Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 93 Let's get away

一
When Shen Feng left the palace, the sun was setting.

Zhong Yan and Wen Yi were waiting in front of the palace gate, seeing that Shen Yan had left the palace gate safely, they hurried forward.

Shen Feng looked up faintly and saw the gorgeous golden sunset draping on the shoulders of the visitor. Zhong Lai, who was carrying the light, came as ethereal as the goddess of the Cloud Palace. His eyes were a little dry, but he refused to blink, afraid of them. In the blink of an eye, such peaceful and stable days will be gone forever.

"How did you talk to Jin Shang and what was the result?" Wen Yi asked hurriedly.

Shen Feng was lost in thought. He recognized Wen Yi and moved the corners of his mouth, but said nothing.

Zhong Lan stepped forward and saw that Shen Feng was a little crazy, so he held his arm and asked softly: "How is it?"

Before Shen Feng could speak, Wang Shan's voice came from behind.

"Master Shen, stay here, Master Shen, stay here!"

The three of them turned around and saluted Wang Shan: "The king's official."

"Master Shen, Lord Wen, Mrs. Zhong." Wang Shan saw the ceremony one by one, and then took out the imperial decree from his sleeve, "Shen Yan accepts the decree."

The group of people quickly knelt down to receive the order.

"The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven, the edict says. Shen Feng, the Taichang Shaoqing originally from the fifth rank, has outstanding literary talent and outstanding political achievements. He is honest and loyal, humble and sincere, and he treats his relatives with the utmost filial piety, and is an example of a son of man. Today, Ding You's term has expired. , he was restored to the rank of censor Zhongcheng, the fifth rank of censor Taizheng, and was given the title of Shaofu to the prince. He went to the East Palace to teach the prince until he came of age. I admire this."

Zhong Lan and Wen Yi were both stunned, but Shen Feng kowtowed deeply and thanked him: "Your Majesty, Shen Feng, accepts the decree and thanks God for his grace."

After Wang Shan left, the three of them stood up.

"Today, Your Majesty has given me the official residence of Shen Mansion in the royal capital, and we won't bother you tonight." Shen Feng smiled lightly and said to Wen Yi, "It's getting late, you'd better go back early, don't let it go My wife is worried."

Wen Yi looked at Shen Feng and opened his mouth. He thought about many things to ask him, but in the end he just patted him on the shoulder: "That's fine, but you and I can go together to pay homage to Mr. Zhang tomorrow."

Shen Feng nodded: "Okay."

Wen Yi clasped his fists at the two of them: "I'm leaving."

Zhong Lan and Shen Feng got into the Shen family's carriage in silence.

"Jiang Liu, return to Shen Mansion." Shen Feng ordered.

"Yes." Jiang Liu understood and ordered the carriage driver to set off.

"Sorry." Shen Feng held Zhong Lan's hand.

"No need to be sorry." Zhong Lan shook his head, "I will go back to Taiming tomorrow and pick up Anian. He must be happy after not coming back for three years."

"Then are you happy?" Shen Feng looked at Zhong Yan, with a hint of worry and hesitation between his eyebrows, "You suffered a lot for me in the royal capital, and now I am bringing you back to the royal capital..."

"The royal capital is indeed a place of trouble." Zhong Lan chuckled, "I don't like having to deal with all the dignitaries and ladies either."

Shen Feng's heart gradually sank.

"However," Zhong Lan smiled and held Shen Feng's slightly cold hand, "as long as I am with you and An Nian, I won't feel bitter."

"Now that you have changed your mind about becoming an official, it is definitely not just for yourself. I understand you and support you. I just want you to be good and live a harmonious life with me. No matter where you are, I will accept it."

Shen Feng frowned slightly: "But you still have to accommodate me. Just like before when you entered the capital from Tan Lin, you will be forced to abandon your fields, shops, and porridge sheds."

"It's not forced, nor is it given up." Zhong Lan smiled and looked out across the car curtains blown by the evening breeze. The setting sun shone warmly on the two of them.

"The land in the eastern suburbs of Qin Lin is now prosperous, and a lot of money has been made in a year. The land in Taiming is also starting to see improvement. I have already thought about it. When I take A Nian back to the capital, I will discuss it with Mrs. Pan. Let’s discuss and lease the land on the northern outskirts of Qianming Village in Fenghuang Mountain.”

"It is close to the water source. Although it is far away and the land is barren, it is a rare sunny side. I will lead people to repair and repair the land. The tenants of Qianming Village will not have to set out before dawn every day to walk the old road. I went to work in other people's villages to support my family."

"There is also a nearby lake. We can also raise some fish fry..."

Seeing Zhong Lai's energetic appearance, Shen Feng couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He pulled Zhong Lai into his arms and hugged her tightly: "I must have accumulated a lot of merit in my previous life, so I got to marry you in this life. "

Zhong Lan smiled and hugged Shen Feng back: "Then with your gratitude, treat me well for the rest of your life."

two

On the second day, Zhong Lan properly packed up the Shen Mansion and set off back to Taiming to pick up Anian back to the royal capital.

Shen Feng specifically told Zhong Lan not to rush, and not to be bumped by the fatigue of the boat and carriage, so Zhong Lan's carriage was not that fast.

After Zhong Yan left, Shen Yan put on the scarlet official robe and the six-jade black gauze hat, and entered the court to participate in politics.

Shen Feng took the position of censor Zhongcheng at the fifth rank at the age of 32, which is a rare event in the history of Beizhao.

There were many people in the court rushing to curry favor with Shen Fie, paying homage to Shen Fie, giving gifts, and hosting banquets one after another.

Who knows that Shen Feng doesn't like the ostentatious style of paying homage to banquets. In addition to paying homage to a few respected veterans who had received favors in the past, he also had some contacts with Zhang Yan and Wen Yi. The rest of the flatterers declined politely.

In addition, when Zhong Yan returned to Taiming, Zhong Yan could not be seen at the banquet of the court official's family, and the court couldn't figure out this Shen Yushi's family.

Sure enough, when everyone in the court was carefully trying to figure out Shen Feng's current temperament, Shen Feng ruthlessly got involved with Li Bingke, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and accused him of embezzling Danzhou's disaster relief grain, and also put pressure on Danzhou's government office. Tens of thousands of people died of famine during the Battle of Danzhou.

The whole court was shocked, because this Yuanwailang was famous for his generosity in the court. On his way back to the palace, he would throw away his money when he saw a beggar, so no one believed that he could commit this crime.

Qi Cheng didn't believe it either, so he asked Li Bingke to play it out.

Unexpectedly, this Yuanwailang fainted from crying and had to be carried out by the golden armored guards.

Shen Feng then handed over several account books and countless letters stamped with Li Bingke's private seal, which were ironclad evidence that Mr. Li had embezzled disaster relief food.

Qi Cheng hated the disease deeply, and denounced Li Bingke as a wolf-hearted dog, and immediately ordered that Li Bingke's home be confiscated and exiled, and his property confiscated.

The evidence was overwhelming and the people in the court had to accept it, but no one knew how Shen Feng collected the evidence.

Only Shen Feng himself knew that these evidences were collected by none other than Qi Cheng, the emperor on the throne. It was just that he needed someone to expose it for him, to intimidate the whole court, and then he would look distressed and sit down. Wen Renjun's status.

For three days in a row, at the behest of the emperor, Shen Yan joined seven court officials in succession.

Qi Cheng ordered his ministers to investigate, and within half a month, eleven officials in the court were dismissed from their posts, their homes were searched, and they were exiled.

The whole court was full of fear, tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep, one was wondering if he had done something similar to his heart, and the other was wondering if he had offended Shen Yan.

Many people also began to fight back, and many people began to oppose Shen Feng. Even the involvement of Shen Feng County Xue and Wen Yi in stealing ink was exposed.

Wen Yi, who was the training envoy of the Fifth Grade Regiment at the time, was so angry that he privately beat up Shen Feng's most ruthless personal guard, Wei Liangzhi.

After the incident, the Wei family worshiped in tears, and Qi Cheng punished Wen Yi to go to the Wei family to apologize.Wen Yi refused to go and hid at home claiming to be ill for several days.

Mrs. Huang was worried that Wen Yi would offend the emperor, so she asked someone to invite Shen Feng to come over and give Wen Yi some relief.

After Shen Feng went to court, he went to Wen Mansion.

Mrs. Huang led her to Wenyi's study, blessed Shen Feng, and sighed softly: "I am really worried. My eldest sister is in Dongchang and will not be able to come back. Otherwise, I will not bother Mr. Shen."

"I understand that this matter originated from me. Even if Mrs. Huang doesn't send anyone, I should come to persuade you." Shen Feng nodded slightly.

"Then thank you Mr. Shen." Huang frowned and thanked Shen Feng.

Shen Feng nodded and opened the door.

Wen Yi sat in front of the case, crossed his legs on the case, and played with a heavenly ball in his hand. Hearing the door open, he said without thinking: "Madam, don't waste your breath, I will not apologize to that old man." Woolen cloth."

"What if I beg you to go?" Shen Feng stood still in front of the case and looked at Wen Yi with a smile.

"Shen Yan?" Wen Yi was taken aback, and quickly put his legs down from the case, "Why are you here?"

"Master Wen beat Master Wei to the point where he couldn't get out of bed because of me. The whole king's capital knows about it. I should express something."

"That old man's words are too harsh. Does he dare to say that he didn't commit any crime during the imperial examination? I have asked Yunlang to check it out. When it is found out, I will go to pay homage to him. I also have to take a good look at his book. , to vent this bad breath for you."

Shen Yan lowered his head and smiled: "But Master Wei is right."

"Brother Feng, you don't want to marry him? You have married so many people in the past few days, and you are not missing out on him. Why don't you seek justice for yourself?" Wen Yi asked blankly.

Shen Feng looked at Wen Yi's still clear and resolute eyes, chuckled twice, and sighed: "There are too many sanctimonious people in the court, and there are not many people like Master Wei left. Why should I join him?"

"I understand that you are venting your anger on my behalf, but I am not angry at all, and I have never thought about interfering with him. Even if he sends me an official document to interfere with me every day, as long as I ignore it now, there will be no disadvantage to me. "

"So Wen Yi, I have to thank you, but you still have to go to the Wei family to apologize. Now you are not alone. You also have a wife and children, the Wen family, and Sister Shu. If you can't lose face, I I’ll go for you. If you can’t say anything, I’ll say it for you.”

Wen Yi slowly thought about Shen Feng's words and curled his lips: "A man can bend and stretch, so I just apologize. I can just go."

"But Brother Fie," Wen Yi looked at Shen Feng with a sharp look, "I want to know what you want to do these days, and why are you so aggressive as soon as you return to court? This is not your style. You let I take care of the Wen family, my wife and children, why don't you care about the Shen family, Sister Lai and A Nian?"

Shen Yan smiled and said nothing, his eyes were stained with desolation.

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me directly. Tell me why you don't plan to join Wei Liangzhi, and I'll guess." Wen Yi added.

Shen Feng thought for a moment and then said, "Because Mr. Wei is a neutral court official."

Wen Yi suddenly asked: "Is it today?"

"My lord, my lord!" Jiang Liu's eager and out of breath voice came in, "Big lady and young master!"

Upon hearing that it was Zhong Yan and A Nian, Shen Yan's expression changed: "Come in!"

Jiang Liu entered the door and saluted, and said hurriedly: "The eldest lady and the young master were attacked in Pingzhou last night, and were narrowly saved by Lord Yun, the prefect of Pingzhou on patrol."

Shen Feng's expression changed: "Under attack? Where are they now?"

"Lord Yun sent someone to escort Madam and the others back. According to the time, we should still have dozens of miles before they reach the royal capital."

Shen Yan looked at Wen Yi: "Please lend me a fast horse."

Wen Yi didn't hesitate: "Yunchi, go and bring out the two cloud-piercing horses from the horse pen."

"Yes." Yun Chi retreated in response.

"I'll go with you." Wen Yi suggested.

"Thank you, no need." Shen Feng pretended to be calm, but his slightly trembling voice still revealed his worry, "I'll just take Jiang Liu with me."

Seeing Shen Feng's determination, Wen Yi could only nod his head: "That's fine. Jiang Liu, take good care of your family."

"Yes." Jiang Liu followed Shen Feng and left.

The two men and two horses flew away in the dust. Chuanyunju lived up to its name. It didn't take long before they met Zhong Lan's motorcade.

Chang Huan in front of the carriage saw that it was Shen Yan, and softly ordered the coachman to stop, stepped forward and saluted Shen Yan: "My uncle is blessed, the girl and the young master were frightened by the attack last night, so they fell asleep just now."

Shen Feng got off the horse, walked straight to the carriage, gently lifted the curtain, and saw the mother and son wrapped in blankets and cuddling together: A Nian's face was still stained with tears, and Zhong Lan was still asleep even if he was asleep. Still frowning, he hugged A Nian tightly.

Shen Feng's heart palpitated, and he slowly lowered the car curtain and asked Chang Huan, "Are they injured?"

Chang Huan shook his head: "There was a lot of fighting at the time. The girl reacted quickly and took the young master to hide at the foot of a slope with dense bushes, so that no one could find her. Prefect Yun, who happened to be on patrol nearby, heard the sound of the fighting, so he Send someone to investigate, and this saved us."

"Except for a few wounds scratched by bushes on the girl's body, which had been covered with medicine, neither the girl nor the young master was injured. However, the young master was frightened and couldn't stop crying. The girl took him for a long time before falling asleep. "

Just listening to it made Shen Feng's heart hurt so much that he sighed heavily: "Do you know who attacked last night?"

"I don't know." Chang Huan shook his head, but suddenly thought of something. He carefully pulled out a letter from the car and handed it to Shen Feng, "Prefect Yun seemed to have found out something last night. He only told the girl, and also I wrote a secret letter for you."

The letter reads "Your Majesty Shen personally expresses your gratitude"

Shen Feng opened the letter and read it carefully. Feeling blocked again and again, she folded the letter and put it in her sleeve for a long time.

Zhong Lan woke up leisurely and asked softly: "Chang Huan, have you arrived at the royal capital?"

"We'll be there in three miles." Shen Feng's gentle voice came over.

Zhong Lan was stunned and opened his eyes suddenly. He saw Shen Feng sitting next to him: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell them not to report it to you?"

"If you don't let me report it, why don't I know about it?" Shen Feng smiled sadly and took the sleeping Ah Nian from Zhong Lan's arms.

Zhong Lan rubbed his sore wrist: "It's not a big deal, it's just bandits..."

"It's not a bandit, it's a killer." Shen Feng said solemnly.

Zhong Lan was startled: "You know everything? Did you read that letter?"

Seeing Shen Feng's acquiescence, Zhong Lan was annoyed for a moment: "Chang Huan, this silly girl."

"Mother, let's make up." Shen Yan suddenly said in harmony.

(End of this chapter)