Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 129: Work together

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Unconsciously, it was dawn.

Qin Mubai glanced at the door, rubbed his aching eyes, and said: "At this hour, it is the time for the army to gather for morning exercises. It is inconvenient for us to go back to Juntun. It is better to rest here for a while. , I’ll go back to see Wang Wu together later and explain the whole story."

"Also..." Chen Yan nodded, silently squatted down, leaned on the pillar and hugged her knees, staring blankly at the empty space.

Qin Mubai walked outside the house to move his muscles and bones, and he couldn't help feeling a little hungry. Those Baiqi subordinates had already dispersed, so he had to go to the woods to pick some wild fruits by himself, and he was lucky enough to catch a hare. So he went back to the cabin to start the fire, slaughtered the hare and roasted it.

Chen Yan kept watching silently, until Qin Mubai roasted the hare half-cooked, and said: "You, a pampered son of the official clan, would actually do this?"

"Is there anyone who has stipulated that you are only allowed to walk on the rivers and lakes?" Qin Mubai smiled and threw her two wild fruits, and said, "First eat the pads, the hare will be baked quickly . In fact, the superficial scenery of our Baiqi has been exchanged for a hundredfold of torture. When we were training, it was simply a non-human scene. Surviving in the wild like this is a trick."

"You are really a special official." Chen Yan said, "No official will torture himself or suffer for himself?"

"Why is Zhu Chengwen?" Qin Mubai smiled indifferently, "What we suffer is nothing but flesh and blood, and he suffers more heartache than us."

Chen Yan's mouth twitched lightly, leaning her chin on her knee, and said leisurely: "I have something to ask you."

"Ask." Qin Mubai said casually while roasting the hare.

"Do you have a girl you love?" Chen Yan asked.

Qin Mubai was stunned for a while, thinking for a while...It’s really not good for a woman who has been with him or has something to do with him in the past and this life, but where does the word "deep love" start? More often than not, I feel more like in the game world.

"No."

"You can see it." Chen Yan chuckled, her face softer than ever before, and she said, "At first glance, you are a cynical man, and there must be a lot of women around you. The more you On the contrary, the more women like this kind of man."

"You seem to understand." Qin Mubai smiled slightly to himself.

"In fact, people are quite cheap. When a person truly loves you deeply, you may not feel it, and you may not cherish it. You will not know how precious it is until you lose it." Chen Yan said.

"Maybe..." Qin Mubai didn't want to go on talking in depth. Women are emotional animals, and they can stay up for three days and three nights when discussing emotional topics with them. Obviously Qin Mubai doesn't have such energy now.

"Actually, I lied to you." Chen Yan said suddenly.

"Really?" Qin Mubai asked slightly surprised.

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded, "Actually, Zhu Chengwen and I have never been a husband and wife, nor have we made a private life or a marriage contract. We grew up together, and he is in my mind. He has always been like a big brother. He was 22 years old when he got married, and I was 16. At that time, I suddenly felt that I had lost something forever, and I realized that I also loved him deeply. The age of the first love is really crazy. I even wanted to marry him as a concubine. But Zhu Chengwen was a true gentleman and he refused. And even after his wife died, he did not give me any hope or opportunity, let alone promise. He loved him deeply. His wife, vowed not to marry again. Between me and him, I have always been just a confidant. After the age of sixteen, we will not mention the word of affection. But I know that he will die for me, just as I am willing to He sacrificed everything the same. We talked about everything, better than brothers and sisters, husband and wife and close friends. So I know everything about him, and he has always trusted me absolutely."

Qin Mubai's heart moved slightly: "Did he really give you an account book before he died?"

"Yes." Chen Yan said, "not mail, but in person. I wrote letters to him in my hometown, and saw that his recent situation is bad, so I ran to Jishan County to see him. Unexpectedly, he was furious and wanted Immediately drove me away, saying that I shouldn't have come at all. I didn't ran over thousands of miles to be with him for more than a stick of incense. I was so distraught that I even vowed to ignore him again. Before leaving, he Give me a baggage to entrust me to the kid in his hometown. I didn’t even look at it and left. I didn’t let my breath open until I walked halfway, and found the account book inside. Only then did I know... …He is determined to die! I regret that I was so stupid and didn’t see through his intentions! Maybe if I calmed down a little bit, it wouldn’t end like this!"

"Hey, the mistakes are usually only a few millimetres, but they are a thousand miles away." Qin Mubai shook his head and sighed, and asked, "Where is the account book now?"

"It's on a big willow tree in the grove near Zhu Chengwen's tomb. Don't worry, no one can find what I hide." Chen Yan said.

"Okay! After a short break, let's take a trip to retrieve the account book, and then go back to see King Wu!"

"OK."

Half an hour later, Qin Mubai walked out of the woods, called the Baiqi pawns who had been guarding there, and asked them to get two horses, ride one with Chen Yan, and flew towards Zhu Chengwen’s grave. .

The autumn wind and falling leaves rushed quickly, and Chen Yan's horse was naturally inferior to Qin Mubai's Huoyun Shenju and fell behind. She always looked at the man in fluttering clothes not far ahead, and kept thinking in her heart: This man is really unique, and he always gives people a mysterious feeling. He can easily see through the minds of other people and guess the behaviors of others, but it makes people wonder what he is thinking about. Moreover, he is not the same as an official official, he has no official accent, and no prestige. Although sometimes evil and domineering, he still retains a sense of justice, which makes people feel that there is a sense of righteousness in him.

"Am I completely convinced of him?" Chen Yan kept asking herself, but there was no answer.

We are at Zhu Chengwen's grave. The two first paid a memorial service, and then Chen Yan leaped up to a big willow tree lightly like a civet cat, uncovered a large bark, took out a bamboo tube from the hollow tree pole, and jumped off the tree.

"That's it." Chen Yan said.

Qin Mubai quickly opened the bamboo tube, only to see a book wrapped in greased paper inside. I opened it and glanced roughly, and it turned out that it was all a large amount of money and grain in and out of records, which were recorded in considerable detail. Below each record, Zhu Chengwen also made a comment, explaining how the money was recorded in the yamen's public account, and where it was actually used.

There are three pages, which specifically record the direction of six money. It was all the large quantities of civil engineering equipment and labor force that were built by the Yamen in the name of building lake embankments. In fact, these civil engineering equipment and labor force are nothing but nothing. These six sums of money were sent to the Jiangxia King Li Daozong in twists and turns by our ingenious methods!

Obviously this is Zhang Tianci's handwriting. He did not directly use the money to bribe Li Daozong, but gave Li Daozong a large gift in the name of Yamen during birthday celebrations and festival visits.

These things are rare in the Datang officialdom where the overall atmosphere is very clean. Emperor Li Shimin once "advocated" officials of all sizes not to encourage such arrogance and extravagance_ Yizhifeng, but there is indeed no law expressly stipulated. Officials are not allowed to accept gifts.

So Zhang Tianci and others hit a side ball to take advantage of the law, so as to achieve their goal of bribing Li Daozong.

If Li Daozong knew where the money came from, he would not receive it either life or death. However, as the "highest official" of the Jin merged generation, this kind of "filial piety" from his subordinate yamen is not very out of the ordinary. Although some of them are not good to hear, they do not violate the law, so he generously accepted Up. You Dao takes short hands and short mouths. Whether Li Daozong later provided Zhang Tianci with any convenience, it is not known.

"A very clever means of bribery." Qin Mubai said, "The law cannot be studied deeply, but Li Daozong did collect money that should not be collected."

"Yes." Chen Yan said, "Because of this, Zhu Chengwen was very painful. The original **** fund was not enough when it was allocated, and some of it was taken away from time to time. To honor King Jiang Xia... King Jiang Xia, who had always been perfect in his mind, suddenly collapsed. But at the same time, he also suspected that Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian and others were cheating, and he was always reluctant to believe that King Jiang Xia was such a person. It is a pity that he has been unable to meet Jiang Xia to clarify the matter in person. Instead, he had to compromise under the threats of Cheng Songnian and others."

"You can imagine the scene at the time." Qin Mubai said, "Above the officialdom, especially the magistrates, if they offend their immediate superiors, the days must be miserable. In Zhang Tianci and Cheng Songnian In the face of the huge group, Zhu Chengwen was alone and unable to fight against it. I guess Zhu Chengwen also took a slow strategy at the time. On the surface, he compromised with the snake, and he was still planning how to solve the matter. If not, he would not Will be killed."

"I don't know about this." Chen Yan shook her head sadly. "He was very violent and wanted to drive me away. He had some intentions not to involve me in danger. It's just that I didn't wake up. ……"

"That should be it." Qin Mubai sighed, "Unfortunately, Zhu Chengwen's efforts failed in the end. A sudden flood disrupted his deployment and destroyed his life."

"It's all God's will..." Chen Yan's eyes were red, and she frowned and stroked Zhu Chengwen's tombstone, dazed in a daze.

"Let's go, return to the army to see King Wu! The three of us discuss this matter, and we must solve this problem perfectly!" Qin Mubai said, "It's also to congratulate you on the spirit of heaven!"

"Okay, go!"