equivalent to getting half of Sichuan, the number one imperial merchant in the world. Second, the interests of myself and Jia Sidao cannot be reconciled, and there is destined to be a life-and-death struggle in the future.

"Thank you, my lord!" Ruan Xingzhu was originally worried that the other party would think that Jia Sidao was powerful and would not agree so easily, but now he couldn't help being overjoyed.

Song Qingshu grabbed her weak arm and helped her up: "But I'll stop my ugly words. I will avenge you when the time is right in the future, but I will never start a war with Jia Sidao just because of you now."

Ruan Xingzhu replied softly: "This concubine naturally understands that I am not the kind of woman who messes around and will not harm the interests of the prince for the sake of the old master."

Song Qingshu couldn't help sighing that a mature woman is really understanding, she doesn't need to say anything to her and she will understand naturally.

At this moment, Pei'er's report came from outside the door: "Master, madam, Shen Xiaolong asks to see you."

"Shen Xiaolong?" Song Qingshu raised his eyebrows, "Please hurry up, no, we should go out to meet him." In ancient times, Cao Cao greeted Xu You without wearing shoes. Although he didn't have to do it so deliberately, he should pay attention to it. The attitude is still there.

The Jinghu is now docked on the shore. Shen Xiaolong stood alone on the pier this time, and was quickly invited up. Song Qingshu was a little puzzled and said: "General Shen is now in danger of Sichuan, why go out alone? Murong Fu now I don't know where you are, maybe I will ambush you somewhere." When Murong Fu's actions were exposed, he couldn't help being the Deputy Xuan Fu envoy of Sichuan, and even Jiangnan Yanziwu didn't dare to return, and now no one knows his whereabouts.

Shen Xiaolong sighed: "It's nothing to go out alone, I should be alone in the future."

"What do you mean?" Song Qingshu didn't know, so, you must know that he is the No. 1 official in Sichuan, and he doesn't talk about shouting and hugging when he goes out. No matter what, he must have a bunch of guards, and the Lin'an court didn't reveal that he would replace him. what.

"I decided to abandon my official position and go to find my family." Shen Xiaolong sighed, showing deep exhaustion.

"General Shen has a bright future now, and the future is limitless, why did he abandon his position at this time?" Ruan Xingzhu couldn't help asking.

Shen Xiaolong smiled bitterly: "The two of you should know what happened in Jiangnan, right?"

Song Qingshu and Ruan Xingzhu looked at each other. They didn't expect the other party to get the news so soon, but with his current status, he presumably had his own source of information.

"As far as I know, General Shen should not be a member of Han Tuozhou's lineage, why?" Song Qingshu wondered.

"I'm neither from the Han school nor from the Jia school. I'm only loyal to this country," Shen Xiaolong said, raising his tone unconsciously. It is an unprecedented shame to sacrifice the interests of the country and let countless soldiers and civilians die in vain. In order to seek peace with the Kingdom of Jin, the court actually acquiesced in Jia Sidao's behavior and gave the head of the head of a hundred officials to the enemy country! Such a country, such a minister, I have completely given up. So I decided to abandon my official position and go to save my poor cousin."

"Who is General Shen's cousin?" Ruan Xingzhu asked curiously.

Shen Xiaolong sighed for a long time: "You should have heard of her name, she is also pitiful, she was originally a high-ranking princess, but now she doesn't know her life and death, and is deliberately forgotten by the world"

Chapter 1713 From Pink to Black

Song Qingshu was startled, and his face suddenly became strange: "The cousin that General Shen is talking about is Shen Bijun, right?"

Shen Xiaolong was also quite surprised: "My lord knows her boudoir's name?" You must know that in this world, it's nothing more than a woman in the world, the name of that kind of boudoir lady is only known by the closest people, but after thinking about it, the other party is a prince. , knowing this layer of secrets makes sense.

"I found out by chance." Song Qingshu thought to himself that I knew more than just her boudoir name, and suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help asking, "By the way, General Shen is from the Shen family in Shanyin, why have I never heard of it?"

Shen Xiaolong smiled wryly and said: "Hey, it was all when I was young. I made a mistake and got kicked out of the family. After all these years, it is normal for outsiders not to know that I used to be part of the Shen family."

Song Qingshu thought of his nickname, Taoist Sanqing, and I'm afraid that what happened back then was related to love, and most of it was his sadness, so it's not easy to ask in detail.

Shen Xiaolong continued: "Although I was expelled from the family tree by the Shen family, I was born as a member of the Shen family and died as a ghost of the Shen family. When the Shen family was honored before, I would not want to be honored by the family; but Now that the Shen family has been destroyed, I can't just sit idly by. I originally planned to investigate after hearing about the accident in the Shen family a few months ago, but the Northern Expedition is just around the corner, and something happened in Sichuan, so I can't give up for Xiaojia Dayi, I can only stay here, now that things in Sichuan are over, it's time to save my poor cousin."

Speaking of this, he suddenly said angrily: "My cousin disappeared inexplicably, the court's search and rescue operation was in vain, and then the Shen family was wiped out, and the court still ignored it. It's really chilling!" He kept these words in his heart, On weekdays, the values ​​of loyalty and patriotism are still suppressing him, but what happened in Sichuan this time, and what happened in Lin'an are so chilling for him that he no longer has the usual awe of the court, but is full of dissatisfaction. Naturally, I couldn't help pouring out my heart.

"General Shen's condolences." Ruan Xingzhu on the side comforted him.

Shen Xiaolong suddenly let out a long sigh: "The deceased is gone, it's fine, but my cousin's whereabouts are still unknown. Thinking of her beauty, she must have suffered all kinds of hardships and humiliation, but I have to think about it anyway." To find a way to rescue her, I just comforted the spirit of my father and uncle!"

Ruan Xingzhu couldn't help but said: "The Crown Princess disappeared mysteriously, and the Imperial City Division sent so many people to find it, but where did you go to find it?"