Qingchuan History

Chapter 800 The Pillar of the Nation
On the day Jing Tingge received Ruan Xueyin's letter, it was freezing cold in Cangwu, and more than ten teachers and students were nestled in the lecture hall where the earth dragon was burning.

But of course get out of class is over.Fenniao dropped the letter on the window sill, only glanced at Jing Ting Ge, and knew it was important, so she made a special trip to the back room to look.

So much so that Yujia moved into Danfuyuan, she didn't know it, and the door was just pushed open when she read the last sentence "Ayan is healthy and everything is fine".

Murong Xun raised his voice, Jing Tingge stuffed the letter into his sleeve with his backhand.

"It's just Ruan Xueyin's letter. I never read it. What are you hiding?" He just saw the pink bird crossing the sky.

Too.Jing Tingge knew that a guilty conscience would lead to bad things, so he took out the three papers again, folded them upright, and put them back on his body. "Fang Caichen didn't know it was the emperor. If anyone comes in casually, we must guard against it."

Murong Xun sat down at the table. "Such a long letter, three sheets of paper, something important."

Jing Tingge sat across from him. "Gu Xinglang caught the Xiao family's handle, which can be punished for felony crimes. He kept quiet and replaced that matter. It's another arrest."

That incident refers to the conspiracy of the world.Murong Xun heard it, and pondered for a while: "I came to you today because of this."

"Lan Yu recruited?"

"No. There is not enough physical evidence and no witnesses. The two departments intend to close the case. Do you want to take action?"

Of course there is physical evidence, and the account book has always been in the court singer.

Lan's felony can be determined at any time, and it has been delayed until today, just to lure the snake.

"In prison. I'll meet him."

Lan Yunai, the current Patriarch of the Lan family, was in his early thirties, with a long face and a long body, and his arms were especially long. He sat in the corner of the prison with his knees bent, his arms resting on his knees, like two ropes hanging from it.

He was indeed bound with iron chains, which were heavy, and at a glance, his whole body seemed to be bound by vines.

His face is rather handsome, with a bit of civilized morale, and the gleam in his eyes reveals his identity as a businessman—similar to what is often seen on the face of Shangguan Yan. The color of calculation that is often accompanied by money and interests.

The sky in the northern country is bright, and the sun shines through the narrow iron windows above the head, making the smell of dead grass in the room even stronger.

Jing Tingge went over and sat down cross-legged opposite him, her skirt loosened into a circle.

"It's better to be famous than to meet. Mr. Guo is an extraordinary woman."

His voice is rough and rough, not like a scribe but like a warrior.It was only then that Jing Tingge noticed the thick calluses on the opponent's palm, especially the tiger's mouth - it was definitely not made by dialing the abacus. "Mr. Lan was originally the son of the Lian family."

So being tied up, I'm afraid ordinary soldiers won't be able to restrain them.

"I studied for a few years when I was young, but my father didn't like it, so please take care of me and study hard to manage the family business."

"But the young master never gave up, he continued to work hard even in the middle of the night when there was no one around, and he has achieved today's skills."

Lan Yu snorted, "Sir, you seem to have seen me do it yourself."

Jing Tingge looked up from the thick cocoon in the palm, the thick winter clothes still did not hide the sense of strength of the two ape arms. "Do you want to fight the sword, or lead the army to serve the country?"

Lan Yu's eyes were empty for a moment, and then he blocked the hole again with the merchant's light. "There used to be."

Jing Tingge knew that the conversation started at this moment, "I found out later?"

The hole was covered, and Lan Yu seemed to wake up, staring at Jingting and singing: "My father told me that when I take charge of the Lan family, I don't need to lead the army, and I can serve the country if I manage the family well."

Running a good family business can be understood as assisting the court to manage the salt administration well, and it is indeed an act of serving the country.But the words "no need to lead the army" are very weird. "You've heard, it's been hot lately."

Since Yushitai impeached Lan's family in July, Lan Yu was taken from Dongling City to the capital in the middle of the year, and detained in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The other party kept looking at her and waited for her to continue.

"It's a lesson from the world. What does your honor mean when you say that you don't need to lead an army, but only use it to prosper your family business?"

Lan Yu kept his gaze and body in the shadows for a long time.

Leaning back against the dark wall suddenly, he laughed softly.

"I'll just say it, just say it. Father is so mad that he believes in nonsense!"

A bell rang in Jing Tingge's heart: "Is it a prophecy? A long beard? So what is the tip to teach the Lan family, control the Wei State's salt administration?"

Lan Yu's expression was not the surprise of being seen through.

Just inexplicably weird. "Beard?"

Because the analysis in Ruan Xue's letter echoes Ji Huan's family precepts omnipotently, Jing Tingge almost regards it as the solution to the game before him.

Unexpectedly missed. "What is that, what you call nonsense."

Lan Yu's eyes flickered in the shadows. "The law of this dynasty punishes actions but does not punish knowledge. If you want to attack the Lan family, you must tell the facts and use solid evidence."

This is where the trick is clever.

It is quite clear today.

She took out the account book, placed it neatly on the ground in front of the other party, and began to flip through the pages.

It is said to be an account book, but it is not limited to accounts, it is densely written with many times and events, names of people and places.

"The premise of punishing deeds and not punishing knowledge is that there is nothing wrong with knowing and doing. It is not a crime to publicize the knowledge of the world; privately controlling the salt camp and disrupting the state affairs. If this action is solid, it will be a disaster for the family."

Lan Yu looked down at the pages of records.

There is no wave on the face, and the meaning in the eyes is hidden deep in the sunken eyelids and cannot be seen.

"Just rely on this hard-to-distinguish authenticity, make a book?"

Jing Tingge smiled, "It's hasty. So I have 47 newly promoted disciples of the emperor, 44 of whom were dispatched to cities and counties across the country last month. Today is very complete. The reason why the two departments failed to find results after several months of investigation is because the method is wrong-your family is very smart, and you know the path and process of my investigation and law enforcement. All the details that should be traceable are all in the path. outside."

"And you already had a way, but let the Department of Criminal Affairs and Yushitai run around like headless chickens." Lan Yu's deeply drooping eyes finally lifted up, and the waves in it were exposed.

"It's best if they have the ability to find out the key. But if they can't find out for a few months, in the end, Jun Shang's new disciples will turn the tide within a month,"

"It's better." Lan Yu continued, "It's exactly Mr.'s strategy of demoting aristocratic families and pulling out poor families."

"Isn't it also in line with your public policy? Selecting talents to appoint talents, good talents to govern the country, can good talents only come from aristocratic families? If you really want fairness and equality for all living beings, pulling out the poor is the right way."

Lan Yu's eyelids twitched.

Jing Tingge understands the meaning in detail. "Actually, you have thought about it, right? This is a paradox, not like an ideal, but more like a deception."

"Shangguan Shuo is dead, and Shangguan's family has returned to Qi. This is the end of the matter, so let's talk about it." He didn't answer, but said something else, very slowly, as if persuading himself, and stared at Jing Tingge's eyes again , "Speaking or not, is there any difference in my family?"

"There is a phrase commonly used in the North Korean army, which is to break merit with crime."

Lan Yu snorted, "If you were in Qi State, I would believe this. But Mr. is not a kind person, and my lord is not Qi jun."

Jing Tingge's face turned solemn: "If the young master speaks out what he knows today to help the emperor, the Lan family will not be destroyed."

Lan Yu smiled again, "A counselor's mouth seems to always trade future promises for immediate ones."

"In fact, everyone is like this. The vow of the mountain alliance is farther and farther than my promise. However, from generation to generation, some foolish men and women believe in it, and they don't feel fooled until they die. The son has a prejudice against counselors." Jing Tingge took out a thread from the depths of the cloak The purpose, the shining gold, instantly compares with the winter sun penetrating into the room.

Black letters and red seals clearly stated the disposition of the Tangling Lan family.

It is immortality, not immortality, and the so-called retribution is not forgiveness.

But enough is enough.

"My lord does what he says, and the decree will take effect. You don't believe the words of counselors, or the promises of court songs, but you can trust the scrolls and seals from the Imperial Palace. After all, the world has not yet been ruled, and Wei Kingdom is still in charge. superior."

Lan Yu didn't bother to understand the insinuation of the words, so he just raised his chain-wrapped arms and stretched out his hands as much as possible.

Jing Tingge handed over the imperial decree with both hands.

The other party looked down at each word, and the half-inch shadow of the sun reciprocated on the face.

After a long time, he raised his head, unable to see any emotion, looked at the fine dust in the light beam and said slowly:
"I didn't know. That year when Xiangguo visited Dongling, he talked with his father at night. I was on the tile, and I heard it for the first time."

A son of a family, on the roof of the tile in the middle of the night.Because he is quietly practicing martial arts.Jing Tingge felt a little funny, and gave the other party a clear expression.

"I practiced in the room. During that time, I was obsessed with listening to the sound and distinguishing the position. My ears were exceptionally good. I sensed the visitors in the mansion. I stepped on the newly learned moves to climb up the roof tiles and saw that Xiangguo entered through the back door."

Wei Guo's phase has been empty for two years. Although Lu Xian's new edict has recently been issued, it has not yet been finalized. It is reasonable for both of them to refer to Shangguan Shuo as Xiang Guo - as if one of the prime ministers in this land has always been Just that person, life or death.

Regardless of life or death, even if they have been dead for two years, they can still affect the structure of this continent and these young people who are alive.The inexhaustible past and the behind.Shangguan Shuo.

She felt a slight shock in her heart, but she heard Lan Yu continue:
"I have been to Cangwu, and I have seen Xiangguo once, so I recognized it at a glance. I visited late at night and went through the back door, and a fool would know it was unusual. I just learned the magic of lightness kung fu, so I was so happy that I simply swept to the top of the small hall where my father received guests. Let's find out."

This picture is somewhat familiar.

Jing Tingge lingered in his mind, thinking of the Shangguan Yan who rescued himself from Murong Ling in the suburbs of Suoning that year.

That man is also good at lightness kungfu, and he is also a rare warrior who is not from a family of generals.

"At that time, I was twelve years old, and I already understood good and bad, but because I didn't care about the court situation, a lot of words were overheard, specious. They talked about the affairs of the court for a long time, until I fell asleep, and then they talked about the whole Qingchuan era. The situation, and the pros and cons of Wei and the Three Kingdoms. I never knew that my father, a businessman, had extraordinary knowledge and was able to talk about the world with the current Prime Minister."

Not to the point yet.Jing Tingge also fell asleep after listening to it, and answered casually: "The Lan family is an imperial businessman, after all, he is not an ordinary businessman. It is really normal."

Lan Yu was noncommittal, still babbling, as if she wanted to finish what she couldn't finish in this life at this moment. "The time is almost over, I feel bored, and I plan to go back to the house to sleep, and suddenly I heard Xiangguo say: At that time, Qingchuan will be unified, and this continent will be from west to east, from south to north, and the trains will be on the same track, and the behavior will be the same. , the rich and the poor are equal, and Lan’s industry is everywhere.”

These words came out of nowhere, Jing Tingge raised his eyebrows: "There is no preface?"

Lan Yu stopped.

Like haunted by the past.

After a long time, he continued:
"Before that sentence, they talked about the current situation in Qingchuan from their own country's court, and then to the ideal of governing the world. Xiangguo is worthy of being a Xiangguo. Although he is a politician, he has a lot of insight into business operations, and he had a good chat with my father. The most rare thing is that he is different from the usual On the contrary, the scholar-officials look down on business, and they value business, thinking that business is as important as farming and reading to strengthen the country."

Jing Tingge thought for a while, "Shangguan Shuo has been in power for 30 years, and he has been prime minister for more than ten years. There are countless strategies for bringing peace and prosperity to the country, but he has never revealed this one."

"But it has been practiced in private, hasn't it. The eldest son of Shangguan left home when he was young, and his property has spread all over Qingchuan. It has been almost twenty years since then."

yes.And they have all returned to Qi.It was clearly still under his control, otherwise Lan's old man would not have been hidden for a long time, and he would have obtained the facts in one visit.

"But the father and son of the Shangguan family are," Jing Tingge said in a daze.

"It's too similar to act out this disintegrating drama." Lan Yuyi murmured, "After years of acting, not only the Three Kingdoms, but also my own country. If it weren't for the eavesdropping on the roof tiles in the past, and the relationship before and after in recent years , I never imagined that the 20-year separation between father and son was actually a drama."

Nothing unexpected.It has been nearly twenty years since Shangguan Mi left home until she died.That slender, long body and bearded, always handsome man with piercing pupils like a teenager, seems to be very used to, or is keen on, using time as his hand to pull out a long dish that no one can notice. chess.

She suddenly remembered that year like a mountain autumn hunt, instead of gossiping from a high place, he talked about sacrificing his daughter's future, at that time she only thought he was referring to the Shangguan concubine, and didn't even know the existence of her concubine.

Just like Shangguan Yan, who traveled to Qingchuan for more than ten years and finally became deeply rooted and leafy, but only appeared in front of the world as the son of Xiangguo when he faced off at Fengting Pass.

On that snowy night, Shangguan Shuo came alone.

When the confrontation was about to end, the Shangguan banquet also came alone.

The father and son were so alike.

And Shangguan Yan got off his horse and approached, staring at his father and asked, "Is it interesting?"

At that time, I thought it meant one thing, but now I recall it again, but it turned into another meaning.

It's just that such a person who played a long game to make the world public, gave his life at Fengting Pass just like that to protect the country and society.

——Is it a sign that this plot failed to break through the struggle between countries?

So the Qiwei family, although they agree, do they disagree?

She tried to collect herself.

"Young master, have you finished talking?"

Lan Yu glanced at the account books on the ground. "If there is anything left to say, it should all be in the book."

Jing Tingge also went to look at the account book, her eyebrows gradually frowned. "In fact, something happened to the Xiao family."

Lan Yu's eyebrows twitched: "Sir, you know—"

"I know. Over the years, you have each other and colluded with each other in the salt administration of the two countries. It is not in this account book, but they are there. But don't worry, Qi Jun has also used the method of calming things down, so he can't bite you for the time being. If my lord wants to protect your family, it will be possible.”

"So the Xiao family also knows those three characters."

Jing Tingge carefully read the words and watched the other party's expression. "That's right. And just like your family, I'm also an idiot. I was involved in such a big conspiracy, but I don't know why."

Lan Yu was ashamed and angry for a moment.

And Jing Tingge added doubts in the next moment: The Xiao family's mistakes in the salt administration at this time were obviously the handiwork of Shangguan Yan as the salt and iron envoy - he was exposing the families of the two countries at the same time - logically speaking, he should be in the same camp Yes, old man?

In other words, which families have been drawn into this vortex, he is fully aware of it?
　Are the recent chapters quite long!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)