I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 427 Countdown to Life

"Yes, my lord, we really saw those fire dragons flying in mid-air!"

Cao Shunhe couldn't help sneering after hearing the excuses made by the servants in front of him to avoid guilt, and his eyes were full of jokes when he looked at those servants.

Immediately, Cao Shunhe retracted his gaze and gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Give these servants to this officer, and serve them with great torture!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

As soon as Cao Shunhe's words fell, the guards at the side immediately stepped forward, dragging these servants down like a dead dog. What awaits them next will be extremely cruel punishment.

"My lord, spare our lives, we really saw a fire dragon!"

"My lord, please, please spare us, this matter has nothing to do with the brothers!"

When Cao Shunhe heard this, he frowned slightly, and immediately waved his hands. Seeing this, the guards immediately stopped their movements.

Seeing this situation, those guards thought that Cao Shunhe had changed his mind and planned to let him go. Their faces were full of joy after the disaster, and they immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed their heads with a 'bang bang' sound.

"Thank you sir, spare our lives, thank you sir, thank you sir!"

Unexpectedly, after listening to their begging for mercy, Cao Shunhe smiled, showed his sharp teeth, and said unhurriedly: "When did I say that I want to forgive you?"

Hearing Cao Shunhe's words, those servants felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and the blood on their bodies seemed to be frozen in an instant!

The expression of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe also disappeared instantly on their faces, replaced by a deep look of despair.

The desire to survive in his heart was completely extinguished at this moment!
Cao Shunhe had a panoramic view of the expressions on the faces of these servants, and immediately turned his gaze to the guards aside, and ordered quite casually: "Since these servants are so sharp-tongued and trying to fool me, then put their teeth, Pull them out one by one!"

Hearing the words, the guards at the side immediately responded in a deep voice.

"Obey, my lord governor!"

When the guards heard this, they panicked, kowtowed on the ground, and begged Cao Shunhe's forgiveness with the most humble gesture they could think of.

It's a pity that it was too late, they were quickly taken down by the guards, and the screams and begging for mercy gradually faded away.

After that, Cao Shunhe casually withdrew his eyes from the officers, and looked not far away at the wrecked ship, his face was full of gloomy, and he said silently.

"This group of damned insects, I will never spare you!"

In Cao Shunhe's view, the only ones who have the ability and motivation to do so are those from Qingliu!
Right now, the battle between the two sides is in full swing. If they allow themselves to transport the grain to Zhejiang smoothly, by then, with enough grain as a support, the conversion of rice to mulberry will surely succeed, and Qingliu will also usher in a frenzied counterattack by the Yan Party.

In fact, Cao Shunhe didn't care, Yan Dang and Qingliu, who would win and who would lose? In his opinion, Yan Dang and Qingliu were the same breed, so don't talk about each other!
The Yan Party wantonly greedy ink and fish meat the common people, but Qingliu's side is also not much better.

The so-called Qingliu refers to a group of people gathered because they share the same goals or hold the same political views.

It is also because of this that the members of Qingliu do not have a clear affiliation with each other, and there is quite a sense of fighting on their own.

Although Xu Jie is the leader of the Qingliu faction, in fact, he is not able to restrict the behavior of other Qingliu members enough.

And Xu Jie is naturally aware of this problem. After he became the cabinet assistant, he has been working hard to integrate the power of the entire Qingliu in order to better deal with the strict party.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, Xu Jie has done a good job. He has successfully integrated most of Qingliu's forces and has the capital to confront the strict party head-on!
I don't know how much time has passed, but Cao Shunhe came back to his senses, turned his gaze to his subordinates aside, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Pass the order of my officer, and immediately mobilize ships from all over the place to transport food!"

"In addition, thoroughly investigate this incident tonight. If there are suspicious people, you can take them down without asking why. If there are any resisters, they will be killed without mercy!"

When Cao Shunhe said this, he immediately added another sentence.

"In addition, let the soldiers of the guard station dispatch, from Jiangxi to near the river in Zhejiang, all the places where people can hide, will be searched carefully by the officer, and anyone who looks suspicious will be killed without mercy!"

The subordinates at the side heard the cold killing intent contained in Cao Shunhe's words, and immediately turned serious and said respectfully.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

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Capital, Yan Mansion.

Although the night was already deep, there were still coughing sounds coming from Yan Song's room.

Afterwards, the light in Yan Song's room was turned on again. Seeing this, the maid who had been waiting outside the door hurriedly and cautiously pushed the door open, came to Yan Song's body, and asked softly.

"Old Yan Ge, do you need someone to cook another medicine for you?"

"Ah."

Facing the maid's inquiry, Yan Song only responded insignificantly, and then stopped talking.

After receiving the exact instructions, the maid did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and immediately left Yan Song's room with eager steps.

After the maid left the room, Yan Song slowly sat up from the bed, looking at the night outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, Yan Song began to cough violently again, and when Yan Song took off the handkerchief, the bright red blood on it was particularly eye-catching under the light of the candlelight!

Yan Song seemed to be used to this for a long time, he put the handkerchief away again, his eyes were full of loneliness, and he said to himself silently.

"It seems that there is not much time left!"

Previously, after Yan Shifan noticed that Yan Song was ill, he personally came to the door and invited Li Taiyi from the Imperial Hospital to Yan's mansion to treat Yan Song.

However, due to his busy schedule, Yan Shifan didn't pay too much attention to the results of the diagnosis and treatment. In his opinion, Yan Song just had an occasional cold, and he only needed to be prescribed a few medicines by Li Taiyi, and he would recover soon. .

But as everyone knows, Li Taiyi's expression changed instantly after he came to check Yan Song's pulse that day.

Yan Song can't remember exactly what Li Taiyi said to him that day, but the only thing he can be sure of is that his body is failing day by day, and his time is running out!
After that, Yan Song gradually came back to his senses, holding a brush, sitting beside the desk with a calm expression.

He wanted to leave something for Yan Shifan while he could still afford a brush.

But Yan Song picked up the brush several times and put it down again. After struggling for a long time, he didn't write a single word.

"Ugh!"

Yan Song sighed helplessly, and put the brush back to its original position.

At this moment, the maid from before came in with the freshly boiled soup and said respectfully.

"Mr. Yan Ge, the decoction is ready, do you need..."

Yan Song coldly interrupted the maid before she could finish her sentence.

"Put it there, I can drink it myself, if there is nothing else, you can leave!"

"Yes, Mr. Yan Ge, don't let the soup cool down!"

The maid heard the words, and after placing the hot soup that had just been fried on the table beside her, she turned and left.

Yan Song looked at the back of the maid leaving, and couldn't help but flashed again in his mind. Not long ago, the scene when Dr. Li came to the door in person to treat him.

After Li Taiyi noticed that Yan Song's physical condition was very bad, he immediately planned to inform Yan Shifan of the news, but later, under Yan Song's repeated requests, he just gave up.

Not only that, Yan Song also made Li Taiyi swear in front of his face that he would not reveal his physical condition to anyone!
At that time, only the maid from just now was present in the room. Seeing this, Yan Song simply asked her to be responsible for decocting medicine for him full-time.

Except for the maid, no one in Yan's mansion knew about it!

Time passed slowly in Yan Song's memory like this. When Yan Song came back to his senses, the bowl of soup on the table was no longer as hot as before.

Afterwards, Yan Song picked up the bowl, raised his neck, and drank the soup in one gulp.

"What a pain!"

One night passed in the blink of an eye, and Yan Shifan got up early the next morning.

Recently, Yan Shifan has been paying close attention to the movement in Qingliu, not daring to relax at all, and just as Yan Shifan passed by the room where Yan Song was, he still faintly heard a cough coming from the room.

"Why is my father's cough getting more and more serious? Didn't he just ask Dr. Li to come to see him not long ago?"

Without much hesitation, Yan Shifan stopped in his tracks, then went straight to Yan Song's door, and knocked on the door.

With a knock on the door, the coughing in the room disappeared, and then Yan Song's voice came from the room.

"Who?"

"Father, it's me."

Next, after getting Yan Song's permission, Yan Shifan pushed the door straight in.

After Yan Shifan entered the room, he looked at Yan Song who was sitting by the desk with his usual expression, his face was full of concern, and he asked after carefully deliberating the words in his mind.

"Father, your body..."

When Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, he waved his hand indifferently, and immediately spoke.

"It's okay, it's just that I didn't rest well last night!"

"I have already taken the prescriptions prescribed by Doctor Li earlier, and the effect is very good. I should be able to recover soon!"

Seeing that there was still some worry on Yan Shifan's face, Yan Song coughed lightly and changed the subject.

"By the way, has there been any abnormalities on Xu Jie's side recently?"

After hearing Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan gave a response after thinking for a while.

"The people sent by the boy haven't found any useful information yet!"

When Yan Shifan said this, he immediately changed the subject and continued: "However, what is certain at the moment is that Xu Jie must have left behind in Jiangxi, and he will never let the food in Jiangxi be transported easily. Arrived in Zhejiang!"

After listening to Yan Shifan's analysis, Yan Song also frowned, the expression in his eyes dimmed a little, and he spoke immediately.

"It seems that there is no hope in Jiangxi at the moment. Xu Jie has already made all preparations before this. He just dug a hole and waited for me to jump in, causing me to waste so much precious money. time!"

"He, Xu Jie, just needs to wait quietly for the grain reserves in Zhejiang to run out, and then he can declare victory!"

After listening to Yan Song's analysis, Yan Shifan panicked, and quickly asked Yan Song what to do next.

"So, father, what shall we do?"

Yan Song had a panoramic view of the expression on Yan Shifan's face, sighed helplessly, and continued.

"At this point, I can only go to His Majesty to try my luck!"

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

In the early morning, Jiajing was sitting in front of the desk, looking at the memorials delivered by the supervisor of ceremonies, while Lu Fang waited beside Jiajing respectfully as usual.

Seeing that Jiajing frowned slightly, he immediately put aside the half-seen memorial in his hand, turned around, pointed to the memorial on the table, and asked Lu Fang.

"Who approved this memorial? How could such a memorial be sent to me?"

Lu Fang looked in the direction Jiajing pointed, but because the distance was too far, Lu Fang did not see the contents of the memorandum clearly, but only vaguely saw words such as "Auspiciousness descended from heaven", "Kirin is present" and so on.

Jiajing didn't wait for Lu Fang's answer, but continued: "These guys have fooled me as if I were a fool. How come there are so many auspicious signs from heaven, it's clearly their little trick!"

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang immediately asked Jiajing, "Your Majesty, can you show the memorandum to my servant?"

"Well, see for yourself!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he picked up the memorial and handed it to Lu Fang.

Lu Fang carefully took the memorial from Jiajing's hand, and turned to browse the content above.

The content in the memorandum is not far from what Jiajing said earlier, but Lu Fang's focus is not on the content, but on the approval of the memorandum.

Lu Fang looked at the criticism on this memorial, and after thinking for a while, she responded cautiously.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the approval of Feng Bao, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, she put the memorabilia back to its original position, then stepped aside, observing the expression on Jiajing's face without any trace.

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing propped his chin up with his hands, and said slowly.

"Feng Bao?"

Then, as if Jiajing suddenly remembered, he turned his gaze to Lu Fang and asked.

"By the way, how long has Feng Bao been the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies? Has it been a month?"

As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Lu Fang responded without thinking.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Feng Bao has been serving as Eunuch Bingbi for less than a month!"

After listening to Lu Fang's explanation, Jiajing suddenly understood, and immediately ordered.

"Since Feng Bao has been the eunuch of Bingbi for less than a month, it is understandable to make such a mistake, and I will not pursue it this time!"

When Jiajing said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued to add.

"Also, let him learn a little more from Huang Jin, don't be frizzy all day long, if there is another time, I will never let you down!"

When Lu Fang heard this, a look of gratitude appeared on his face, and he respectfully responded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will definitely bring your words to you!"

(End of this chapter)