Wei Zheng whispered: "Someone will need to watch over Your Majesty from now on."
Zhang Yang only felt a pain in his wrist and found that Zheng Gong's hand was holding it with great force.
Stopping, Zhang Yang patted the rough back of Zheng Gong's hand with his other hand and whispered: "Are you always worried about His Majesty in his old age?"
Wei Zheng nodded slowly, without saying a word, but with a lot of worry in his eyes.
When Mr. Zheng let go of his hand, Zhang Yang gently patted the old man's back and whispered: "You have aged so fast in the past two years."
Mr. Zheng nodded slowly and said, "Everyone will grow old, and so will you."
Zhang Yang added: "So you shouldn't have too many worries."
Duke Zheng said in a low voice: "As soon as something happened in Fan Yang, many people came to Chang'an City, and many people who were hiding in the dark came out."
"What Mr. Zheng said is true. As the old saying goes, a skinny camel is fatter than a horse. Even if the aristocratic family is no longer what it used to be, their power is still there. If something happens to Fan Yang, someone in Chang'an City will definitely do something."
"Well, now the bad guys in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, the officials, the officers and soldiers of the Guards, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple are all watching these troubles."
Zheng Gong continued: "Just Fan Yang alone makes all the forces in Chang'an City nervous."
Xu Xiaode had a residence in Lishan, and Zhang Yang first asked Duke Zheng to live in Xu Xiaode's house.
"Don't worry, Marquis of the County. Your subordinates will take good care of Mr. Zheng."
Zhang Yang glanced at Wei Zheng sitting in the yard, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."
Xu Xiaode said again: "It doesn't matter."
The weather was quite fine at noon, and in the evening the setting sun shone over the entire Lishan Mountain.
Zhang Yang was sitting in Huaqing Pool, staring at the water without saying a word.
"Every time I see these old people, my husband always has something on his mind."
Zhang Yang looked up from Li Yue's cloth shoes, and finally his eyes fell on her smile.
"The Queen Mother said that there are a lot of trivial matters in the harem recently, and the concubines are constantly quarreling with each other for some status and petty profits."
Zhang Yang took the persimmon she handed him, frowned and continued to think while eating.
Li Yue poured a bowl of tea and added: "Because Li You was causing trouble in the fiefdom again, my father was furious and sent people to ground Li You. Later, Concubine Yin was implicated and received a cold reception..."
Listening to his wife talking about some palace affairs, Zhang Yang added: "Mr. Zheng told me a lot today."
Li Yue perked up after hearing this and asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "I don't know, Mr. Zheng and I only spoke a few words, but I always feel that he said a lot."
"Um."
Nodding her head heavily, Li Yue looked sideways at her husband's face and whispered: "What I am most worried about now are the elders in the court."
"yes."
From the first five years of Zhenguan to later, the couple felt that they were far away from Mr. Zheng.
Now I feel very close to Mr. Zheng again.
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I still remember what Mr. Zheng said to me outside Chongde Hall. We took shelter from the rain under the eaves together."
"Well, at that time, my husband was dismissed from his official position and served as a minister in the East Palace. However, my husband never did anything in the East Palace. He only read books all day long."
Zhang Yang clicked his tongue and said, "No, I did something."
"Brother Pope boxing?"
"That's right."
The couple looked at each other and smiled.
When people reach middle age, they like to recall the events of the past. Zhang Yang feels that he has already reached middle age ahead of schedule before he has reached thirty.
Xiao Qingqing came back riding a big bear. The bear's hair became more beautiful in winter, and even had some bright reflections in the sunset.
When it runs, its hair undulates beautifully.
At night, the wind is very strong tonight. The warm sunshine during the day has passed, and the biting cold wind continues to blow at night.
Snow particles kept hitting the windows.
Cold wind leaked in through the cracks in the window, causing the light of the oil lamp to sway.
Zhang Yang looked at the book in his hand. He turned over a page and saw a formula written by his wife. She stopped writing the derivative formula and did not continue writing, nor did she know what to write.
The cold wind howls in the Guanzhong Plain.
Late at night, several figures appeared near Lishan. A team of hundreds of people spread out on the other side of the river to the north of Lishan. They covered their faces and prepared to sneak in.
There was a man in the lead, holding a knife in his hand, and the snow particles hit his face, which made it difficult to open his eyes. He observed that several people in front were entering Lishan Village, but just after they had set foot less than a mile away, several arrows were shot out,
The masked man in front fell to the ground.
The leader made a gesture to those behind him who had not yet come forward, and everyone dispersed.
Team after team of people appeared around Lishan Mountain.
People are constantly falling and others are coming up.
There were explosions at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain.
After an hour, the night calmed down.
Zhang Yang was still reading a book at home. Voices came from the window, "The county princes are all clean. More than a dozen gangsters stepped on landmines and died. The remaining gangsters were also bitten to death by Xiong Da. Xiong Da looked at
After walking around for a while, we returned to the bear's den, and most likely no one would come back."
"Auntie, please rest early. Lishan will be fine."
"Here."
The emperor lived in Lishan Mountain for the winter. Who would have the courage to assassinate him?
Zhang Yang still looked at the scroll calmly. This was the first time Lishan had been assassinated on such a large scale.
They knew that as long as they sneaked in at night, the artillery would not be able to hit anyone, so they came prepared.
But they did not expect that even if they were prepared for artillery, they would not be able to protect against landmines.
There is a minefield at the southern foothills of Lishan Mountain. No one usually sets foot in that area, and Xiong Da is not willing to go to the cold place at the northern foothills.
Zhang Yang put down the book and returned to the room. His wife was sleeping soundly.
The next day, before dawn, many soldiers of the Longwu Army were searching in the mountains.
After walking out of the house, Zhang Yang finished washing and was about to go down the mountain for a look. He saw General Li Jing standing halfway up the mountain.
"General! Good morning." Zhang Yang said hello with a smile.
"All the criminals last night have been killed, and the corpses and blood stains have been taken care of so that the villagers will not be alarmed."
"Here you go, General."
"Lishan is an important place. They can't even step into Lishan."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It started to snow again in the sky, and Zhang Yang said again: "You are so brave, is there anyone left alive?"
Li Jing shook his head and said: "There are no survivors, they are all dead."
"Pity."
"We also found some evidence of guilt. There is a transfer order for someone from Fan Yang, but I thought it was not that simple. The five surnames are the same."
Zhang Yang asked again: "General, do you think they left it on you intentionally?"
Li Jing nodded and said: "Yes, I have suspected it. I am not the director who is good at arresting and investigating. There will be capable people in the court to find out the origins of these dead soldiers. However, it is difficult to find out the origins of these dead soldiers, and it is possible that they will never be found.
information."
Seeing that the general was still standing on the mountainside, Zhang Yang also looked into the distance and saw soldiers exiting the village in twos and threes.
When the snow got heavier in the morning, some villagers came out.
The life of the villagers is the same as before, and what happened last night seems to have never happened.
The two aunts protected the family last night. They rested for two hours and then started cooking again.
Xiaoqing got up early in the morning and saw blood stains between Xiong Da's teeth. She brushed them with a brush in her little hand and asked whether Xiong Da had gone to steal food again.
The child was so innocent that he would never think about the fact that Big Bear bit someone to death last night.
Zhang Yang brought a basket of food and first handed the food to Zheng Gong and Xu Xiaode.
"Our morning meal in Lishan is relatively light. You might as well eat something lighter."
Mr. Zheng ate the wheat cake and nodded, "The food is very good."
It seems that Mr. Zheng didn't know what happened last night, and no one came to tell him.
Presumably, Your Majesty will not let Mr. Zheng know about it. He will handle this matter quietly so that the trial on Mr. Zheng's side can proceed safely.
After finishing his morning meal, Zhang Yang followed Duke Zheng to see His Majesty.
Li Shimin also ate his morning meal leisurely in the small palace, as if nothing had happened.
There were just a few more guards guarding the palace.
Zhang Yang stood aside, listening to the story of Duke Zheng and His Majesty, and planned to hold the trial in three days.
Because Ma Zhou is about to come back, this trial will have to wait until Fan Yang's men come back before continuing. He has a lot of evidence in his hands.
After discussing the agenda with His Majesty, we followed Duke Zheng out of the palace.
"Zhang Yang, how do you think the family should deal with it?"
"Mr. Zheng, the aristocratic family is like a mountain pressing down on the country. This mountain makes the local villagers breathless. If this mountain is not overthrown, how can there be justice in Lang Lang's world?"
Mr. Zheng nodded slightly, "What you said is true. If this mountain cannot be overthrown, more villagers will suffer in the future. Their various evil deeds have been recorded by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai.
If the three parties jointly try the case, there must be fairness."
Also this morning, Xu Jingzong left the house, and his wife was still yelling at him in the courtyard.
Xu Jingzong pretended not to hear it at all.
Di Renjie had been waiting at the door early in the morning. When he saw someone coming out to follow him, he said with a piece of cake in his mouth: "Xu Shangshu, your wife lost her temper because of this matter."
Xu Jingzong sighed: "At this time of year, all the ministries in the imperial court take a break, but only the Ministry of Rites is still busy."
"Mrs. Xu should be more considerate of Mr. Xu."
At this moment, Di Renjie had a little more respect for Xu Jingzong.
"When you grow up, you will understand that Guanzhong women are tough."
"Xu Shangshu is joking."
Xu Jingzong and Di Renjie happened to pass by the entrance of Dali Temple, and they stopped. They saw several corpses being moved into Dali Temple.
"What's going on here?"
Seeing the boy's confusion, Xu Jingzong kept walking and said in a low voice: "It's so cold and freezing that only a few people froze to death."
Di Renjie frowned and said, "It doesn't look like they froze to death."
"Oh? How did you see it?"
"If it was someone who froze to death, their face would be blue, but those people's faces clearly showed that they died of blood loss."
"You kid, don't study hard, why don't you just think about how others died all day long?"
Hearing the anger in Xu Shangshu's words, Di Renjie lowered his head and went to Hongwen Hall to study.
Later, after inquiring, I found out that the corpses in Dali Temple were ambushed in the city yesterday, preparing to assassinate them at night.
There are many books in the Hongwen Library, but in the Hexi Corridor there is only one that my father carries with him.
Only then did his father allow him to come to Chang'an City. Di Renjie flipped through the books to make up for the knowledge he lacked.
Occasionally he heard the discussions of the students around him, and after hearing about the assassination last night, he put down his book and hurried to the Ministry of Rites.
"Xu Shangshu, Xu Shangshu! There was an assassination last night!"
Just as he was making up his mind, Xu Jingzong raised his head and said, "It's just an assassination."
There was panic and even excitement in Di Renjie's eyes, "Xu Shangshu, last night hundreds of people assassinated officials in the court. They went to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai."
Xu Jingzong sighed: "I know."
"So Xu Shangshu asked the boy to stay away from Dali Temple."
"What do you think?"
Di Renjie smiled naively, "I thought Xu Shangshu just wanted the boy to study."
Xu Jingzong whispered: "Fan Yang's case was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai for trial. Do you think the family is so easy to deal with?"
"But now His Majesty wants to rectify the family."
"Who did you listen to?" Xu Jingzong asked weakly.
"Brother Huaidao, Qin Huaidao."
Thinking of this man, Xu Jingzong knew that he was Qin Qiong's son, and said: "So you hang out with the general's son all day long."
"This is not a mess, we are friends."
"I think that Zhang Jianzhi is not a kind person."
"Xu Shangshu, should we go to Dali Temple to see it?"
"Don't go!"
Seeing Xu Jingzong's decisive refusal, Di Renjie said discouraged: "How can you not watch the excitement of such a big event?"
Looking up at him, Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "The family will not sit still and wait for death. Your Majesty had a huge conflict with the Cui family of Qinghe back then. The grievances and grievances back then were not settled before the Qingming Dynasty. Now you are attacking Fan Yang. These are not yours."
It's something that I can interfere with, but it's not something that I can get involved in."
Finally sitting up straight, Xu Jingzong patiently said to him: "There is a kind of big fish in the sea called whale and salamander because they are divided into male and female. Their carcasses are like ruins of islands, and their eyes are like pearls of the bright moon."
Di Renjie nodded and said: "I understand that during the Cao Wei Dynasty, someone donated the eyes of whale salamanders, which are the eyes of this big fish. Because whale salamanders are difficult to catch, their eyes were treasured. In the records of Japanese slaves traveling to and from the Central Plains,
It is said that whale salamanders have blessed the world."
The cold wind blew outside the house, and Di Renjie whispered: "Xu Shangshu means that the aristocratic family is that whale salamander?"
Xu Jingzong would not talk about this rumor for no reason. Di Renjie is a very smart boy and he quickly thought of the meaning of his words.
"Just wait and see what happens. This matter is not for people like you and me to discuss. If you study hard, you can discuss this matter when your official position is high enough in the future."
There are many playmates in Chang'an City, and there are also many shady places.
Di Renjie digested what he saw and heard. He laughed, laughed very loudly, and patted the table and said: "Chang'an is really fun."
"Fun?" Xu Jingzong twitched the corner of his mouth and snorted coldly.
On this day, more and more officials came and went between Lishan and Chang'an City. Li Tai had to arrange for people to build a house on the official road outside Lishan to handle the coming and going of officials submitting memorials.
There was no stopping in the middle of winter, but Zhang Yang continued to take his daughter to class leisurely.