Wanqingsi

Chapter 180 Thriller
People from the Hou Mansion searched for four or five days in the capital, but An Sheng seemed to have evaporated from the world, without any news.Jinsha hid in the house and cried every day, and Fusheng accompanied her palely.On the sixth day, An Yuanxi asked the servants in the house to stop searching, and I went straight to the study to look for him: "I heard that you asked people not to look for An Sheng anymore."

"Yeah." He sat at the desk writing something without looking up.I anxiously said: "Why?"

"I can't find it for so many days, maybe I'm not in the capital anymore." An Yuanxi continued to bury his head in writing, "I told my grandfather, and asked him to ask Deacon Yin to help check."

"Really?" I frowned. Can Deacon Yin track down the abducted person?After Yunzheng left, the only person who could control Deacon Yin was Grandpa. I couldn't find anyone to verify it, and I didn't have the slightest idea. "Then when will there be news?"

"I don't know yet." An Yuanxi put down his pen, raised his eyes and said, "The gift list for General Ji is ready, let me read it to you."

Seeing that I frowned and said nothing, he went straight to read: "A pair of Liuli Hehuan Pei, a pair of gold inlaid jade jumping off, a pair of gold flower bracelets, a pair of gold arm-wrapped bracelets, a pair of gold-plated emerald and coral bracelets, a pair of emerald emerald bracelets, and a pair of emerald bracelets. A pair of treasure-encrusted Fulu hairpins..."

"Okay, don't read it." I interrupted him, "Just make up your mind." An Sheng has no news for so long, and the chance of being abducted is the greatest.If he was killed, he should have seen the body after so many days; if he was kidnapped, the kidnappers should come to ask for money; if An Sheng has been taken away from the capital by human traffickers, it is useless to look for him in the capital; if he has not been taken away from the capital , Now that the people who searched everywhere have been withdrawn, the traffickers have avoided the wind, and they are easy to show their feet when they think they are safe and sound, so that we can find clues.I looked at An Yuanxi thoughtfully, he was completely different from when he was in Cangdu.

"Then I'll prepare according to the gift list and have someone deliver the congratulatory gift." An Yuanxi closed the gift list and raised his head.

"Okay." I nodded, feeling nothing more to say, turned and left the study.I went back to the room, played with Nuoer for a while, and came safely.I asked Hui Niang to hug Nuo'er, and said with a smile, "Why don't you study hard in the inner school, what are you doing here?"

"The emperor gave me leave, the second uncle got married tomorrow, the emperor asked me to come back." Ping An said with a smile.I smiled: "Then you are not in the mansion to help your second uncle?"

"There are plenty of people in the house to help him, so is it my turn?" Ping An said disapprovingly, and sat down beside me, "Second Uncle has taken care of everything, I just need to watch the ceremony tomorrow."

"Peace, General Ji can find someone he likes, you should be happy for him." Ning'er brought tea over, I took a sip and said softly.

Ping An glanced at me and said with a smile, "Is my sister afraid that I will trouble her?"

I just smiled and said nothing, Ping An wrinkled his nose, and said with a smile: "I don't have that skill, as long as the second uncle likes her, I will get along well with her. I don't know if the second uncle is too happy recently, often Stupid, always say some inexplicable things, tell him something, but always forget it. I remember the marriage in my mind, and I am so excited that I can’t sleep in the middle of the night. I walk around the yard. Auntie, worry about him."

I smiled slightly. It seems that as long as that girl Sai is not her rival in love, Ping An is not unacceptable to her. After all, Ping An is still a kind girl, but I didn't expect General Ji to fall in love so interestingly.I put down my teacup and said with a smile: "You girl also goes to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so tell me, what's the matter?"

Ping An blushed, and mumbled, "Why can't I come and chat with my sister when I have nothing to do?"

If you are really fine, why don't you stay in the palace and watch the emperor?I smiled and said, "Yes, it turns out that Ping An came to chat with me."

Her face became even redder, and she frowned and said angrily, "Sister..." Seeing that I just smiled, she paused: "Well, I have something to ask my sister."

"Yeah." I answered her lightly.Ping An looked at me and said softly: "Sister, have you heard that the emperor is going to implement Enke recently?"

"I heard." I picked up the teacup, "I heard that the reaction of the officials is very strong. This Enke, the emperor is afraid that there will be some resistance when it is implemented."

"That's right." Ping An nodded persistently, "The emperor is really annoyed by this matter, those ministers of civil and military affairs are like flies 'buzzing' in front of him all day long, it's disgusting, the emperor hasn't laughed for many days pass."

"This is inevitable. The implementation of Enke will harm the interests of the family. The emperor should have thought of it a long time ago, otherwise he would not have brought it up until now." I took a sip of tea and continued, "But since the emperor has already proposed it , I must have made a thorough plan.”

"The specific operation of the imperial examination has already been prepared. As soon as it is announced, it can be implemented immediately." Pingan frowned, "It's just the opposition from the court, which makes the emperor feel very pressured. Many people who have served the emperors of the three dynasties The veterans recently jointly signed a letter against Enke. Yesterday they knelt outside the imperial study and refused to leave. Those people even went to the queen mother, who also came to persuade the emperor not to carry out the imperial examination. The emperor is so annoying. Sister, do you have There is no way to help the emperor?"

"The emperor asked you to ask me?" I smiled.Pingan quickly shook his head, pouted and said, "I saw that the emperor was so angry that he couldn't eat, and wanted to share his worries. The emperor named me Bingbi Shangyi, but I can't do anything."

"Bingbi Shangyi, can you discuss politics?" I asked in surprise, seeing Ping An nod, smiled, "I see." It turns out that the biggest difference between Bingbi Shangyi and Bingbi eunuchs is that Bingbi eunuchs can't discuss politics, they just follow The emperor wanted to criticize the memorial, and the pen was upright, which could give the emperor some political opinions.However, the emperor wisely did not make public the right to uphold the pen and uphold etiquette. Their right was kept confidential, otherwise they would only attract more voices of opposition.

"Sister, do you have a way to deal with those flies?" Ping An looked at me eagerly, and I couldn't help laughing, "Do you think I'm a fly swatter?"

"Sister..." Ping An took my arm and shook it.I smiled: "The emperor wants to abolish the recommendation system and implement the imperial examination system, which is why the civil and military officials objected, right?"

Ping An quickly nodded, and I smiled and said, "That's not easy, just don't abolish the recommendation system."

"Sister, doesn't it mean that you didn't say anything?" Pingan said angrily, "If so, why does the emperor still struggle with those flies? Why do you want to implement the imperial examination system?"

"What I mean is, don't ban the recommendation system. I didn't say not to implement the imperial examination system." I smiled, "Since the aristocratic family wants to keep the recommendation system, let them keep it. Don't folk students like the imperial examination system very much? Then Implementation. The recommendation system and the imperial examination system are implemented together, so it will be fine.”

Our great Grandpa Deng can implement one country, two systems when he regained Hong Kong and Macau, so it should be feasible to implement two systems for selecting officials in the imperial court of Zhao Kingdom today, right?

"Is this okay?" Ping An's eyes widened, "Won't this make people feel very unfair?"

"Where is there such thing as absolute fairness in this world? Fairness is limited by scope and conditions, and all fairness is relatively fair within this scope and conditions." I said lightly, "The aristocratic family recommendation system has been around for a long time, and it has been banned rashly. , will inevitably attract opposition and resistance from the aristocratic family, and cause chaos in the court. The recommendation system is not a life-and-death relationship, and the two can be transformed into a mutually beneficial parallel relationship. After all, the recommendation system does not recommend excellent talents to the emperor, does it?"

Regardless of whether it is the imperial examination system or the recommendation system, don't forget that only people are selected and recommended, not officials.The person who will give you an official position is always the emperor. The emperor can take the confidant selected through the imperial examination system as a high-ranking official, and the person who is recommended by the recommendation system and cannot distinguish between the enemy and us can be a small official with little real power. In the past three years, the recommendation system has been slowly lifted, and it is enough to let it exist in name only. Why bother to fight with them in the first place?
Ping An looked at me half-understood, with a trace of bewilderment on his face, I smiled and said, "Just give the emperor such a suggestion, it's up to the emperor to make a decision." The emperor can figure out those details by himself, without me So detailed.In fact, with his cleverness, I suspect that he has already thought of this level. The reason why he still wants to make a killing is probably just to pave a smoother road for the implementation of the imperial examination system.If the two selection systems were implemented in parallel from the beginning, the new imperial examination system would inevitably be rejected by the aristocratic family, and the emperor would have no room for bargaining.Now the emperor is banning the recommendation system to implement the imperial examination system, which has caused riots in the court. The family is afraid of being deprived of power, and will definitely oppose it desperately. Trouble.In the final analysis, the chaos in the court was just arranged by the emperor, and all civil and military officials were all pawns in the emperor's hands.

Pingan left in a daze, while I sat on the soft couch, dazed.The situation above the court is becoming more and more turbulent. The emperor is slowly attacking the big families, and what role does the Yun family play in this?

At night, in a drowsy sleep, I suddenly felt that someone was standing beside the bed. I squinted my eyes and said softly, "Xiaohong, is that you?"

The man didn't respond, I opened my eyes, and vaguely saw that the man in front of the bed was only wearing white underwear, and his figure seemed to be like a man, and I was immediately terrified: "Who is it?"

Xiao Hong, who was sleeping on the bed beside the screen, was awakened. The man raised his hand, and Xiao Hong fell back on the bed without a sound.I screamed out in fright, the man touched me a little bit, I couldn't make any sound, and I couldn't move my whole body, only to hear the man gently said: "Miss Carmen, don't be afraid, I just want to say a few words to the girl .”

I was shocked, and my eyes widened in surprise, that voice, that voice turned out to be—Ji Jingyun!

He squatted down next to my bed, the room was too dark, I couldn't see his face clearly.Just listening to him softly said: "Ever since I met the girl in Yihonglou and heard the song she sang for me, the girl's figure has been imprinted on my heart. I know that the girl is the emperor's favorite person, so I have never dared I have unreasonable thoughts about the girl, and I thought that it would be good to be by her side silently like this..."

The more I listened, the more frightened I became. Is this Ji Jingyun?How could Ji Jingyun sneak into the Hou Mansion and my room in the middle of the night, and do such weird things?He is going to marry a wife tomorrow, why would he come and tell me such inexplicable and far-fetched words?I widened my eyes and tried hard to see his face clearly, but there was still only darkness in front of my eyes, and only his extremely gentle and terrifying voice echoed in my ears, that voice was indeed Jing Jingyun.Cold sweat came out drop by drop, I felt my scalp numb, and the feeling of fear strangled me, making me want to scream, but after being pressed by him, I opened my mouth, but I couldn't make any sound.

What he said beside my bed, I couldn't hear it at all, I just stared at the figure in fear, after a while, the man stood up, turned and walked out, I heard him pull the door open and close the door again.I let out a long sigh of relief in my heart, only to realize that my underwear was completely wet with cold sweat.I still couldn't move or speak, because of fear, I couldn't sleep anymore, and I don't know how long it took, I felt my body soften, I raised my hand, and I was able to move, it seems that the acupoints have been automatically unlocked, I screamed, "Xiaohong!"

——2007, September, 3
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