Prison Dragon

The three of Yang You found a tavern outside, had a good meal of warm dog meat, and then returned home.

At this moment, in the Taiyun Pavilion, the fourth prince was discussing the ledger issue with his advisers.

Rui Nao Xiao Jin Beast, green smoke rises from the brass beast incense burner, and the faint sandalwood aroma permeates the room.

King Guangwu sat on the north side of the room, and other cronies sat on both sides.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Mr. Peng, the counselor standing on the right side of King Guangwu.

Mr. Peng's full name is Peng Duanshu, and his style name is Jingyi. He is eight feet tall and has a dignified appearance. He was born in the Boling Peng family.

Home.He is thirty-two years old this year. He is known for strategizing and judging people and judging things. He is known as "Qingzhou Water Mirror".

Most of the Guangwu King faction are military generals, and they are reluctant to fight. If they really start fighting openly and covertly, they are nothing but farts in front of those civil officials.

superior.It was Mr. Peng who made the decision, and Mr. Peng was the first to know about any movement in the court.

Mr. Peng's face was like a crown of jade, and his handsome face always had a gentle expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. He walked up to Yang Shi's side in small steps and said, "The fifth prince is not stupid if he says he is stupid, but he still knows that he can't handle the account book. "

Yang Shi smiled, put down the teacup in his hand, and slammed it on the table, "He can play tricks, give me the account book, and it's my king's people who consume it, but he can hide behind and live a leisurely life."

Yang Shi frowned, with dancing candlelight in his eyes, "This king will not be used as a spear for others, this thing..."

He threw the ledger on the table, "Give it to Yang Ti if you find a chance. Send a few more people to keep an eye on Lao Wu."

Everyone saluted and said hello.

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After Yang You came back, he found another pot, filled it with gold and silver treasures, and rewarded Yang Yuchun together with the original pot.

Yang Yuchun didn't open his eyes when he saw Qian like before, at least his eyes didn't shine when he saw Qian.

Because he has found something more important than money.

Yang Youshen thought that Yang Yuchun had finally opened up.

He sent Yang Yuchun to learn martial arts from an instructor of the forbidden army who he often visited on weekdays, and let him learn to write and settle accounts with a steward in the palace on weekdays.

According to Shangluo's arrangement, Zhuo Xinhong came to the palace and introduced a few people from the rivers and lakes to help Yang You organize the defense of the palace, and Yang You appointed these people as personal bodyguards.Zhuo Xinhong helped him find a few people to secretly check the situation of the palace.

The people Zhuo Xinhong recruited first cleared out several waves of forces in Yang You's mansion, leaving a list of all parties to watch.

Since Yang You already knew that those people in the house were eyeliners, it was easier to act.

Anyway, on weekdays, he just reads books, walks around with birds, fights with crickets, and occasionally listens to music.

With the help of these people, he also has time to do things safely by himself.

According to the list given by Ao Chen, Yang You personally visited the people who were killed by the Qian family.

What surprised him was that many people kept this secret. Even though Grand Master Qian's son was dead at this moment, only a few people were willing to stand up and confess the crime.

The family members of these victims have all received benefits from the Qian family, and the Qian family's name can still bluff a few people.

More victims were orphans without relatives or those who were sold to brothels and slave markets. These people died as soon as they died, and no one would go to the bottom of it. There is nothing left in this world.

Yang You searched for five or six days, but he couldn't find anyone who could really be a witness to testify against the Qian family's crimes. What saved him from losing his last hope was that he met a small official from the Ministry of Criminal Justice during his search.

The petty official's name is Chang Da, and Chang Da was born in a poor family. Although he was a soft-spoken person in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he persisted in investigating those persecuted by Qian Lixuan by himself.After all, Yang You had limited energy, so he gave him Ao Chen's list.

A few days later, Qian Lixuan's case was closed, and the murderer was dead, so the case was also closed.Dali Temple notified Yang You's servants to collect the corpse.

Yang You originally thought that Ruifang and others would have objections to him withholding the corpse of a brothel boy, but Ruifang said that the story of Qingli has been spread all over the capital in the past few days, and many storytellers are talking about him.

He is also a poor man.

Qingli's body was parked in Dali Temple, and it had already rotted away. Yang You couldn't bear Qingli's burial, so he spent some money and asked the master of Dali Temple to make his body into a mummy.Wu Zuo said that this can preserve the corpse for a long time.

The coffin stayed in a small room in Jiaodong Palace for three days without announcing it to the outside world. The servants of the mansion kept vigil spontaneously, and some officials also came secretly to express their condolences.

Yang You also went to guard Qingli's spirit overnight, and he will be buried in a few days, but he didn't choose where Qingli's cemetery is.

Ao Chen stayed up late with him, Yang You dozed off sleepily, and asked: "Qingli said that he would be buried in the cleanest place in the world, what exactly is it?"

Ao Chen said: "You have to think clearly first, what is a dirty place to him?"

"Brothel? Officialdom?" Yang You knew little about Qingli, so he didn't know how to answer this question.

Ao Chen said something that seemed reasonable, "Human world."

This vicissitudes of peeping hit Yang You's heart. Yang You sat quietly for a long time before saying: "The breeze in the mountains, the moon on the river, no one can be pure and at ease. After all, you will say the words. It's just standing in the wilderness In the meantime, no one knows, no one mourns, isn't it lonely and pitiful?"

Ao Chen pointed at Qingli's coffin with a smile, "Everyone is dead, why do these unnecessary things? Condolence is just a living person who has to put his emotions on his back. For the dead, what does the living person's emotions have to do with him?" ? He has already been reincarnated cleanly, transcending the world of living people."

Yang You sighed, death is really a one-and-done thing, and life and death become completely meaningless because of the cutting point of death.

They finally buried Qingli in a barren hill on the outskirts of the capital. On the day of the burial, all the prostitutes and young men from the city came. Hulala receded, leaving only the breeze blowing through the mountains and fields, making a lonely sound.

Yang You and Ao Chen stood side by side in front of the tombstone, like this, he couldn't help but let out a lot of sighs about death, but at the end he couldn't say anything, he just held Ao Chen's cold hand tightly.

Ao Chen straightened his wind-blown hair one by one, looked at Yang You's red nose and purple lips, and said, "Go back, don't freeze."

Yang You sniffed his nose, and glanced at Qingli's tombstone with red eyes, "Tell me, what will happen after I die?"

Ao Chen shook his head, he didn't have too much melancholy on his body, "Maybe he is lying in a magnificent imperial tomb."

He didn't seem to be sentimental at all about the topic Yang You brought up. Yang You felt a little unhappy, "It should be difficult for you to understand the sadness and despair that human beings have because of their doomed death."

Ao Chen pinched his face with a smile, and said lightly: "It's not difficult to understand. After all, my dragon energy is almost exhausted. Once the dragon energy is exhausted, my life will come to an end. It's over. The time left for me is about the same as the lifespan of a mortal. It's not that I don't understand death. If death is also my destiny..."

He lowered his head and kissed Yang You's forehead, "Then I'll accept it reluctantly."

Human beings let Ao Chen understand the fear of death, and because of this, he also understands all kinds of struggles and desperations that human beings have to avoid death, as well as all kinds of unsightly and ugly behaviors.

Yang You looked up at Ao Chen's eyes, the black eyes were still as silent as an abyss, everything died in his vicissitudes and tranquil eyes.Yang You suddenly felt the corners of his eyes wet, and said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry."

Ao Chen didn't look at him, but looked into the distance, his fingers on Yang You's body tightened, then relaxed again, he was still smiling: "Don't worry, even if my lifespan is the same as ordinary people, I will live longer than you. You When you die, I will definitely watch your burial personally, maybe spend the rest of the time guarding the tomb for you?"

"Mortal, aren't you flattered to have this god guarding your tomb?"

Yang You was amused by him.

Ao Chen raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Yang You's eyes, raised his fingers to rub the center of Yang You's brows, stopped the back of his neck, and let their foreheads touch.

Looking at each other, Yang You raised his hand to caress Ao Chen's cheek, rolled up the broken hair on his sideburns, and Ao Chen lowered his head to kiss him.

A kiss as soft as the wind, so shallow that nothing seemed to happen.

Yang You buried his head on Ao Chen's shoulder, and the two hugged each other.

He was saddened by Ao Chen's passing of his life, and at the same time, he was cautiously happy to know that he was going to die like himself. On the one hand, he spurned his selfishness, and on the other hand, he was complacent about his own selfishness.

After returning home, Yang You sent the portrait of Qingli to be framed, and carefully stored it in a box.

The red clerical error on Qingli's face remained after all, as if announcing his final ending.

Yang You was still on suspension thinking about his mistakes, Xu Kaiji kept coming over to pass on news to him.

Although grand master Qian's nephew is dead, if this means that the Qian faction is down, that is the real innocence.What Grand Master Qian represents is not a person, not a family, but a force, an interest group.

When one person becomes a Beijing official, the other can become a sheriff. They support each other, and the officials respond to each other. This relationship is even stronger than marriage.

Marriage is nothing more than binding interests with marriage.

Although Mr. Lin Ge is also a minister of the court, he is far inferior to Qian Taishi in terms of building relationships and group building. This is also the reason why Qian Taishi has been able to dominate for many years.

What is even more frightening is that this group has developed to a later stage and does not need a real Grand Master Qian to exist.Even with Grand Master Qian dead, these interconnected officials would still use these connections to stay in office and use their networks to crowd out anyone who tried to undermine their group.

This is what the emperor is afraid of, but the price to be paid to eradicate Qian Taishi's power is too high, it is tantamount to cutting a piece of flesh from himself.

Yang Ting couldn't do it, but he was happy to see other people help him with it.

Yang Shi handed over the ledger to the second prince Yang Ti through a secret channel.

As a rare large group in the court, Lin Ge's old group has long disliked Grand Master Qian's No. [-] group in Qi. As long as Grand Master Qian is defeated, they can take the prince away and replace him with the second prince. , thus becoming the first group in Qi State.

The petty officials under Lin Ge couldn't wait to reveal the Qian family's account books.

The emperor was furious and announced a thorough investigation of Qian Taishi's corruption case.

For a time, everyone in the officialdom of Qi State was in danger, and the Prince's Mansion was trembling.