General, he's cheating again

"Brother, you must pay attention to safety when you are outside, and don't get drunk anymore!" Qin Xiaoxiao was wearing a pink gauze chest-length skirt, and on the left and right sides of the dark black cloud bun was a gold-rimmed pearl step and a small glass embellished with jewels. There is also a round embroidered fan in it.

On the morning of the next day when the emperor made the decree, Gu Zhen and others gathered at Xuanhua Gate to prepare to leave the city.Three or five gorgeous carriages were parked outside the door, and a group of cavalry in black stood upright around the carriage waiting to set off.

Qin Xiaoxiao sent Qin Qingrong to the gate of the city, and after getting off the carriage, he pulled Qin Qingrong's sleeve and said some personal words.

The pink gauze of Ruqun was blowing slightly in the breeze, and the colored glaze under the step swayed from time to time in the sunlight, just like her hazy round eyes flickering in Qin Qingrong's eyes.

The embroidered eyebrows on the pink cheeks were slightly frowned, Qin Xiao smiled anxiously and asked over and over again, she knew that it would take a long time for her brother to come back this time, and this was the first time she had been separated from him for such a long time.

Seeing Qin Qingrong looking at her and laughing, she nodded Qin Qingrong's head when she said something, Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes were red with two strings of tears rolling down and choked up, "Brother, I'll wait for you to come back.

You must take care and don't leave me.After you go out, I will miss you, my mother, and my father..."

Qin Qingrong's expression was heavy when he heard the words. The situation in Xiatanzhou this time is unknown, and the journey along the way is quite dangerous.Otherwise, if possible, he also wants to take his sister out for a walk.

Qin Qingrong knew that his mother and father passed away one after another and his sister was hit hard. In order to make his sister happy, he was more tolerant of her on weekdays. He would take her to play polo, throw pots with friends, and participate in poetry clubs and so on.

It's just that he can't be with his sister for the rest of his life, he thinks it's time for Xiaoxiao to become independent.

Suddenly took out a bunch of candied haws from behind, Qin Qingrong wiped away her tears and coaxed her younger sister with a gentle smile: "Xiaoxiao, can you stop crying? Now that you grow up, you are going to get married. You love to cry so much, and your sweetheart can't help but cry." I won't marry you."

Qin Xiaoxiao saw that the sobbing of the candied haws gradually stopped and took it from Qin Qingrong's hand. When she heard that Qin Qingrong was going to marry her, she burst into tears but didn't cry out.

"Xiaoxiao don't worry, I won't betroth you unless you want to marry someone." Qin Qingrong smiled helplessly, she shouldn't have joked with her sister just now.

"Qingrong, we are leaving."

Ye Ru'an arranged a luggage carriage to call Qin Qingrong, but saw Qin Xiaoxiao who was crying like a cat.He looked at Qin Xiaoxiao and laughed happily: "Sister? Why did you become a little cat! Hahahahaha!"

Qin Xiaoxiao pouted, and immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Don't worry, your brother is amazing, and he will definitely return home safely." Ye Ru'an thought about it, and immediately came up with a good idea to comfort him: "In this way, every time we go to a place, your brother and I will write a How about a letter for you? When the time comes, we will write all the fun and delicious things we see in the letter and send it to you."

"Okay." Qin Xiaoxiao stopped crying and pulled his handkerchief, looked at the two people in front of him reluctantly and said: "Then you go first, I will wait for your letter at home."

Qin Qingrong ordered the housekeeper some family matters, and then watched Qin Xiaoxiao get into the carriage before turning and walking outside the city gate with Ye Ruan.

"General." Gu Zhen and Leng Ji led the cavalry to line up on horseback, and Leng Ji followed Gu Zhen's right rear to report the itinerary, "The journey from Kaifeng to Tanzhou can be reached in three days if you drive alone. , but this time besides us, there are a few adults traveling in a carriage, so it will take about six days. There are two stops in Caizhou and Ezhou along the way."

"Well, did the Lord tell you to go ahead with the things you arranged?" Gu Zhen looked at Chen Linxiang and others who were saying goodbye to his family not far away for a while and asked, turning their eyes away.

"Go back to the general, it's done."

During the day yesterday, Gu Zhen asked Leng Ji to place eyeliner at the homes of the accompanying courtiers to report their movements at any time. Leng Ji replied at this moment: "Ye Shaoqing sent Taifu Qin back home last night and never came out again. However, Grand Tutor Qin never left the mansion again. However, someone saw Yanties envoy Dong Wen and Mr. Dong go to the Chen Mansion last night."

"These two old things are sneaky. It seems that the case of hiding salt and iron must be related to them." Gu Zhenwei narrowed his eyes and thought in a deep voice, "Is there a letter from the people in the building?"

"Back to the general, there is a letter. They said that a group of iron households have indeed been added to the market in the Tanzhou area recently, but these iron households are located in scattered areas, and no one has noticed so far. They know that the general is going this time. In Tanzhou, we have arranged for the generals in Caizhou and Ezhou to take care of the generals, and the generals only need to let them go with the road."

After Leng Ji finished speaking, seeing that Qin Qingrong and the others had already walked back, he stopped talking.

After everyone got into the carriage, Gu Zhen led the horse forward.Pedestrians along the way are guarded by cavalry.

"General," Leng Ji on the road couldn't help wondering when he thought of Gu Zhen being called to the Chui Gong Hall by Song Xun early this morning, "Does the emperor have other arrangements for us?"

It doesn't matter if you don't mention it, but when you mention it, Gu Zhen's face is black.He was a little confused: "What other arrangements, it's a big deal, so I'll let you sleep better."

Leng Ji heard the words even more clouded, Gu Zhen sighed and said: "That guy Wang Hao got drunk last night and offended that surnamed Qin, and this matter reached the emperor's ears early in the morning. The Lord found a reason to demote Wang Hao and told the Lord to protect the safety of the entire group."

"When the sky was slightly bright, he called the general into the palace." Leng Ji frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "The emperor wanted to cover people's eyes and ears to kill people with a sword, and let the general be a villain.

However, it seems that the emperor is very concerned about Qin Taifu. "

"Hmph." Gu Zhen sneered, "Anyone can see that the emperor is careful and thoughtful. The only one he has power in the court now is the Qin faction. Lin Wenshan has restrained him since he succeeded to the throne. He has always been afraid of the Gu family. Still won't trust.

The intrigue in the past few years has made him grow a lot. "

Leng Ji was worried when he heard the words, "The general has made too many enemies in the court, and he still won't be trusted by the emperor. Such a situation is not good for the general."

"What else can they do?" Gu Zhen looked at Leng Ji with a consoling smile, "It is necessary to make more enemies to reassure the emperor. The worse the reputation of the Gu family, the more enemies they make in the court and the fewer followers, the less threatening they will be." This truth, I have understood since I was a child.

Don't worry, as long as the foreign enemy is still in the palace for a day, he will not dare to do anything to the master.Besides, the master's ability proves that if anything happens here, he won't suffer any disadvantages. What else do you have to worry about? "

Leng Ji nodded, "Subordinates trust the general."

"Since we have taken back the old man's seat, the most urgent task now is to find out who caused the trouble back then." Gu Zhen's eyes were gloomy, and his white joints gripped the reins tightly and sighed coldly: "The Gu family has waited for too many years, and we can't do it again." waited."

In several carriages in the queue, Chen Linxiang had already shared his duties before leaving, and at this moment he was dozing off with nothing to do.Qin Qingrong and Ye Ru'an were traveling in the same car, one was sorting out the materials of some cases in Dali Temple, and the other was reviewing and approving the affairs of the Sixth Ministry.

Ye Ru'an concentrated on sorting and reading for a while, stretched her waist and took a sip of tea to relax her nerves.Lifting up the car window curtain to enjoy the roadside scenery, he suddenly thought of an interesting incident. He shook his folding fan lightly and looked at Qin Qingrong with a faint smile.

Qin Qingrong raised his eyes and saw Ye Ru'an looking at him inexplicably, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Has your mouth cramped?"

"Cough cough," Ye Ru installed a mock cough twice, then leaned closer to Qin Qingrong to pretend to be mysterious, "I have an interesting story about you, my lord, do you want to hear it?"

"Well...not really,"

Before Qin Qingrong finished speaking, Ye Ru'an interrupted: "Tsk, I will tell you if you don't want to hear it. Did you know that Wang Hao was transferred to Qizhou by Gu Zhen this morning?"

"I don't know." Qin Qingrong said inexplicably: "It's just Ruan, what does this have to do with me?"

Seeing Qin Qingrong's appearance, Ye Ru'an couldn't help but froze. He half-believing and half-doubting said: "Master Qin, you really don't remember?"

Qin Qingrong blinked, should he remember something?

He rubbed his temples and said, "Drunk last night, I just woke up with a headache."

"Yeah, you were drunk, and you vomited all over me when you got home!" Ye Ru'an recalled the smell and frowned, "Wang Hao took advantage of you drunk last night, uh... wanted to offend you, you don't remember ?”

Qin Qingrong was a little surprised, he shook his head in embarrassment, "What offends me?"

"Pfft!" Ye Ru'an carefully counted Qin Qingrong's smooth and jade-like appearance, and remembered Wang Hao sloppy to pack his luggage and say goodbye to him this morning. He couldn't help laughing: "What else? That's it, he Offend your beauty, hahaha. From now on, I will call you blue-faced misfortune, it is really harmful hahaha!"

Qin Qingrong sighed helplessly, he looked at Ye Ru'an and said in thought: "Even so, it may be that Gu Zhen sent him to Chizhou for something, and I can't be forced to involve me."

"You haven't remembered yet?" Ye Ru'an suppressed his smile and looked at Qin Qingrong and sighed softly, "Hey, if Gu Zhen happened to pass by and bumped into you last night, your Grand Master Qin would lose his reputation now."

Thinking about it carefully, Ye Ru'an couldn't help being a little puzzled and said: "It's just that Gu Zhen wouldn't be so angry. To offend people for you, and to mention that the Wang family is also an old member of the Ministry of War.

However, Chizhou was close to Huaibei and away from Feng Yexi. Gu Zhen didn't demote Wang Hao but just transferred him away. He probably just wanted to use this to beat the Wang family. "

As Ye Ru'an said, he looked at Qin Qingrong who was still in the fog and couldn't help sighing: "It's really not easy for this person to kill two birds with one stone after so much effort.

He tried his best for you, do you think he also has any thoughts about you? "

Qin Qingrong saw that Ye Ruan's talk was getting more and more out of bounds, and he didn't want to continue to delve into it. He picked up the pen and looked at the document again and said perfunctorily: "I don't really understand these things about love."

"Hmm...Qingrong, you are a big boss, don't you really think about it?"

Ye Ru'an closed the folding fan and looked at Qin Qingrong, who had a calm face, and couldn't help tightening the fingers holding the handle of the fan with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Qin Qingrong raised her eyes, and was suddenly at a loss as to how to answer the question.

Ye Ru'an eased the atmosphere with a smile on his face, "That's right, Xiaoxiao hasn't married yet, this kind of thing has to happen one after another."

"This kind of thing depends on her." Referring to his younger sister Qin Qingrong's eyes are more gentle, "If she likes this person and he has a good character, no matter what his family background is, I will support him at that time."

Ye Ru'an nodded in agreement and said: "I believe that Xiaoxiao's vision is not bad, and she won't cause you, an elder, to worry too much."

Outside the carriage, Leng Ji, who has always had good hearing, overheard the group's conversation. He knew that Qin Qingrong and Ye Ru'an had misunderstood Gu Zhen.

Leng Ji silently hid this matter in his heart, raised his eyes to look at Gu Zhen's tall and straight back, and thought in his heart that this is fine, Gu Zhen has made too many enemies in court, if he can sell the favor of Qin Ye and Qin Ye, maybe he can be in a critical situation in the future Help Gu Zhen one or two from time to time.

Leng Bufang Gu Zhen turned sideways and looked at Leng Ji, Leng Ji's eyes couldn't help flickering.

Gu Zhen reined in the horse and said lightly: "Why are you distracted.

Order to go down and let the people in the car get down and move around.In the afternoon, we will go to the post station to rest. "