female catcher

Chapter 183
In the morning of the next day, Jiang Zhutang put on his court clothes earnestly, leaned on his crutches and drove into the palace.At that time, Su Zhen was reading the papers about the impeachment of Jiang Xiyuan, and he couldn't help being slightly surprised when he heard An Liang's report that Jiang Zhutang asked to see him.He thought it would be Jiang Xiyuan's imperial petition, but he didn't expect the old general to come forward in person.

He looked at the memorial in his hand again, smiled wryly, put it together and threw it aside, and announced it.

Jiang Zhutang was nearly seventy years old, and his body was fairly strong, but his leg was injured in a young battle, and it was a bit difficult for him to walk.When he entered the imperial study room, he had to bow down, Su Zhen walked out of the Long Shuan and went to support him, asked An Liang to move a stool, and brought him tea.

"Why did the old general come into the palace today?" Su Zhen asked.

"At the old minister's age, there are only vacancies left." Jiang Zhutang spoke with confidence and laughed loudly.Su Zhen followed him with a smile, "The old general is in good shape, I am also happy to see it."

Jiang Zhutang thumped his leg, "The emperor is happy to see the old minister, and the old minister's face can be sold. If the emperor is not happy, the veteran will not be able to sell it."

Su Zhen smiled and said nothing, walked slowly back to the desk, picked up the basic memorial and flipped through it, without raising his head, said: "The old general is worrying too much. There is a riot in the government office, and the imperial army needs to receive reports and rectify the soldiers." Time, indeed, is also afraid that the distant water will not quench the near thirst. Although what Jiang Xiyuan did was inappropriate, it is not a big mistake."

Jiang Zhutang was relieved, and got up to bow down again, but was stopped by Su Zhen raising his hand.Su Zhen invited him to drink tea with a smile, thought for a while, and said slowly: "It's just that although there is no major mistake, it is still a mistake. If you don't investigate it at all, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk about it in the court. Xiyuan is young and holds a high position. , In this way, it is not a good thing for him."

Jiang Zhutang took a sip of tea in a calm manner, put it aside, and said with a loud smile: "Of course! That's what the old minister came here for." He wiped his beard and continued: "That kid should be beaten and beaten. If the old minister thinks , just let him go home, marry a daughter-in-law in peace, and add a few great-grandchildren to the old minister, it is serious."

Su Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly, then shook his head with a smile, "Old General, you are just joking. I have not long been enthroned, and when I am employing people in the court, you feel sorry for my grandson. But although I want to punish, I can't let him go easily."

Jiang Zhutang laughed a few times following these words, the look under the old and slack eyelids flickered, and he changed his tone and said: "The emperor doesn't know something. In fact, this minister is also trying to instigate connivance in mobilizing his own soldiers this time."

"Oh? What did the old general say?"

Jiang Zhutang pondered for a moment, then sighed softly: "Your Majesty, let me tell the truth. The old minister started in the grass, and only after being appreciated by the late emperor did he have a prosperous family today. The Jiang family has been blessed by three generations, and now many children and grandchildren are well-off. Officials, there are more than one or two high-ranking people, and the grace is grand. Now that Yongwei is going to enter the main palace, the queen's natal family is a relative, and the tree attracts the wind, and the minister is inevitably afraid."

"The old general means that the Jiang family made no mistakes and gave me a reason to snub the Jiang family?"

"Excuse me, old minister, for speaking bluntly."

Su Zhen lowered his head and smiled secretly, thinking that this rough man has become a fine man after decades of grinding in the officialdom.Now he has absolutely no intention of guarding against the Jiang family, but the future is still very long, and it is hard to say what the situation will be.

He doesn't want to think about it now, and others will push him to think about it. This pile of impeachment memorials is enough to illustrate the problem.If he made a mistake in the future and someone caught him, it would be a big mistake if he wanted to keep it safe.

The Jiang family made such a small mistake and wanted to avoid the sharp edge temporarily, but Jiang Zhutang left the words in the open again. If there is a consensus in private like this, his hands and feet will be much more relaxed.Su Zhen's mood became a little brighter, and after these words, a lot of doubts about Jiang Xiyuan's mobilization of troops were relieved.

"I really like the old general's true temperament." Su Zhen took a sip of tea with a happy expression, "I trust the Jiang family, and I trust Jiang Xiyuan even more. Of course I will be punished if I make mistakes, but I will never forget the merits of that day." Yes. Without the help of the Jiang family, I would not be where I am today. The old general just needs to be reassured."

"I dare not take the credit." Jiang Zhutang lowered his head, his cloudy eyes were half helpless and half relieved.Su Zhen's words went around in circles, and he didn't deny his statement, but it also relieved his heart.

"The old general is humble."

"I still have one thing to ask." Jiang Zhutang cupped his hands and said, "The case of personal soldiers is the trust and grace of the late emperor to the old minister, but now that the family and the country are stable and there has been no war for a long time, I ask the emperor to abolish it."

Su Zhen glanced at him, "You don't have to be like this, old general."

"Necessary." Jiang Zhutang said with a smile: "This soldier is also eating a lot of rations in Jiang's mansion, and he has to buy new clothes. He is old and his hands are tight, and his heart is in a panic. I thought it would be better to return to the Imperial Army, or simply to disperse. The Jiang family bought some fields for them, so they can live a good life."

Su Zhen seemed to have heard a joke, and happily chatted with Jiang Zhutang a few words, said "we will discuss this matter again", and then revealed it.Jiang Zhutang knew that this was probably the case, and his heart was completely relieved. Thinking of what Jiang Min told him yesterday, he uttered a few words with Su Zhen.

"Give marriage..." Su Zhen was in a rare good mood at the moment. After listening to it, he bent his lips and smiled, and said, "I promised him in private before, but he didn't mention it until now. I'm afraid he didn't have a heart. , Old General, don’t let him kneel down, let him come into the palace tomorrow, I will ask him for you.”

After bidding farewell to Su Zhen, Jiang Zhutang returned to the General's Mansion in a carriage. From a distance, he saw his steward directing his servants to sweep the door, and the ones in red and green were making arrangements for the wedding, and silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Is it appropriate to do so?
It is naturally good for Dabao to reuse the Jiang family for the first time. If one day the wings are full, the help in the past will inevitably become the crime of hindering in the future.

From the day Yongwei decided to enter the central palace, he has been thinking about how to restrain the Jiang family's edge.What happened yesterday was beyond his expectation, but it also gave him a good step forward.Rather than forcibly protecting Jiang Xiyuan this time and accepting a favor from the emperor, it would be better to go down the river.On the cusp of the storm, he was really reluctant to let Xiyuan take the top spot. Flowers never bloom every day, and prosperity will decline. Idle and rich is the long-term solution.

The Jiang family doesn't need to cook with fire and oil. As long as the descendants are safe, he can rest in peace after a hundred years.I just hope that the family and the country are peaceful and there is no place for the Jiang family to fight, so that the children and grandchildren can understand his painstaking efforts.

Liu Qi went to Xishi early in the morning to investigate the matter, and after asking around in the teahouse, he quickly asked Wang Huai's name.There were still people talking about Yue Xiaohong's case in the Xishi teahouse, and they talked more about the so-called 'secret' between Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu.

Liu Qi couldn't help being angry when he heard this, saying that people don't know right from wrong and spread falsehoods.But people said that someone saw it for real, Mr. Jiang went in with Xia Chu in his arms when he came to the government office, what does this mean innocently.

This made Liu Qiqian sulking but unable to refute.This matter must be said to be false, Liu Qi also felt that he lacked confidence, after all, his young master still had some unruly thoughts about Xia Chu.But it was just thoughts after all, if it was a crime to think about it, half of the people in Xijing City would have to be beheaded.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiyuan told Liu Qi not to act rashly, otherwise he would rush to the bodyguard bureau and tear Wang Huai apart if he had nowhere to spread his anger.Right now, however, he can only quarrel with others clumsily and step out angrily.

After bringing the news back to Jiang Xiyuan who was still in the ancestral hall in the afternoon, Jiang Xiyuan sighed deeply that a villain is hard to raise, but after sighing, he coincided with Su Zhen and did not let Liu Qi touch him.

"The person who tied the bell is needed to untie the bell." Jiang Xiyuan leaned against the doorway, "It won't be too late until the bell is untied, but it's too easy for Wang Huai to die."

Liu Qi suffocated his anger and anger, and took Jiang Xiyuan's order to go to the restaurant to buy food, filled a food box, and sent food to Xia Chu.Xia Chu's energy today is not bad, but the circles under her eyes are dark, Liu Qi asked her if her wound hurt and she didn't sleep well, she just said yes.

"Brother Xia, don't worry, our old man has entered the palace today. If there is no bad news, it is good news. Also, I also asked about the rumors. Guess who is behind the trip?" he said As he spoke, he unwrapped the cloth covering the wound for Xia Chu.His hands were heavy, and he was not as careful as Jiang Xiyuan, so Xia Chu grinned his teeth and dared not speak, squeezed between his teeth and asked, "Who is it?"

"Wang Huai! That stubborn thing, he stopped his job to save face for him, but this person is shameless!" Liu Qi said angrily, and hissed the last layer The cloth was lifted.Xia Chu yelled in pain, threw his head on the table, pressed his arm and was speechless.

Liu Qi glanced at it and said with a smile: "Hands are a bit heavy, but it won't hurt if you get up quickly. Here, the wound has scabbed with blood. It will be fine when the redness and swelling subside and the scab falls off."

Xia Chu endured the pain, raised his head and took a breath, and said helplessly, "Thank you Brother Liu."

"Why are you being polite!" Liu Qi waved his hand, and continued the previous topic: "The young master said, Wang Huai will not move for the time being. Brother Xia, what do you think about a Wang Huai! If you want me to say, just He should have broken his arms and broken his legs, this is such an insane thing!"

Xia Chu looked at his injury listlessly, and didn't speak to him.Knowing that it was Wang Huai who was making trouble behind this made her quite uncomfortable.The first person she dealt with after entering the government office was Wang Huai, and she had worked well with him before, and that person was considered self-motivated.

Maybe she overreacted to Yu Wenping's matter at the beginning, but she regretted it later, but she no longer had the chance to make amends with Wang Huai.Now that things have turned out like this she didn't expect, and she is getting more and more annoyed.

She has the pride of modern people, sticks to her own set of values, and inevitably looks down on the ancients, always thinking that she is right.She was too impatient at that time, and the justice she wanted was too square.She once questioned some of Jiang Xiyuan's philosophy of life and disapproved of his concession and tolerance in certain things. Now that she thinks about it, maybe he is right.

When the society is square, one's own squareness can be embedded in it; but the society in front of you is harmonious, and if it is too square, it will inevitably hurt others and yourself.

Only now did she understand what Jiang Xiyuan meant when she said she was idealized.With his own experience and experience, Jiang Xiyuan has indeed helped her a lot to be able to sit in the position of the head catcher until now. She has wrapped a layer of softness around her edges and corners, allowing her to run wild.

As soon as Jiang Xiyuan was away, he made such a big mess.Therefore, those people said that it was Jiang Xiyuan who protected her, and they were not wrong in a certain sense.

Thinking of this, Xia Chu inevitably remembered the proposition that had haunted him all night last night.She raised her eyes and took a sneak peek at Liu Qi, hesitated for a while, then cleared her throat and pretended to ask unintentionally: "Brother Liu, what did you mean yesterday when you told me not to let you down?"

(End of this chapter)