White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 164

The epidemic in Southwest China started at the end of April and spread wildly in early May. The imperial court responded quickly. Prince Pei volunteered to go to Lingnan. The city is also gradually returning to normal.

It was May when Prince Pei brought the Xie family army to Wuxi, and it was already July when he left. On the day he left the city, the people of Wuxi lined up to see him off.

Wen Ning lay on the window of the carriage, seeing the smiling faces of the people, looking at the horseman in the front with admiration and gratitude, she couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Although she hoarded the "cong tree", with her ability, she couldn't transport it to Lingnan.

If the original idea was to donate directly to the imperial court, according to the complicated situation of the imperial court, even the transportation of grain is hindered, and it is not known what will happen to the group of "cong trees".

It's still Mr. Pei who is so good that he can even get food!
"What are you looking at, go in!" Just as he was watching with enthusiasm, his head was unceremoniously stuffed into the carriage.

Press what, and take a look at what's going on outside? !

Wen Ning glared angrily at the annoying General Min.

General Min Shen has a dark complexion and a broad body, a typical military general. He also glared at Wen Ning unceremoniously, and even took two steps forward on his horse to stop her from looking at Pei You.

Heh, don't think he doesn't know, he was quite normal when he came here. After serving tea and pouring water for a few days with his lord, the way he looks at his lord is different!

It's true that the adults in his family are handsome, but can a young man like him think about it? !

Wen Ning snorted softly and sat back in the carriage.

"Give me peace of mind! My lord is married, and our wife is virtuous, virtuous and beautiful, so don't dream about it!"

Say it like you've seen...

However, Wen Ning raised her eyebrows when she praised her as "virtuous, virtuous, virtuous and beautiful", so she didn't bother with him.

She closed the car window, leaving only a small air gap, put the pillow and lay back on the couch to catch up on sleep.

Although the journey back was quick, there was no need to rush as much as when he came here, and Pei You would enter each of the thirteen cities in Lingnan to stay in the Yamen for a day or two, and when he finally returned to Beijing, it was almost eight years old. month.

Wen Ning saw the capital city with the first autumn, and thought in a daze that at this time last year, she had just married into the Duke's mansion.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the relationship between her and Pei You is also very different from before.

After entering Beijing, Pei You first wanted to go to the palace to report on her duties, and she only asked Mr. Wen to send her "small drug dealer" to Jingzhao Mansion, and Mr. Wen naturally brought her back to Wen Mansion directly.

When she returned home, Wen Tingchun scolded her. If she hadn't been married as a woman, she would have to ask the family law to let her kneel in the ancestral hall. It was He Luan who followed behind and begged several times.

"What? 'Congre' comes from Ah Ning's pharmacy?"

"Hush." ​​He Luan reminded Wen Tingchun to lower his voice.

She was in Wuxi before and experienced the whole outbreak of the epidemic. Naturally, she knows better than anyone that the epidemic is not as simple as it appears on the surface, so she agrees with Pei You's temporary concealment of the source of "congshu".

Wen Tingchun finally stopped scolding, but looked meaningfully at this daughter who didn't know when it started, and became more and more different.

Wen Ning lowered her head and said nothing.

Compared with Wen Tingchun, it was Wen Qi's eyes that made her feel even more haunted.

Sure enough, on the way back to Xiangti Garden, Wen Qi stopped her.

The second elder brother is not easy to dismiss, Wen Ning really wants to put oil on the soles of her feet immediately and run away.But Wen Qi looked at her with his hands behind his back, and didn't say much, just sighed: "A Ning, the second brother said that the second brother will not ask you what you don't want to say. But in the future, if you have something to do, Can I ask my second brother for help?"

Wen Ning didn't even have time to change her clothes when she returned home, she was still dressed as a "small drug dealer".After driving for several days in a row, his face was even a little embarrassed, and he looked up at him pitifully upon hearing this.

If it was an ordinary matter, she would not be afraid to trouble Wen Qi, but if it was a matter of life and death, she couldn't watch Wen Lan die, how could she watch Wen Qi get involved in danger?

"You." Wen Qi pinched her nose, "I'm the only one who can keep you."

Without asking any more questions, he flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave. That night, he asked someone to send a few white pigeons to Xiangti Garden.

Wen Ning understood what he meant as soon as she saw it, and her heart felt hot again.

There is no doubt that the white pigeon is used to send messages, Wen Qi is telling her to do something in the future, just send him a message with the pigeon.

Why are her brothers so nice?
On the first day back to Beijing, Pei You didn't come over.

The way back from Lingnan, although there was no rush, it took a month to go back and forth, but Wen Ning and Pei You didn't spend much time alone.

First, he rides a horse, she rides a carriage, he is Mrs. Pei, she is a "small drug dealer", so there is no intersection at all; second, they are not in the same room at night, and Xie Jiajun lives on the left and right, which is not so convenient; General Min, who didn't think he was in the way, was afraid that she would get close to his lord, so he stared at her, and he didn't want her to serve tea and water, so he found a soldier for Pei You.

Only one night, she woke up in a daze and leaned against her familiar arms, knowing that he had sneaked in, but it was too late, and he was asleep again, and the two of them didn't speak much.

Wen Ning vaguely figured out why Pei You guarded Xie Jiajun so cautiously.

Probably because... They are Xie Chang Yuan's people?
Of the three names circled at the beginning, one of them was Xie Changyuan.

If Xie Chang Yuan is the person behind the scenes, he naturally doesn't want to let Xie Chang Yuan know that she went to Lingnan alone, and he doesn't want to let Xie Chang Yuan know his feelings for her.

Otherwise, wouldn't the spearhead of Indus Lane be directed at her?
Speaking of Wutong Lane, Wen Ning didn't see Gu Fei when he reunited with Pei You in Lingnan, so he knew he hadn't given up yet.

That's how he is. In addition to his wisdom beyond ordinary people, he also has patience beyond ordinary people. He knows what he has to do and never gives up easily.

Wen Ning counted with her fingers, Wutong Lane has existed for six months, if it was someone else, the fish would not take the bait, and she was really not interested in Wutong Lane, so she should have left long ago.

But he doesn't.

Sure enough, in the early morning of the second day, Linglan was angrily tearing at the chrysanthemums that had just bloomed in the yard: "My lord, why are you doing this! I heard from the nurse outside that my aunt went to Wutong Lane on the first night of my return to Beijing yesterday! Girl, aunt Didn't you come here every night before? Why didn't you come last night?"

How do you know?
About a few months away from Beijing, and there are mountains of affairs waiting for him to deal with?
This afternoon, no one paid any attention to this insignificant matter, because what happened in the early morning spread to the people, and the capital was blown up again.

Everyone knows that Prince Pei brought a large number of Xie's troops back to Beijing yesterday, and everyone thought that the Southwest epidemic was over, and the next step was to reward meritorious deeds, so Prince Pei naturally did his part.

But no one expected that early this morning, Prince Pei said that he had something important to report, and then he asked His Majesty to pass the news to Master Zhengwen of Dali Temple who had gone to Wuxi to help.

Mr. Wen presented a memorial and several pieces of evidence at the court, claiming that the Southwest epidemic was deliberately brewed by someone.

The whole room was shocked.

And when the officials were arguing whether it was possible to brew it artificially, and who would brew it, another official said that the grain that Pei Shizi transported to the thirteen cities in Lingnan that day was actually the rations of the 20 Southern Expeditionary Army in southern Xinjiang!

No one expected that the batch of food that fell from the sky turned out to be military food.

Misappropriating military rations without permission is a serious crime!

Pei Shizi confessed to this, and even sneered coldly: "If there are no people, what's the use of food?"

Emperor Jiahe did not convict him at the time of the court, but it was a fact that he could embezzle military rations. He ordered Pei Shizi to be detained on the spot and brought to Dali Temple for trial;

When Wen Ning heard the news, she was arranging her embroidery cloth and thread.

Last time, Pei You told her that it would be uneasy when she came back, so she had already made plans to stay at home and embroider a large piece. After she finished embroidering the object, the court should also clear up the epidemic.

But she never expected that Pei You would be directly involved in Dali Temple.

"Army rations?" Wen Ning never thought that Pei You's batch of rations, which the people called "the gods came to save all living beings", turned out to be the rations of the Southern Expeditionary Army. "How did he transport the rations?"

The food aid from the imperial court was slow to arrive, and the Southern Expeditionary Army was stationed at the Lingnan border, so it was really the nearest and fastest source of food.

But... the Southern Expeditionary Army didn't know that he transported the army rations?He couldn't have asked Xie Jiajun to steal it, could he? !

Of course Linglan didn't know these details, Wen Ning couldn't sit still right now, and went to the main hall to wait for Wen Lan to come back.

The southwest epidemic is man-made, and it will be dismissed by Wen Lan. Pei You has told her about this matter, and he must have made all the arrangements.

What about the rations?

That night he said he still had something to say, is this it?

Wen Lan was not surprised to see Wen Ning when he came back, but he looked ignorant of the matter, and frowned and said: "The person who sent the food was indeed from the Southern Expeditionary Army, but today in the court hall, the Minister of the Household Department said The food officer Shangshu, the military order that night was verified as a forgery, saying that the prince falsely passed on the military order and cheated the military food."

"how is this possible……"

Wen Ning wanted to say, how could it be possible to cheat the army rations?
But thinking about Pei You being such a person...

He really can do this kind of thing.

"Without people, what's the use of food?"

Wen Ning, who has personally experienced it once, naturally knows that if the epidemic is not contained in time, it will spread throughout Dayin, even the capital, and even the vitality of Dayin will be seriously injured. Before next year, foreign enemies will fall into trouble. , taking advantage of the situation to commit crimes.

At that time, as he said, what is the use of military rations when the people are gone?

But now that the epidemic is gone, what falls before us is the charge of "misappropriating military rations". Who would think about that "if"?

Wen Ning also frowned.

At this time, the atmosphere in Prince Rui's Mansion was quite pleasant.

King Rui sent away the maidservant who was shaking the fan, and threw away a folding fan himself, with a rather contented expression: "Misappropriation of military rations can range from exile to death, so what if the father protects you? Let's see how he turns around this time?!"

There are many sycophants below: "Your Highness is still wise. If the crime is carried out, I am afraid that the title of the duke of another country will not be able to keep. For such a serious crime, the eldest princess can't do anything about it."

"Tell him to show off his abilities!" King Rui sneered, "Why does he think that none of the civil and military officials dare to go? If he doesn't manage this matter well, he will die, but if he manages it well, he can die! I'll take it... ..."

"Cough..." Someone coughed hard.

King Rui stopped his voice in time and waved his hands: "Everyone go down except Mr. Shen."

After a while, only Jiang Feng, the right censor of the inspectorate, and Shen Gaolan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, were left in the meeting room, and it was Jiang Feng who just coughed and reminded King Rui to stop talking.

"It's all thanks to Master Shen." King Rui looked at Shen Gaolan with admiration, "Without your cooperation, Pei You would not be able to jump into this pit."

Shen Gaolan nodded his head and lowered his eyes: "Your Highness has a great plan, and the officials are doing their best."

Shen Gaolan has always been a prudent person, he has praised him, King Rui will inevitably be even more proud.

At first, he was just tampering with the transportation of food, which made it difficult for the court's food to reach the epidemic area so smoothly. He didn't want Pei You to give him a handle, so he actually approached the Southern Expedition Army and wanted to transport their food.

"Cheating" with the charge of military rations being deducted, can he still escape unscathed? !
"Tell him to ruin my good deeds!" King Rui gritted his teeth and hated.

Jiang Feng coughed again at the bottom, and King Rui closed the paper fan: "It's okay, Mr. Shen is one of his own, and it doesn't matter if he knows some things. Don't you think so, Mr. Shen?"

Shen Gaolan looked serious, and saluted: "Your Majesty will follow His Highness' orders."

As for the Fourth Prince's Mansion, it is not surrounded by staff like King Rui.The one he trusts the most is still only Fan Liu by his side.

"Pei You stumbled, Fan Liu, do you think we want to help?" In the summer pavilion, Chu Heng took a sip of herbal tea leisurely.

"Misappropriation of military rations! It's not just 'diversion', it's 'deception'! Your Highness, this is not something we can help if we want to." Fan Liu respectfully waved his fan beside him.

"It's a pity." Chu Heng clicked his tongue, "The news about him on Xiangtong Street before made me and my second brother evenly divided. If he can stand on our side sincerely..."

"So, Your Highness." Fan Liudao, "Why don't you take a look at the excitement? If he can't hold on and ask us for help, we will naturally give him a hand. Your Highness, the charcoal fire in the snow must be delivered at the right time ah!"

Chu Heng raised his eyebrows, as expected of Fan Liu, he was always more thoughtful than him.

"The epidemic..." Chu Heng said in a low voice, "He's already locked up in Dali Temple. The man named Wen shouldn't find anything?"

"Let's not talk about the one with the surname Wen, even if Dali Temple Minister came to investigate in person, we wouldn't be able to make mistakes here."

"Then we..." Chu Heng picked up the teacup, twitched the corners of his lips, "Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight!"

Under the night in the capital, undercurrents surged.

Wen Ning naturally couldn't sleep well when such an unexpected thing happened.

What the hell is going on with the whole thing?
In fact, the last time Pei You mentioned that the epidemic came from outside northern Xinjiang, the first thing she thought of was Chu Heng.In his previous life, he colluded with the barbarians from northern Xinjiang to break through the capital.

Originally, she still wanted to tell Pei You about this matter, so no matter whether the epidemic was caused by him or not, he would be able to take it easy if he was charged with colluding with foreign countries.

But Pei You actually got himself to Dali Temple.

What can he do after going to Dali Temple?Where will her news go?
Was it about the military rations that he was going to tell her that night?Did he take precautions?Will it be tricked?Does the eldest princess know about this?Is she still mad at him?Don't come forward to deal with it?

Wen Ning tossed and turned on the bed, only hated that the night made her dizzy, so she went with Pei Youqing, and didn't finish listening to the second half of his words.

For a moment, I thought of the Dali Temple again, did I go to prison directly?He loves clean people so much, can he sleep peacefully in prison?Will there be bugs in such a hot day?

For those who have not been convicted, maybe they are just waiting for trial, or will they be given a room?

For a moment, I thought of Wen Lan's sentence, "Falsely pass on military orders, and defraud the military rations."

Why is he acting so perversely?
Quan Dayin is the only one who can do such a thing without his life!Now, let's play yourself to death, right? !
Wen Ning's heart was full of righteousness, when there was a soft noise in the room unexpectedly, she turned sideways, and saw a black figure under the bed, she almost cried out in fright.

"Ma'am, it's too late for a humble job."

The candles had been extinguished early, and by the moonlight, only a vague figure could be seen kneeling on the ground, but Wen Ning could hear the voice of the man, which was Sixteen.

At this moment, he is raising his hands, holding something in his hands.

Wen Ning hurriedly got out of bed, saw that he was holding a piece of paper, and took it without hesitation.

When Wen Ning returned to the bed and sat down, Shiliu had disappeared.She didn't even have time to light the lamp, and hurriedly opened the letter.

The familiar handwriting can still be seen clearly under the moonlight——

"The gold list has been nominated, but the wedding ceremony has not yet been completed, so I can't die for the time being."

(This article is first published in Xiaoxiang Academy, please go to Xiaoxiang Academy for updates.)
　And again: I don't have a bridal chamber yet, don't worry, I won't die

　　
　
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