Chapter 307: On the road

Qin Lei asked Qiao Tiancai to help Qin Wei back to the chair and sit down. He rubbed his forehead hard with his right hand, smoothing his brows that were frowned in a concave shape due to anger, and said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about whether they are playing tricks on you for now. You should know that Wen Yanbo has instructed the Ministry of Personnel to sell official positions in private. Do you know how much does a prefect cost?"

The court's finances were empty and the income was not enough for years. Wen Yanbo had to make this bad decision, taking out some official positions in the court clearly marked the price, and calling it "donation of officials". This is known to everyone in the Qin Dynasty. Qin Wei nodded and said in a stern voice: "Twenty thousand taels can be placed in the magistrate in remote places; if you add 10,000 taels can be placed in the medium-sized place; if you add 10,000 taels can be placed in the fat and lacking prefect."

Qin Lei's forehead leaped and his veins trembled with anger, saying, "The noble king of the Lone Heavenly Emperor is worth 20,000 taels of silver? A shitty prefect?" He couldn't help but raise his tone and cursed: "I can't reach! I'm obsessed with the ghost!"

Qin Wei lowered his head and cried bitterly: "I was so stupid that I regretted it after those days. I wanted to get rid of them, but I was threatened by them with what I had done before. I had no way to retreat, so I could only walk one way to the darkness."

Qin Lei laughed in anger and said with a backlash: "You are indeed stupid. If you confessed to the Lone King at that time, it would be just a crime of reselling confidential materials. At most, you will live in the Rongjun Farm for three or five years. But you are fine, and you will not repent and go to the dead end step by step. Even if you are forced, isn't it what you did?"

Qin Wei cried bitterly and said, "I know that I am guilty of being a serious crime. I leaked the prince's secrets several times and it is indeed a dead end."

Qin Lei nodded expressionlessly and said in a deep voice: "Eat, eat, eat enough and drink, and the Lord will send you on your way. For the sake of past contributions, the Lord will burn this file, even if you..." He sighed and said softly: "Sad to the line of duty."

Qin Wei's face suddenly faded, he knelt down and hugged Qin Lei's legs, and cried and said, "Didn't you say we have a chance to make a mistake? I don't ask the prince for forgiveness, just let me go to the Rongjun Farm to stay for the rest of my life... The prince..."

Qin Lei turned his head to the window, where there was snow, and the whiteness in his eyes was so dazzling. Closed his eyes slightly, and Qin Lei said heavily: "You know that the rebellion is unforgivable."

As he said that, he reached out to pick him up and pressed him on his seat. He then put the wine cup in front of him, poured the wine, and said in a deep voice: "This is the most precious Wuliangchun on our farm. Drink more. If you want to drink it again, it will be twenty years later."

Qin Wei took the wine cup in tears, and sent it to his stomach with cups of water. He raised his chopsticks and ate the vegetables in big mouthfuls. He looked at his face full of tears and snot, and the wine and vegetable soup, looking very funny, but Qiao Tiancai couldn't laugh at all. He was about to be driven crazy by the suppressed atmosphere.

The knock on the door sounded, which scared Qiao Tiancai so much that he uched, and he rolled over and opened the door. Then he saw Shen Bing standing at the door and whispering to Qin Lei: "Brothers want to see him off."

Qin Lei nodded and asked softly: "What else do you have to worry about? Why don't you say it?"

Qin Wei shook his head in a daze, finally stopped chopsticks, and sat there in a daze.

After a deep look at him, Qin Lei got up and was about to leave. As soon as he turned around, he heard Qin Wei say heartbrokenly: "Prince, I will never dare again in my next life... Can you let me enter the Black Guard?"

Qin Lei's tears rolled down, he nodded solemnly, and said in a stern voice: "You want..." After saying that, he strode out of the hut, and no matter how much Qin Wei called, he never looked back.

Qiao Tiancai staggered out like an amnesty.

After Qin Lei left, Shen Bing and the black guards took turns to come in to have a drink with Qin Wei, and they all said a few simple words to boost his courage. Even Shen Bing, who was originally full of anger, did not say another harsh words.

Qin Wei refused to refuse anyone, crying and laughing. After drinking more than a dozen glasses of practice wine, he drank the first dozen glasses, which he had drunk.

After drinking, Shen Bing, who was watching coldly on the side, suddenly said, "Are you drunk?" Several black-clad guards who toasted softly called out, "Qin Wei, Qin Wei..." but they could not get any response. It seemed that they were drunk and unconscious.

Shen Bing nodded and said in a deep voice: "Send him to the road."

The black guards also turned pale, and they looked at Shen Bing begging. Shen Bing turned his eyes to the roof, avoiding everyone's gaze, and said calmly: "If you are awake, you will be scared for nothing. This will make you feel painless and you will be able to have a whole body. It's the prince's kindness." As he said that, he said sternly: "Go on!"

Several black-clad guards then took a steaming copper basin, took out wet cotton paper from it with tears, and gently pasted it on Qin Wei's face. After a while, he kicked his legs and died of suffocation...

Shen Bing went up to examine the body and confirmed that Qin Wei had no vital signs. He waved his hand heavily, and the two black-clothed guards came over with a pair of stretchers, carried Qin Wei onto the stretcher, covered him with a piece of white cloth, and slowly carried him away from the hut.

Qin Lei stood motionless in the snow, watching the stretcher covered in white cloth leave until he could no longer see anything, and then sighed silently and turned toward the front yard.

Guantao already knew about the backyard and was waiting at the door. When he saw Qin Lei coming out, he quickly went up to meet him.

"Let's go with the orphan." Qin Lei looked ahead and said, and Guantao followed behind quietly. The two of them walked along the path together.

After walking for a long time, Qin Lei whispered: "Actually, I really want to spare him, but I can't say anything."

Guantao nodded and whispered: "The higher the position and the more powerful you are, the harder it is to unify your feelings and reason."

Qin Lei held his hands behind his back and said with a low expression: "Gu had a deep expectation for him. He originally planned to let him go to the bus merchants and books after the New Year, and be a county magistrate to be a county magistrate. In the future, he would work with Mannan and others to build the south to build a country." He sighed and said: "Fortunately, he didn't release him, otherwise he might have been corrupt and abused the power and ruined my reputation."

Guantao knew that the prince had a knot in his heart, and was silent for a while, and said softly: "Things are divided into two poles, the universe, the yin and yang. Since ancient times, there are good things, there are evils, and there are loyalties, there are evils. The prince does not need to be too entangled."

Qin Lei stroked the bare tree trunk and whispered: "Sir, the Lone King knows that I am a little too idealized." He pulled his hand back and put it in his sleeve. Qin Lei laughed at himself: "I always want to be harmonious and beautiful, start and end well, but I am really too full of blame."

Guantao smiled and said, "The prince is not wrong. The Buddha said, 'Keep compassion and be a lion's roar.' Only when you are kind in your heart can you avoid being violent and unlucky, and only when you are thunderous can you shock the little ones."

Qin Lei's face looked better and said softly, "I won't mention this matter." After discussing the affairs of the Government Affairs Temple with Guantao for a while, Qin Lei saw that the sky had reached Shenshi, and said to Guantao: "You should worry about the matter in Beijing, don't ask for instructions, just record it."

Guantao nodded and chuckled, "I still have something to ask for advice. I would like to ask for advice. Prince, where will the annual meeting be held this year? The Chinese New Year will be in one and a half months, so you must always prepare."

Qin Lei thought for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Please put it in Jingshan Camp, there are dozens of miles of land, so I feel relieved." He was afraid of being leaked, and he was afraid of the smell of straw ropes for ten years.

Guantao smiled and said, "That's good. Let the guys look at our nests and they will definitely be full of energy."

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "Not bad. I'll try to sort out the accounts these days, and give everyone a note of rewards. You can go there on the 21st day."

Guantao smiled and said, "There is a whole month left."

Qin Lei patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "After the New Year, the new regulations of our royal palace will be put into operation, you can take the lead in taking an annual leave and strive to solve a lifelong event." There is also an old lady in Guantao's family who received it from Zhongdu to enjoy her happiness last autumn. Qin Lei often visited his house and knew that the old lady was quite content with the status quo. The only dissatisfaction was that Guantao was actually a bachelor, which seriously delayed the old man's holding his grandson.

Guantao smiled bitterly and said, "The Shi family is enthusiastic. In the past six months, they have introduced more than a dozen households to their subordinates, but they are not as good as their appetite." He said, "I looked in the mirror the day before yesterday and found that some hair was growing in my temples. Then I realized that my subordinates are already in their prime."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "You might as well, wine is aging fragrance, vinegar is aging sour, this is because the fate has not come, maybe when the turtle mung beans will be right... Cough cough, it's a bit inappropriate, just understand the spirit." Guantao could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The two of them chatted for a while and then arrived at the door. The black-clad guards had already assembled. Qin Lei said goodbye to Guantao and got in the car and left Qinghe Park.

In the carriage, Qiao Tiancai was still sitting opposite Qin Lei, his face was gone, and he jumped away when he came. He stared out of the window in a daze, but his eyes were scattered and unconscious.

Qin Lei ignored him, wrapped his hands in front of his chest, and was thinking about his worries. Qin Lei deeply agreed with Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's statement about the conspiracy earlier. He was very worried about Emperor Zhaowu fiddling with the people around him as chess pieces. Although the prince, Princess Heyang, and even Zhao Chengsi were chess pieces in the eyes of Emperor Zhaowu, in fact, they were all living people, with high positions and power, and... they were extremely self-esteem, and they could not be dominated and fooled, and were completely indifferent.

Their psychology may be affected, and their future trajectory will also change as a result. It is not good news for him and Emperor Zhaowu.

Now he is going to visit Princess Heyang's Mansion to visit the very strange sister. According to his speculation, according to Emperor Zhaowu and Qin Wei, this woman was the leader of the Qin royal spy, or one of the two intelligence teams of Emperor Zhaowu.

Qin Lei had no favors to this femme fatale with the name of his sister, and even had the urge to eliminate him. But he couldn't, not only because of the sibling relationship between the two, but also because she was an important pawn of Emperor Zhaowu, and she could not touch her now.

'The old man can burn himself by playing with fire.' Qin Lei smiled bitterly in his heart, stopped thinking, and then noticed Qiao Tiancai's bitter little face. Qin Lei smiled and said, "Are you scared?" Qiao Tiancai nodded honestly.

Qin Lei whispered: "Send you back."

However, Qiao Tiancai shook his head firmly and said, "I won't go back, I will realize that I am not a man, I want to become a man." As he said that, he looked at Qin Lei stubbornly and said, "Brother-in-law has to keep his word. You say I will keep my next day."

Qin Lei chuckled and said, "Yes, if you want to stay, stay, but you have to make three rules."

Qiao Tiancai nodded and said, "I'll listen."

"First, you are not allowed to call me 'brother-in-law', nor are you allowed to mention our relationship with anyone," Qin Lei scratched his head and said, "It seems that we have nothing to do with you."

Qiao Tiancai smiled and said, "It will be there soon."

Qin Lei smiled and cursed, and then said, "Second, your identity will be an ordinary soldier, and you must abide by the ethics rules." Seeing Qiao Tiancai's face showing a flattering smile, Qin Lei raised his face and said, "Even if Qin Zhan comes, it's the same. No one can make a special one."

Qiao Tiancai smiled embarrassedly: "I don't mean that..."

Qin Lei chuckled and said in a solemn voice: "Third, don't tell any orphans about your family, and don't tell any orphans about your family."

Qiao Tiancai was really puzzled now and smiled and said with a slight smile: "It's all a family, how can you speak two families?"

Qin Lei snorted coldly and said in a plain tone: "It's not a family, you won't go in."

Qiao Tiancai was so blocked that he scratched his head. He didn't know the case between Qin Lei and Qiao Yuanshan, so he naturally could not understand Qin Lei's coldness.

Qin Lei remembered something again and said lightly: "You change your name. Qiao Tiancai has died in the palace trouble." Qiao Tiancai looked shocked, but he also knew that this was the best way to clear his crime, so he had no choice but to agree.

After the carriage stopped, Shen Qing outside quietly said with a whisper: "It's here."

Qin Lei got up from his seat, and Qiao Tiancai quickly hung up the sword for Qin Lei. He was about to get out of the car, but Qin Lei said, "You don't have to go down, wait in the car." Nan Huazi was found by Princess Heyang, and he lived here at first. Although Qiao Tiancai was just a follower, with his cool personality, there was probably no one in the mansion who didn't know him.

Jumping out of the carriage, the deep and solemn princess's mansion came into Qin Lei's eyes. This was the hidden residence of Emperor Zhaowu when he was the prince. It was expanded and repaired a few years ago and given it to the Princess Heyang who could not live in her husband's house as a comfort nest. This was not wasted this treasure land of Longxing.

The servants in the mansion seemed to have received orders, but all disappeared. Except for a pair of stupid stone lions, there was no living creature in front of the door that opened.

The black guards did not dare to neglect them. They fully armed and opened the door, divided into two rows to set up a safe passage for the prince.

Rejecting the cloak from Shen Qing, Qin Lei strode into the princess's mansion with his knife and walked through many courtyards. Except for the black-clad guards standing there, there was still no trace of people.

But Qin Lei did not stop. He could hear a few resentful sounds of piano, which reached his ears through the courtyard. He knew that the woman was waiting for him in the deepest part of the courtyard.

After walking for a long time, he finally stopped in front of the embroidery building in the backyard and listened to the guqin intently. As a listener of Yongfu and Shiyun, his appreciation level was still rising. At least he could hear that this was the ancient song "The Moon Palace Resentment". It is said that it was made by Fairy Chang'e in the sky. It is most suitable for young women who stayed alone in the empty room, young widows, and abandoned resentful women who played it.

‘Although the person who plays the piano is poor, he is better than the true feelings, so he can listen to it.’ After listening to a paragraph, Qin Lei came to the conclusion.

The people inside seemed to have some senses, and after a few vibratoes, the sound of the piano stopped. After a while, a charming voice sounded: "Why are you rushing to the door when you are here?"

Qin Lei snorted, pushed open the door and walked in, and saw a guqin sitting across the soft couch in the inner hall, with a dazzling white body sitting cross-legged behind the piano.

Qin Lei quickly turned around and retreated with a blushing face, and said annoyedly: "Why don't you wear clothes?"

The woman inside laughed and said, "My brother's eyes are not good. It's just that the room is too hot and my sister is wearing a little thinner. How can she slander me?"

Qin Lei said annoyedly with his body on his back: "Put on some decent clothes quickly, otherwise I won't blame him for turning against me."

The woman inside giggled and said, "I want to see how my brother turns his face ruthlessly."

Obviously, she bullied Qin Lei and wanted to disturb his mind with her naked body. This method was amazing, but she used the wrong object. She didn't know that this stimulation was as light as boiled water for Qin Lei.

Qin Lei just wanted to say one thing: ‘Thank you Kato Eagle.’

With a sneer, Qin Lei said lightly: "Didn't you hear it? The lonely emperor sister is hot, and she has not smashed all the doors and windows, and remove all the brazier!"
Chapter completed!