Beautiful step by step

Chapter 173

In the warm apse of Qianqing Palace, Emperor Qinglong leaned on a large dragon chair.The servant carefully put on a big red robe, and then quietly retreated, the steam from the tea soup covered his gloomy complexion.

"Is there another secret?"

A distant voice came, and the words carefully discerned were mixed with a trace of anger.Standing at the bottom of the head, Yan Heng was startled, and he calmed down and said loudly, "

"Your Majesty, the leak of the military plane is indeed true, but it was not the act of the minister. However, when it comes to investigation, the minister is the commander of Liangzhou Wei, who has an overview of the military power in Liangzhou, and he allowed the military information to be leaked. This is the fault of the minister."

"An oversight? What a Yan Heng!"

He patted the table eagerly, but there was no trace of anger on Emperor Qinglong's face.Even though he didn't know the whole story of the Northwest War at first, after a little investigation with the Azure Dragon Guard in his hand, the truth came out.The reason why he didn't say it was because of his fatherly heart.Everyone in the world says that the emperor is the true son of heaven, all kinds of sacred and awe-inspiring, but in essence he is still a mortal body.Except for the king of a country, he is just an ordinary father who will love Ayi and other children.

No matter the instigators Wu Wang, Wei Wang, or the prince who was deceived by a woman, they are all his own sons.

Are they really going to fight each other?
40 years ago, he could not be so unfeeling to his brothers who were fighting for the reserve, not to mention that 40 years later, he is already an old man in his sixties who cannot stand the storm, and this time he is not facing his own brothers , but a closer son.

No matter how much he has a teacher-student relationship with Wei Xiang, and no matter how much he values ​​Yan Heng, in the end he can't match the combined weight of the three sons.The reason why he suppressed this matter and allowed the court to discuss it again and again without any movement was because he already had the answer in his heart, and he had to preserve his own flesh and blood.To delay again and again is his last bit of benevolence.Procrastinate for a while, minimize the impact of this matter, and give him a punishment that is not too heavy.

Unexpectedly, when he was summoned today, he did not complain at all, but instead repented of his own crimes and automatically handed over the blame.This trick is to avoid the serious and take the light. After living for 60 years, he has seen it countless times, but this time it shocked him the most.

"It's not you who leaked the military plane, so tell me who it is."

He wants to see what step Yan Heng can make.

This question really stopped Yan Heng.Do you really want to name the third prince?As soon as this idea came up, he was quickly uprooted.Maybe he still had such a thought before seeing Emperor Qinglong, but the brief silence just now was enough for him to understand many things.The things he can find out must not be hidden from the emperor's eyes. The reason why he didn't want to say it is already very clear.

But now the emperor clearly wants him to say that he is ugly and Yinmao, and he can't talk about the instigator, so he has to smooth things over.

Circle over?Yes, that's how it should be!
The emperor didn't want to question his own sons, and he didn't want to bear the charges, so there was only one way: to divert the trouble to the east.It doesn't matter who it is, as long as a scapegoat can be found to explain this matter, the emperor will definitely be willing to protect him under the premise of a great victory in the northwest.

It's just who should I ask to be taken advantage of?It was the first time in his life that he was a villain who framed others, and Yan Heng easily passed the test of conscience. In the final analysis, the candidate he thought of was too hated.

"Your Majesty, I boldly speculate that this matter may have something to do with Master Wu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

Emperor Qinglong didn't like the Wu family very much. It wasn't that he had any prejudice, but that Wu Liangyong was the least conspicuous among the former officials in charge of military power in the Northwest.Not to mention that it is incomparable with the Zhenbeihou Mansion in front, even if it is compared with the current Yan Heng... Looking down at the steady but youthful face, this face alone, and that face The tall and straight body like green pines and cypresses stands there, making people feel comfortable just looking at it.

On the importance of having a good face.

Although he almost accepted his statement in his heart, Emperor Qinglong still pretended to be angry: "Bold! Wu Shangshu is your upper peak, and he dared to frame you at will without any evidence."

He has been on the battlefield since he was in his early ten years old. Although he is still not a weaker champion, it is true that he has spent half his life in the sea of ​​corpses.After experiencing more desperation, Yan Heng's courage became bigger and bigger just like the old and new scars on his back.Opposite is the emperor, most people would have been scared to face Long Wei, but he is not afraid.

Not only was he not afraid, he also heard the meaning of Emperor Qinglong's words, which was to ask him to produce evidence of the Wu family's crimes.

Wu family, when he thought of these two words, many fragments of the past flashed through his mind.When he joined the army when he was young, he was oppressed by the Wu family in various ways, and the military achievements he worked so hard for were taken away by the Wu family's children... Not only did he have various festivals with the Wu family, but even Ah Mao was framed by the Wu family several times.

He still remembered that Ah Mao went to Liu Jijiu Mansion to attend the birthday party when he first got married. From the dress to the jewelry and even the care in the car, the posture that took so much trouble made him feel distressed.Why should you be so careful with Ah Mao's natural beauty?It's not because he was guarding against the Wu family's minions from stepping her down.Sure enough, Mrs. Zhao made trouble that day. Fortunately, Ah Mao was well prepared. In front of the wives of so many wealthy families in the capital, instead of making a fool of herself, she showed her face in a big way.

Thinking of Ah Mao, his mind softened for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while, and his tone was less sharp when he replied again.

"Reporting to the emperor, after investigation by the ministers, the drawings of the secret road in Youzhou came from the capital, and were sent back to the Oala King Court through the merchants in the exchange market. The officials in charge of the exchange market are Wu Shangshu's cronies, and the person who passed on the drawings of the secret road in Beijing even came from Wu Shangshu's mansion. .”

"Wu Shangshu's confidant? As far as I know, Liangzhou Mutual Market is directly under the jurisdiction of the Guards. As an acting commander, you can't even manage a small Liangzhou Huanshi."

Of course he can manage it, Ah Mao is very fond of some things that businessmen have brought from faraway countries.Grapes, jewellery, fur, cumin, etc. Some of them are eaten by themselves, while others are supplied to merchants in Beijing and China.Although the volume is not large compared to the grain and oil business, the sum of the bits and pieces is still a lot of money.

In this case, he had to take care of the Liangzhou Mutual Market.This thought flashed in Yan Heng's mind, and then he didn't think about it further.In front of Emperor Qinglong, even a person with a flexible mind would not dare to desert without scruple.

"I am incompetent."

"Incompetent? I heard that your wife almost controls the entire exchange business."

The entire exchange market?How could it be that exaggerated!Regardless of whether Emperor Qinglong was exaggerating or not, at least it proved that he knew about it.Thinking of this, Yan Heng was startled, and he didn't hide much after he calmed down.

"My wife was born in the capital. In the past few years, in order to subsidize the family, I have indeed sold some rare items in the two places. I dare not lie to the emperor. As an official, I spend a lot of money. Not to mention the New Year's entertainment, I don't know how much it is spent on ice and charcoal in just two seasons." How much money was spent, thanks to her tireless handling of the affairs in the past two years, the minister was not stretched. The minister also knows how to avoid suspicion, so the Liangzhou mutual market has continued the precedent and never dared to intervene too much."

At this point, Yan Heng finally got everything back together, because Ah Mao wanted to do business, and he deliberately did not interfere in the Liangzhou Exchange Market to avoid suspicion, so the Exchange Market officials were still the confidantes left behind by the former commander.

Emperor Qinglong obviously knew the tricks of officials. It was better for Mrs. Yan to make a good fortune than for Yan Heng to embezzle.Eyebrows stretched, and when he questioned the crime again, his tone became calmer: "I neglected to avoid suspicion and leaked military information. I really don't know what to say about you."

Yan Heng hurriedly bowed, with a face of shame: "The minister is guilty."

You bastard, you kept your posture low enough from the beginning to the end.With that look of retreating to advance, I really wish someone would kick him.Thinking of this, Emperor Qinglong didn't restrain himself, got up from the couch, walked around behind him in two steps, raised his old leg and kicked him.

The strength of the old emperor is equivalent to scratching an itch for Yan Heng who was born in the army.He swayed a little, and stood on the floor tiles with repeated patterns, he still stood like a pine.

Seeing that he was motionless after one kick, Emperor Qinglong felt embarrassed to kick him a second time.Looking at his tall and straight figure face to face, and the facial features that have a three-point phase with Wei Xiang, now he has no intention of sacrificing Yan Heng to protect his three sons during the call.

"With many enemies and few, and sticking to the city, not only won't you be rewarded for such a beautiful victory, but you will be accused of crimes, so what kind of stupid king will I become?"

Yan Heng hit the snake with a stick: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven."

"Sages are all mortal bodies, who can truly be the most holy and bright."

The emperor can humble himself, but Yan Heng dare not belittle him along with him.Instead of belittling, when the emperor began to doubt life, he still had to express his firm and clear belief: "For all the people in the world, the emperor has always been the most holy and the most enlightened. Both the minister and the uncle believe so, and the minister believes that the emperor will do it for you." The minister is the master, and my uncle also believes in this, otherwise he would not use the reputation of the Wei family as a guarantee for the minister."

The reputation of the Wei family... Emperor Qinglong thought of the early morning court today, just after the New Year's Eve, the court ignored it, and with Yan Heng's entry into Beijing, everyone's eyes were focused on the leak of the Northwest military plane.This morning, there was also a lot of quarrel.Until a memorandum was read out by the servant, Master Wei, the inspector of Youzhou, used the 600-year-old glory and family reputation of the Wei family as a guarantee.The scene at that time flashed clearly in front of his eyes, and the civil and military courts who were so noisy were instantly silent, and no one dared to speak rashly.

I didn't think about it carefully just now, but now I think about what Yan Heng said, and it really makes sense.If you don't trust him to see the details, how can the reputation of 600 years be easily bet.

Thinking of this, he was afraid for a while, if he really slandered Yan Heng in order to protect those three evils, and ruined the reputation of the Wei family by the way, how the future generations would laugh at him when they found out the truth.Fortunately, Yan Heng was smart enough to lead this matter to the Wu family.

"Are you sure it's the Wu family?"

Hearing the tone of his discussion, Yan Heng didn't even think about it, and his expression was extremely firm: "I didn't intend to frame it, the Wu family did participate in this matter."

The Wu family did participate, instead of explicitly saying that the Wu family leaked the military plane, and sure enough he found out everything.Even though he didn't know as well as Qinglongwei, he was only very old and had only been in Beijing for a few days.With Yan Heng's shallow foundation, he could find out this point within a few days, whether his son is too stupid or he is too smart.

When they sent him to the northwest, they wanted him to grow up and gradually replace the Wu family that had swollen over the years. Unexpectedly, he did it in just two years.Without the intention of punishing him before, Emperor Qinglong was delighted and ashamed when he calmed down and saw all the advantages of Yan Heng.

(End of this chapter)