"Everyone, the Northwest Military and Political Governor Li Wufeng and Her Royal Highness the Seventeenth Princess have arrived outside the city. They are now waiting for the committee to issue the pass. I hope you can give your opinions as soon as possible so that I can make arrangements." The commander of the Imperial Guards Corps in military uniform Ma Yuanwang seemed a little tired. For a while, everyone felt that the legion commander who was currently in charge of life and death in the imperial capital had been in a low mood. Perhaps it was the death of His Majesty the Emperor that made him a little disappointed, but as the commander of the Imperial Guards legion, It seems like I should be more cheerful.
"Master Ma, you have just seen that everyone has different opinions on this matter. We also want to hear your opinion." The speaker was Ning Yuanwang. At this time, he no longer had the low profile that he had deliberately suppressed in the past. , her gray hair was combed to look particularly shiny, it was already the late autumn season, and her thin face was rosy. It was obvious that some people were in high spirits during happy events.
The military and political decision-making committee had huge differences over Li Wufeng's opinion on entering the city. Ning Yuanwang and Jilin both opposed allowing Li Wufeng to enter the city. According to their opinions, Li Wufeng should not be allowed to enter the city until the day His Majesty the Emperor was buried. After attending the funeral, Li Wufeng was allowed to enter the city. Li Wufeng was sent out of the city back to the northwest as a gift. Li Wufeng tried not to intervene in the issue of the throne. The reason was that Li Wufeng and Situ Yutang were unmarried. Situ Yutang was from the royal family and was easily affected by blood relations and family affection. He could not be impartial. Recommend suitable candidates for the emperor. But this was opposed by the Minister of Finance Tian Yi and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sariden. Both of them believed that Li Wufeng was a powerful enemy of the empire in the west, and he conquered the nomadic people who had been troubled in the western frontier of the empire in one fell swoop. Li Wufeng was also the emperor's consort. This is obviously unreasonable. As for the selection of the emperor, the Military and Political Decision-making Committee has not yet come up with a practical selection plan. It seems unreasonable to deprive Li Wufeng of his right to know and make suggestions based on this.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Lu Wenfu, who plays an important role in the decision-making committee, has not made his position clear, but Ma Yuanwang can't wait because he must let Li Wufeng enter the city, and he has to comply. It's just that he is not a member of the decision-making committee. Although he controls the power to open these four doors, he must obtain the consent of the decision-making committee in terms of procedures.
"My lords, Mr. Ma is just a soldier. Soldiers only need to obey orders as their bounden duty. Since it has been decided that the decision-making committee will handle all matters, Mr. Ma thinks it is better for the decision-making committee to decide this matter. But Mr. Ma is thinking, This Li Wufeng was originally His Majesty's son-in-law. Now he has come from the northwest to pay homage to His Majesty. It would be unjustifiable if he was not allowed to enter the city. I think the adults seem a little worried about him, but this is the imperial capital, not the northwest. He can do whatever he wants. With such great ability, he only brought three to four hundred people with him to Beijing this time, and it was to protect his own life. Everyone knows that he was indeed attacked in Hanzhong and Yueyang, and suffered a lot of damage. Could it be that? How much trouble can these two or three hundred people cause in our imperial capital?" Ma Yuanxiang looked down on the literati in front of him from the bottom of his heart. Normally, they all spoke with arrogance, but once something happened they would He was panic-stricken, and even small matters such as whether to allow Li Wufeng to enter the city needed to be discussed and studied. He really didn't understand that Li Wufeng entering the city alone would change the current situation of the empire
What Ma Yuan went to say with a gun and a stick made Ning Yuanwang and Ji Lin feel hot on their faces. Of course they could hear the sarcasm in the other's words, but what the other said was reasonable. Li Wufeng added Compared with the existing military strength in the imperial capital, the one or two hundred guards are nothing more than a drop in the bucket. Can he really make a difference? Ning Yuanwang coughed dryly and was about to explain, but was interrupted by the Minister of the Interior who had been silent: "Master Ma is right. Li Wufeng is already under the city. If he is not allowed to enter the city, it will inevitably arouse unnecessary suspicion. In the imperial capital, Not Northwest, if he really has any disobedience, then he is seeking his own death! As for the issue of the selection of the throne, I think if he has the right to make suggestions, then don’t representatives Lin Guoxiong and Lang Yongquan also have this power? I don’t think this case can be opened!”
Seeing that Lu Wenfu had expressed his position, Ning Yuanwang showed a trace of resentment on his face, but he also knew that since it had become a foregone conclusion, there was no need to offend others too much, so he agreed: "In that case, Master Ma will issue the pass. Yes, but please ask Mr. Lu to send someone to remind Li Wufeng that it is a period of national mourning, and Mr. Li Wufeng please pay attention to his behavior, otherwise it will not look good on his face if a supervisor impeaches him at the court meeting."
Wu Feng stood in front of his mansion and silently watched everything in front of him. Last year, today, in this door, the faces of people and peach blossoms reflected each other's red. The face of the face is unknown, the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze, things have changed, but the mansion still exists, the giver Go. A touch of sadness quietly crept into Wu Feng's heart. Although Wu Feng also knew clearly that His Majesty the Emperor was not a qualified emperor, after all, he had been favored by him and climbed from a small captain of the imperial army to his current role. Prosperity, wealth, power, beauty, money and mansions, all of these are inseparable from the other party's rewards no matter what the purpose is. But now, he is already lying in the Temple of Heaven. The so-called success or failure of the king's hegemony is probably about to turn into nothing. Such a portrayal.
Gently pushing open the wooden door of the study room, there are still old books on the desk. The servants are obviously very diligent. The study room is still clean, and all the furnishings are unchanged from when I left. The only thing that has changed is probably Be yourself. In the main living room, the calligraphy and painting "Tranquility is far away, indifferent and clear ambition" is still hanging in the middle of the wall, and the large carved chair has a dark color, as if it has ushered in the second political coup of the owner.
Returning to the study and sitting down, Wu Feng casually picked up a book and flipped through it. The bookmark seemed to indicate that he was reading papers here in his spare time more than two years ago. He picked up the book and put it to his mouth, and took a deep breath. He sounded like he was recalling his romantic affair in the imperial capital over the past two years and a few months. Scenes of walking around the stage and singing wildly at the Qin Tower passed by Wu Feng's eyes again. What a relaxing and relaxing time it was. Ah, I haven't had such a free and easy time since I returned to the northwest, and I won't have it again in the future.
Wu Feng, who was sitting in the study in silence and lost in thought, stayed there for an hour. Several locust trees outside the window were shivering in the cold wind, and the rolled up dead branches and leaves in the inner courtyard made a rustling sound. Everything was like a dream, Wu Feng He leaned his head back on the back of Taishi's chair and closed his eyes to rest. All kinds of past events came to his mind. There seemed to be a feeling of going back in time in the study. At this moment, he even felt that everything in the world had become still, and he There was also a feeling of mental and physical exhaustion. For a moment, he couldn't even remember what the real purpose of coming to the imperial capital was. Time passed like this. It wasn't until the guards quietly opened the door to take a look that there was something wrong, then Wu Feng was dismissed from the past. woke up from the memories.
Su Jie and Qin Shuangying noticed Wu Feng's bad expression at the first moment, and both asked Wu Feng with concern, but they both pushed the blame aside. Wu Feng didn't want his bad mood to affect others, especially in this kind of situation. Under such circumstances, Su Jie, who came to the imperial capital for the first time, was obviously not mentally prepared for the prosperity of the imperial capital. She had already been intoxicated by seeing such magnificent architectural walls and the vast sea of pavilions and pavilions in the imperial capital. Although she had heard about the prosperity of the Imperial Capital for a long time, she was still shocked when she saw the grand scene of the largest city in the Eastern Continent for the first time. If she hadn't been busy with her own duties, I'm afraid she would have asked Qin Shuangying to take her out for a nice sightseeing as soon as possible.
"Li Wufeng has entered the city?" The obese man put his feet comfortably in the wooden basin and let the steam from the hot water smoke his entire calf red. He puffed heavily, mixed with a variety of precious medicinal materials. The medicinal liquid soaks the feet very comfortably. Although it is a little bit hot, it is precisely at this temperature that the best effect can be achieved.
"Yeah, I heard that a few old guys on the Military and Political Decision-making Committee argued for a long time before they finally agreed. Hey, these guys were frightened by Li Wufeng's force. Even Li Wufeng went to Kyoto alone and was afraid of them. I really don't know what this gang is. What do you think? There are hundreds of thousands of Central Imperial Guards gathered in the imperial capital. Are you still afraid of Li Wufeng who is alone?" The middle-aged man sitting aside and enjoying the same treatment is not much slimmer than the obese man. The pipe was held in his mouth, and thick smoke erupted from his nose to form overlapping smoke rings. His words seemed a little slurred.
"It's no wonder for them. His Majesty finally trapped Li Wufeng in the imperial capital the year before last. However, due to the turmoil in the northwest, Li Wufeng had to be released. Now that His Majesty has gone, they all thought that Li Wufeng did not dare to come to Beijing. Hehe, not only did he come, but he also The big guy came here with only a few hundred guards. What's going on? Are you a little brave?" The obese man seemed to know Li Wufeng very well. He narrowed his swollen eyes and snorted softly: "Don't underestimate this. Guy, anyone who underestimates him will eventually fall into the palm of his hand."
"Well, when he comes, I don't know whether some are happy and some are sad. Your Highnesses are very busy." The middle-aged man blew out another smoke ring, rolled his eyelids, and then said: "But it's hard to say. , Li Wufeng heard that he was attacked continuously in Hanzhong and Yueyang, especially in Yueyang, where even a boat was burned down. It seems that he didn’t expect him to go to Beijing and gain a lot of people. He was able to mobilize such a large force to attack in our Wuhu area. After all the calculations, there are only a few of them, but I’ve spent a lot of time and effort but there’s no news, it’s really weird!”