Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The bell was still ringing in my ears, and the temple was covered with snow. Standing outside the door and looking, I saw white all over the place. After thinking about it carefully, Qingping felt that something was wrong, but the main hall where men offered incense did not allow women to enter casually.She had no choice but to call the little monk and ask her to go in and have a look.

She didn't wait long for Zhang Wei to come out from the side door, except for the slightly red eyes, Qing Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and called the carriage back home.

On the way, Zhang Yi was obviously in a very depressed mood, Qingping was thinking about something in his heart, and couldn't concentrate on comforting him.This is probably the case with people, the more profound the pain and sorrow, the more indescribable it is by words. When I open my mouth, I feel that every word is extraordinarily heavy, and I can only recite it silently in my heart.The two returned to the mansion in silence all the way, and the servants would also observe their words and expressions. Seeing that the faces of the mistress and the man were not very good-looking, they were even more careful and did not dare to act presumptuously.

Qingping went back to the study and sat alone at the table for a while. She took out the paper crane from the drawer and looked over and over at the two characters written on the outside of the paper crane. The word Wu was obviously written for many years, but the Li The characters are new, and the strokes are a bit hasty, as if someone wrote them with a pen temporarily.

Wu Ying will definitely not do some useless work. Qingping knows how she is. Back then, there were hundreds of account books in the exchange market. Wu Ying was able to check them one by one and then secretly keep the records in case of emergencies. She was so meticulous that she was so careful .She vaguely glimpsed a corner of Chu Jun's ambition, and obtained the secret consent of King Qi by collecting evidence of doubtful identity, and ventured to Xirong to rescue herself.Before leaving, she and Wu Yue had already begun to prepare for the future of the Wu family. They had even seen the direction of the imperial court's party struggle many years ago, and had already laid the groundwork.She is not such a reckless person, what is the point of doing so.

Qingping sat quietly in the study for the past few months, recording the past on paper over and over again. As the memory continued to deepen, there were more and more doubts along the way.

Wu Ying was ordered by the King of Qi to bring herself back from Xirong as an important witness. The commander of Wang Fuyu who was killed by her later was very familiar with Xirong. Indeed, if she wants to go to a strange place, it must be It is necessary to find a guide who is familiar with the local customs. The original plan was that King Qi's manpower would be there to meet him in Fengfeng County. Why did Wu Ying be killed in the end?

What's more, the people in Prince Qi's Mansion didn't know that this group of people went to Xirong to find someone, and it would definitely not be one person who came back. They should recognize Wu Ying as the one. Search the mountains and forests and find yourself together.But obviously the murderer left after Wu Ying's death, and he didn't seem to know that there was another person.

Qingping's hand for lighting the lamp stopped suddenly, and the flames burned to her fingertips. She reacted suddenly, sucking the burnt fingertips and frowning.

What does this mean? She didn't care about her burnt hands, and her mind turned quickly, connecting the fragmentary clues. At that time, there must have been a group of people who also came to Yifeng County. Then who sent these people? It's not just one instruction, that is to kill one person. If you explain it this way, it will make sense.

Something seemed to be wrong, Qingping stared at the candlestick, recalling what Wu Ying said before leaving, she clearly knew who sent the visitor, and knew that they would only kill one person, so she went to die instead of Have a chance to survive.

It was so strange, Qingping couldn't understand Wu Ying's comprehension look at that time, she just felt that Wu Ying's death was definitely not as simple as imagined, there must be a deeper reason inside.

Why did Wu Yue tell her that after Chu Jun ascended the throne, if there were any actions that were unfavorable to the Wu family, he would submit this account book, and he would be exempted from the crime of being a henchman of King Qi.This account book only records the flow of Hezhou's tax revenue. It is almost impossible to shake the status of the family by exposing Hezhou's official corruption and the family's joint corruption.

Then why is Wu Ying so sure that as long as Chu Jun gets this account book, she will definitely let the Wu family go?

She opened the account book and read every page carefully. Those cashiers had already memorized the items, but she didn't see any difference.

She closed the ledger and leaned back in the chair a little weakly. The sky outside soon became completely dark, there was a rustling sound, and the wind beat against the window forcefully.

It seemed that it was snowing again, Qingping touched the head of the paper crane, the paper was already a little fuzzy, she had wrapped it in wax paper and hid it in her bosom, fortunately except for some unavoidable wrinkles, it was preserved is fairly complete.

She closed her eyes, feeling drowsy, and just fell asleep listening to the sound of falling snow outside.

At the same time, the servants went to invite Zhang Wei to have dinner, and the servant in the room said: "Your Majesty is not feeling well today, so I won't go to eat. Instruct the kitchen to heat up all the dishes, and when the mistress wants to use them, just bring them up." .”

The door slammed shut, and the servants just felt baffled, what the mistress was doing in the study today, and the gentleman didn't need to eat anymore.She had no choice but to go to the kitchen to give Zhang Wei's orders.

"Lang Jun, people have been sent away."

Zhang Wei sat behind the screen and said, "You should step back too."

After the person left, the door was closed, his eyes were sunken, his face was haggard, he was staring at a few things on the round table, his fingertips clenched his palm tightly, but he didn't feel any pain.

That's right, he had already been in pain once when he heard the news of Ah Jin's departure. The heart-piercing pain made him drag his broken body until now. If the heart is dead, living every day is no different from walking dead .

He only thought of himself as dead, and was buried in the soil with Ah Jin.She did nothing wrong, but in the end, she was removed from the family tree and her tomb was not allowed to enter the Deng family ancestor's grave.

Through the light of the fire, he seemed to see that day again, when she returned home from the government office, and excitedly held something in front of him as if offering a treasure: "Look, I made this up myself!"

He also laughed at her, because there is one missing knot in this knot, it is impossible to make a concentric knot.

Tears welled up in Zhang Xiong's eyes, but he didn't have time to wipe them away, the tears still wet his cheeks.

In a blink of an eye, it was the woman he saw in the temple when he went to Jokhang Temple to offer incense to Ah Jin today.

"...My master said that if the gentleman is willing, she will naturally have a way to return Mr. Deng's innocence..."

He clenched the faded knot tightly, fierceness appeared in his eyes.

The Qin Tianjian presented the auspicious day of Huang Dao to the table of the new emperor. The time of Dao Xinzheng is the best day of the year, and it coincides with the New Year. It is the most suitable time for everything to be renewed.

As we all know, a grand marriage is necessary for the new emperor to enthroned, but it also caught up with the filial piety period of the previous emperor. Although the emperor replaces the moon with the day and does not have to serve the filial piety for three years like ordinary people, it is still a tricky thing.

After Chu Jun approved the memorial, he summoned the Minister of Rites to the palace to inquire about related matters. The Minister of Rites, Wen Tianfu, was over fifty years old, but he did not look old, but he was a little fat.Chu Jun knew that this person was a good old man, who had been sitting in the position of minister of the Ministry of Rites for many years, and had always been tepid. Looking at the six departments, there was no minister who could allow others to intervene in the internal affairs of the department.She was the only one in charge of the Ministry of Rites to set this precedent. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were transferred here and there. The other five were jokingly called "panacea oil", and they could be used wherever they wanted. Having been in the officialdom for a long time, he was frightened by the King of Yue and the King of Qi.

Now that there are fewer evil forces in the court, this Wen Shangshu seems a little at a loss, probably because he has no one to guard against, and feels that the gap is huge for a while.When he was called into the palace by the new emperor this time, he still couldn't figure out what he was here for.

Chu Jun sighed in his heart, and he couldn't dismiss her for a while, so he could only ask with a headache: "Wen Aiqing, I have read the documents from the Ministry of Rites. Why is the Ministry of Households responsible for the preparations for the enthronement ceremony?"

Wen Tianfu sighed: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Last year, the Ministry of Rites dismissed many officials. Now that there are not enough manpower, I think it's in a hurry, so I might as well cooperate with the Ministry of Household Affairs... Ah, naturally, there are also some people from other ministries." , is enough for now.”

After all, he is a veteran, and his skill in making muddy mud is very extraordinary.Hearing that she would miss the late emperor after reading the words, Chu Jun only felt a worsening headache, and couldn't help interrupting: "Wen Aiqing, why don't you ask the Ministry of Officials to investigate and see if anyone else can be transferred to the Ministry of Rites."

Wen Tianfu saluted and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will live up to your Majesty's entrustment. It's just that the official department transfers people, so we have to check the official's resume again. To be honest, Your Majesty, the official department's study room left last month. The water burned a box of documents that recorded the resumes of officials, and at this time the Ministry of Officials is still checking for omissions and filling in vacancies."

Chu Jun folded his hands and smiled slightly. She sent someone to put the fire out, and she said: "So, Zhao Aiqing will have to work hard for a while. The year is approaching, and the head of the Ministry of Officials will be promoted. I'm afraid it will be a bit busy. It's gone."

Wen Tianfu sensed something in the emperor's words, thought for a while and said: "There is still a vacancy in the Ministry of Rites, I don't know what your Majesty has to say."

Chu Jun said: "I still need to look at the candidates, and Ai Qing will also pay more attention to them. If there are any candidates, I will recommend them together."

Wen Tianfu somewhat understood what the emperor meant by calling her into the palace this time. The emperor wanted to install his own people in the six ministries.Wen Tianfu has not had any outstanding achievements in the Ministry of Rites for many years. Even the credit for preparing for the enthronement ceremony this time will be divided in half. Fortunately, she has no fighting spirit, and she does not ask for any official worship. : "The minister obeys the order."

The enthronement ceremony is important, but it is only a formal process after all.Liuzhou State Shepherd has arrived in Chang'an, Zhou Qian is also on his way back, and Tianxuan also has some news.In recent days, the clan ministers have been very well-behaved, nothing has happened, and everything seems to be developing in a good place.Chu Jun pondered for a moment on the table, then summoned Tianshu and said: "I want to leave the palace, arrange good people, be careful."

Tianshu was a little surprised, he possessed himself, and retreated.